Four Past Nevada Governors Advise Governor Gibbons

Posted by Myrna the Minx on January 13, 2008 | Comments (0) | Trackbacks (0)

The Las Vegas Sun brought together four past Nevada governors and asked them how on earth the citizens of this state can possibly make it through the term of Jim Gibbons, the worst governor in history, unless he finally takes the advice of people who know something about governing for the good of the state rather than the good of themselves. Nice try fellas, but it ain’t gonna work:

The Sun asked only a couple of questions as the four talked for more than an hour about money problems and growing demands for government services in a state trying to accommodate two decades of record growth.

They also spoke of the need for leadership by the governor. The current round of steep budget cuts should be brought into the open for public discussion, they said. They also urged Gibbons to try to ease the partisan rancor they think is holding back action on crucial issues.

The governor, they said, should develop long-term goals for the state and create a strategy for achieving them, including use of his bully pulpit to try to persuade Nevadans to join the effort even by approving tax increases if necessary.

Read the whole article here. There’s even a video.