Budget
Innovative solutions needed
From the Reno Gazette-Journal: "When it gets down to it, they [the public] want their services, they want a low tax base and when given the choice between cuts or taxes they don't want either," pollster Del Ali said of the results. What's the answer? Innovative solutions...
Read moreClark County gets it right
According to an article in last Wednesday's edition of the Las Vegas Sun, Clark County is considering disbandment of its redevelopment agency. The County would reportedly divert the $10 million in annual property taxes that it currently collects to the state's general fund. According to the Sun...
Maureen Dowd answers her own question
Unfortunately, she never realizes it...
Is going to college the best choice for students?
For some, certainly. For others, no. "More people need to realize that you don't have to get a four-year degree to be successful...
Looks like Gov. Gibbons has been reading NPRI
From the Las Vegas Sun: Gibbons responded, "The Board of Regents makes the decisions. And when I see they're spending $16,000 on a desk, I wonder where they're spending money on."
Got despotism?
The City of Las Vegas’ redevelopment plan is being challenged by Culinary Local 226 in the upcoming June election. Culinary has secured enough signatures to place two initiatives on the ballot that would (1) require voter approval for individual lease-purchase agreements and (2) repeal the city’s current redevelopment plan. The City has proposed to issue general obligation bonds to finance, among other things, a new $267 million city hall. The project would burden local taxpayers with a significant amount of debt at a time when they can least afford it.
Las Vegas union fights for fiscal responsibility
No joke...
Why higher education isn't as bad off as they want you to believe
Week after week, Nevada System of Higher Education Chancellor Jim Rogers has been telling us how important higher education is, and how he needs more money to fund the system "properly." Ultimately, what he got for his efforts was a more than 30 percent reduction in appropriations from Gov. Gibbons' proposed budget. Needless to say, the chancellor is not happy. But is NSHE really as bad off as some would have us believe?
What will they try and tax next?
In response to the over-hyped budget shortfall, State Sen. Bob Coffin has come up with an "innovative" proposal to raise taxes. The Las Vegas Sun reports: State Sen. Bob Coffin said Tuesday he would be willing to grant a hearing on proposals to legalize and regulate prostitution in Las Vegas...
Dissecting Budget Numbers
Many people were no doubt surprised when Gov. Gibbons, in his State of the State address, proposed spending $17.3 billion for the 2009-2011 budget, as the most commonly heard predictions put the expected biennial budget in the neighborhood of $6 billion. The confusion stems from a common misunderstanding that the "general fund" is the same thing as "the budget." In reality, the general fund makes up only about 35 percent of...
