Newly defrocked Washoe School Superintendent Traci Davis made two fatal mistakes. First, she decided she liked Nevada and wanted to raise her daughter here. Second, she stayed too long at the fair. A government critic once told me that the average mid- to high-level public administrator jumps jobs every three years. By that time “they’ve gotten too hot to stay any … [Read more...]
Nevada gets short shrift on PILT checks
The checks are in the mail. Nevada’s U.S. senators both sent out press releases a couple of weeks ago boasting about all the money Nevada counties will be getting from the federal government to help cover the expense of having so much non-taxable federal public land within their borders — called Payment in Lieu of Taxes. This year’s checks for Nevada counties amount to … [Read more...]
Demented Dems
Major news last week was the long awaited Democrat debates on Wednesday and Thursday nights. To start off with, it is probably well to compare the two nights. The first night was a rather pallid exposition of the lower tier of Democrat candidates. The only one with some stature was the lone female Elizabeth Warren. Her annoying shrill voice was quickly surpassed on the second … [Read more...]
Pony Express Stations: The Northern Route – Stillwater Dogleg
By Dennis Cassinelli Beyond Fort Churchill and Buckland’s Station through the area now known as Churchill County, the history of the Pony Express Stations becomes a confusing mess. Captain James H. Simpson blazed a trail across central Nevada that roughly follows U.S. Highway 50 across Nevada and Utah in 1859 and 1860. This became known as the Simpson Route or the Central … [Read more...]
Time is Running Out for Public Records Reform This Session
By Richard Karpel Sometimes the gears of the Legislature get jammed for no good reason and only a massive outcry from the people can get them unstuck. That’s where we are with Senate Bill 287, which would make government more transparent and accountable by adding teeth to the state’s Public Records Act. Senator David Parks (D-7), the primary sponsor of the bill, and Right … [Read more...]
50 years in Nevada: Trying to outlive them all
I got paroled from the Hotel California 50 years ago this Saturday. It was kinda ordained in the stars if not myself. My erstwhile fiancé took me to a lecture at a little church near Fresno State in late 1968. The speaker was a tall, silver-haired educator, elegant in a full length sweater dress. She spoke of electric auras, astral projections and all things spiritual … [Read more...]
Bill would shred state Read by 3 law
A gaggle of Democrats in Carson City have proffered a bill that would gut Nevada’s Read by 3 law like a fish. In 2015 lawmakers voted to require schools to have students who have not achieved proficiency in reading by the end of the third grade to be retained in the third grade for another year. It was modeled after a law passed in Florida in 2002 that quickly reduced … [Read more...]
Moving gold posts
Whenever you are faced with an unsolvable problem the easiest thing to do is to move the parameters of the difficulty facing you. Such is the case with the Democrat Presidential candidates. Their problem is to figure a way to beat Trump in 2020. Since they have no pressing issues such as the economy in the United States, standing in the world they have to resort to impossible … [Read more...]