The Buckley Proposal: Nevada State Democrats Showing Leadership
Since no one else seems interested in exhibiting any leadership regarding Nevada’s economy, Speaker Barbabra Buckley has stepped up to the plate in a big way. Buckley is organizing state Democrats to undertake an ambitious process to overhaul the state financial structure. The project is called Nevada 2020 and Buckley is taking the [...]
You Know What They Say about Hubris
You studied the Greek tragedies in school right? Hubris is always the cause of the protagonist’s downfall. Funny how many of us never seem to learn that thousand year old lesson. Governor Gibbons would do well to revisit a few of those Greek plays–in fact, a quick review of the Cliff Notes [...]
Governor is Calling a Special Session Last Week of June
I just got a tip from a reliable source that Governor Gibbons will be calling a special session of the legislature to deal with Nevada’s budget crisis. More details soon. From Kolo News:
The governor called the session, scheduled to start June 23 and run for no more than five days, following a [...]
Four Past Nevada Governors Advise Governor Gibbons
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 [...]
Nevada’s Education Budget Cuts
Nevada Speaker Barbara Buckley will hold a press conference Monday at 11:00am asking Governor Gibbons to “reconsider his proposed education budget cuts.” It’ll be interesting to hear what alternatives Speaker Buckley and the state Democrats are proposing in place of Gibbons’ proposed 4.5% cuts and whether their plans include both k-12 and higher [...]
Did You Say The “New Democratic Majority” Wally Edge?
Okay, I’m a few days late on this, but a hipster tipster pointed out Wally Edge’s December 14th column (that would be Nevada’s Wally Edge as opposed to the New Jersey, Maine, Colorado, Vermont, Maryland, or Oregon Wally Edge). Isn’t the Nevada Wally Edge supposed to be a Nevada political insider? If so, [...]
Nevada Blog Love: The Economy
I just watched Steven Pearlstein (WAPO) and Kenneth Rogoff on NewsHour discuss the difficult job ahead for Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke who has to try and manage an economy that will probably experience both inflation and a recession at the same time; the falling dollar, the increasing cost of credit, the rising price [...]
