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PR Alert: Governor Sandoval’s Manufactured Popularity Continues to Grow

In a recent article at Politico.com, writers Ben Smith and Byron Tau hold Brian Sandoval and New Mexico Governor Susana Martinez forth as shining Republican examples. The piece is titled “Some govs succeed with softer touch”: But a look toward the West finds some rookie GOP state leaders — New Mexico’s Susana Martinez and Nevada’s Brian Sandoval in particular [...]

August 3, 20116 CommentsRead More

Corporate Puppet Republicans Do Their Jig

July 28, 2011 1 Comment

In an excellent article in the July 27th New York Times, Leslie Kaufman shines a light on the political rats who would sell our environment for profit: With the nation’s attention diverted by the drama over the debt ceiling, Republicans in the House of Representatives are loading up an appropriations bill with 39 ways — and counting — [...]

Tea Party Logic: Chop Off Fingers to Improve Juggling Skills

July 22, 2011 1 Comment

The last time the gap between rich and poor in America was as wide as it is today was in 1928, just before the Great Depression. Last year middle class Americans saw their net worth drop by 20%. The bottom end of income spectrum experienced an even sharper decrease. Also last year, according to a [...]

PR Alert: RGJ Publishes Puff Piece on Power Broker Pete Ernaut – R&R Partners

July 12, 2011 2 Comments

Reno Gazette-Journal political reporter Ray Hagar dons the cheerleading outfit and pom poms for his love fest of an article about lobbyist and R&R Partners President Pete Ernaut. The story venerates Ernaut for his deep connections to “Nevada’s Republican royalty.” To say the least, Ernault, 47, the Reno-based president of public affairs for R&R Partners, is well-connected. [...]

With Entitlements on the Chopping Block, a New Study Details the Vast Costs of War

July 10, 2011 1 Comment

The US Military and CIA are currently carrying out operations in at least six countries: Iraq, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Libya, Yemen and Somalia. As many as sixteen countries hold detainees arrested as part of the US War on Terror. When stating the cost of ten years of war, presidents and congress have focused narrowly on Pentagon [...]

Nevada is Uhmerica’s Ground Zero for Tea Party Flat Earth Scientific Illiterates

July 6, 2011 4 Comments

Ladies and gentlemen, today I am especially proud to live in Nevada. The Conservative Political Action Committee Western Representation, based in Carson City, garnered the attention of the national media recently for their formal effort to prevent Mitt Romney from becoming the Republican presidential nominee in 2012. Under the “Stop Romney” link on their homepage, [...]

PR Green Washing Alert: Corporate Apologists Working Overtime on Screw Lake Tahoe Bill

July 3, 2011 2 Comments

I was pleased to be mentioned in a recent column in the Tahoe Daily Tribune by Carl Ribaudo. Ribaudo disparages comments The Spectator, Dailykos.com, and the League to Save Lake Tahoe made regarding the recently enacted SB 271, or Screw Lake Tahoe Bill as I call it. He says our words are, “the usual message [...]

New Education Budget – Washoe County Schools Stumble Backward

July 1, 2011 3 Comments

On Thursday, the Washoe County School District Board of Trustees voted 5 – 2 to approve a budget for 2011-12. In a nicely done RGJ article by Michael Martinez, Washoe County Superintendent of Schools Heath Morrison is quoted following the board’s vote: “Presenting a budget like this to your school board, you’re anything but all [...]

Future Bleak for Nevada State Senate with Roberson in Charge

June 28, 2011 2 Comments

In a Las Vegas Sun article dated June 26th 2011 David McGrath Swartz writes: “Sen. Michael Roberson, the freshman who emerged from the legislative session as conservatives’ top pugilist, will head Republicans’ efforts to retake the state Senate next year. The job positions Roberson to lead the Republican Senate caucus and, if his campaign efforts [...]

An Uphill Battle of Numbers for Democrat Kate Marshall in Nevada’s CD2

June 25, 2011 9 Comments

In 2010, Dean Heller trounced Democrat Nancy Price in the race for Nevada’s 2nd Congressional district. Republican Heller won 63.3% of the vote, or 169,548 votes. Nancy Price won 32.7% of the vote, or 87,421 votes. Here are the May, 2011 voter registration numbers for Nevada’s CD2 fresh from the Nevada Secretary of State’s office: [...]