It’s been a rough few weeks for the Clark County School Board. The School Board’s voting procedure for installing Pat Skorkowsky as superintendent was called into question, prompting the Nevada attorney general’s office to look into complaints that trustees violated the state’s open meeting law. School Board member Deanna Wright faces a complaint accusing her of failing to report campaign contributions accurately and in a timely manner.
Some good news on the free speech front: Clark County government now has a hands-off approach on protests, demonstrations and political expression.
Still suffering from election fatigue? Too bad. The biggest race of Campaign 2014 is under way in Nevada, less than eight months after last year’s scorched-earth ballot.
The shocking NSA spying revelations have obliterated normal political lines. Left is on the right. Right is on the left. Dogs lay with cats.
Lots of lawmakers in Washington complain the rich don’t pay their “fair share.” Such petty gripes conveniently ignore the fact that Uncle Sam is the country’s richest land baron — and its biggest piker when it comes to property taxes.
