A fool and his money are soon parted. In Nevada those fools are the taxpayers who keep electing Democrat majorities to send to Carson City to pick their pockets. Assembly Bill 154, sponsored by a raft of Democrats, would roll back the minor headway made just two years ago to cut the cost of public works. It would raise the cost of construction of university and public … [Read more...]
Time to stop police from extorting cash and property
The appalling Constitution-bending practice by which law enforcement agencies have for years seized private property under the presumption it is the product of criminal activity without ever having to go the bothersome effort of actually, you know, obtaining a criminal conviction continues apace. The latest ignoble example of what is called civil asset forfeiture comes to us … [Read more...]
Lawmakers should narrow, not expand gun-free zones
Lawmakers in Carson City continue to exhibit rabid hoplophobia — fear of guns. A bill has been introduced to further extend gun-free zones to public libraries and their parking lots. Senate Bill 115, introduced by state Sen. Mo Denis of Las Vegas, would add public libraries to the current law, which already prohibits guns and other weapons in the buildings and parking lots … [Read more...]
Bill proposes to turn Nevada into a ‘sanctuary state’
Return with us now to those thrilling days under the Articles of Confederation when every state made up its own rules regarding immigration and naturalization of foreigners, back before the Constitution gave Congress the sole authority to establish such rules. In arguing for enactment of the Constitution in Federalist Paper No. 42, James Madison wrote, “The new Constitution … [Read more...]
Why separation of powers must be enforced in Nevada
Assembly Bill 121 is Exhibit A in the case for finally enforcing the state constitutional mandate for separation of powers, such that each branch of government may provide checks and balances to prevent the abuse that results when power is concentrated in too few hands. The bill — introduced in Carson City by Democratic Las Vegas Assemblyman Steve Yeager — would wipe out … [Read more...]
Gaming Control Board declines release of Laxalt recording
The Gaming Control Board has refused to release to Battle Born Media newspapers an audio recording surreptitiously made by Control Board Chairman A.G. Burnett of a conversation with Nevada Attorney General Adam Laxalt concerning litigation involving Las Vegas Sands executive Sheldon Adelson, saying the recording is not a public record under state law. The existence of the … [Read more...]
Proposed environmental bills would kill jobs
With delusions of saving the planet from catastrophic warming, a Las Vegas assemblyman is offering up a futile gesture in the form of a bill to ban fracking in Nevada. According to media accounts Democratic Assemblyman Justin Watkins has stated fracking causes earthquakes, contaminates water, pollutes the air and basically creates an eyesore. His Assembly Bill 159 would … [Read more...]
Minimum wage bill doesn’t pass constitutional muster
Democrats in the Nevada Legislature have introduced Senate Bill 106, which proposes to amend the state minimum wage law by raising the minimum wage by 75 cents an hour each year until it reaches $11 an hour for employers who provide health insurance and $12 an hour for those who do not — a 50 percent increase. There is one minor problem with SB106. You see, that minimum wage … [Read more...]