Sherman Frederick/Properly Subversive Ever since newly minted Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson could not – or more accurately would not – answer the question “what is a woman” at her confirmation hearing, American political punditry remains at the ready to do battle over the topic. Don’t expect much of a fight in Nevada, though. This remains a pioneer … [Read more...]
The awful truth for the rudely scrude
Sorry, kids. We are rudely screwed once again. This edition of the Crudely and Rudely Scrude News comes from no less than Gomorrah South. Bottom line: When the biggest, baddest union in the state can’t get something done by southern Nevada governments, MAYDAY! That’s just what’s happened to mighty Culinary Union Local 226 and its 60,000+ Nevada members, some of whom even … [Read more...]
Primary Colors
Primary Elections for both Republicans and Democrats were held in five states on May 16th. The results may be a harbinger of things to come in November. For the Republicans, the big issue was how prominent a part the endorsement of former President Trump would play in the outcomes. At this writing, Trump was two for four with the Oz contest in Pennsylvania too close to … [Read more...]
Another ‘Kamala-ism’
I’ve tried to let a significant passage of time go by before commenting – again – on our incredible vice president. Now’s the time. The ever-bizarre Kamala Harris went down to the bayou (Sunset, LA, to be precise) to talk up her federal initiative to bring greater broadband internet access to rural America. It’s needed, as rural Nevadans know. But, how in gawd’s green Earth … [Read more...]
Time to resolve this conflict
It’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 legislators under the separation of powers … [Read more...]
Dare not speak its name
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...]
The Twitter bird feed
Biggest news for the nation last week was the purchase of Twitter by Elon Musk. The man who seems to have the golden touch said he was buying the social media company so that more voices could be heard. As everyone knows, Twitter has been the PR arm of the Democrat party for years. To illustrate how Liberal it was it is interesting to note that of all the Twitter employees … [Read more...]
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...]