SILVER STATE CONFIDENTIAL 02/15/2015

NEVADA GOP TAKES GUV, SENATE LEADER TO WOODSHED The Nevada Republican Party issued a statement on Friday that caused Jon Ralston, Nevada’s #2 liberal blogger-with-a-coming-taxpayer-funded-TV-show and unofficial Press Secretary for Gov. Brian “America’s Worst Governor” Sandoval, to have one of his patented hissy-fit meltdowns. While foaming at the mouth and dripping drool on his keyboard, Ralston belted out the following… “The Nevada Republican Party, a continuing cavalcade of cuckoo's nests, has sent out a long missive attacking the Establishemnt (does this guy not know about spell-check?) Republicans, the governor and lawmakers who rightly destroyed state Treasurer Dan Schwartz's idiotic ‘alternative budget’ on Thursday.” To the contrary, the statement, responsibly articulated, took tax-hiking RINO (Republican in Name Only) Sen. Moderate Mike Roberson - who appears to need some serious anger management therapy - to task for his vicious attack on Schwartz who, per a challenge from Sandoval, offered alternatives to the governor’s Billion Dollar Tax Hike. A tax hike, which the party pointed out in the statement, is a complete violation of the Republican Party Platform and absolutely at odds with what the voters of Nevada clearly and loudly said in the last election: No New Taxes. Click here to read the statement that made Ralston’s oversized liberal cranium explode… And if you’d like to watch for yourself and see Sen. Roberson lose his $#!+ and go “postal” on Schwartz, click here and fast-forward to around the 17:24 mark. Roberson’s meltdown and rant elicited a stinging letter from a Las Vegas attorney – in the interest of full disclosure, MY attorney who handled our successful Supreme Court free speech case – upbraiding Roberson for his totally unprofessional behavior. “I was appalled by your conduct during the Senate Finance Committee yesterday,” Craig Mueller of Mueller Hinds & Associates wrote. “Your treatment of Nevada State Treasurer Dan Schwartz was an embarrassment to the Committee, the Nevada State Senate, the Nevada Legislature and to the State of Nevada. Your actions reminded me of a school-yard bully.” “Your actions were not political discourse,” Mueller continued, “they were political theater designed to change the subject and disguise your support for policies that most Republicans would find repulsive.” Amen! Click here to read the full letter. And former Assemblyman Ed Goedhart weighed in on Roberson’s bombastic performance, as well… “The over the top belligerence exhibited by (Sen. Michael) Roberson and others of the Senate Finance Committee towards (State Treasurer Dan) Schwartz is a disgrace to the institution of the Nevada Legislature. Thoughtful discourse and discussions of differing possible avenues of action have been summarily stomped out by self appointed, Puppet in Chief Roberson. The behavior of Roberson is typical of someone who is called out on their actions, that, deep down, they are ashamed of.” What he said. HAMRICK RECALL FULL STEAM AHEAD! The recall of Assembly Speaker-of-the-Weak John Hambrick (R-Promise Breaker) was officially launched on Friday the 13th.  Las Vegas Review-Journal reporter Ben Botkin was on hand for the filing… “Residents within Hambrick’s district are putting muscle toward the effort,” Botkin reported. “A.J. Maimbourg said that 60 volunteers have signed on to help with the effort and that phone calls to registered voters will start today. When voters agree to sign, volunteers will drive over to collect the signatures.” Botkin’s story can be accessed by clicking here Kyle Roerink of the Las Vegas Sun also wrote about the recall launch… “Centrist Republicans - Hambrick among them - and Democrats are supporting the governor’s plan and weighing other options for revenue increases,” Roerink reported.  “Hambrick has signaled that he will be in lockstep with Sandoval this session. Far-right conservatives in his district say Hambrick hoodwinked them.” That pretty much sums up the situation quite nicely - though I would argue that we are mainstream conservatives, not “far-right.”  Read the full article by clicking here Also, a good conservative who is quite tee’d off over the governor’s Billion Dollar Tax Hike and Mr. Hambrick’s refusal to fight it on our behalf donated $1,000 to the Recall Hambrick PAC on Saturday night! But here’s even better news… The same gentleman sent me an email this morning and offered to match any additional donations the PAC receives between the time this newsletter hits your inbox and midnight tomorrow night (Monday, February 16).  So if you give $10, the Recall Hambrick PAC will get $20.  If you give $100, the Recall Hambrick PAC will get $200. This is a great opportunity to DOUBLE your financial support for this important cause.  So break out those wallets and CLICK HERE right now! “Far-right” organizers of the Recall Hambrick Committee Lynne Clark, Chuck Muth, Diane Burnett, AJ Maimbourg & Russ Martin (l-r) SILBERKRAUS FUDGED RESIDENCE DISCLOSURE REPORT Republican Assemblyman Stephen Silberkraus has some serious ‘splainin’ to do. Silberkraus has declared on his Financial Disclosure Statement for his Assembly District 29 race last year that he lives on Green Valley Parkway and has lived “in district where registered to vote” for 10 years.  But in 2012, just two years earlier, Silberkraus ran for the state Assembly in District 42 and listed his address on the Financial Disclosure Statement as being on Dean Martin Drive. If he declared his residency as being in District 42 two years ago and now claims to have been living in District 29 for the last 10 years, clearly he lied on one or the other of the reports. Silberkraus also claimed on this year’s FDS that he’s lived in Nevada for 13 years, yet I’m hearing of records that show he’d been voting in California through at least the 2010 election cycle. For some reason, the fact that this guy is running buddies with Assemblyman Chris “Let’s Make a Deal” Edwards doesn’t surprise me in the least. NEVADA NEWS & VIEWS GOP operative Tony Dane’s lawyer tells Secretary of State that Dane is in full compliance with Nevada campaign finance law.  Click here HOW TO SUBSCRIBE Silver State Confidential is an email newsletter on Nevada politics, public policy and current events published (usually) daily by Chuck Muth, Nevada's #1 Renegade Conservative and the man voted "Most Likely to Irritate Liberals!"  Click on the link below for subscription information…