Chuck Muth

• Opinion

  They Really Do All Lie!

  Just last week I wrote a commentary entitled, “They ALL Lie.” It referred to the controversy surrounding Congressman Joe Wilson screaming out “You Lie” to President Obama. I said that Congressman Wilson was only partially right. The fact is they all lie. Politicians of all political parties have been lying to us...

  Chuck Muth October 5, 2009
• Opinion

  Washoe County District Attorney and Sheriff Announce Intent to Run for Re-election in 2010

  Washoe County District Attorney Richard Gammick and Washoe County Sheriff Mike Haley both announced today their intention to run for new four-year terms in 2010. A Nevada native from Elko, Gammick was first elected to the position in 1994 after serving for 10 years as a deputy district attorney and chief deputy...

  Chuck Muth October 5, 2009
• Opinion

  Former Gibbons CoS Joins Lobbying Firm

  The law firm of Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck is expanding its government relations group and its Nevada presence with the addition of Joshua “Josh” J. Hicks. He will open the firm’s Reno office. “The opening of our Reno office demonstrates our ongoing commitment to the Nevada business community,” said Ellen Schulhofer, managing...

  Chuck Muth October 5, 2009
• Opinion

  Rising Unemployment Could Cost Nevada Extra $1 Million/Month

  With national unemployment rising once again in September to 9.8 percent, many are wondering what the verdict will be when state figures are released later in the month. Persistent joblessness is also causing many to drop out of the workforce, as the US Department of Labor reported that the civilian labor force...

  Chuck Muth October 5, 2009
• Opinion

  Forget Who’s Your Daddy, How About Where’s Your Daddy?

  OK, at the risk of being called a cold-hearted SOB (again), allow me to raise a point because….well, somebody should. On Thursday the Las Vegas Review-Journal published a 1,126-word story on a 15-year-old kid named Tanner Chamberlain who got into a loud and violent 30- to 45-minute fight with his mother, Evie...

  Chuck Muth October 5, 2009
• Opinion

  Home-School Legal Defenders Coming to Nevada

  “Remembering the Reason…Renewing the Vision: A Homeschool Symposium” is coming to two locations in Nevada on March 26 and March 27, 2010. This symposium is co-sponsored by the Nevada Homeschool Network and Home School Legal Defense Association (HSLDA). On Friday, March 26, 2010, the symposium will be held in Carson City, NV,...

  Chuck Muth October 5, 2009
• Opinion

  Lobbyists Giving Ensign the Typhoid Mary Treatment

  For those Nevadans who think Sen. John Ensign’s political troubles over his affair with a staffer are over and that it’s a “personal matter” which isn’t affecting his ability to represent Nevada in Congress, Roll Call reporter Anna Palmer has a devastating piece out today: Lobbyists are bracing themselves for the impending...

  Chuck Muth October 5, 2009
• Opinion

  Code of Conduct Proposed for Health Care Industry

  In the never-ending debate about national health care, the most common refrain is “our health care system is broken.” That is immediately followed by never-ending government solutions to “fix” said system at an estimated cost of trillions of dollars. Rarely mentioned in these expensive, government-knows-best debates, however, is any discussion of free-market,...

  Chuck Muth October 5, 2009
• Opinion

  Nevada Public Education: Inadequate or Ineffective?

  Despite the excessive swelling of state spending over the past several years — including a mammoth 36 percent increase in the 2003-05 budget — both Senate Majority Leader Steven Horsford (D) and Senate Minority Leader Bill Raggio (R) continue to insist that there is nowhere left to cut. According to Horsford, lawmakers...

  Chuck Muth October 3, 2009
• Opinion

  Nominations Open for Cashman Good Government Award

  Is “Good Government” different in hard times than during good times? The nominating period for the 13th Annual Cashman Good Government Awards starts with a public conversation. The Nevada Taxpayers Association recently began the nomination period for the organization’s annual Cashman Good Government Awards. 2009 has brought hard times and new challenges...

  Chuck Muth October 3, 2009
• Opinion

  Reid Funnneling Tax Dollars to Hispanic Friends?

  On Saturday, September 5, 2009, U.S. Senate Majority Leader, Harry Reid, officially presided over the “Nevada Voter Education Project Kick Off”, at Rancho High School in Las Vegas, Nevada, with special guests and Democrat friends Attorney General Catherine Cortez Masto, State Assemblyman Ruben Kihuen, State Assemblyman Moises Denis and The Hispanic Institute,...

  Chuck Muth October 3, 2009
• Opinion

  Nevada Senator Completely Isolated Politically

  The following story written by John Bresnahan and Manu Raju appeared in today’s Politico and includes a crystal ball assessment by your favorite News & Views publisher: Ethics experts say the latest revelations about Sen. John Ensign’s affair with a former aide — including the senator’s efforts to help the mistress’s husband...

  Chuck Muth October 3, 2009
• Opinion

  A Case of Mayoral Mix-Up

  A Nevada News & Views reader wrote in with concerns about former Carson City Mayor Ray Masayko, who is currently running for the Capital District State Senate seat soon to be vacated by the term-limited incumbent, Republican Sen. Mark Amodei. “Regarding Ray Maysako,” the writer began. “About 15 years ago, we voted...

  Chuck Muth October 2, 2009