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Why I am voting yes on Question 3
By Sam Kumar
By now you are aware of Question 3. You are probably hearing “No on 3” echoing in your ears while you are asleep. With an advertising budget far exceeding any other ballot initiative, Question 3 will likely be the most expensive ballot measure campaign in the history of Nevada.
If you don’t quite understand the details of Question 3, you are not alone. Question 3 proposes to amend the Nevada Constitution and direct the legislature to enact laws facilitating energy deregulation by 2023. To amend the Constitution a ballot measure has to be passed twice. Since Question 3 was passed for the first time in 2016, passage this time around will effectively amend the Constitution.
To understand deregulation, let’s start with the basics. Electricity has three components before it reaches our homes: generation, transmission and distribution. Electricity is generated at a power plant (you have probably seen one just east of Reno in Tracy, as you drive on I-80). Once generated, the electricity is transmitted over long distances using highly interconnected power lines, often referred to as the grid. The grid is federally regulated by Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) as it is vital to national security. The distribution system moves electricity from the grid to residences and businesses. Distribution systems are regulated by state authorities (Nevada Public Utility Commission).
Currently, in Nevada, the system is a vertically integrated monopoly, meaning NV Energy owns all three components described above and consumers do not have a choice of another provider. If Question 3 passes in November, the transmission and distribution system will essentially stay the same but the consumers can now purchase electricity from different providers (Providers are those who own the power plants and generate the electricity). If you prefer clean energy, you can use a provider who sells that to you through the same power lines we currently have. Instead of the government setting a price, providers will compete for our business based on factors such as price.
Deregulation is nothing new. Industries like airlines and telecommunications were regulated until recently. Deregulation in airlines allows us to choose Southwest over United or Delta. Deregulation broke up AT&T’s monopoly and today allows us to pick Sprint or Verizon or Cricket over AT&T as our cell provider depending on our needs. With every single instance of deregulation, prices have decreased and choices increased. Planes did not start falling out of the sky and phones did not stop working and neither will electricity stop powering our homes because of deregulation.
Voting No on 3 allows politicians and bureaucrats to control power companies. More power to politicians means more campaign contributions to their coffers. Have you wondered why special interest groups are spending millions in ads against this ballot measure?
One final point: Regulations mean more government. More government means more control by politicians. Politicians are in turn controlled by special interest groups and lobbyists. In politics, if you are not at the table, you will be on the menu. If we vote No on 3, those at the table will be the special interest groups, lobbyists and politicians. Those on the menu will be consumers like you and me. That’s why I am voting Yes on 3, just like 72% of Nevada voters did two years ago.
Town Hall Meeting
Just a note to invite you to a candidate town hall meeting I am putting
together at my church (First Baptist Church of Sparks on Pyramid Hwy.)
on two nights, October 10th and 17th from 630pm until 730pm or slightly
later. I have a good cross section of candidates committed to
participate, from County Commissioners to school board to State Assembly
and more. This will be a great opportunity to meet and get to know some
of your candidates.
Please feel free to invite your family and friends. A large turn-out
would be appreciated. This will be a respectful meeting, as you should
be able to expect.
Thank You. Roger Edwards
Minutes of the Sept. meeting
Washoe County Republican Assembly
Minutes for Sept. 4, 2018 at 6:00 p.m.
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Call meeting to order: by Chair Vicky Maltman Time 6:15 P.M.
Pledge of Allegiance: by Paul Jackson
Opening Prayer by: by Pres. Bill Tarbell
Candidates for Washoe County Family Court
Dixie Grossman
Dixie Grossman has a long history in law. In 2001, Dixie graduated from the University of Montana and was admitted to the Montana Bar in 2001. Brian Sandoval appointed Dixie Grossman to the Second Judicial District Court in 2013. In March Dixie Grossman announced that she would run for Family Court Judge.
Aaron Buschur has a long history in law. In 2012. Aaron Buschur returned to Washoe County after earning a law degree from The University of North Dakota. Aaron served as a law clerk. In 2015, Aaron began working as a staff attorney for the Social Security Administration and In 2016, Aaron founded Aaron Buschur Law. In 2018, Aaron filed to run for Family Court Judge.
Bill Johnson Bill Johnson is running for Washoe County Commissioner, District three. Bill has flyers and can use help precinct walking.
Juanita Cox moved that the minutes with corrections from the last meeting be accepted. The motion was seconded by Paul Jackson. The motion passed.
Treasurer’s Report: The balance is $2753.98. This report will be filed subject to audit.
Treasurer’s Audit: Jackie Hager will help George Lee complete an audit.
Paul Jackson
Paul Jackson will be hosting a gun raffle for the WCRA on Sept. 28th. The drawing will be at the Claim Jumper. Tickets will be $20.00 .
Paul Jackson brought up that a less expensive Lincoln Day Party at the Elks Lodge. Sponsors and volunteers are needed. A speaker and date will be chosen. This will be an opportunity to meet and greet the grassroots.
Nevada Question 6: Discussion by Craig Newton.
Jeanne Herman discussed the Land Plan. There will be a meeting on the 11th at the Washoe County .
Ray Maxwell Dues will be due next year. New members can pay from October to December. These dues will also count for 2019.
Lynn Chapman informed the members that John Wagner passed away. There will be a celebration on October 6th in Carson City at 780 Norfolk Drive.
Chair Vicky Maltman moved to adjourn at 9:15 P.M.
Minutes by James M. Benthin
Minutes approved on:
EMPOWER FREEDOM, YES ON QUESTION 3: NEVADA
EMPOWER FREEDOM, YES ON QUESTION 3: NEVADA
Yes on Nevada Question 3: Conservatives everywhere can make money on this, “Installing Freedom”. This is #MAGA in Nevada and California. Help Nevada go “Hot ‘Red’ with Sunshine” “Empower Freedom!” “Yes on Question 3”. The liars for No on 3 site CA failure years ago. But, Even California officials are now taking another look at offering consumers the ability to choose their electric supplier. This is Freedom!
DEREGULATION AGAIN IN CALIFORNIA!
“Unlike electricity restructuring efforts of the past…this transition is being driven by a range of economic and technological trends,
”The goal is “to ensure that reliable and low-carbon electricity will be available to all California consumers.”
Question 3 in Nevada Empowers Freedom because it gives conservatives EVERYWHERE the opportunity to participate in the greatest transfer of wealth in American history. “Energy deregulation will cause the largest transfer of wealth in this country’s history”, according to Bill Gates and Warren Buffet.
Under the BUSH/CLINTON/BUSH/OBAMA administrations the same NWO idea, that has plagued mankind since the beginning, was almost a done deal. Only billionaires would have the chance to participate in this with “Pay to Play”. Like in Calif the average person doesn’t have a chance to influence corrupt legislators, who like the nobles in “Brave Heart” build themselves fiefdoms with campaign and under the table payments from corporations in their districts. Only they are the chosen ones to participate in the “greatest transfer of wealth” from fossil fuels to wind and solar power. But California residents have had it, pushing DEREGULATION AGAIN IN CALIFORNIA.Several years ago I looked into solar for our home in Janesville and it was ridiculously expensive. The salesman said, “Well it’s for those who believe in global warming and feel they have to get it to save the planet.” That’s not me. But recently my nephew told me about it so I looked into it again. It’s a no brainer! It will save a homeowner in Calif more than $200 per month and half of that in Nevada. We are already in the process of getting all the permits to begin our project. Here is a rough computer graphic of it.
OFF-SITE SOLAR ARRAY BEGINS POWERING WYNN CASINOS ON LAS VEGAS STRIP
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ANOTHER WALK-AWAY FROM DISGUSTING DEMOCRATS
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TOP ROMAN CATHOLIC LEADERS IN PENNSYLVANIA COVERED UP DECADES OF CHILD SEX ABUSE
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STATION CASINOS, BIOFUELS COMPANY APPLY TO LEAVE NV ENERGY – THE NEVADA INDEPENDENT
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NEVADA: YES ON 3, NO ON 6
Nevada: Yes on 3, No on 6 empowers homeowners and small business to participate in one of the largest transfers of wealth in American history. Remember Nevada: Yes on 3, No on 6. Question 6 on the other hand forces the State of Nevada to empower Billionaire Democrats…
INDEPENDENT INQUIRY INTO CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE (IICSA) | GOODNESSANDHARMONY
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THE REAL TRUTH ABOUT OBAMA LIES
So, when the “professionals” can’t seem to — or better, don’t want to — mine for the lies that passed the nicotine-stained lips of Barack Obama, the little guy does it. Here’s a site considered “well sourced” of 1,366 examples of Obama’s lies while president….
THE THING ABOUT DEMOCRATS IS THIS, THEY, LIKE HITLER
The thing about Democrats is this, they, like Hitler, have really good ideas; but somehow they always become evil. Really, Hitler had some great ideas for Germany and the world but he couldn’t implement them without massive amounts of money so he had to exploit, no,…
FOR THOSE WHO SUPPORT PRESIDENT TRUMP AND WANT TO #MAGA
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I Agree with Karen Vaughn
I think the views this mother has about Donald Trump are much like many other’s.
Her characterization of Trump .. as the “Salty Sailor”
or as “The Fireman” .. paint an excellent picture! She has written
many great books about her son and family. Her name is KAREN VAUGHN,
Mother of Aaron Vaughn, Navy Seal, killed during operation “enduring
freedom” in Afghanistan on Aug. 6, 2011, when the CH-47 Chinook
helicopter in which he was riding was shot down.
or as “The Fireman” .. paint an excellent picture! She has written
many great books about her son and family. Her name is KAREN VAUGHN,
Mother of Aaron Vaughn, Navy Seal, killed during operation “enduring
freedom” in Afghanistan on Aug. 6, 2011, when the CH-47 Chinook
helicopter in which he was riding was shot down.
The Salty Sailor
Sometimes God uses the no-nonsense, salty sailor to get the job done.
Appreciating what the man is doing doesn’t mean we worship the salty
sailor or even desire to be like the salty sailor. It doesn’t even
mean God admires the salty sailor. Maybe He just knows he’s necessary
for such a time as this.
I believe with all my heart that God placed that salty sailor in the
White House and gave this nation one more chance in November 2016.
Donald Trump is what he is. He is still the man he was before the
election. And without guilt, I very much admire what that salty sailor
is accomplishing.
He’s not like me. That’s okay with me. I don’t want to be like him.
I will never behave like him. I know we’ve NEVER had a man like him
lead our nation. It’s crazy and a little mind-blowing at times. But,
I can’t help but admire the ability he has to act with his heart
rather than a calculated, “PC”, think tank-screened, carefully edited
script. I still believe that is WHY he became our President and WHY
he’s been able to handle a landslide of adversity and STILL pass
unprecedented amounts of good legislation for our country … AND …
do great works for MANY other nations, including Israel.
I’m THRILLED with what he’s doing for my nation, for the cause of
Christ (whether intentional or unintentional, doesn’t matter to me),
and for the concept of rebuilding America and putting her FIRST. I
will not be ashamed of my position because others don’t see him
through the same lens.
Should it matter to me if a fireman drops an “f-bomb” while he’s
pulling me from a burning building? Would I really care about what
came out of his mouth in those moments? Heck no! I’d CARE about what
he was DOING.
He wasn’t sent there to save my soul and I’m not looking to him for
spiritual guidance. All I’m thinking in those moments is, “Thank you,
Jesus, for sending the fireman.”
This man is crass. Okay. He’s not careful with what he says. Okay.
You feel offended that he’s not a typical statesman. Okay. But he is
rebuilding the nation my son died for … the nation I feared was on a
fast track to becoming a hopeless cause. Forgive me if I’m smiling.”
KAREN VAUGHN
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Democrats Are Leaving Their Party in Droves. Conservatives Should Pay Attention.
Who is Chip Evans
Who is Chip Evans
here is his side: https://thisisreno.com/2018/06/on-transparency-and-bankruptcy-opinion/
Here is a video: with more of the information on CHIP https://youtu.be/dSnh99Wjw1c
He says he filed in 2009. Folks the truth is he filed in 2011. There is much more to come.
https://thisisreno.com/2018/08/clark-hugh-d-chip-evans-the-real-story-opinion/?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=todays_news_from_thisisreno_2018_08_23&utm_term=2018-09-17 another oped about Chip Evans
Concerned Citizens
PRESS RELEASE PRESS RELEASE
September 4, 2018
TIME SENSITIVE
CONTACT: Paul D. White – RenoElections.org (775) 685.8200
“Biggest Little Political Debate” in Reno’s History Announced
EVENT: “The Biggest Little Political Debate” in Reno’s History
LOCATION: The Reno City Plaza
DATE: Saturday, October 20, 2018 at 2 p.m.
Will Incumbents continue to refuse to debate their opponents?
The non-profit, nonpartisan group, RenoElections.org, is hosting the biggest political debate in Reno’s history. The event will take place at 2:00 p.m. on Saturday, October 20 at the downtown Plaza.
“All General Election candidates for Mayor, City Council, and Washoe County School Board – challengers and incumbents, have been invited to the debate,” said Paul White, Director of RenoElections.org.
“Because of ALL the incumbents’ refusal, thus far, to publicly debate their challengers, this will be the community’s ONLY opportunity to witness face-to-face debates among all the candidates,” White said.
Washoe School Issues: WCSD faces a $30 million deficit and in August 2019 a shoe will fall. Three new schools are set to open but the 2000 lb. elephant in the room is how will we fund the staffing, teachers, cops, bus drivers, computers, books, desks, power bill, etc.? A crisis awaits. A 2017 study listed education as the highest priority of citizens, but I think homelessness is fast becoming a major 2nd concern, (see below)
Homeless Issues: If you have been downtown and elsewhere, you likely are more concerned than ever about the growing homeless crisis.
A forum is being planned that will be open to citizens and various experts speakers and elected officials will be invited:
Summary of Homeless Issues: Local agencies squabble over responsibility. Courts have empowered homeless to live, camp, defecate on the street (a 9th Circuit case in Sept 2018). San Diego had a major Hepatitis A outbreak due to those issues. Throwing money at the problem has not helped. There are options. Local governments formed a Community Homeless Advisory Board (CHAB), which only meets quarterly. They did tentatively approve a $100,000 study, which is OK if it offers real viable solutions and not new taxes. Although the contract is not finalized, the contact email should be (if you want to weigh in): ewixsten@orgcode.com
RenoElections.org is hosting a series of events and a large event on the Reno Plaza, Virginia St at the Truckee River, (by the Believe Sign) on Oct 20. I understand there will be popular music and food. Music starts 11 AM and after the National Anthem at 2 PM the Candidate Forum will begin! Big Event! Pass the word!
Other www.RenoElections.org * Events and Forums:
Tuesday, September 18 at 12:00 pm – Downtown Library on Center Street
Thursday, September 20 at 5:45 pm – South Valley Library on Wedge Parkway
Monday, October 1 at 5:30 pm – Spanish Springs Library, off Pyramid Highway
Other Forums:
Wednesday, Oct 3 at 450 Sinclair in Reno, the respected Guinn Institute is holding a School District candidate forum.
When: Wednesday, October 3rd. 2018, Time: 6 to 8 pm
Where: Innovation Center, 450 Sinclair (old Reno City Hall), Reno
WC1 2018 Flood Property Tax Increase: This will be on your November ballot and I’m available to debate on the issue if anyone is hosting. I’m OPPOSED and more info at:www.TaxYourselfNotMe.com *
*Because they are new, you may not find these on your search engine and may have tp type them in the address bar.
On Radio 1180AM: Oct 4 from 8:30 AM to 9 AM: School Issues Discussion
Oct 11: 8:30 AM to 9 AM; Discussion of Washoe Ballot WC1 (Flood Property Tax Increase).
So far, I’m not aware of any organized group that is Pro nor of any elected officials or candidates who are in favor while many from all parties are opposed.
Jeff’s Rant:
The Following is originally from an article on City’s lack of vision and planning and I modified it to address Reno’s issues.
Yogi Berra famously said, “If you don’t know where you are going, you’ll end up someplace else.” Reno seems to be no exception. Have you noticed that Reno has long been managed in a haphazard, knee-jerk and reactive style, and seems to be headed in the wrong direction?
A recent survey by Washoe County showed that while folks love what the area has to offer, the majority distrust and are not happy with County government- that would seem to translate to all local government. For example an incredible 63% do not have confidence in County Government! 51% believe the County is headed in the wrong direction. Of course that was hidden on the bottom of page 5 of the survey . Just that alone points to Washoe County being less than up front and transparent.
Think about it…Reno, Sparks and Washoe County are at odds over so many issues; fire safety suffers as we have multiple agencies that don’t play well together, two Reno Fire Stations are closed while firefighters get a raise. In fact Reno and Washoe sued each other over fire service.
Even more disturbing, our so-called leaders operate almost exclusively under a policy of reaction.
The homeless crisis is another example of the blame game continuing. Homeless, once the scourge of downtown, now roam freely area-wide. Legal local ordinances are not enforced as the jail claims overcrowding. Just take a visit to any California city and you’ll see where we are heading (look at the traffic too).
Las Vegas is a perfect example of a city with vision. Vegas is Sin City and wants to remain so. Gambling, booze, prostitution, glitzy shows, adult conventioneers — it all fits into their vision. And the Raiders image fits perfectly. Vegas knows what they are and want to be, and they excel at promoting their vision. (A few decades ago Vegas tried to deviate by promoting itself as a family-friendly destination, but soon realized they were off message and returned with “What Happens Here Stays Here.”)
In Reno, we don’t want to be Las Vegas. We want to be a thriving, well managed family friendly city with a sense of community. But Reno-Washoe has no idea what it is or where it’s going. In effect, it’s rudderless. And we are seeing the results of this.
Will we continue to allow homeless to wallow all over our streets and along the river: camping, defecating, and urinating wherever they please? Look at beautiful San Antonio and their Riverwalk and then look at our River. So bad that TMWA – our water purveyor has become increasingly alarmed at the human and dog poop being dumped in the river daily.
Will we continue to allow trash to cover our streets and highways? Will infrastructure continue to deteriorate? Will crime continue to increase?
My wife and I attended the annual Blues and Blues hosted by the El Dorado. We won’t be back. The homeless and a particular homeless bum persistently bothered us, littered and made the music intolerable. Our complaint to Reno PD officers on foot patrol fell on deaf ears. The vagrant won. Reno lost, downtown lost, downtown businesses lost, the community lost.
With no vision there are a number of 2000 lb elephants in the room. Some we don’t suspect until they are sprung upon us, but the lack of sewer capacity is lurking. The WCSD School deficit will be upon us very soon with 3 new school in 2019 and no employees or funding to staff them. Instead the school board is more concerned with coed restrooms. Remember “you” voted to raise our sales tax to the highest in the state for more buildings at a promised $110 per high school. Opps math error- now they are saying $220 million for Wildcreek High School and costs keep climbing!
Those in the flood plain want us to fund their mitigation by – of course – more taxes. Property tax increase above the 3% cap! No sooner was the ink dry on that ballot measure, then in August TMWA (the water folks) released a study saying we need many more upstream reservoirs! Right, more taxes. But wouldn’t more reservoirs upstream mitigate the down stream flood threat? Runaway growth but no water and no sewer capacity.
Reno’s vision? A ship with no one on the bridge. Is it “Believe”? If so, in what? More homeless, more crime, more runaway growth, more traffic, of course more taxes, more bickering between local government, more surprises, more over-budget government building and reactionary governing with issues that should have been foreseen? You decide.”
Jeff Church runs www.RenoTaxRevolt.com and is a candidate for Washoe County School District
News from Lt. Gov. Candidate J. Hansen
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Janine Hansen director@nevadafamilies.org, www.nevadafamilies.org
August 29, 2018, In the Year of Our Lord 2018
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Temporary Victory! The Transgender issue has been removed from the Agenda of the Legislative Commission for Thursday, August 30.
However, we are asking people to still show up and during public comments at the beginning and end object to the Regulations.
Also if you have not sent in your written objections do so.
MEETING: Thursday, August 30, 9 am, Las Vegas Grant Sawyer Building 555 E. Washington Ave., and Carson City at the Legislature, Room 4100. Public Comment is on the agenda at the beginning of the meeting and at the end of the meeting.
You can watch the meeting online at http://www.leg.state.nv.us
WRITTEN COMMENTS: may be submitted in person or by e-mail, fax, or mail before, during, or after the meeting. Submit written comments to director@LCB.state.nv.us or by fax 775-684-6600.
MESSAGE: Please oppose the Dept. of Education’s Regulations revising provisions relating to a safe and respectful learning environment. The vast majority of parents and taxpayers oppose this horrendous policy which will destroy the privacy and safety of our children. The policy requires open restrooms, locker rooms and hotel rooms on overnight field trips to members of the opposite sex if they feel they are transgender. It mandates that students, faculty, and volunteers use gender diverse pronouns chosen by the gender diverse individual. It calls for punishment for those who do not comply. It bullies students by forcing them to endure gender diversity curriculum, teaching that gender is not a matter of biology but “assigned at birth” or changes on a whim. This policy ignores the rights of the overwhelming majority of students including their right to privacy. It mandates the teaching and acceptance of gender diversity ideology undermining the chosen values of parents and students.
(Copy and paste this message or write your own.) More information below from Power2Parent.org
CONTACT:director@LCB.state.nv.us
AND members of the Legislative Commission made up of Assemblymen and Senators: Jason.Frierson@asm.state.nv.us, Teresa.BenitezThompson@asm.state.nv.us,
Kelvin.Atkinson@sen.state.nv.us, Moises.Denis@sen.state.nv.us,
Patricia.Farley@sen.state.nv.us,
Aaron.Ford@sen.state.nv.us, Scott.Hammond@sen.state.nv.us,
Ben.Kieckhefer@sen.state.nv.us, Maggie.Carlton@asm.state.nv.us,
James.Oscarson@asm.state.nv.us, Keith.Pickard@asm.state.nv.us,
Jim.Wheeler@asm.state.nv.us
More information:
Agenda for Legislative Commission Meeting: https://www.leg.state.nv.us/App/InterimCommittee/REL/Document/13070
Department of Education Diversity Regulations: http://www.doe.nv.gov/uploadedFiles/ndedoenvgov/content/Boards_Commissions_Councils/Workshops_Hearings/2018/May/R099-17Conceptualchanges.pdf
Power2Parents Alert: http://www.power2parent.org/gender-policy.html
Testimony of Janine Hansen, President, and Lynn Chapman Vice-President Nevada Families
To: Legislative Commission: Assemblymen Frierson, Benitez-Thompson, Carlton, Oscarson, Pickard, Wheeler, Senators Atkinson, Denis, Farley, Ford, Hammond, Kieckhefer
Regarding: Dept. of Education Policy implementation of SB225, the so-called Anti-Bullying bill, which has now become a Transgender “rights’ policy, bullying all other students, taking away their rights.
The proposed regulations violate the First Amendment which prohibits an establishment of religion. The Dept. of Education is establishing a secular religion through government force which focuses on transgenders ideology and “rights’ to the exclusion of the rights of all others.
The regulations violate the First Amendment which requires that the free exercise of religion be protected. It takes away the free exercise of students by forcing students to share bathrooms, locker rooms, showers and overnight accommodations with persons who are biological of the opposite sex. This will violate many students’ religious beliefs in modesty and virtuous behavior. It mandates the teaching and acceptance of gender diversity ideology undermining the chosen values of many parents and students.
The Ordinance of the Nevada Constitution requires “that perfect toleration of religious sentiment shall be secured, and no inhabitant of said state shall ever be molested, in person or property…” This proposed regulation violates the requirement of “perfect toleration” for students and parents who may object to the transgender ideology/religion being promoted in the classroom and being enforced by punishment. This policy quite literally subjects students to possible molestation. Just the mere presence of an unclothed biological male in the girl’s shower room constitutes sexual molestation because it will be offensive and threatening.
The First Amendment of the Constitution prohibits abridging the freedom of speech. In addition, Article 1 Section 9 of the Nevada Constitution states, “Every citizen may freely speak, write and publish his sentiments on all subjects being responsible for the abuse of that right; and no law shall be passed to restrain or abridge the liberty of speech…” This regulation forces students, faculty, and volunteers to use made-up pronouns when referring to a transgender. In addition, it requires punishment of those who fail to use these made-up pronouns. This violates the First Amendment and the Nevada Constitution which prohibits the abridgment of speech. This will create an atmosphere of transgender tyranny as punishment is meted out in the classroom to those who either by accident or religious preference fail to use these arbitrary pronouns which violate the common and accepted usage of the English language.
The regulations violate the Right to Privacy identified by the U.S. Supreme Court. This regulation subjects students to sharing bathrooms, locker rooms, showers, and overnight accommodations with persons who are biologically of the opposite sex, violating the students’ rights to privacy. It also jeopardizes their physical safety creating danger, especially for girls.
The vast majority of parents and taxpayers oppose this horrendous policy which will destroy the privacy and safety of our children. Please vote against the adoption of these regulations.
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www.CoalitiontoStopSJR14.org
The Grassroots must Stop the Big Taxers from destroying our families and the economy of our state!
Dear Concerned Citizens:
From: Jeff Church, www.RenoTaxRevolt.com 775 379 1324. RenoTaxRevolt@sbcglobal.net
Election time and a number of short notice meetings and forums including the State Ballot Question # 3: Energy Measure. Sorry but I try to not send too much but these may be of interest to you and three meetings are this Monday. See below:
At Sparks City Council, August 27 starts at 2 PM: C ouncil Chambers, Legislative Bldg, 745 4th St., Sparks, NV
7.4 Presentation: Arguments for and against State Ballot Question #3: Amendment to the Nevada Constitution: Shall Article 1 of the Nevada Constitution be amended to require the Legislature to provide by law for the establishment of an open, competitive retail electric energy market that prohibits the granting of monopolies and exclusive franchises for the generation of electricity?
*The great thing is that anyone may speak up to three minutes on this item or any thing related to Sparks Govt.
RenoElections.org will be holding some forums and their site has Reno and School District Bios and info. Take a look! Including:
August 29, NOON: Hear the School Board Candidates:
Wednesday August 29th at 12:00 noon.
Church of Jesus Christ Spirit Filled – 3175 Goldy Way -Sparks- No Charge, Everyone Welcome- Not a religious event
Guinn Institute is holding a School District Candidate Forum October 3rd at 6PM at Innovation, 450 Sinclair. No Cost. Any questions contact; Lorena Rodriquez 702 916 0746
COMMUNITY HOMELESSNESS ADVISORY BOARD MEETING: Monday, August 27, 2018 8:30 AM SPARKS CITY HALL COUNCIL CHAMBERS 745 FOURTH STREET SPARKS, NV 89431
agenda includes:
- Update, discussion and possible action on Agreement for Professional Services with OrgCode Consulting, Inc. to conduct an operational review of the housing and homelessness system in Washoe County in the amount of $100,000. (Continuum of Care Grant Funds)- Elaine Wiseman, Manager – Housing and Neighborhood Development, City of Reno (For Possible Action)
*I am very involved in homeless issues and served as board president of a 501c3 homeless center in the past. Info on my plan on request. Another active concerned citizen, Paul White has a professionally done research brochure on his ideas on request.
** A recent study cited Education issues as the #1 concern to citizens but I think that the homeless issue is quickly becoming a major issue of concern.
WASHOE COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT AUDIT COMMITTEE MEETING Monday, August 27, 2018 WCSD Administration Building 425 East 9th Street, Board Room Reno, Nevada 89512 AGENDA 1. OPENING ITEMS 1.01 Call to Order – 4:00 p.m., WCSD Administration
WC1 Flood Tax (Washoe Only): The Opposed side has www.TaxYourselfNotMe.com and I’m not aware of any organized Pro-raising your property tax group although amazingly the Board of Realtors voted to support it. Various candidates and elected officials have come out against it including both Mayor Schieve and opponent Eddie Lorton. I am not aware of any official for it nor of any planned debates although I m happy to represent the Opposed side. This study just came out: another reason to vote NO, we need reservoirs to capture flood water/ our drinking and farming water- not dredging. TRUCKEE BASIN STUDY Reclamation Mid-Pacific Region Truckee Meadows Water Authority August 15, 2018: ” Increase Truckee River reservoir storage… Storage helps address seasonality shifts for all scenarios • Up to 800,000 AF of new storage (equivalent to four Stampede Reservoirs) would be needed to achieve Baseline-level shortages for the driest climates • Any new storage project (ground, surface reservoirs, pump-back, etc.) should be considered •
Regarding WC1 Flood Tax, The “Chamber” responds:
Jeff:
The Chamber’s Public Policy Committee of our Board is presently studying the WC1 issue and may schedule a member Forum to hear both sides. If so, I’ll contact you.
Ann
Ann Silver, CEO
The Reno + Sparks Chamber of Commerce
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We received New Information on Question 2 and CHANGED our Recommendation.
Question 2: Sales Tax Exemption for Feminine Hygiene Products.
We have changed our recommendation on Question 2, an amendment to the Sales and Use Tax Act of 1955 which would exempt feminine hygiene products from Sales tax. We originally recommended a yes on this question.
New information has become available from the State which shows the considerable financial impact this exemption will have. Thirty-five other states do not exempt feminine hygiene products from their sales tax. A broader tax base generally leads to lower tax rates and responds better to upturns and downturns in the economy leading to a sound tax policy. The State estimates there will be a loss of tax revenue of between $4.69 million to $7.11 million per year from the State General Fund, the School Districts, Counties, Cities and Towns. In addition, 13 of the 17 counties impose additional sales taxes which will be lost equaling between $931,300 and $1,330,400. These lost tax revenues will have to be made up in some other way and will lead, I am afraid, to the clamoring of Legislators, County Commissions and City Councils for other tax increases such as the devastating property tax increase SJR14. Considering these facts we have changed our recommendation on Question 2 to NO.
Voter Guide Questions on the Nevada Families Questionnaire
for State Senate, Assembly and substantially the same for Statewide candidates like Governor.
All Questions were followed by the options: Yes_____ No_____ Undecided_____ Comments:
1) The 2017 Legislature passed SJR14 a Constitutional Amendment to eliminate the property tax cap and depreciation. This will result in a massive property tax increase for homes and businesses in some cases tripling the current tax upon sale. If SJR14 passes the Legislature in 2019 it will go on the ballot for a vote of the people. (information was included) Will you vote against SJR14 the massive property tax increase?
2) The 2017 Legislature passed AJR14 a Constitutional Amendment which, if passed, would create a Constitutional Right to Emergency Medical Care and impose price controls on medical care and hospitals. Socialist price controls do not work. They will make medical care and hospitals less available. Federal and State law already require hospitals to provide emergency medical care regardless of the ability to pay. These laws have caused a crisis in California where “a large percentage of hospitals are losing money, hundreds of medical clinics have closed or gone bankrupt…while at least 84 hospitals have closed in the last dozen years, many due to overuse of emergency rooms and illegal aliens unpaid medical bills.” If AJR14 passes the Legislature in 2019 it will go on the ballot for a vote of the people. Will you vote against AJR14 which creates a Constitutional Right to Emergency Medical Care?
3) Do you support the unabridged individual Constitutional right of Citizens to Keep and Bear Arms including the right to own semi-automatic rifles?
4) Religious liberty is the first freedom safeguarded by the First Amendment of the U.S. Constitution. It holds a preeminent location in the Ordinance of the Nevada Constitution where it states “That perfect toleration of religious sentiment shall be secured…” In addition, in Art.1 Section 4 the Nevada Constitution secures free exercise of religion and liberty of conscience. Freedom of religion is under assault from those who seek to impose their ideas of “political correctness” to negate religious freedom. As an elected Legislator will you defend the right of religious liberty in your deliberations as a Representative of the People?
5) Nevada is becoming a Sanctuary State like California. According to the FAIR (Federation for American Immigration Reform) Sept. 2017 report, Illegal immigration is costing U.S. Taxpayers $115,894,597,664 billion a year including costing Nevada taxpayers $1,572,680,987 billion, that’s $4,978 per illegal alien per year.
Will you vote to protect Nevada’s taxpayers from the excessive cost of illegal immigration and oppose any legislation which moves Nevada towards a Sanctuary State?
6) The 2017 Legislature voted to make it easier for illegal aliens to renew their “drivers’ authorization cards,” which are drivers licenses, from an annual renewal to a four year renewal just like legal citizens. There are no requirements to receive a driver authorization card in Nevada except to pass the driving test. Utah requires that aliens are here legally, that they sign for financial responsibility, and that they have a valid Tax ID number from the IRS. Will you vote to insure those requirements in Nevada law before aliens receive drivers’ authorization cards?
7) Every Legislative Session since 2011 legislation has been introduced to allow people to register to vote on Election Day. This opens our elections to voter fraud. Will you oppose legislation to allow voter registration on Election Day?
8) Do you support laws to protect the right to life of innocent unborn babies, the elderly, and the handicapped?
9) During the 2017 Legislative Session, SB261 providing for assisted suicide passed the State Senate. Testimony was provided by doctors that insurance companies in California and Oregon are depriving patients of life-saving care and encouraging them to commit suicide in order to save the insurance companies money.
Will you oppose assisted suicide legislation?
10) Every Legislative Session since 2011 Planned Parenthood has lobbied to overturn the current state law which allows counties to control sex education curriculum and the grade levels when it is presented. In addition, the law prohibits outside groups like the abortion advocates Planned Parenthood from having access to the classroom where they can recruit clients. Will you vote to uphold Nevada’s current sex-education law which allows counties flexibility and prohibits outsiders from access to the classroom?
11) Nevada ranks 49% among the states in education. Nevada unfortunately adopted the failing Common Core standards implemented in Nevada by federal money and mandates. Many states and communities are rejecting Common Core because of a backlash by parents, taxpayers, and many teachers. Will you vote to repeal the failing Common Core Education Standards and its invasive student/family tracking?
12) Do you support a parent’s right to choose government, charter, private, religious, or home schooling for their children including for their pre-school children?
13) The National Education Association (Resolution B-1) supports early childhood education programs in the public schools for children from birth through age eight,” including mandatory kindergarten and pre-kindergarten for all three and four-year-old children. Will you oppose any legislation/regulation/measure to provide mandatory kindergarten and government preschool for three and four year old children?
14) Do you support freedom of choice in health care, including the fundamental right to not be forced to receive vaccines or medications including fluoride?
Essay Question: What do you view as the proper role of government?
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Last week the U.S. Department of Labor issued a directive that protects the religious freedoms of government contractors who disagree with same-sex marriage. The Trump administration has publicly declared to hold their staff accountable to defend the religious rights of organizations.
Former President George W. Bush issued an executive order in 2002 that established a framework for faith-based contractors seeking contracts with the federal government. After former President Obama took office, he amended that policy in tandem with an equal opportunity employment executive order to include sexual orientation and gender identity as a protected class. While the Obama administration kept the religious exemption in place, there was much confusion on the matter after he added this new “class”. The Trump administration wanted to make it clear that their own staff who issue these contracts cannot discriminate against religious organizations, nor can those organizations be charged with LGBT discrimination.
The new policy directive is based on three recent Supreme Court cases. The first being the Jack Phillips case where he was unlawfully punished for refusing to bake a cake for a same-sex wedding ceremony. The Supreme Court ruled in Phillips’ favor. The second case ruled in favor of a Missouri church that was denied federal grant money based on their faith for a playground that was to be used for secular purposes. The last case was the Hobby Lobby decision in 2014 that allowed the business to opt out of contraceptive coverage. All three cases support the religious rights of employees and faith-based businesses.
Additionally, the directive explicitly gives faith-based contractors an equal opportunity when competing for federal government contracts. They will no longer be singled-out just because of their religious nature or simply because they disagree with same-sex marriage.
While this is a step in the right direction for faith-based groups, the next step would be to rid the policy of the sexual orientation and gender identity language. Religion is protected by the U.S. Constitution, however, sexual orientation is not. The Obama administration’s actions to take advantage of every opportunity to put this language into various policies to be reversed.
Eagle Forum applauds the Trump administration for recognizing the rights of the American people to their own religious beliefs.
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Yes on 3 but No on 6
INSTALLING FREEDOM by Craig Newton,
Supporters of the Energy Choice Initiative ballot measure released a study Wednesday that said Question 3 would lower energy bills, disputing a report from state regulators.
According to the PUC’s report, which was requested by the governor’s task force, Nevadans would be on the hook for at somewhere between $4 billion and $6 billion in stranded assets such as coal plants that NV Energy, the state’s largest provider, would have to divest.
Garrett’s report characterized those NV Energy assets not as stranded costs that customers would have to pay for but rather as stranded benefits that would go towards reducing energy bills. BECAUSE THOSE ASSETS COULD BE PURCHASED BY ANYONE AND PRODUCED AN ABUNDACE OF ENERGY THAT WOULD DRIVE PRICES DOWN AS ALWAYS.
The cost to install rooftop solar installations has dropped by half in the past five years, and the rooftop companies had put panels on nearly 800,000 homes and business across the country by mid-2015.
But the success of the leasing business mode has prompted utilities to push back against the net metering policies, which threaten to eat away at their business growth while increasing their costs. Below is a letter from a Democrat true to her anti-Wall Street Bernie Sanders sentiment.
By Elizabeth Jones, Las Vegas Friday, April 29, 2016 | 2 a.m.
I sent the following email to Sen. Harry Reid:
Senator, as a 25-year resident and lifelong registered Democrat, I implore you to look into the Nevada PUC’s rulings against solar energy that clearly benefit only NV Energy and Warren Buffett.
Though the coal-fired Reid Gardner Generating Station had undergone extensive technology improvements and was among the cleanest coal facilities in the nation, Harry “Coal Makes Us Sick” Reid managed to twist enough arms in the 2013 Legislature to garner passage of Senate Bill 123, which mandates closing the plant — with ratepayers picking up every last dime of expense rather than the shareholders of NV Energy — and replacing its 557 megawatt capacity with brand new natural gas-fired and renewable energy plants.
Griffin, the Question 3 amendment’s author, says federal regulators are much better equipped to oversee electricity markets now than they were when the concept of allowing customers to choose the company that provides them power was still new.
Here is some of the plan that will secure Harry Reid’s power over the state of Nevada and reward his billionaire donors like Buffett and the Chinese. The plan includes several solar and battery projects, including a 100 megawatt solar project coupled with a 25 megawatt battery storage system at Fish Springs Ranch near Reno, a 300 megawatt solar project at Eagle Shadow Mountain Solar Farm on land owned by the Moapa Band of Paiutes and a 250 megawatt plant at Sempra’s Copper Mountain Solar Facility near Boulder City. The utility is also proposing two additional battery storage projects with a combined 50 megawatt capacity. Those projects will likely be used to make existing solar plants more efficient.
Those projects will result in spending $2.175 billion to construct, as well as more than 1,700 construction jobs and about 76 long-term jobs. The utilities commission, if it approves the plan, will likely allow the utility to recover the costs of the projects through rates.
So later Harry comes out in fake support of the “Occupy Wall-Street” crowd with this.
Former U.S. Sen. Harry Reid (D), a supporter of Question 3, argued:[16]
“ … Nevadans are poised to gut energy monopolies’ rigid power grabs and directly participate in the clean energy economy. Voting “yes” on energy choice will represent a seismic shift for America and the world — a momentous example of how the people can take down an outdated, special interest monopoly and choose the future they want for their state and their country.[6] ”
Jon Wellinghoff, chief policy officer at SolarCity and former chair of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, responded to criticism of the measure, saying:[17]
“
Fearmongering surrounding the potential for market manipulation should also be put to bed. In the wake of the Western energy crisis of the 1990s, Congress voted to give the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) far-reaching power to better oversee the energy market, protect consumers from fraud and other misconduct, and deliver stiff fines for wrongdoing. The agency’s budget has also been expanded to provide for teams of lawyers, economists and investigators that monitor our power markets on a daily basis.As a result, manipulative market behavior of the type seen during the crisis is no longer a legitimate threat. …
If passed by Nevada voters, Question 3 will set the state on a trajectory to be an example for the 21st century energy grid.
Question 3 provides for the possibility of a neutral grid operator and fair and well-regulated competition that produces lower prices, more green energy options and advances in energy technology with the power to change the way we live. The measure is an important step forward that creates a foundation for Nevada’s green grid of the 21st century. I urge you to look into the facts and vote yes on Question 3.[6]
But, just the opposite is true for Question 6. Since the power crisis of the early 2000’s settled down, the dominant policy driver in the electricity sector has unquestionably been a focus on developing renewable sources of electricity generation. As is well known (outside of the LA Times apparently), California has one of the country’s most aggressive renewable portfolio standards (RPS). The RPS requires each firm that sells electricity to end-users to procure an increasing fraction (33% by 2020, 50% by 2030) of the energy they sell from renewable sources. Yet they have forced PG&E to put out of production hydroelectric power plants in the Feather and Pit Rivers. That is some of the cleanest power there is. Something sinister is going on there and Nevada Democrats are pushing the same corrupt moves.
The idea of clean energy excites me because I’m in the business of selling solar through Sunworks. I feel that every Nevada property owner should have their own power station and sell excess production to the grid. Democrats want it all for themselves and their crony billionaire buddies at our expense. They are no for 3 and yes for 6, forcing us into the same energy cost as California.
Buffett’s Berkshire-owned utilities are not popular with many advocates of rooftop solar and other forms of distributed generation. While they’re eager to invest in their own clean energy, they’re often aggressive in trying to undermine policies that support private generation, said Steve Kalland, executive director of the N.C. Clean Energy Technology Center.
Warren Buffett is a socialist. Socialist support Democrats who award enormous, even monopolistic control over industries. The failure of every socialist movement such as Venezuela is that they murder or drive away owners of business and appoint their own controllers. Chavez in Venezuela and Perron in Argentina confiscated business profits to provide great free services to the people. But soon there are no more profits and nobody smart enough to run the businesses and the state collapses. Fascist like Harry Reid and Steve Sisolak, the Democratic nominee for governor in 2018 are following Hitler’s idea of leaving Warren Buffet in control but forcing him to produce weapons of war instead of pots and pans. OOps, that was Businessman Oskar Schindler (Liam Neeson) in Krakow in 1939, well same thing.
Republicans instead want freedom to choose, or CHOICE. Republicans believe that we will move towards what’s best for us as we exercise our free will in the marketplace. We don’t want Billionaire Buffet and Power Hungry Harry controlling us like pawns for their pleasure and profit, especially when they already have stollen way more than their fair share.
So vote YES ON QUESTION 3 AND NO ON QUESTION 6. AND GET RESIDENTIAL SOLAR!
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INSTALLING FREEDOM
INSTALLING FREEDOM
PROVIDING YOU THE VERY BEST, NO MONEY DOWN, SOLAR!
According to the PUC’s report, which was requested by the governor’s task force, Nevadans would be on the hook for at somewhere between $4 billion and $6 billion in stranded assets such as coal plants that NV Energy, the state’s largest provider, would have to divest.
Garrett’s report characterized those NV Energy assets not as stranded costs that customers would have to pay for but rather as stranded benefits that would go towards reducing energy bills. BECAUSE THOSE ASSETS COULD BE PURCHASED BY ANYONE AND PRODUCED AN ABUNDACE OF ENERGY THAT WOULD DRIVE PRICES DOWN AS ALWAYS.
The cost to install rooftop solar installations has dropped by half in the past five years, and the rooftop companies had put panels on nearly 800,000 homes and business across the country by mid-2015.
But the success of the leasing business mode has prompted utilities to push back against the net metering policies, which threaten to eat away at their business growth while increasing their costs. Below is a letter from a Democrat true to her anti-Wall Street Bernie Sanders sentiment.
I sent the following email to Sen. Harry Reid:
Senator, as a 25-year resident and lifelong registered Democrat, I implore you to look into the Nevada PUC’s rulings against solar energy that clearly benefit only NV Energy and Warren Buffett.
Though the coal-fired Reid Gardner Generating Station had undergone extensive technology improvements and was among the cleanest coal facilities in the nation, Harry “Coal Makes Us Sick” Reid managed to twist enough arms in the 2013 Legislature to garner passage of Senate Bill 123, which mandates closing the plant — with ratepayers picking up every last dime of expense rather than the shareholders of NV Energy — and replacing its 557 megawatt capacity with brand new natural gas-fired and renewable energy plants.
Griffin, the Question 3 amendment’s author, says federal regulators are much better equipped to oversee electricity markets now than they were when the concept of allowing customers to choose the company that provides them power was still new.
Here is some of the plan that will secure Harry Reid’s power over the state of Nevada and reward his billionaire donors like Buffett and the Chinese. The plan includes several solar and battery projects, including a 100 megawatt solar project coupled with a 25 megawatt battery storage system at Fish Springs Ranch near Reno, a 300 megawatt solar project at Eagle Shadow Mountain Solar Farm on land owned by the Moapa Band of Paiutes and a 250 megawatt plant at Sempra’s Copper Mountain Solar Facility near Boulder City. The utility is also proposing two additional battery storage projects with a combined 50 megawatt capacity. Those projects will likely be used to make existing solar plants more efficient.
Those projects will result in spending $2.175 billion to construct, as well as more than 1,700 construction jobs and about 76 long-term jobs. The utilities commission, if it approves the plan, will likely allow the utility to recover the costs of the projects through rates.
So later Harry comes out in fake support of the “Occupy Wall-Street” crowd with this.
Former U.S. Sen. Harry Reid (D), a supporter of Question 3, argued:[16]
| “ | … Nevadans are poised to gut energy monopolies’ rigid power grabs and directly participate in the clean energy economy. Voting “yes” on energy choice will represent a seismic shift for America and the world — a momentous example of how the people can take down an outdated, special interest monopoly and choose the future they want for their state and their country.[6] | ” |
Jon Wellinghoff, chief policy officer at SolarCity and former chair of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, responded to criticism of the measure, saying:[17]
| “ | Fearmongering surrounding the potential for market manipulation should also be put to bed. In the wake of the Western energy crisis of the 1990s, Congress voted to give the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) far-reaching power to better oversee the energy market, protect consumers from fraud and other misconduct, and deliver stiff fines for wrongdoing. The agency’s budget has also been expanded to provide for teams of lawyers, economists and investigators that monitor our power markets on a daily basis.As a result, manipulative market behavior of the type seen during the crisis is no longer a legitimate threat. …
If passed by Nevada voters, Question 3 will set the state on a trajectory to be an example for the 21st century energy grid. Question 3 provides for the possibility of a neutral grid operator and fair and well-regulated competition that produces lower prices, more green energy options and advances in energy technology with the power to change the way we live. The measure is an important step forward that creates a foundation for Nevada’s green grid of the 21st century. I urge you to look into the facts and vote yes on Question 3.[6] But, just the opposite is true for Question 6. Since the power crisis of the early 2000’s settled down, the dominant policy driver in the electricity sector has unquestionably been a focus on developing renewable sources of electricity generation. As is well known (outside of the LA Times apparently), California has one of the country’s most aggressive renewable portfolio standards (RPS). The RPS requires each firm that sells electricity to end-users to procure an increasing fraction (33% by 2020, 50% by 2030) of the energy they sell from renewable sources. Yet they have forced PG&E to put out of production hydroelectric power plants in the Feather and Pit Rivers. That is some of the cleanest power there is. Something sinister is going on there and Nevada Democrats are pushing the same corrupt moves. The idea of clean energy excites me because I’m in the business of selling solar through Sunworks. I feel that every Nevada property owner should have their own power station and sell excess production to the grid. Democrats want it all for themselves and their crony billionaire buddies at our expense. They are no for 3 and yes for 6, forcing us into the same energy cost as California.Buffett’s Berkshire-owned utilities are not popular with many advocates of rooftop solar and other forms of distributed generation. While they’re eager to invest in their own clean energy, they’re often aggressive in trying to undermine policies that support private generation, said Steve Kalland, executive director of the N.C. Clean Energy Technology Center. Warren Buffett is a socialist. Socialist support Democrats who award enormous, even monopolistic control over industries. The failure of every socialist movement such as Venezuela is that they murder or drive away owners of business and appoint their own controllers. Chavez in Venezuela and Perron in Argentina confiscated business profits to provide great free services to the people. But soon there are no more profits and nobody smart enough to run the businesses and the state collapses. Fascist like Harry Reid and Steve Sisolak, the Democratic nominee for governor in 2018 are following Hitler’s idea of leaving Warren Buffet in control but forcing him to produce weapons of war instead of pots and pans. OOps, that was Businessman Oskar Schindler (Liam Neeson) in Krakow in 1939, well same thing. Republicans instead want freedom to choose, or CHOICE. Republicans believe that we will move towards what’s best for us as we exercise our free will in the marketplace. We don’t want Billionaire Buffet and Power Hungry Harry controlling us like pawns for their pleasure and profit, especially when they already have stollen way more than their fair share. So vote YES ON QUESTION 3 AND NO ON QUESTION 6. AND GET RESIDENTIAL SOLAR! |
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