User profile: in_sider

Russell: You're thinking of it incorrectly, this isn't a way to transport Las Vegans to SoCal it is a way to get SoCals to LV. That's the traffic/transportation problem we have.

Mandy: In not the so distant future driving a car any distance or flying in a jet will be so unbearably expensive that rail service will be one of the only long distance mass transit alternatives available to the middle-class. Oil is finite, that means we need alternative transportation services to places like Las Vegas in which their entire economy is based on getting people there cheaply.

RevTomPerl: You make a lot of sense, but we need to think beyond the old model of AmTrak. A wide spread high-speed rail system is one of the few answers to

Patrick, you really want to help bring efficiency to government move to California, New York, Massachussetts, Florida or any number of other states that actually have "big government" problems. Being a libertarian watchdog in a libertarian state is like like a blind man teaching other blind people to read.

You want to learn about Nevada's tax situation go to a non-biased source like the Tax Foundation:

http://www.taxfoundation.org/research/to...

Nevada has ranked in the bottom 3 in tax burden since 1977 and currently rank 49th out of 50 states for tax burden. It is also the lowest it has been since 1977 (6.6% - it was 7.9% in 1977).

http://www.taxfoundation.org/research/sh...

http://www.taxfoundation.org/files/sr163...

So with what you call massive increases, of which you do not account for population growth nor the increased strain on existing services, we actually have seen a dramtic decrease in tax burden? How is that?

Please leave Nevada and go to another state where your perspective might be of use.

What really gets me is that you and your cohorts at NPRI aren't doing it for the greater good of fiscal conservatism; you are doing the bidding of a man that hates Nevada and the people who live here, Sheldon Adelson.

Firefighters . . uhg. They work 3 days a week, play basketball and clean their trucks most of that time and make an average of $85K a year (with a large number making over $100K). All in a town with some of the strictest fire codes in the world. On top of that they all have second jobs (insurance, real estate, etc.) because they have the time to do so. They all drive $65,000 trucks, own $500,000 houses. Are you kidding me? Am I mad become I'm jealous, you bet! I actually had to go to school for a long time, my decisions can sometimes be life and death. Not only that but they can be worth hundreds of millions of dollars for my clients. My hourly rate doesn't come close to what a firetruck jockey gets paid. Rediculous! I appreciate the service but they better get a clue. Just because they walk districts for politicians doesn't mean they aren't hurting their public image and that's all they have. Politicians are affraid of not being endorsed by these guys, if they keep getting paid too much, do too little work and keep whining they will find themselves on the other side of the political coin.

Sebelius is such a cry-baby LOL

Surprised? Are you kidding? The Mendenhall family, and its Mormon public project construction mafia is still alive and kicking. Local politicians know full well, concrete and paving contracts go to the Mendenhall family and no one else. 4Lux, I respect your expertise but I've been here a long time (family also is involved in construction) and I'm sure that Mendenhall is probably the best to do the work but anyone that thinks this was going to be a fair fight to begin with is fooling themselves. "Screw the staff, screw the attorney's opinion the Mendenhall family gave me money (either campaign or under the table) . . . they get my vote!"