Saturday, April 7, 2012

SILVER STATE CONFIDENTIAL 04/07/2012

NEW PLEDGE SIGNER

Republican state senate candidate Brent Jones proudly inked the Taxpayer Protection Pledge last night at our monthly First Friday Happy Hour event. 

Brent is a conservative small businessman; something we need a LOT more of in Carson City.  He’s running in the GOP primary for Senate District 9 against Mari St. Martin - a hand-picked candidate of Senate Minority Leader-in-Waiting Michael Roberson who has also been endorsed by the Senate Moderate Republican Caucus. 

As of this date, St. Martin has not signed the Tax Pledge, apparently so as to be able to vote with Roberson to re-impose the Sandoval-Roberson “sunset” taxes next session if she’s elected.

IF…she’s elected.

CLC 2012

The 5th annual Conservative Leadership Conference will be held June 8-10 at the downtown Plaza Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas.  CLC will again be co-hosted by Citizen Outreach and Americans for Tax Reform. 

Among confirmed speakers: Herman Cain, Sheriff Joe Arpaio, Margaret Hoover of FOX News, Jenny Beth Martin of Tea Party Patriots, syndicated national conservative talk-show host Roger Hedgecock and David Keene of the National Rifle Association. 

EARLY BIRD ticket pricing available until April 30.  Register today for the best gathering of conservative-libertarians this side of the Rockies!  CLICK HERE

THE FURTHER ADVENTURES OF MARK SURE-WOULD

Far be it for me to beat a dead horse or kick a man when he’s down – yeah, right – but yahoo Assemblyman Mark Sherwood (R-Uranus) is backing a hand-picked successor for the district he mis-represented in the last legislative session.  Her name is Becky Harris and she’s a lawyer…just what we need more of in the Legislature, right?

Making matters worse, Harris was recently cited by the Nevada Secretary of State for violating a campaign law that “prohibits a candidate from implying that he or she is the incumbent unless he or she was actually elected or appointed to the same seat that he or she is seeking once again.”

Now…that law is just plain stupid.  It gives incumbents what I consider an unfair advantage – as if they don’t have enough advantages already.  It’s also an effort by the government to micro-manage our elections under the assumption that voters are too stupid to figure out for themselves what candidates are incumbents and which candidates are not.

That said, Harris is a lawyer who should have known about this law, especially since it’s violated just about every election cycle by one novice candidate or another and is regularly featured in election stories.

Would the District 21 incumbent - the Assembly GOP’s reigning “Messaging Chairman” – allow his hand-picked successor to make such a dumb, rookie mistake?  

Sure Would.

THE CATHOLIC CHURCH & LAS VEGAS

Here’s an oldie but a goodie:

“Some little known facts about the Catholic Church in Las Vegas : There are more churches in Las Vegas than casinos. During Sunday services at the offertory, some worshippers contribute casino chips as opposed to cash. Some are sharing their winnings - some are hoping to win.

“Since they get chips from so many different casinos, and they are worth money, the Catholic churches are required to send all the chips into the diocese for sorting. Once sorted into the respective casino chips, one junior priest takes the chips and makes the rounds to the casinos turning chips into cash. And he, of course, is known as The Chip Monk.”

Happy Easter.

No comments:

Post a Comment