Nevada News and Views

Coming To A Business Near You—Occupy Las Vegas!

Lori Piotrowski — Tue, 21 Feb 2012 18:58:41 +0000

NN&V Exclusive (Lori Piotrowski) – Yesterday was a big day for Las Vegas Occupiers (LVOs)—they had to leave their free lodging. No longer welcome in the parking lot off Tropicana Boulevard, the 5:00 p.m. deadline meant the county had fulfilled its part of the ill-conceived bargain they struck with LVOs. In November, LVOs had stopped traffic in the downtown area, “forcing” the county to find them a place to congregate. Or, perhaps I should say, [...]

Early U.S. Leaders Benefitted From “Unconventional” Schooling

Jim Clark — Mon, 20 Feb 2012 20:02:21 +0000

(Jim Clark) – Every February we honor the birthdays of two of our most significant presidents, George Washington and Abraham Lincoln. What sort of background did these two share? Washingtonwas of lineage traceable to nobility under Henry VIII; he was born amid plenty on aVirginiaplantation and was home-schooled. Later his education was amplified by an Anglican Church sexton and subsequently he had a schoolmaster who taught him mathematics, geography and Latin. But his “finishing school” [...]

SOS Ross Miller Opened Door that Allows Democrats Not to Disclose Expenditures

NN&V Staff — Fri, 17 Feb 2012 18:23:35 +0000

(Las Vegas, NV) – Secretary of State Ross Miller is all a twitter that certain Democrat Legislators are not declaring all their expenses in their Contribution and Expense Reports. Assemblywomen Debbie Smith (D – Sparks) and Lucy Flores (D – Las Vegas) and Assemblyman David Bobzien (D – Reno) all admitted in a story in the Las Vegas Sun that they did not disclose all the disbursements from their campaign accounts. Perhaps Mr. Miller should [...]

Small But Meaningful Victories Have Unions Crying Foul

NN&V Staff — Fri, 17 Feb 2012 17:36:41 +0000

NN&V Exclusive (Rebecca Smith) – My respect for our Republican representatives has risen in the past few weeks as they have successfully parried with the Obama administration’s union-friendly labor appointments and handed the National Mediation Board (NMB) a set back by passing the new FAA funding bill. While this has certainly vacated the front page or the headlines from the main news stations, it is a small victory for employers, and after so many setbacks, [...]

Congressman Heck’s Campaign Revs Its Engines

Lori Piotrowski — Fri, 17 Feb 2012 17:21:05 +0000

NN&V Exclusive (Lori Piotrowski) – Dr. Joe Heck’s 2012 campaign is revving its engine, getting ready for a big start next week with two events scheduled for Monday and Tuesday. On Monday, February 20, Gov. Brian Sandoval and Lt. Gov. Brian Krolicki will be on hand to lend their support for Dr. Heck. The fundraising event is at The Stirling Club, 2827 Paradise Road, Las Vegas, from 6:00 to 7:30 p.m. RSVP to Elizabeth Britt at [...]

CCSD Police Break The Law, Issue Tickets Away Far Schools

NN&V Staff — Fri, 17 Feb 2012 17:08:57 +0000

(Karen Gray/NPRI) – A Legislative Counsel Bureau opinion, requested by Assemblyman Richard “Tick” Segerblom, D-Las Vegas, and obtained exclusively by Nevada Journal, has determined that the Clark County School District Police are overstepping their legal authority by enforcing traffic laws in areas beyond school property. Subsection 2 of NRS 391.275 gives school police officers authority on streets adjacent to school grounds, but CCSD-PD officers regularly participate in “Operation Joining Forces,” a partnership with other Clark [...]

Former Nevada Gov. Bryan Chastises Rep. Amodei For Yucca Mountain Remarks

Sean Whaley — Fri, 17 Feb 2012 17:05:58 +0000

(Sean Whaley/Nevada News Bureau) – Former U.S. Sen. and Nevada governor Richard Bryan today described Rep. Mark Amodei’s recent comments about Yucca Mountain not being dead as a site to dispose of the nation’s nuclear waste was as “unfortunate.” “The great majority of Nevadans, dating back more than 30 years ago when I was governor, have taken a position that Yucca Mountain threatens the health and safety of Nevadans,” Bryan said in an interview with Sam [...]

Washoe’s School Superintendent Morrison Named Super Of The Year

Sean Whaley — Fri, 17 Feb 2012 17:01:17 +0000

(Sean Whaley/Nevada News Bureau) – Heath Morrison, superintendent of the Washoe County School District, today was named the 2012 National Superintendent of the Year by the American Association of School Administrators. The announcement was made at the AASA national conference in Houston. In announcing the selection, Daniel Domenech, AASA executive director, had high praise for Morrison. “Despite the fact that Nevada’s once-booming economy has been in steep decline, Heath has led his community in the [...]

Goodbye, GOP

NN&V Staff — Thu, 16 Feb 2012 19:30:53 +0000

(Roger Stone/The Stone Zone) – I registered to vote as a Republican the same day I turned 18. I registered so I could vote for Richard Nixon’s re-election in 1972. I was excited to join the party of Lincoln, Eisenhower, and Reagan. For one year before leaving for college I served on the Westchester (NY) Republican County Committee. While living in Washington’s Virginia suburbs, I served on the Arlington County Republican Committee and later the [...]

Who Will Speak Up When They Come For You?

Fred Weinberg — Thu, 16 Feb 2012 19:22:07 +0000

(Fred Weinberg/The Penny Press) – Barack Hussein Obama, at least insofar as religious freedom goes, may well be the Manchurian Candidate. I simply do not know how else you can explain his personal assault on the Catholic Church last week. Whether social conservatives like it or not, Roe vs. Wade is settled, albeit bad, law. But where is it written anywhere in our Constitution that the Federal Government can force a whole religion to do [...]