Chuck Muth

• Opinion

  Ernaut Takes GOP Reins

  Nevada Republican Party Chairman Sue Lowden stepped down on Wednesday to run in the GOP primary for the nomination to run against Sen. Harry Reid (D-Nevada) next year. Pursuant to the party’s Bylaws and the Nevada Revised Statutes, Vice-Chairman Nancy Ernaut of Elko is now the interim Chairman until the Central Committee...

  Chuck Muth October 2, 2009
• Opinion

  Scheme Intended to Shield Legislators from Accountability

  At its October meeting, the Interim Finance Committee’s “Subcommittee to Conduct a Review of Nevada’s Revenue Structure” is planning to appoint a panel of 15 individuals to a newly created “Nevada Vision Stakeholder Group.” The NVSG’s job, we are told, will be to develop a long-term strategic plan for the next five,...

  Chuck Muth October 2, 2009
• Opinion

  Olympic Rejection: Obama Loses Weapon of Mass Distraction

  Experts love to say that certain big companies and banks are “too big to fail.” The reality is our federal government is too big to succeed. It’s all going down in flames for Obama- “the anointed one.” He has proven once again that government spending has failed miserably. The economy continues to...

  Chuck Muth October 2, 2009
• Opinion

  CA vs. NV: The “Move Your Business” Ad War

  I don’t know if it is a good thing or a bad thing, but we receive a fair number of press releases here. Besides the Nevada political ones (or, in other words, Treasurer Kate Marshall’s weekly notices) we’ve also found ourselves on such odd lists like that of the poor publicist who...

  Chuck Muth October 2, 2009
• Opinion

  Gibbons Pushes for Reconsideration of Emergency Regulations

  Governor Gibbons today strongly encouraged the Nevada State Board of Medical Examiners to file a motion to reconsider the Eighth Judicial District Court decision of District Court Judge Kathleen E. Delaney in the case of Hurst v. the State of Nevada Board of Medical Examiners. Judge Delaney today released her written order...

  Chuck Muth October 2, 2009
• Opinion

  (Some) Businesses Pull an About-Face on the Death Tax: Why Now?

  For years, a coalition of small business owners, farmers, trade organizations and anti-tax groups have fought ardently for the permanent elimination of the estate tax, but suddenly, a few of these opponents appear to have fallen away from the fold. In a letter to Congress dated September 24th, forty-six business groups including...

  Chuck Muth October 1, 2009
• Opinion

  Governor Calls for Lower Unemployment Tax

  Governor Jim Gibbons today announced his recommendation of a one-year reduction in unemployment insurance taxes paid by the majority of Nevada businesses. “The best way to keep jobs and encourage businesses to add new workers is make it easier for them,” Governor Gibbons said, “Nevada businesses have already been hit by an...

  Chuck Muth October 1, 2009
• Opinion

  Gibbons Appoints New PUC Chairman

  Governor Jim Gibbons today announced the appointment of Sam Thompson to serve as Chair of the Nevada Public Utilities Commission. Mr. Thompson has served as a Commissioner on the PUC since July of 2007. Thompson also serves on the National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners Committee on Electricity and on the Advisory...

  Chuck Muth October 1, 2009
• Opinion

  Conservatives Dissed by Raggio’s Republicans

  The anointment process is complete and the lines are drawn for next year’s battle royale for the soul of the Republican Party in a half-dozen Nevada state Senate seats. As has been their practice for many years, Senate Minority Leader Bill Raggio and members of the Senate Republican Caucus met last week...

  Chuck Muth October 1, 2009
• Opinion

  Former GOP Chief Announces Senate Candidacy

  Nevada businesswoman, philanthropist and former state senator Sue Lowden officially entered the campaign for the United States Senate in Nevada today, joining a crowded field of GOP challengers to Democrat Sen. Harry Reid – including Danny Tarkanian, Sharron Angle and Mark Amodei. Lowden announced her candidacy one day after her resignation as...

  Chuck Muth October 1, 2009
• Opinion

  GOP Group to Hold Convention in Reno

  The National Federation of Republican Assemblies (NVRA) will hold its Biannual Convention in Reno, Nevada, on October 23-25, 2009 at the Atlantis Hotel. Guest speakers include Ken Blackwell, John Fund, Chris Simcox, Floyd Brown, Gov. Mike Huckabee. The NFRA describes itself as “a grassroots movement to take back the Republican Party for...

  Chuck Muth October 1, 2009
• Opinion

  Nevada LIFE Says Abortion Coverage in Health Bill

  Today’s rejection of an amendment to prohibit federal funds from “being used for elective abortions and plans that cover such abortions,” shows that health care bills under consideration fund abortion. The amendment, brought by Senator Orin Hatch, would have allowed insurers to sell abortion coverage through separate supplemental policies not subsidized by...

  Chuck Muth October 1, 2009
• Opinion

  Reid’s Two Faces Win Janus Award

  “The Janus Award is going to Sen. Harry Reid of Nevada,” gun rights expert John M. Snyder announced here today. “I’m doing this in recognition of the U.S. Senate Majority Leader’s ambivalent commitment to the rights of law-abiding firearm owners.” A former National Rifle Association editor, Snyder is Public Affairs Director of...

  Chuck Muth September 30, 2009