Opinion
The Standard Double-Standard
(Rich Galen) – For those of you who may have been off the grid over the weekend the big news was an item in a new book by Mullpal Mark Halperin and John Heilemann titled “Game Change” in which Majority Leader Harry Reid was quoted as using inappropriate language when describing then-Senator...
Chuck Muth January 11, 2010
Opinion
SAGE Commission’s 44 Recommendations
(NN&V Staff) – The following is a recently released list of the entire 44 recommendations made by Gov. Jim Gibbons’s “Spending and Government Efficiency” (SAGE) Commission: 1. Centralize billing for third party pay services in Mental Health and Developmental Services (MHDS). Explore data proc-essing improvements and contracted billing services. 2. Staffing ratios...
Chuck Muth January 11, 2010
Opinion
Health Care Reform will be an albatross around Democrats’ necks
(Grace-Marie Turner) – Health reform is the Holy Grail for Democrats, but it may turn out instead to be their political death march. President Obama has told Democrats in Congress they must usher in “historic change” by courageously voting for reform, assuring them the voters will thank them later. But “later” may...
Chuck Muth January 11, 2010
Chuck Muth January 9, 2010
Opinion
Reid’s comments disgusting, despicable, and unacceptable
(Lt. Col. Allen West) – The revelation of Senator Harry Reid’s comments referencing “negro talk” is just indicative of the true sentiment elitist liberals, and indeed the Democratic party, have toward black Americans. The history of the Democrat party is one of slavery, secession, segregation, and now socialism. It is this new...
Chuck Muth January 9, 2010
Opinion
Harry Reid is waterboarding the economy
(Angle for Senate Campaign) – Sharron Angle (R-NV), a conservative former state legislator who leads over Senator Harry Reid (D-NV) by five percentage points in the latest Mason-Dixon poll released this month, said today that Harry Reid is unable to prioritize properly when it comes to the nation’s prosperity, adding that he...
Chuck Muth January 9, 2010
Opinion
Who is the Best Nominee Against Harry Reid?
(Mark Noonan) – Fred Weinberg penned (computered?) an article which appeared here at NN&V arguing that Sue Lowden is the best candidate for Senate. Fundamentally, that she is the candidate most likely to send Harry back to Searchlight, permanently. Mr. Weinberg opines that Lowden’s experience as a news anchor, businesswoman and politician...
Chuck Muth January 9, 2010
Opinion
Petition to Redefine “Person” in Nevada Constitution Dismissed
(Phillip Moyer/Nevada News Bureau) – The Nevada Personhood Petition, a ballot initiative to amend the Nevada Constitution in a way that alters the definition of “person” to include “every human being,” was ruled invalid by District Judge James Russell yesterday. The judge said that the initiative’s generalized language and potentially broad effect...
Chuck Muth January 9, 2010
Chuck Muth January 9, 2010
Opinion
The Political Money Chase Race
(Chuck Muth) – The first primary will be held this coming week – the Money Primary. Candidates for state and federal offices will be reporting on just how much money they have raised (and still have in the bank) to compete for the Vote Primary this coming June. Here are the key...
Chuck Muth January 9, 2010
Opinion
Legislative Leaders Tell Governor to Draft His Own Bills
(Sean Whaley/Nevada News Bureau) – If Governor Jim Gibbons wants to bring hi s entire education reform agenda to a special session of the Legislature, from eliminating mandates for class-size reduction to repealing Nevada’s collective bargaining law, he will have to draft the bills himself. The leadership of the Legislature has rejected...
Chuck Muth January 9, 2010
Opinion
Who Can Represent the Governor in a Lawsuit?
(Josh Hicks) – Over the last few days the Governor has threatened to file two lawsuits. One would challenge the legality of the federal health care bill and the other would challenge the Legislative Counsel Bureau’s recent decision to refrain from drafting bills on behalf of the Governor at an upcoming special...
Chuck Muth January 9, 2010
Opinion
Zip Code, Reporting Errors Found on Nevada Pages of Stimulus Website
(Phillip Moyer/Nevada News Bureau) – More errors have been discovered at recovery.gov, the $18 million government website that tracks spending for the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act. In addition to previously-discovered reports of spending in Nevada congressional districts that do not exist, including $7.7 million reportedly sent to Nevada’s 9th, 22nd, 25th,...
Chuck Muth January 9, 2010
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