Orginally posted in a LVRJ Forum
Based on the BIG government caliber of the gubernatorial candidates currently announced, whoever wins the November election deserves to be recalled. A certifiable recall petition must contain valid signatures numbering >= 25% of the votes cast in the general election. The fewer the votes cast the lower the recall bar.
Hey Republicans. If your Party nominates a US Senate candidate other than Sharron, don't vote on Election Day. A recall election of the new Governor could occur as soon as July 1, 2011, possibly while a special session he called to pass the blowout FY '12/'13 is convening. That will make the shnook think twice about signing the Horsefurd-Raggio-Oceguera Republicrat budget.
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Monday, May 24, 2010
Sunday, May 2, 2010
Hannibal Sandoval
Originally posted in a LVRJ Forum
Hannibal Sandoval lawyered That is not raising taxes
Let's be fair to the RINO. An AG cannot raise taxes. But it is also true that Sandoval's role in Guinn's tax hike cannot be dismissed as simply a lawyer reresenting his client.
The AG is supposed to provide a legal opinion. Sandoval probably told Guinn "you have a good case".
Strike 1.
The AG must take legal action when the Governor so directs. He can also take legal action INDEPENDENT of the Governor. The NSC is silent about tie-breaks. That is, when the Governor wants to sue and the AG doesn't.
Constutional issues aside, Sandoval could have simply refused to comply. The way that Cortez-Masto has refused to participate in Fibbons' Obamacare lawsuit.
Strike 2.
Sandoval is a close political ally of archetype RINO Raggio. He even works at the same politically connected, BIG government law firm.
STRIKE THREE!
Hannibal Sandoval lawyered That is not raising taxes
Let's be fair to the RINO. An AG cannot raise taxes. But it is also true that Sandoval's role in Guinn's tax hike cannot be dismissed as simply a lawyer reresenting his client.
The AG is supposed to provide a legal opinion. Sandoval probably told Guinn "you have a good case".
Strike 1.
The AG must take legal action when the Governor so directs. He can also take legal action INDEPENDENT of the Governor. The NSC is silent about tie-breaks. That is, when the Governor wants to sue and the AG doesn't.
Constutional issues aside, Sandoval could have simply refused to comply. The way that Cortez-Masto has refused to participate in Fibbons' Obamacare lawsuit.
Strike 2.
Sandoval is a close political ally of archetype RINO Raggio. He even works at the same politically connected, BIG government law firm.
STRIKE THREE!
Friday, April 23, 2010
Republicrats Eyeballing Your Wallet Again
Originally posted in a LVRJ Forum
In 2011 the governor and Legislature are projected to face a budget scenario in which expected revenue is as much as $3 billion less than projected spending.
How much government are the Republicrats planning to shove down our throats in the next biennium?
Current tax revenues are running ~$2.5B/yr, with ~$150M of that set to expire in FY '12. That means if the economy stablizes, in the next biennium old taxes (which "No new taxes!" Fibbons adores) will generate ~$4.7B. A $3B "gap" indicates that Horsefurd, Raggio and the gang are looking to spend ~$7.7B! Up from $6.9B in the current biennium. ~11% more.
Are they serious? Where is all this money going to come from? The crooked politicians are not going to find it in the Dairy Commission or the Taxicab Authority. What do the scheming politicians have up their sleeves?
In 2011 the governor and Legislature are projected to face a budget scenario in which expected revenue is as much as $3 billion less than projected spending.
How much government are the Republicrats planning to shove down our throats in the next biennium?
Current tax revenues are running ~$2.5B/yr, with ~$150M of that set to expire in FY '12. That means if the economy stablizes, in the next biennium old taxes (which "No new taxes!" Fibbons adores) will generate ~$4.7B. A $3B "gap" indicates that Horsefurd, Raggio and the gang are looking to spend ~$7.7B! Up from $6.9B in the current biennium. ~11% more.
Are they serious? Where is all this money going to come from? The crooked politicians are not going to find it in the Dairy Commission or the Taxicab Authority. What do the scheming politicians have up their sleeves?
Monday, March 8, 2010
Want BIG Government? Pay BIG User Fees
Originally posted in a LVRJ Forum
Under our constitution, the crooked politicians must first decide how much government they want in the biennium, and then find a way to fund it. Balanced budget.
The Legislature spends ~115 days piling on the government. More K-16. More REAL ID. More employment training for Horsefurd's clients to burn. More regulations for Raggio's clients to fight. More citizen dossiers (databases). More Prozac. More initiatives. And on and on and on. No one should be surprised that spending grows 8% from the previous biennium.
They spend the last 5 days arguing over how to pay for it. Existing tax sources at their practical economic limits, the crooked politicians go hunting for *new* ones. And why not? You have to pay for it somehow.
I oppose BIG government and the high taxes necessary to pay for it. Still, if we're going to be stuck with BIG government The Legislature should impose USER FEES. Charge parents $15,000/yr for each kid they send to public daycare (K-12). Charge UNLV liberal arts undergraduates $800/credit.
Make the folks who consume government services pay for their true cost.
Under our constitution, the crooked politicians must first decide how much government they want in the biennium, and then find a way to fund it. Balanced budget.
The Legislature spends ~115 days piling on the government. More K-16. More REAL ID. More employment training for Horsefurd's clients to burn. More regulations for Raggio's clients to fight. More citizen dossiers (databases). More Prozac. More initiatives. And on and on and on. No one should be surprised that spending grows 8% from the previous biennium.
They spend the last 5 days arguing over how to pay for it. Existing tax sources at their practical economic limits, the crooked politicians go hunting for *new* ones. And why not? You have to pay for it somehow.
I oppose BIG government and the high taxes necessary to pay for it. Still, if we're going to be stuck with BIG government The Legislature should impose USER FEES. Charge parents $15,000/yr for each kid they send to public daycare (K-12). Charge UNLV liberal arts undergraduates $800/credit.
Make the folks who consume government services pay for their true cost.
Wednesday, March 3, 2010
So Many Things Wrong With Higher Education In Nevada
Originally posted in a LVRJ Forum
UNLV is one big POLITICAL institution. It's all about pumping money into a district other than Raggio's, jobs for friends, PC "goals" like diversity and "critical theory" (communism), and sports. It should be shuttered.
Division 1 sports is a tax CONSUMER. In the current biennium the state appropriation for UNR Intercollegiate Athletics (Division 1) is $5.8M/yr. The corresponding appropriation for UNLV is $7.9M/yr. See AB-562 Section 17 (2009).
Incidentally, whatever money is generated from D1 -- through ticket sales, broadcast rights, merchandising, snacks, etc should revert to the General Fund for the crooked politicians to redistribute as *they* see fit. Whoever authorized UNLV to operate semi-pro sports teams in lieu of direct taxpayer support and/or user fees (tuition)?
DRI is a tax CONSUMER. It's just another government contractor. Like Sandia, LBL and Oak Ridge. It could NEVER survive as a *commercial* research firm. It's the post office with no water.
NSHE should be reduced to its constitutional minimum: one campus (UNR) offering practical instruction in just three departments. Mining, Agriculture and Engineering. Funding provided by donations, traffic tickets and the Trust established ~140 years ago. All students on scholarship or else paying just nominal tuition.
Liberal arts majors can transfer to the Claremont Colleges.
UNLV is one big POLITICAL institution. It's all about pumping money into a district other than Raggio's, jobs for friends, PC "goals" like diversity and "critical theory" (communism), and sports. It should be shuttered.
Division 1 sports is a tax CONSUMER. In the current biennium the state appropriation for UNR Intercollegiate Athletics (Division 1) is $5.8M/yr. The corresponding appropriation for UNLV is $7.9M/yr. See AB-562 Section 17 (2009).
Incidentally, whatever money is generated from D1 -- through ticket sales, broadcast rights, merchandising, snacks, etc should revert to the General Fund for the crooked politicians to redistribute as *they* see fit. Whoever authorized UNLV to operate semi-pro sports teams in lieu of direct taxpayer support and/or user fees (tuition)?
DRI is a tax CONSUMER. It's just another government contractor. Like Sandia, LBL and Oak Ridge. It could NEVER survive as a *commercial* research firm. It's the post office with no water.
NSHE should be reduced to its constitutional minimum: one campus (UNR) offering practical instruction in just three departments. Mining, Agriculture and Engineering. Funding provided by donations, traffic tickets and the Trust established ~140 years ago. All students on scholarship or else paying just nominal tuition.
Liberal arts majors can transfer to the Claremont Colleges.
Monday, March 1, 2010
Lawmakers Reach Deal To Protect BIG Government
Originally posted in a LVRJ Forum
Horsefürd said There are certain parts of this plan each one of us don't like.
Yes, the parts which allow taxpayers to escape with their lives.
Another victory for the BIG government coalition. AB-6 was the tax bill. In the Assembly, RINO (and future Raggio replacement) Gansert (and her fellow RINOs) voted with Buckfee for higher taxes. In the Senate, RINOs Raggiowe and Townspend maintained their BIG government 30 year hitting streaks.
In the Assembly, Don Gustavson (R-Sparks) was a notable NAY vote. He will be resigning his seat to run for State Senate. He's pretty good. He deserves our support.
Horsefürd said There are certain parts of this plan each one of us don't like.
Yes, the parts which allow taxpayers to escape with their lives.
Another victory for the BIG government coalition. AB-6 was the tax bill. In the Assembly, RINO (and future Raggio replacement) Gansert (and her fellow RINOs) voted with Buckfee for higher taxes. In the Senate, RINOs Raggiowe and Townspend maintained their BIG government 30 year hitting streaks.
In the Assembly, Don Gustavson (R-Sparks) was a notable NAY vote. He will be resigning his seat to run for State Senate. He's pretty good. He deserves our support.
Friday, February 26, 2010
Horsefurd & Raggio: Can Taxpayers Get A Break?
Originally posted in a LVRJ Forum
The Democrat Party is really just the CPUSA. This guy Horsefürd's contempt for the private sector knows no bounds. He himself earns a nice living by mooching taxpayer dollars to provide job training in how to craft buggywhips. Horsefürd has a personal financial stake in BIG government.
To be fair, he's not the only guy in Carson City like that. Government agencies and rich private sector special interests from across the state generate a LOT of billable hours for Rinoggio's law/lobbying firm.
To name just two examples.
The Democrat Party is really just the CPUSA. This guy Horsefürd's contempt for the private sector knows no bounds. He himself earns a nice living by mooching taxpayer dollars to provide job training in how to craft buggywhips. Horsefürd has a personal financial stake in BIG government.
To be fair, he's not the only guy in Carson City like that. Government agencies and rich private sector special interests from across the state generate a LOT of billable hours for Rinoggio's law/lobbying firm.
To name just two examples.
Thursday, February 25, 2010
N$HE Roll Call
Originally posted in a LVRJ Forum
No more Division 1 sports.
No more athletic scholarships.
No more NFL/NBA/MLB payscale coaches.
No more junk departments (like Interdisciplinary) maintained to provide jocks with academic cover.
No more staffers paid more than the Governor.
No more liberal arts programs at less than full fee ($800/credit).
No more buildings and roads named after Raggio.
No more NSHE lobbyists.
- UNLV Basketball Head Coach Kruger makes $1M/yr.
- UNLV Football Head Coach Hauck makes $450K.
- UNR President Glick makes $400K.
- Thienhaus (Med School) $395K [best guess]
- White (Boyd) $339K
- NSHE Chancellor Klaich makes $330K.
- UNLV President Smatresk makes $300K.
- UNLV Athletic Director Livengood makes $285K.
- NSC President Maryanski makes $250K.
- Harter (BMI) 248K
- West (Dental School) $218K
- VP Smith $192K.
- Provost Bowers $189K
- Division 1 assistant coaches make $125K.
- Unionized professors overpaid.
- and on and on and on.
No more Division 1 sports.
No more athletic scholarships.
No more NFL/NBA/MLB payscale coaches.
No more junk departments (like Interdisciplinary) maintained to provide jocks with academic cover.
No more staffers paid more than the Governor.
No more liberal arts programs at less than full fee ($800/credit).
No more buildings and roads named after Raggio.
No more NSHE lobbyists.
Tuesday, February 23, 2010
Bipartisans For BIG Government
Originally posted in a LVRJ Forum
In one sign of bipartisanship, Buckley met privately Monday with Raggio and Sen. Randolph Townsend, R-Reno.
An ultra left wing Democrat agglutinating with two left wing Republicans. That's not bipartisanship. It's trinary asexual reproduction.
Mining is one of the few industries where we have natural, competitive advantages. You'd think maybe *someone* in Carson City could provide a cogent defense of it?! The folks who attack Mining are the ones who scream loudest about "diversifying" our economy. What do they propose to replace it with? Organic lobster fishing?
Do you have any idea what it costs to bring a mine into production? No divining rods here. It's like oil exploration. Satellite imaging, test drilling, geological analysis, etc. Hit or miss.
After you've expended all that money to finally prove a site you have to invest a FORTUNE to extract the mineral. Specialized earth moving equipment, processing machines (refining a whole other issue), trained personnel, OSHA compliance; I think firms often have to build their own MegaWatt power generating stations on-site. It's the middle of nowhere. You can't just plug into a wall outlet.
At anytime the commodity price could COLLAPSE, causing you to abandon your entire investment. The last thing these firms need is the uncertainty caused by Communists who threaten to nationalize their profits -- Castro style -- after they've already invested hundreds of millions of dollars in fixed assets.
I do not own any shares in natural resource companies. I do not work for the industry. I oppose BIG government and the high taxes necessary to pay for it.
In one sign of bipartisanship, Buckley met privately Monday with Raggio and Sen. Randolph Townsend, R-Reno.
An ultra left wing Democrat agglutinating with two left wing Republicans. That's not bipartisanship. It's trinary asexual reproduction.
Mining is one of the few industries where we have natural, competitive advantages. You'd think maybe *someone* in Carson City could provide a cogent defense of it?! The folks who attack Mining are the ones who scream loudest about "diversifying" our economy. What do they propose to replace it with? Organic lobster fishing?
Do you have any idea what it costs to bring a mine into production? No divining rods here. It's like oil exploration. Satellite imaging, test drilling, geological analysis, etc. Hit or miss.
After you've expended all that money to finally prove a site you have to invest a FORTUNE to extract the mineral. Specialized earth moving equipment, processing machines (refining a whole other issue), trained personnel, OSHA compliance; I think firms often have to build their own MegaWatt power generating stations on-site. It's the middle of nowhere. You can't just plug into a wall outlet.
At anytime the commodity price could COLLAPSE, causing you to abandon your entire investment. The last thing these firms need is the uncertainty caused by Communists who threaten to nationalize their profits -- Castro style -- after they've already invested hundreds of millions of dollars in fixed assets.
I do not own any shares in natural resource companies. I do not work for the industry. I oppose BIG government and the high taxes necessary to pay for it.
Monday, February 22, 2010
Townhall With Smatresk
Originally posted in a LVRJ Forum
Nobody asks Smatresk the obvious questions.
Nobody asks Smatresk the obvious questions.
- Why do you deserve to be paid $300K/yr? Are you worth >twice what we pay Gibbons?
- Why do you pay your head football coach $450K/yr and his assisants $125K? Is UNLV a NFL farm team?
- Why do you pay your head basketball coach $1M/yr and *his* assistants $130K? Is UNLV a NBA farm team?
- Isn't true that the decision to phase out "University Studies" was made a few YEARS ago, after critics and media noted that only JOCKS majored in it, that it had no objective standards, and yet few completed it?
- Isn't it true you simply RENAMED "University Studies" as "Interdisciplinary Studies"?
- Why do you preserve *that* JUNK department? Isn't it true that Interdisciplinary only serves to provide academic cover to jocks?
- What percentage of your football and basketball players ever graduate? Isn't it significantly < non-athletes?
- How much do your sports marketing partners -- t-shirts, posters, TV, etc -- make off your teams?
- Why do you fund a law school? Are there too few laws and lawyers in this state?
- How many UNLV buildings named after state politicians?
- How many of your employees are related by family or marriage to current or ex state legislators?
- How much money does UNLV spend on lobbyists?
Thursday, February 18, 2010
Coalition For BIG Government
Originally posted in a LVRJ Forum
This article reads like a "Who's Who?" of the Coalition for BIG government.
This article reads like a "Who's Who?" of the Coalition for BIG government.
- Steve Horsefürd is a Socialist.
- Jim Gibbons is a RINO.
- Alan Feldman is a Protectionist flak.
- Jim Wadhams is a Mining industry lobbyist.
- Daniel Burns is a BIG government mouthpiece.
- Heidi Gansert is a RINO.
- Bill Raggio is a RINO's RINO.
- Lynn Warne is President of the Communist Labor Party.
- David Morrow is a bureaucrat environmentalist.
Monday, February 15, 2010
Political Hack Regents
Originally posted in a LVRJ Forum
Regent Chair Leavitt believes the state college has clearly gone beyond its original mission.
Not true. It's original mission was to redistribute money to Perkins' district. After all, why should Raggio's district (UNR) get all the money?
That mission is INTACT.
The Regents are just a bunch of political hacks. They play a very sordid game with their crooked cousins in Carson City. The Regents ascertain how best to buy political support from the various higher education constituencies (ie football fanatics, nurse and teacher wannabes, construction contractors, etc). The legislators appropriate the money.
NSHE funding is all very repulsive. Like sausage making and redistricting. It wasn't meant to be that way.
The original University of Nevada (now UNR) was chartered to provide practical instruction in three fields relevant to this state (Mining, Agriculture and Engineering). It was endowed with capital (in Trust) to fund it in-perpetuity. No further taxpayer obligation necessary. Over the years, in order to secure their re-elections, the crooked politicians have expanded that very limited state university mission into what is now known as NSHE, with the waste and corruption therein.
Regent Chair Leavitt believes the state college has clearly gone beyond its original mission.
Not true. It's original mission was to redistribute money to Perkins' district. After all, why should Raggio's district (UNR) get all the money?
That mission is INTACT.
The Regents are just a bunch of political hacks. They play a very sordid game with their crooked cousins in Carson City. The Regents ascertain how best to buy political support from the various higher education constituencies (ie football fanatics, nurse and teacher wannabes, construction contractors, etc). The legislators appropriate the money.
NSHE funding is all very repulsive. Like sausage making and redistricting. It wasn't meant to be that way.
The original University of Nevada (now UNR) was chartered to provide practical instruction in three fields relevant to this state (Mining, Agriculture and Engineering). It was endowed with capital (in Trust) to fund it in-perpetuity. No further taxpayer obligation necessary. Over the years, in order to secure their re-elections, the crooked politicians have expanded that very limited state university mission into what is now known as NSHE, with the waste and corruption therein.
Tuesday, February 9, 2010
Billus Raggiowe
Originally posted in a LVRJ Forum
Billus Raggiowe is a RINO's RINO. He has been tax-&-spending this state into oblivion since the 1970's! Raggiowe is a poster boy for term limits.
Raggiowe's primary beneficiaries have been NSHE/UNR -- they have several buildings and even a roadway named after him -- and his own Law/Lobbying firm. His firm generates a LOT of billable hours from public sector clients in this state. During the '09 regular session Raggiowe was even temporarily barred from voting on the Republicrat record-spending budget because his firm had a lobbyist in the Chamber representing a BIG government special interest. The recusal was very brief. Ethics rules suspend five minutes after they apply.
Billus Raggiowe is a RINO's RINO. He has been tax-&-spending this state into oblivion since the 1970's! Raggiowe is a poster boy for term limits.
Raggiowe's primary beneficiaries have been NSHE/UNR -- they have several buildings and even a roadway named after him -- and his own Law/Lobbying firm. His firm generates a LOT of billable hours from public sector clients in this state. During the '09 regular session Raggiowe was even temporarily barred from voting on the Republicrat record-spending budget because his firm had a lobbyist in the Chamber representing a BIG government special interest. The recusal was very brief. Ethics rules suspend five minutes after they apply.
Friday, February 5, 2010
Townhall with Klaich
Originally posted in a LVRJ forum
Nobody asks Klaich the obvious questions:
Nobody asks Klaich the obvious questions:
- Why do you deserve to be paid >twice what we pay Gibbons?
- Why do you pay Division 1 sports coaches as much as their professional league peer group?
- What happened to all that trust money (granted in 1868) which was set aside to perpetually fund UNR departments of Mining, Agriculture and Engineeering?
- Why do you continue to fund JUNK departments like "University Studies" which only serve to provide academic cover to jocks?
- What percentage of your football and basketball players ever graduate? [it's significantly < non-athletes]
- How much do your sports marketing partners -- t-shirts, posters, TV, etc -- make off your teams?
- Why do you fund a law school? Are there too few laws and lawyers in this state?
- Why are so many NSHE buildings named after Senator Raggio?
- Why do you pay clinical professors $400K? Do they use our resources to support their private medical practices?
- Your course catalogs describe NSHE's mission in very grandiose, pompous terms. Do you even *know* what NSHE's mission is supposed to be?
- How many of your employees are related by family or marriage to state legisators?
- How much money does NSHE spend on lobbyists?
Tick tick. I'm waiting.
RINOs Looking Out For Us
Originally posted in a LVRJ Forum
Deputy Chief of Staff Lynn Hettrick said they're working on what they can do
If memory serves, Hettrick was one of those RINO legislators who voted FOR uberRINO Gov Guinn's HUGE tax increase. Hettrick is Raggio's long lost identical twin brother.
No more mining taxes. No mucking around with industry tax rules. I do not own shares in mining companies. I oppose BIG government and the high taxes necessary to fund it. If we had small government in this state, *existing* mining taxes plus ~3 wks of sales taxes would cover the biennial budget.
Deputy Chief of Staff Lynn Hettrick said they're working on what they can do
If memory serves, Hettrick was one of those RINO legislators who voted FOR uberRINO Gov Guinn's HUGE tax increase. Hettrick is Raggio's long lost identical twin brother.
No more mining taxes. No mucking around with industry tax rules. I do not own shares in mining companies. I oppose BIG government and the high taxes necessary to fund it. If we had small government in this state, *existing* mining taxes plus ~3 wks of sales taxes would cover the biennial budget.
Tuesday, February 2, 2010
Klaich: Turn Corn Fields Into Football Fields
Originally posted in a LVRJ Forum
Close the .. agricultural experiment station at UNR.
ALL the options are attractive, through the Agricultural Research station is probably the ONLY item on Klaich's list which actually *furthers* the original purpose (politics aside) of UNR as a land grant institution (Morrill Act). The rest are completely POLITICAL expenditures, designed to pump money into Districts other than Raggio's (UNR).
First on the list for elimination should be Division 1 sports. You can always field teams from the ranks of the applied science majors. Put the student back in "student"-athlete. Dump the $1M/yr basketball coach, and the newly acquired $450K/yr football coach and $300K AD.
Close the .. agricultural experiment station at UNR.
ALL the options are attractive, through the Agricultural Research station is probably the ONLY item on Klaich's list which actually *furthers* the original purpose (politics aside) of UNR as a land grant institution (Morrill Act). The rest are completely POLITICAL expenditures, designed to pump money into Districts other than Raggio's (UNR).
First on the list for elimination should be Division 1 sports. You can always field teams from the ranks of the applied science majors. Put the student back in "student"-athlete. Dump the $1M/yr basketball coach, and the newly acquired $450K/yr football coach and $300K AD.
Wednesday, January 20, 2010
Raggio Against Mining (For BIG Government)
Originally posted in a LVRJ Forum
[Raggio] said legislators could change the definition of net proceeds and potentially reduce the number of deductions
RINO Raggio has a personal financial stake in BIG government. His law firm does legal work for the state and lobbying work for firms that need its favors. Nothing will bring out campaign bucks and lobbying fees for Raggio from our domestic mining industry like messing with their tax rules.
PLAN favors central planning out of the Soviet era. They oppose free markets. They support COLOSSAL government and wacky environmentalism. That is why so many prominent DEMs in this state donate to them.
We have one-party rule in this state. The left wing Socialists and the right wing Socialists.
[Raggio] said legislators could change the definition of net proceeds and potentially reduce the number of deductions
RINO Raggio has a personal financial stake in BIG government. His law firm does legal work for the state and lobbying work for firms that need its favors. Nothing will bring out campaign bucks and lobbying fees for Raggio from our domestic mining industry like messing with their tax rules.
PLAN favors central planning out of the Soviet era. They oppose free markets. They support COLOSSAL government and wacky environmentalism. That is why so many prominent DEMs in this state donate to them.
We have one-party rule in this state. The left wing Socialists and the right wing Socialists.
Friday, January 15, 2010
Klaich Takes Tax Consumers Down Memory Lane
Originally posted in a LVRJ Forum
Klaich said he remembered when UNLV was a small campus, and he marveled at how it had grown.
If you subsidize it, they will come. Why should Raggio's district get all the booty?
Did any of the academic welfare queens show up to ask $300K Smatresk why he pays $1M/yr for a hoops coach, or why he maintains all those junk departments for jocks?
Klaich said he remembered when UNLV was a small campus, and he marveled at how it had grown.
If you subsidize it, they will come. Why should Raggio's district get all the booty?
Did any of the academic welfare queens show up to ask $300K Smatresk why he pays $1M/yr for a hoops coach, or why he maintains all those junk departments for jocks?
Tuesday, October 13, 2009
College of Southern NV is Useless
Originally posted in a LVRJ Forum
CSN is a total waste of taxpayer dollars. It provided *remedial* education. How many times must Nevada taxpayers pay to teach kids the 3 R's? In many ways, NSHE is *worse* that CCSD.
CSN is a completely *political* institution. Legislators from Clark County were envious of all that money being pumped into (what is now) Raggio's district (UNR), so they politic'd to ensure that some of the booty gets spent in *their* districts. That is why we have the repetitive CSN, the redundant UNLV, and so forth.
Public education (K-16) accounts for ~50% of the ~$6.7B biannual state budget. If we restricted public education to its constitutional minimum -- public school per district (county) and three University applied science departments -- we could reduce our financial commitment to public education down to ~$2M per year. That's right.
But then, how would all those ridiculous school arts teachers earn a living? Good heavens. Kids interested in the performing arts might have to join a community theater group or something. OMG. The sky is falling.
CSN is a total waste of taxpayer dollars. It provided *remedial* education. How many times must Nevada taxpayers pay to teach kids the 3 R's? In many ways, NSHE is *worse* that CCSD.
CSN is a completely *political* institution. Legislators from Clark County were envious of all that money being pumped into (what is now) Raggio's district (UNR), so they politic'd to ensure that some of the booty gets spent in *their* districts. That is why we have the repetitive CSN, the redundant UNLV, and so forth.
Public education (K-16) accounts for ~50% of the ~$6.7B biannual state budget. If we restricted public education to its constitutional minimum -- public school per district (county) and three University applied science departments -- we could reduce our financial commitment to public education down to ~$2M per year. That's right.
But then, how would all those ridiculous school arts teachers earn a living? Good heavens. Kids interested in the performing arts might have to join a community theater group or something. OMG. The sky is falling.
Thursday, September 17, 2009
Club RINO
Originally posted in a LVRJ Forum
Looks like Senate ultra RINOs Raggiowe and Townspend want Fibbons to a call a special session in order to give them one more opportunity to vote for higher taxes. They're both term-limited out (Townspend in 2010, I think). If we had small government in this state, the biannual budget would be less than $200M. The budget would be in SURPLUS. That's right. Fibbons would have to call a special session to figure out how to REBATE all the money piling up in the treasury.
What's all this nonsense about school underfunding breeding lawsuits?! The legal (constitutional) minimum for K-12 is one school per district (18 statewide). Yep. The legislature could vote out of existence *everything* above that. Slam dunk.
The legal minimum for NSHE is three departments: Mining, Agriculture, and Engineering. Look it up. The legislature could dissolve DRI, UNLV, NSC, etc in one rollcall. In fact, the University of Nevada was originally endowed with capital sufficient to make it self-sustaining in perpetuity (taxpayer backup required only if some Regent bankrupted the trust). All students majoring in one of those aforementioned fields should be receiving free rides. or else paying just nominal tuition. The liberal arts students should be paying $600 per credit "user fees".
Only a RINO lawyer like Billus Raggiowe would resort to legal scare tactics.
Looks like Senate ultra RINOs Raggiowe and Townspend want Fibbons to a call a special session in order to give them one more opportunity to vote for higher taxes. They're both term-limited out (Townspend in 2010, I think). If we had small government in this state, the biannual budget would be less than $200M. The budget would be in SURPLUS. That's right. Fibbons would have to call a special session to figure out how to REBATE all the money piling up in the treasury.
What's all this nonsense about school underfunding breeding lawsuits?! The legal (constitutional) minimum for K-12 is one school per district (18 statewide). Yep. The legislature could vote out of existence *everything* above that. Slam dunk.
The legal minimum for NSHE is three departments: Mining, Agriculture, and Engineering. Look it up. The legislature could dissolve DRI, UNLV, NSC, etc in one rollcall. In fact, the University of Nevada was originally endowed with capital sufficient to make it self-sustaining in perpetuity (taxpayer backup required only if some Regent bankrupted the trust). All students majoring in one of those aforementioned fields should be receiving free rides. or else paying just nominal tuition. The liberal arts students should be paying $600 per credit "user fees".
Only a RINO lawyer like Billus Raggiowe would resort to legal scare tactics.
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