It is vital for rural Nevada that we send representatives to Washington who will defend us from the encroachment of the federal bureaucracies. When it comes to the race for the Senate seat, the choice is obvious. Republican Sen. Dean Heller knows rural Nevada and what its residents need to survive and prosper. His opponent — one-term Democratic representative Jacky Rosen … [Read more...]
Dim and Dimmer: Ghost of Jim the Dim Rides Again
I have not been alone among political pros in terming GOP U.S. Senator Dean Heller and Attorney General Adam Laxalt as narrow favorites this November. Heller’s race is not even included in Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee fundraising e-mails which tout close contests everywhere but Nevada. Donkeyite gubernatorial nominee Steve Sisolak has even generated letters to … [Read more...]
Two Different Approaches to Internet Access
When boiled down to its essence, the key difference between the two major political parties is this: Democrats believe government is the solution. Republicans believe government is the problem. This difference is on display with bills being pushed by two Nevada senatorial candidates -- incumbent Republican Dean Heller and challenger Jacky Rosen, currently a freshman … [Read more...]
Will Collaboration On Sage Grouse Finally Happen?
Nevada has every reason to feel like a slighted wallflower. We keep getting invited to the big sage grouse dance, but never get asked to dance. Gov. Brian Sandoval and Attorney Adam Laxalt and others have complained bitterly that state and local input on how to protect the sage grouse population and still conduct economically productive endeavors on the land the birds occupy … [Read more...]
Give Nevadans a Voice in How Our Land is Used
Nevada’s two remaining Republican representatives in Washington have joined forces to introduce legislation that would prevent future presidents from usurping Nevada land without first consulting Nevadans. This past week Sen. Dean Heller and Rep. Mark Amodei, who represents Northern Nevada, introduced the Nevada Land Sovereignty Act of 2017 (H.R. 243, S. 22). If passed, it … [Read more...]
Sen. Heller pushing for faster approval of broadband easements
Once again Nevada’s Washington representatives are having to resort to legislation to force the slothful federal land agencies to more quickly allow the public access to rights of way across putatively public lands. Earlier this month Nevada Republican Sen. Dean Heller added two amendments to the Making Opportunities for Broadband Investment and Limiting Excessive and … [Read more...]
Democrats defeat effort to limit presidential power over public lands
Another effort in Washington this past week to rein in the executive branch’s power to grab Western land and take it out of productive use was strangled in its crib by Democratic senators. Utah Sen. Mike Lee tried to amend a Senate energy bill by adding a provision limiting a president’s power under the Antiquities Act of 1906 to create new national monuments without the … [Read more...]