6 Thursday, May 29, 1997 Pahrump Valley Gazette
Joe calls another one!
Well, what can I say. You want to hear Nye County prophecy? Then
this is the column to check every week. It's happened again.
Last week I made much ado about the quarter cent sales tax increase
and how the state Legislature wanted to pass this miserable piece of
legislation.
Well, it's passed. Expect it to be law very soon. The bill passed the
Assembly 34-7. It now goes to the Senate where I predict it will be
passed with little discussion.
What's bad about this law is the fact that it sets a precedent m a bad
precedent. It allows county commissioners to raise the tax without even
considering the taxpayer. The voters will never have the opportunity to
say "NO!" because the tax can be raised without having to appear on
the ballot.
As far as I'm concerned this is taxation with representation.
My legislative sources tell me that there was quite a lively debate on
this subject before it was ultimately voted into law.., well, it's not law
yet but like I said, it'll pass the Senate easy.
"In my opinion, taking away people's right to vote is poor public
policy," said Don Gustavson, R-Sun Valley. "Nevada does not give
absolute power to part-time representatives," said Sandra Tiffany, R-
Las Vegas.
Part-time representatives, indeed. Nye County Commissioners to be
more precise. You can bet your bottom dollar they'll jump on this new
law as soon as they can.
When they do -- you know what to do at the ballot box, right?
1 ox to 0000,00atch hen house
Once again, we're looking at a situation where the fox wants to be
in charge of the hen house. This time it's the Nevada Board of
Education.
Not so long ago a Roper poll indicated that a majority of college
students thought Florida was in the Pacific Ocean. Hmph. So, in all
probability, our high school students likely believe it's in the Arctic.
• What's the capital of Michigan?
• Which is farther west, Reno or Los Angeles?
• How many pennies in $1 million?
• How many nickels in $1 million?
Businesses across the nation are complaining that they have to
completely train high school graduates in such simple things as
making correct change. The level of competence coming out of our
school system these days is disgraceful.
Governor Bob Miller wants to correct this situation, at least in
Nevada. The Guv has proposed that Nevada create a "Standards
Council." The purpose of this council is to monitor the standards
expected of our students and see to it that these standards are upheld
at each required level.
The Board of Education is balking at this and saying, "Give us the
money and we'll do the monitoring."
In one breath the Board of Education says that this council "is
unnecessary, redundant and costly."
In the very next breath they say, "Give us the money and we can
easily do the job ourselves."
Talk about redundant and unnecessary.
Television is a medium. So
called because it is neither
rare, nor well-done.
Target
by Joe Richards
from the
Kingdom of Nye
Whether you
hate him or love
him, he won't let
you ignore him!
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