Finally, a bill we can support. Continue reading »
The challenge for Nevada legislators this session – at least those not hell-bent on growing government – is to find ways to boost tax revenues to fund truly essential government services without raising taxes in the middle of a recession. And for a tourist-based economy such as Nevada’s, that means looking for new no-cost ways to…di-di-di…boost tourism. Continue reading »
Some readers have asked for a little help in drafting a potential “NO RINO” (Republican in Name Only) resolution/petition in response to all the elected Republicans who have been supporting tax hikes and others who are helping to raise money for Harry Reid’s re-election campaign.
Hey, just call me Mr. Helper. Here’s one slightly edited from a similar petition being circulated right now at the national level by conservative icon Richard Viguerie. Would make a perfect resolution to be circulated at the Nevada Republican Central Committee next month. Continue reading »
The Wall Street Journal is reporting that “Existing-home sales rose 5.1% in February, climbing above expectations, but prices plunged again.” Continue reading »
Gaming giant MGM Grand is in deep doo-doo. According to a Las Vegas Review-Journal story on Sunday, the company “faces a potential bankruptcy filing to restructure $13.5 billion in debt.” And, according to the report, MGM Mirage majority shareholder, founder and board member Kirk Kerkorian “and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, a close friend, have been calling financial institutions to try and raise the remaining $1.2 billion needed to complete the $9.1 billion CityCenter development.”
What?!!! Continue reading »
If Bill Gossard of the U.S. National Transportation Safety Board deigns to grace our little state and testify against AB 300 – the “Let Those Who Ride Decide” proposal to repeal Nevada’s mandatory motorcycle helmet law for responsible adults over the age of 21 – at the Assembly Transportation Committee hearing on Tuesday, here’s some of this federal bureaucrat’s flapdoodle you’re likely to hear (taken from testimony he presented just a couple weeks ago in Nebraska on the same issue), along with some counter-arguments/responses put forward by Warren Woodward, author of Helmet Law Facts. Continue reading »
The following letter was emailed to Nevada legislators today. It includes at the end a transcript of testimony given before a California legislative committee a decade ago by a motorcyclist who explains how wearing a helmet didn’t save her life, but ruined it. Very powerful. Continue reading »
On the day-before-the-eve of an Assembly Transportation Committee hearing on Assemblyman Don Gustavson’s (R-Reno) proposal to repeal Nevada’s mandatory motorcycle helmet law comes new calls for a mandatory ski helmet law following the death of actress Natasha Richardson in a skiing accident up in Canada. Continue reading »
A hearing on Assemblyman Don Gustavson’s (R-Reno) “Let Those Who Ride Decide” bill (AB 300) which would repeal Nevada’s mandatory motorcycle helmet law for adults is scheduled for this coming Tuesday before the Assembly Transportation Committee. And it’s rumored that a bureaucrat named Bill Gossard may testify against the bill at the hearing. Here are some things to know and expect from Mr. Gossard. Continue reading »
Richard Viguerie is known as the “Funding Father” of the modern-day conservative movement for his pioneering success in harnessing the power of direct mail fundraising from millions of small-dollar donors in the 1970s and 1980s. So his thoughts on the current predicament conservatives find themselves in should be taken strongly into consideration. Continue reading »
