By Jon Ralston

Thu, Jun 12, 2008 (2 a.m.)

It took two news releases to do it, but the Las Vegas

Chamber of Commerce embraced the school bond Wednesday. Indeed, the famously anti-tax organization endorsed a $9.5 billion bond in a news event that also featured the incredibly generous contribution of $10,000 from its PAC to “help educate voters.” Lest anyone think the chamber might actually support a tax increase, the group sent out a “revised” release after the original with this sentence added: “The ballot question will not raise the tax rate currently paid by Clark County residents, but will extend authorization of the use of those funds for another 10 years.” Wow, it’s like magic, folks. You can sell $9.5 billion worth of bonds with no effect on taxes. No wonder the chamber likes it.