S.B. 41 - Nevada public employees about to get hit by Wisconsin shit-storm

Nevada public employees had better get their umbrellas out, it was only a matter of time before the nastiness in Wisconsin slopped over into Nevada. Click on the image below, and you’ll be reading the pdf of S.B. 41 - the Sandoval Ghost Bill - in seconds.

And stay tuned, since the timing of this bill is leaving bloggers and others scratching their heads. Gov. Sandoval told the media he didn’t have such a bill as this. Yet … yet, it seemed to have been there all the while. Gosh, maybe it got lost in all the giddyness of being the new governor.

The Sausage Factory poses one possibility:

“You have to wonder why our press corps intentionally led the public to believe our governor was staying away from the collective bargaining fight while at the same time that same governor had requested a bill that would essentially do away with with those bargaining rights.

Maybe if SB41 included something about prostitutes they would have noticed”

Readers may want to look at observations about SB 41 on Nevada State Employee Focus.

Friday Fish Wrap: February 26, 2010

Updated on Saturday, February 27, 2010 at 00:12 by mavenandmeddler

No matter the extent of the healthcare drama inside the faraway beltway, we in Nevada have more drama than we need right here at home. In so many ways it’s the national story writ very small and nasty.

We have an crazy, embattled Republican Governor - trailing a laundry list of tawdry divorce, women and grope stories like toilet paper from his shoe - blocking damn near anything a desperate legislature suggests to mitigate the effects of an $880 million deficit.

Nevada is unique in many ways. One of them is our stubborn grip on a bi-annual legislature. Back in the day - like the 1800’s when there were few folks here and they were spread thin - it was no easy trick to mosey in to Carson City to legislate and commiserate.

You’d think this woulda’ changed with the advent of new-fangled airplanes and interstate highways, but no.

So, the Governor has called them into Special Session - a five day marathon intended to plug the gap. If this sounds impossible to you, welcome to my life in Nevada.

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Friday Fish Wrap: May 8, 2009

First, some catching up. I got zip responses or even guesses on Where In the World the following photo is from:

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