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Year Of Dramatic Campaign Spending Increases Marks Anniversary Of Citizens United Decision

By Andrew Doughman / Nevada News Bureau
One year later, the impacts of the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision in the Citizens United case are plain to see.
On Jan. 21, 2010, the court ruled that corporate and union donations to political candidates cannot be limited under the First Amendment.
The impact?

State worker launches budget deficit plan, issues challenge to economists

Carl Kuhl, a state Parole and Probation employee of six years, has created a plan that he claims will eliminate Nevada's budget deficit within two years.

In a news release issued on Tuesday, Kuhl said his plan not only will reduce the budget deficit but also help repair Nevada's economy at the same time. It is a pretty big claim, he admits, coming from an Accounting Assistant I, an entry level position.

Column: The Great Bipartisan Sellout of 2010

The liberal blogs are all in a tizzy about how President Barack Obama "caved" to Republicans, agreeing to extend the Bush tax cuts for everyone, not just those making under $250,000 a year as he said he wanted.

Some are saying that Obama has been seriously damaged by this episode, looking weak and handing the narrative and momentum to the GOP, and that he might have a tough time getting reelected in 2012.

THE GAME HAS CHANGED

By: Lee Kennedy
http://www.faithfamilyandfreedom.com

Day Williams book signing

Day Williams, Carson City lawyer and candidate for Supervisor in Ward 3 will sign copies of his new book, We the People at Borders Bookstore. We the People is a book with hundrends of presidential quotations and many American milestone documents. Inspiring and thought-provokiing quotations are from George Washington to Barack Obama. and span 367 years of American history. The book is a fundamental compendium of American law and lore.

Work Stoppage On Yucca Mountain Review Not The End Of Nuclear Waste Project, State Official Says

By Sean Whaley / Nevada News Bureau
CARSON CITY – Nevada remains in limbo over the status of Yucca Mountain as a potential repository for the nation’s nuclear waste even with a work stoppage on the project review by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission due to funding limitations, a state official says.

'None of the Above' Political Satire featured during Nevada Day weekend

Wild Horse Theater Company is proud to present the world premiere of Robert Leonard Reid’s None of the Above!”, a satirical song, dance, and comedy revue that lampoons the 2012 Presidential election.None of the Above!”  will be presented in the Maizie Harris Jesse Theater at the Brewery Arts Center, 449 W. King Street in Carson City. Show dates are Fridays and Saturdays, October 19, 20, 26, 27, November 2, 3 @ 7:30PM and Sundays, October 21, 28 @ 2:00PM.

 

Former Employees Still Owed Pay From Well-Connected Las Vegas Gaming Company

CARSON CITY – Half a dozen former employees of a Las Vegas-based gaming company laid off last year say they are still owed about $500,000 in severance pay and other compensation even as the firm continues to receive financial support from high profile investors, including the brother of President Obama’s chief of staff.
One of the former TableMAX Gaming employees, Tyson Wrensch, said efforts to contact current company officials to resolve the compensation issue have not produced any results so far.

Reactions to Nugget Project petition (last update)

I sent an email to all of the members of the Carson City Board of Supervisors for their reaction to the initiative petition filed on Friday to put the Nugget Project to a vote in 2012.

We now have responses from the four supervisors, and I just added Mayor Bob Crowell's comment below.

GOP Senate Candidate John Chachas will Remain in Race through Primary Despite Low Poll Numbers

CARSON CITY – GOP Nevada U.S. Senate candidate John Chachas will stay in the race through the June primary despite a poor showing in a recent poll, saying today those results did not fully reflect a television ad campaign he initiated only recently.

Citizens Protest Spending, Big Government at Carson City Tea Party Rally

A crowd of about 600 people gathered around the courtyard surrounding the Nevada State Capitol for the tea party rally. Many held signs condemning big-government policies, calling for Senator Harry Reid’s defeat, protesting tax increases, and ridiculing President Barack Obama.

Tea Party Carson City: Smiles for now in an otherwise sea of venom, hostility at president

With veiled threats to the governors of Nevada and several other states last month by a far-right militia group, the amount of anti-government fervor may be boiling over nationally, but all is peaceful today in Carson City as more than a thousand have gathered at the Capitol to protest President Barack Obama, Sen. Harry Reid and health care.

Oh, and taxes. But there were far more anti-Obama and Harry Reid signs and a few Hitler ones than anything remotely about the IRS, today being the filing deadline for federal income taxes.

Dean Heller spins some tall tales for his hometown friends

I've always liked Dean Heller. We might disagree politically, but my interactions with him have always been friendly. He seems like a truly nice person, the opposite of the what we see in some other Nevada politicians.

But watching him this week at the NNDA breakfast reminded me that Dean's ambition is clearly more important than adherence to truth.

You see, Dean used to come off as a lot more moderate than he does today. As assemblyman and Secretary of State, he championed causes that don't exactly line up with the national GOP's ideology.

More Heller

Here are some clips from Rep. Dean Heller's talk this morning. In these clips, Heller take a few liberties with the truth, such as suggesting that Barack Obama was born and raised in Chicago.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0vpOaLqm4ds

With enormous stakes, Harry Reid was unflinching in health care reform

It was about midnight and tensions at the White House ran high on that January evening. House and Senate leaders had been haggling for days to merge their two health care bills. The heady momentum of passing President Barack Obama’s top domestic priority in both chambers had given way to the touchy task of reconciling two very different pieces of legislation. Their window for passing health care was closing: Republican Scott Brown was gaining ground on the Democratic candidate for the Massachusetts Senate seat long held by Ted Kennedy. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid began to speak.

Neathammer on the State of the Union

On The State of the Union Speech by President Barack Obama
By Karl Neathammer
While the healthcare debate still consumes much of the oxygen in the country, I found something much more interesting as I

Senator Reid in trouble again for a racial “Oops!”

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Senator Harry Reid’s poll numbers may take another hit, albeit a minor one, after a remark he made about pre-President Barack Obama’s chances of winning the White House.

Unemployment Rises Above 10 Percent

Unemployment Rises Above 10 PercentBy Don Lee and Jim Puzzanghera Los Angeles Tim

Jobless benefits extended

Jobless benefits extended By GEOFF DORNAN gdornan@nevadaappeal.com

Gov't: Stimulus saved, created 650,000 jobs

Gov't: Stimulus saved, created 650,000 jobsStaff Writer

House Dems clear one health obstacle, others loom

WASHINGTON (AP) - House Democrats announced agreement Friday on far-reaching steps designed to rein in the relentless growth of Medicare, part of a concerted effort to counter the impression that President Barack Obama's health care...

Budget umpire: Health care bills would raise costs

WASHINGTON - Democrats' health care bills won't meet President Barack Obama's goal of slowing the ruinous rise of medical costs, Congress' budget umpire warned on Thursday, giving weight to critics who say the...

House Democrats health plan would boost taxes on rich

WASHINGTON (AP) - House Democrats scrambling for ways to pay for overhauling health care would raise taxes on the wealthiest Americans to levels not seen since the 1980s, breaking one of President Barack Obama's campaign pledges.

Obama unveils plan to prepare community colleges for rising unemployment

WARREN, Mich. - Conceding unemployment will get worse before it shrinks, President Barack Obama on Tuesday unveiled a $12 billion plan to help community colleges prepare millions of people for a new generation of jobs. Challenging critics, he...

White House, hospitals reach deal on health care

WASHINGTON (AP) - The nation's hospitals will give up $155 billion in future Medicare and Medicaid payments to help defray the cost of President Barack Obama's health care plan, a concession the White House hopes will boost an overhaul effort...

Bill fines people refusing health care

WASHINGTON - Americans who refuse to buy affordable medical coverage could be hit with fines of more than $1,000 under a health care overhaul bill unveiled Thursday by key Senate Democrats looking to fulfill President Barack Obama's top...

Bill fines people refusing health care

WASHINGTON - Americans who refuse to buy affordable medical coverage could be hit with fines of more than $1,000 under a health care overhaul bill unveiled Thursday by key Senate Democrats looking to fulfill President Barack Obama's top...

Gov't won't fund GM after July 10, official says

NEW YORK (AP) - A senior member of President Barack Obama's auto task force testified Wednesday that the U.S. government will not continue to fund General Motors Corp.'s operations if the automaker doesn't get approval to...

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