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By: Chuck Muth
Nevada News and Views

TODAY’S NN&V HEADLINES

• AD 13 Ground Zero for GOP Controversy: (Chuck Muth) The race for Republican nomination for Assembly District 13 could well be the most entertaining, if not divisive, of the entire campaign cycle.
• UFO Nut Ruins It for Other Candidates: (Dullard Mush) Let’s face it, fringe candidates can be kind of fun to watch.
• Healthcare Reform Mistakes 101: (Mike Zahara) Mistake number one was calling it the Public Option.
• How abortion could creep into next year’s governor’s race: (Jon Ralston) I suppose my belief that the abortion question was settled in Nevada was naive.
• Two top law firms have stake in governor’s race: (Las Vegas Sun) If the leading candidates for governor win their parties’ nominations next year, the race will pit a lawyer at one of the state’s most influential law firms versus another lawyer at another of the state’s most influential law firms.

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OTHER NEWS

• AP: Fact Check: Health insurer profits not so fat
• HuffPo: Leaderless: Senate Pushes For Public Option Without Obama’s Support
• Kelly: Harry Reid’s train wreck
• Roper: Reid wrong to interfere with nuclear waste storage project
• Appeal: State agencies left $84 million unspent in fiscal 2009
• Sun: For shot at a jackpot, state must ante up, alter law
• RJ: Influential locals describe their march to power

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MUTH’S TRUTHS

“Nevada has the chance to qualify for as much as $200 million in federal education grants,” reports Emily Richmond in the Las Vegas Sun this morning. “But to do so, the Legislature will have to change state law in a hurry. That would require a special legislative session that carries at least a $100,000 price tag. Is the gamble worth it?”

Not unless.

Unless – in addition to rescinding the stupid teachers union-backed law which prevents teachers from being evaluated using, you know, test scores and stuff – a true education school choice reform proposal is included which would provide parents with Education Tax Rebates that could be used to educate their children somewhere other than a government-run school.

Until parents are provided both the right and the means to opt-out of our failed public school system, no more tax dollars should be dumped into this bottomless money pit.

KIDS HAPPY HOUR & DECK PARTY

Citizen Outreach Foundation is hosting our first-ever Kids Happy Hour & Deck Party on November 10th from 5 to 7 pm at Joe’s Crab Shack in Green Valley.

Tuesday nights are Kids Night at Joe’s, so kids eat for $2! Better yet, parents have the opportunity to enjoy cheap drink specials, including $3 margaritas and $2 mixed drinks!

Joe’s is roping off a special section for us on their large deck, so you’ll be able to keep a watchful eye out while the kids play on the on-site playground while sitting back and enjoying adult conversation. We are even bringing in a clown to provide entertainment for the little ones!

Please RSVP to karri@citizenoutreach.com with your name and the number in your family that will be attending. We need to know how much of the deck Joe’s needs for rope off for our event.

CALENDAR

Governor Jim Gibbons will hold a fundraising event hosted by his Chief of Staff Robin Reedy on Sunday, November 1, 2009, from 5:30 pm – 7:30 pm at the Carson Valley Inn. Individuals: $125. Couples: $200. Corporate $300. For additional information, and to RSVP, please contact Robin V. Reedy at 775-265-3102 or rpolitix@yahoo.com. This event is a no host bar.

HELP WANTED

Book Reviewers - Volunteers wanted to read and review the latest conservative and/or political books. Reviews will be 300 to 500 words. Nevada public school graduates are welcome if they are able to spell and string together grammatically correct sentences.

Weekend Features Writers - Two volunteers needed to write weekend features. One assignment will involve calling and asking subjects three “fun” questions and then typing up the responses with a brief introduction. The other feature will involve doing exclusive email interviews with a leading political or government figure.

Freelance “Stringers” - Volunteers wanted to write interesting op-eds or engage in targeted “citizen journalism” around the state. If you have a gift for the written word and would like to see your name in lights here at Nevada News & Views, please contact us.

All interested parties should email publisher Chuck Muth at: chuck@chuckmuth.com

FAMOUS LAST WORDS

• “(L)ast Wednesday, 13 Democrats joined all the Republicans in opposing this fiscal sleight of hand (“doc fix”). The defeat made Mr. Reid look like a putz. Majority leaders aren’t supposed to bring measures to the floor unless they have the votes, and he got beat bad. In defeat, Mr. Reid then acted like a putz. He blamed the loss on the failure of the American Medical Association to deliver Republican votes.” – Columnist Jack Kelly
• “Quick quiz: What do these enterprises have in common? Farm and construction machinery, Tupperware, the railroads, Hershey sweets, Yum food brands and Yahoo? Answer: They’re all more profitable than the health insurance industry.” – Associated Press, 10/25/09
• “Nevada has the chance to qualify for as much as $200 million in federal education grants. But to do so, the Legislature will have to change state law in a hurry. . . . During a special legislative session in 2003, the Nevada State Education Association successfully pushed for a last-minute bill that explicitly prohibited using test data in teacher evaluations.” – Las Vegas Sun, 10/25/09
• “(W)ith abortion, people generally oppose it because of religious beliefs or support it because of women’s rights beliefs. The shades of gray – federal funding, late-term abortions, parental notification – often are side issues that distract from the simple fact that people either consider it murder or they don’t. That is why I have never understood the exception for rape, incest or life of the mother. If it’s the taking of a life, why have any exceptions, except for political reasons?” – Columnist Jon Ralston