A bill to repeal Nevada’s mandatory motorcycle helmet law was proposed in the 2007 Legislature. At a hearing on the bill, the Las Vegas Review-Journal reported that “witnesses said the typical traumatic head injury accident costs $2 million over the lifetime of the survivor and 50 such accidents would be expected a year in Nevada if the helmet law was repealed.” Continue reading »
It’s bad enough that Republican Gov. Jim Gibbons broke his Tax Pledge to the citizens of Nevada by proposing the teachers union’s room tax hike in his budget, and that seven Republicans in the state Assembly – led by Assembly Minority Leader Heidi Gansert and Assistant Assembly Minority Leader Lynn “Bug Man” Stewart – along with four Republicans in the state Senate – led by Senate Minority Leader Bill Raggio and Assistant Minority Leader Dennis “The Menace” Nolan – voted for the tax hike. Continue reading »
Economist will tell you that you get more of what you subsidize and less of what you tax. Continue reading »
Assembly Minority Leader Heidi Gansert (R-Reno) recently introduced a feel-good bill (AB 234) which would mandate DNA testing for anyone arrested – not convicted, mind you; arrested – on suspicion of a felony. Continue reading »
Gov. Jim Gibbons signed the Taxpayer Protection Pledge promising to oppose and veto any and all efforts to increase taxes right before proposing the third largest tax increase in the state’s history and then refusing to veto it.
Now, apparently following the governor’s lead, GOP Assemblyman John Carpenter, who also signed the Taxpayer Protection Pledge, has signed on as the ONLY Republican co-sponsor of a massive new tax hike (AB 277) on alcohol.
What in the hell is the matter with these Republicans? And they wonder why they’re in the minority?
“I disagree completely when government says that because of the number of head injuries from accidents with motorcycles that (a person) should be forced to wear a helmet,” declarethed Ronaldo Maximus many years ago. “I happen to think he’s stupid if he rides a motorcycle without a helmet, but that’s one of our sacred rights – to be stupid.” Continue reading »
A pair of good conservative bills were introduced in the Nevada Legislature by Monday’s submission deadline. Continue reading »
“Dennis, I hope you are not party to this obscene nanny state bill, that puts us one step closer to an absolute controlled POLICE STATE!!!” wrote Matt Walsh in an email to his state senator, dennis nolan, over a measure to make not wearing a seat belt a primary offense in Nevada. “I do support our police, but do not care to give unlimited powers to them. This is a bad bill!” Continue reading »
Las Vegas Review-Journal columnist John L. Smith has inked a pair of back-to-back political gems this week. Continue reading »
In response to my call for Gov. Jim Gibbons to resign last week, gubernatorial communications director/press secretary Dan Burns had this to say to Las Vegas Review-Journal reporter Molly Ball: Continue reading »
