WALGREENS ENDS PAY-TO-PEE
POLICY
Muth’s
Truths readers will recall the run-in I had with the Walgreens store in downtown
Los Angeles a couple weeks ago when the store manager forced me to buy
something before allowing my daughter to use the restroom even though we’ve
purchased thousands of dollars worth of goods from Walgreens over the years.
Well,
after writing
about my experience on my blog and announcing my personal boycott of the
drug store chain, I received the following email last Thursday…
“Mr. Muth. My name is Tri Leu and I am the District Manager for the stores in Los Angeles. I am writing to you regarding the terrible experience that you had in one of my stores. I apologize that you were forced to make a purchase just to use our restroom. Since this is not a Walgreens or Market policy, I am quite shocked and embarrassed.“I have spoken to the Store Manager and carefully explained to him why it was a bad idea to continue with this policy. He understands his mistake and quickly stopped the practice. I will also review this with all of my Store Managers to make sure that this has not spread to other stores.”
Once
again, the pen proved mightier than the sword. And thus endeth my boycott.
PULLING A BILBRAY
Last
Thursday the campaign of Democrat congressional candidate Erin Bilbray-Kohn put out an email that was extraordinarily unique
in that it appears to not have a single factual error in it! Congrats Team Erin.
Alas,
the email to supporters was still rather misleading. Here’s how it began:
“Thanks to our incredible network, and the many who came through in the final hours! Your grassroots support put us over the top and I'm happy to report we exceeded our first end of quarter fundraising goal of the year! Skeptics, beware!”
OK,
I’m one of those skeptics. And one of the reasons for my skepticism is that the
Bilbray-Kohn campaign isn’t leveling with its own supporters, let alone the
public at large.
I
mean, how are we supposed to know if you “exceeded our first end of
quarter fundraising goal” if you never told anyone what that goal was in
the
first place? Indeed, for all we know you’re
goal was to raise a dollar ninety-eight.
Sorry,
but skeptics continue to have every reason to be skeptical about this campaign
that never seems to shoot straight.
TAX PLEDGE FRIDAY
We
had a great time at last week’s First Friday Happy Hour as candidate after
candidate came forward to ink the Taxpayer Protection Pledge with Assemblyman John Hambrick (R-Las Vegas) and
conservative talk-show host Alan Stock
serving as official witnesses for the signing ceremonies.
Candidates
who joined us in putting their promise to the voters of their districts that
they will oppose and vote against any and all efforts to increase taxes
included…
Jose Padilla,
candidate for Nevada’s 1st congressional district
Niger Innis,
candidate for Nevada’s 4th congressional district
Eddie Hamilton,
candidate for governor
Mike
Little, candidate for lieutenant governor
Tom Jones,
candidate for state controller
Lou Baker,
candidate for state senate in District 2
Lisa Myers,
candidate for state senate in District 8
Carl Bunce,
candidate for state senate in District 20
Shelly Shelton,
candidate for state assembly in District 10
Matt Yarborough,
candidate for state assembly in District 14
Richard Bunce,
candidate for state assembly in District 22
Brent Jones,
candidate for state assembly in District 35
Vicki Dooling,
candidate for state assembly in District 41
Howard Scheff,
candidate for state assembly in District 42
Ed Klapproth,
candidate for Clark County Public Administrator
Cindy Lake,
candidate for Clark County Commission G
NOTE:
U.S. Sen. Dean Heller, as well as Rep. Joe
Heck of Nevada’s 3rd congressional district and Rep. Mark Amodei of Nevada’s 2nd
congressional district have all already signed the Pledge.
“It
will be easy to uphold my pledge to not raise taxes when I am elected Clark
County Commissioner,” said Cindy Lake. “I was so excited to sign
the Pledge, I arrived early!”
Niger
Innis seconded that emotion. "I am
proud to sign the Pledge not to vote for a tax increase,” he said. “My pledge is to the voters of CD-4 and the
American people and will not be broken.”
“A
core Republican principle is that the individual will spend their money more
efficiently and invest it more wisely than any government agency,” Richard Bunce
added. “In signing this pledge I am reaffirming
that principle.”
“Signing
the Tax Pledge is important because it acknowledges that you understand how our
economy works and grows,” concluded Carl Bunce.
“Money left in the hands of individuals and business owners grows our
economy, which helps everyone. Excess taxes taken by government creates
stagnation.”
Also,
although he was unable to attend the Tax Pledge Friday event, Rodney Bloom, candidate for Assembly
District 37 in Reno faxed me his signed Pledge last week.
Candidates
who have not yet signed the Taxpayer Protection Pledge can download the form by
going to www.ATR.org.
NANCY DALLAS’ E-INTERVIEWS
Our
friend and longtime GOP loyalist Nancy Dallas has been busy conducting email
interviews with candidates in many of the competitive Republican primary races
again this election cycle.
These
interviews are substantive, informative and objective and focus on key issues
of interest to GOP primary voters. Here
are links to several of the e-interviews that have already been completed and
posted online at Nevada News & Views…
Congressional District 1
* Annette Teijeiro did not respond to
interview request
Congressional District 4
Lieutenant Governor
State Controller
State Senate District 8
* Patricia Farley did not respond to
interview request
* Kelly Hurst did not respond to
interview request
* Lisa Meyers did not respond to
interview request
State Senate District 9
* Becky Harris did not respond to
interview request
* Ron Quilang did not respond to
interview request
FAMOUS LAST WORDS
“While
the party platform is the statement of a political organization’s principles,
it’s not binding on that party’s candidates. … And that’s a good thing, too:
The Clark County platform maintains that ‘the extension of taxes is a tax
increase,’ and several Clark County Republicans — along with Gov. Brian
Sandoval — have repeatedly done that!” – Las Vegas Review-Journal columnist Steve
Sebelius
“Republican
Lt. Gov. candidate Sue Lowden didn’t shy away from a chance to spar with
political talk host Jon Ralston on his “Ralston Reports” show this week. Not
only did her primary challenger Mark Hutchison decide against going on the
program, he also declined to return my phone calls this week.” – Las Vegas
Review-Journal columnist John L. Smith, 4/4/14
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