{"id":42114,"date":"2020-05-05T09:51:29","date_gmt":"2020-05-05T16:51:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nevadanewsandviews.com\/?p=42114"},"modified":"2020-05-05T09:51:29","modified_gmt":"2020-05-05T16:51:29","slug":"nevada-held-hostage-sisolaks-war-on-work-rages-on","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/nevadanewsandviews.com\/nevada-held-hostage-sisolaks-war-on-work-rages-on\/","title":{"rendered":"Nevada Held Hostage: Sisolak\u2019s \u201cWar on Work\u201d Rages On"},"content":{"rendered":"

(Chuck Muth)<\/em>\u00a0– Nevada Gov. Steve Sisolak\u2019s much-anticipated announcement of his plan to restart the economy he himself wrecked was another self-inflicted train wreck Thursday evening.\u00a0 To summarize\u2026<\/p>\n

\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u201cOK, there will be four phases to reopening.\u00a0 But it might be three phases.\u00a0 Or it might be five phases.\u00a0 Or it might be more phases.\u00a0 And there might be phases of each phase.\u00a0 And each phase might be different depending on which phase each county is in.\u00a0 But every county, regardless of which phase they\u2019re in, will only be allowed to enter a reopening phase when Clark County reaches a phase or the phase of phase it\u2019s in.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

Got it?<\/p>\n

Now, if you\u2019ve been watching Sisolak\u2019s amateur-hour dog-and-pony shows for the last six weeks, you know the production value of the videos has been barely better than an artist\u2019s rendering of a court proceeding.\u00a0 Stone-age technological quality.\u00a0 Lousy sound.\u00a0 Not ready for prime time.<\/p>\n

And after six weeks\u2019 worth of trying to put on the show via Facebook, the governor\u2019s crack communications operation switched last night\u2019s production to Livestream.\u00a0 And yet another unmitigated disaster.<\/p>\n

The sound was, once again, a mess right out of the gate.\u00a0 Worse, just over ten minutes into the show the livestream cut out completely.\u00a0 So unless you quickly switched over to a Facebook feed from a local news station \u2013 I switched over to KRNV News 4 out of Reno \u2013 you missed the most important parts.<\/p>\n

Now think about this\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n

We\u2019re supposed to trust our lives and livelihood to the competence and judgment of a governor and gubernatorial staff that couldn\u2019t even point an i-Phone at someone and hit \u201crecord.\u201d<\/p>\n

As is his wont, the governor opened up the show by patronizing suffering Nevadans; telling us we\u2019ve been good little boys and girls up to this point but warning us that if we don\u2019t continue to behave ourselves we\u2019re gonna be kept in \u201ctime out\u201d indefinitely.<\/p>\n

And the sheep among us said, \u201cBaaaa!\u201d<\/p>\n

Details of the politically-named \u201cBattle Born Beginning\u201d multi-phase reopening plan include yet ANOTHER triple-somersault policy reversal.\u00a0 First, the golf courses were ordered closed. Then allowed to reopen. Then closed again.\u00a0 And now reopened again.\u00a0 Until he changes his mind.<\/p>\n

Oh, and drive-up churches are now OK\u2026but not drive-in movies.\u00a0 Figure that one out.<\/p>\n

But some good news!\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

The tennis and pickleball courts will also reopen.\u00a0 But only if you only touch your own balls\u2026unless playing with a family member.\u00a0 If you\u2019re playing with a stranger, you\u2019re advised not to touch their balls.<\/p>\n

Actually, that was probably pretty good advice even before COVID-19.\u00a0 Onward\u2026<\/p>\n

Interestingly, the governor will decide when every business in Nevada will reopen and under what conditions\u2026except gaming.\u00a0 Casino re-openings, he told us, will be decided by the Gaming Control Board.<\/p>\n

That way, if anything goes wrong the governor will blame the Board: \u201cTHEY decided when and how to re-open, not me.\u201d<\/p>\n

In any event, the fate of Nevada\u2019s gaming and tourism industry will be decided by a cabal of gubernatorially-appointed, not publicly-elected, political insiders while the fate for the rest of us won\u2019t even have the input, let alone consent, of the 63 elected members of the Nevada Legislature.<\/p>\n

Why hasn\u2019t a SINGLE elected state legislator called for a Special Session yet?\u00a0 Every one of them should be brought up on charges of dereliction of duty.<\/p>\n

OK, more insanity\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n

Out of one side of his mouth, the governor acknowledged that Clark County and Washoe County aren\u2019t like the other 15 rural counties and shouldn\u2019t be treated the same.<\/p>\n

But out of the other side of his mouth he declared that no county \u2013 regardless of individual circumstances as it relates to the virus \u2013 will be treated differently.<\/p>\n

\u201cAll counties will open in Phase 1 at the same time,\u201d Little Caesar declared from upon high at Mt. Olympus.<\/p>\n

Why?\u00a0 Because, he explains, the virus doesn\u2019t know borders.<\/p>\n

Really?<\/p>\n

Then why, according to the governor\u2019s convoluted shutdown orders, does the virus apparently not spread in grocery stores, big box stores, pharmacies and hardware stores \u2013 not to mention the Raiders\u2019 stadium construction site \u2013 but will attack you without mercy if you go into a small mom-and-pop store?<\/p>\n

Wait, it gets worse\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n

The governor also announced the creation of a politically-named \u201cLocal Empowerment Advisory Panel\u201d (LEAP) made up of a pair of county commissioners, government regulators and administration officials.<\/p>\n

So I guess 2020 really is LEAP year, both literally and figuratively.<\/p>\n

But make no mistake.\u00a0 This is a political set-up.\u00a0 If things go wrong in the re-opening, you can bet Sisolak will wash his hands and point the finger of blame to the members of the LEAP committee.\u00a0 They\u2019re walking into a trap\u2026and they don\u2019t even realize it.<\/p>\n

Oh, and decidedly NOT part of LEAP: Anyone representing Nevada\u2019s cities.<\/p>\n

Why not?\u00a0 Well, it\u2019s obvious.\u00a0 Political payback to Mayor Carolyn Goodman of the state\u2019s largest city, Las Vegas.<\/p>\n

Mayor Goodman has been critical of Gov. Sisolak\u2019s irrational, emotionally-driven, contradictory, confusing and discriminatory decisions from Day One.\u00a0 So in an overt act of political revenge, the governor has told Goodman to take a leap when it comes to the LEAP committee.<\/p>\n

What a petty tyrant.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Let\u2019s face it, the so-called \u201cemergency\u201d is over \u2013 and has been for a while.\u00a0 There are plenty of tests on hand and plenty of excess hospital beds.\u00a0 Our health care facilities were not, are not and will not be overrun.<\/p>\n

Destroying Nevada\u2019s economy happened with a gubernatorial flip of a switch on St. Patrick\u2019s Day.\u00a0 Now we\u2019re expected to wade back into the recovery by dipping one toe in the water at a time.<\/p>\n

The longer we wait, the worse the economic pain for families and mom-and-pop shops is going to be.\u00a0 Some won\u2019t make it.\u00a0 Sisolak\u2019s cure will indeed prove to be worse than the disease.<\/p>\n

We\u2019ve flattened the curve.\u00a0 That\u2019s inarguable.\u00a0 It\u2019s now way past time to stop flattening our economy.\u00a0 It\u2019s time to begin reopening Nevada.\u00a0 TODAY.\u00a0 Even if it means civil disobedience.<\/p>\n

Heck, they can\u2019t throw ALL of us in jail – even though there are a number of empty cells since we\u2019re letting murderers, rapists and thieves out because of the virus.<\/p>\n

In concluding today\u2019s Muth\u2019s Truths, some final words to the scared-of-their-own-shadow Henny Penny crowd, courtesy of a letter-to-the-editor published by the Las Vegas Review-Journal this morning\u2026<\/p>\n

\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u201cNo one is going to make you leave your home.\u00a0 You can shelter in place for as long as you want. \u2026 So if you are scared of this virus, stay home.\u00a0 But don\u2019t make the rest of us suffer.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

What he said.<\/p>\n

FAMOUS LAST WORDS<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cWe should all be so lucky to have a mayor like Carolyn Goodman – who has truly become \u2018America\u2019s Mayor.\u2019\u201d \u2013\u00a0Orange County Register columnist John Phillips<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cWe need to reopen doors to our family owned-restaurants. They have seen success with curbside\/delivery. We can open with safe protocols. Get people back to work. Save these businesses. We are Americans. We are Southern Nevadans. We can reopen safely.\u201d \u2013\u00a0Las Vegas City Councilman Stavros Anthony<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019ll see how things progress through the summer, but we know this: COVID-19 is not going to magically disappear.\u00a0 We\u2019d better get used to it.\u201d \u2013\u00a0Rich Galen,\u00a0Mullings.com<\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

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