THE FURTHER MIS-ADVENTURES OF CHICKEN RIC
As regular readers here already know, Ric Truesdell - the Las Vegas city council candidate with a yahoo Obama Whisperer for both a campaign manager and son-in-law – has refused to debate man-to-man his main opponent, fiscal conservative and former state senator, Bob Beers.
Indeed, he refused to participate in a candidate debate this past Monday night that was moderated by KDWN 720 AM’s Alan Stock, and then blew off an invitation by Jon Ralston to debate Beers on Ralston’s Face to Face program.
Let’s face it, the guy’s a real chicken-ric.
And while Chicken Ric refuses to “man up” and debate Beers one-on-one in public, he’s been all too happy to spend a small fortune on attacking Beers in mailers, radio and TV ads, the Internet, etc. And in one of those ads, Chicken Ric went too far – falsely accusing Beers of something that Beers has now sued him over. And what was Chicken Ric’s response?
First, he blamed the Las Vegas Sun.
Secondly, as Ralston tweeted this morning, he’s now hiding behind the lawsuit, claiming, laughably, that he can’t debate Beers now because of it.
A real profile in courage and integrity there, huh?
If the voters of Ward 2 elect this guy, they deserve exactly what they’re gonna get.
THE LAUER REPORT
You may have heard or read yesterday that former GOP secretary of state candidate Rob Lauer won a $50,000 judgment by default against a Republican woman he was accused of assaulting at Stoney’s after one of our First Friday Happy Hours during the 2010 campaign season. He claims he was just teaching her his self-defense moves.
Well, don’t go spending that fifty large yet, Kung-Fu Rob!
Jennifer von Tobel advised me this morning that she was never served papers in Lauer’s lawsuit…and her attorney will have the judgment quashed for improper service.
WITH FRIENDS LIKE THESE
Arguably, the “job” of the Chamber of Commerce is to advocate for and protect its members. Which means when government attempts to penalize businesses with a penalty/tax for hiring workers - as well as DOUBLE the cost of the government’s permission slip every business is forced to obtain – it’s a no-brainer that the Chamber would be in virulent opposition, right?
Wrong.
After Gov. Brian Sandoval announced this week that he was breaking his campaign promise to the citizens of Nevada for - not the first, but the SECOND time by making the “temporary” tax hikes from 2009 and 2011 a permanent part of the new budget he’ll propose next January, the Reno-Sparks Chamber of Commerce essential bent over and gleefully shouted, “Thank you, sir, may I have another!!”
"Under this proposal,” said Tray Abney, Director of Government Relations for the Chamber, “Governor Sandoval is providing stability and consistency to every Nevada business and taxpayer.”
What a load of crap.
THE MYTH OF THE “TEMPORARY” TAX HIKE
by Geoffrey Lawrence, Nevada Policy Research Institute
During the waning days of the 2009 legislative session, Steven Horsford and his Democrat colleagues in the Nevada Senate worked hard to raise the tax burden on Nevada families.
Their goal was to insulate state and local bureaucrats from the impact that the economic recession had wrought on private citizens.
To do this, they proposed to increase the statewide sales tax, to double the tax on private-sector payroll, to double the cost of business licensing and to adjust the allowable depreciation schedule for motor vehicles — ensuring that Nevada families would face higher registration costs each year.
They succeeded in imposing the higher taxes, but they were only able to do so by coaxing out support from some counterparts in the Republican Senate caucus.
The late Bill Raggio — then Senate minority leader — indicated that he could support these tax increases only so long as they were used as a temporary stopgap measure and that they would disappear at the end of the 2009-11 budget cycle. Raggio also insisted that the tax increases be accompanied by long-term cost-saving measures, including reform of the Public Employees' Retirement System.
Only after receiving these assurances did Raggio and four of his eight Republican Senate colleagues agree to raise taxes during that budget cycle.
The 2009-11 budget cycle has come and gone. Yet, those tax hikes remain in place.
This week, Gov. Brian Sandoval announced he supports extending those "temporary" tax hikes even further — through at least the end of Fiscal Year 2015. Those "temporary" taxes are starting to take on the suspicious appearance of permanent taxes.
FAMOUS LAST WORDS
“We support less government, lower taxes, less regulation, and more individual and personal responsibility.” – Official 2010 Nevada Republican Party Platform
“During his campaign, when he was an absolutist against raising taxes, and during the 2011 legislative debate, (Gov. Brian) Sandoval 1.0 repeatedly said he believed extending the sunsets was a tax increase. Period. No wiggle room.” – Columnist Jon Ralston
“In 2010, Gov. Sandoval stated that raising taxes is 'the worst possible thing you can do' after a recession. His statement is as correct today as it was then - raising taxes on job creators is exactly the wrong thing to do in the aftermath of a recession.” – Geoffrey Lawrence, Nevada Policy Research Institute
“Governor Sandoval and Senator Roberson are proving the point that true conservatives already know: there is no such thing as a temporary tax increase. Guess we should all get used to paying more for the pleasure of driving our vehicles here in the Silver State. I cannot begin to express my disappointment in those that were elected in good faith to protect us from bigger government.” - James Smack, Interim Chairman, Nevada Republican Party
“To think, I spent 8 of my weekends walking and knocking on doors for (Sen. Michael) Roberson to be sold out like a cheap whore. No wonder I find it hard to give money to anyone.” – Clark County Republican who asked to remain anonymous
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