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Pay freeze

Prior to engaging in their spending orgy (see above), the Democratic House leadership did one thing right: They allowed a vote on a congressional pay freeze.

‘Yes, but I have checks!’

So, we have the real estate crisis, the bank crisis, the automaker crisis, rising unemployment and severe state budget deficits. It’s not a pretty picture.

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Mad Mr. Rogers

In his part-time spot as chancellor of the Nevada System of Higher Education, local television station owner Jim Rogers sees it as his job to lobby the Legislature — and taxpayers, indirectly — to get as much “other people’s money” for Nevada’s tax-subsidized colleges and universities as possible.

‘Difficult times’

If Clark County Sheriff Doug Gillespie followed the lead of university Chancellor Jim Rogers (see above), the longtime lawman would demand fiscal immunity from the recession and declare that if the Las Vegas police budget were not allowed to expand, the valley would resemble the set of “Escape from New York” by summer.

Yucca still kicking

With the election of Barack Obama to the presidency, U.S. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid has been confidently stating that the Yucca Mountain Project is essentially dead. Is it?

OUR BLOGGERS ARE SAYING…

If you’re not checking out the local blogs on reviewjournal.com, here’s just a sample of what you’ve been missing:

‘Big, bold ideas’ in Carson City

Preening that Nevada could lead the nation in linking job creation to energy efficiency, state Senate Majority Leader Steven Horsford detailed his “green jobs” initiative to a legislative panel in Carson City last Friday.

What’s old is new again

The siren song of the tax-consuming class is unmistakably clear: Capitalism has failed.

High court on the air

Nevada’s state Supreme Court announced Wednesday it will begin broadcasting all oral appeals arguments over the Internet.

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