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Nevada’s Hollow Apple
May 17th, 2012
More than a century ago, legendary editor William Allen White asked, “What’s the matter with Kansas?” A couple of recent events beg the question, “What’s the matter with Nevada?” The answer is both simpler and more complex. Read more »
About Town
A Party by Any Other Name
The Libertarians gathered in Las Vegas—and sounded a lot like Republicans
May 10th, 2012
From May 3-6, hundreds of Libertarians from across the nation gathered in Las Vegas, a good-enough symbolic home of the mind-your-own-business streak, to select their presidential candidate and wear T-shirts that said, “Happy, Free, Alive” and “Socially tolerant, fiscally conservative.” At least one man wore a powdered wig. Another wore hot pants and a halter top—because he could! Read more »
Politics
Now, That’s a Party!
May 3rd, 2012
If your political leanings include axing taxes, legalizing drugs, dismantling federal agencies, returning to the gold standard, letting gay people marry and bringing the troops home, you may want to pay attention to this little soiree: The Libertarian Party National Convention is coming to Red Rock Resort from May 3-6. Read more »
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Economic Development, On the Rails
April 26th, 2012
Gov. Brian Sandoval recently spoke before the Keystone Corp., which calls itself “a political action organization for the Nevada Conservative,” of whom there presumably is more than one. His topic was economic development, which he said he considers “a contact sport.” Read more »
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It’s Time for an Annual Legislature
April 12th, 2012
State Sen. Richard “Tick” Segerblom is the fourth generation of his family to serve in the Nevada Legislature, and thus the fourth generation to meet every other year in Carson City. He says that needs to change: We need annual sessions. Wait. It’s not more government he’s looking for; it’s better government. And he’s already working on a way to make it a reality. Read more »
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It’s Racing Season
March 29th, 2012
Filings are in for the June 12 state primaries, and some intriguing and important contests are shaping up. Here’s your racing form to keep track of the action in the primaries and beyond: Read more »
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Republicans: Defending Your Right to Privacy Since 2012
March 15th, 2012
The Clark County Republican Party believes smart meters are an intolerable invasion of our constitutional right to privacy, but their argument is in conflict with a long tradition of Republican thought that denies the existence of … a constitutional right to privacy. Read more »
City Government: The Place to Be
March 1st, 2012
Former Assemblyman and state Sen. Bob Beers recently announced his candidacy for a Las Vegas City Council vacancy. At about the same time, both the Mob Museum and the new Las Vegas City Hall opened. The confluence of Beers’ announcement and the opening of the two long-awaited projects demonstrates how the city has moved to the forefront of a political scene once dominated by the county. Read more »
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Organizational Skills
After the caucus, local Republicans need to get their act together—fast
February 16th, 2012
Early February gave both state parties an opportunity to put their organizational skills to the test. The returns are in, and for one party they’re not pretty. Read more »
The Week
Without a Net
February 9th, 2012
If I learned anything from our brush with the national political spotlight last week, it’s that Mitt Romney really, really loves America. He said so repeatedly from a podium set up behind Metro Pizza in Henderson on Feb. 3, right after a couple of songs from a Los Angeles-based guitar strummer who warmed up the crowd with a joke about how lonely it is being a Republican in L.A., and then sang about loving America. Read more »
