Actual knocking-on-doors candidates of every stripe appear to be hearing about one thing more than any other (gasp): Rent control. Everybody wants affordable housing in the abstract but political leaders are stuck in cement shoes when it comes to concrete solutions. In 1978, coinciding with the rise of the Reaganauts, Sparks-Reno was as much a boomtown as today. Eight … [Read more...]
May 4, 2022
Frederick Column: Time to resolve the separation of powers issue in Nevada, otherwise known as can public employees vote for their own pay raises?
Sherman R. Frederick/Properly SubversiveIt’s been a burr under the saddle of good governance in Nevada for as long as we’ve been a state – can public employees also serve as legislators?In 2020, the think tank Nevada Public Research Institute (full disclosure – I was on this organization’s board many moons ago) filed suit contending that public employees cannot also be … [Read more...]
April 27, 2022
City dedicates new pet memorial at Sparks Marina
The City of Sparks dedicated a new Pet Memorial at the Sparks Marina Park. The memorial, designed for the community to honor lost animals, is located on the south side of the marina adjacent to the dog park and includes a newly installed city art piece engraved with an original poem. Pet owners are encouraged to attach pet collars and tags in remembrance of their lost … [Read more...]
April 20, 2022
Gun violence: New thinking should be required
The shootout in downtown Sacramento that left six dead and scores wounded once again underlines the irrefutable fact that one-trick-pony progressives who blame guns first for everything do not have a common-sense answer to American violence. Look, with each episode over the years of mass violence, legislators have enacted ever-tightening gun laws. California leads the league … [Read more...]
Frederick Commentary: ‘Equity’ in America means what, exactly?
Sherman R. Frederick/Properly Subversive May I draw your attention this week to the word “equity,” the increasingly popular idea that in American culture it’s not enough to maintain a society of opportunity, it must also have “equity.” Exactly what “equity” might look like in a free America is blurry. I was on a website recently that took a stab at defining … [Read more...]