Here's a recent poll:

Of the 55 individual posters responding to this article as of approximately 8:30 this evening approximately 23 posters(sorry trustnoone, couldn't tell whether you were for or against, or really what your point was, but I put you in the 'against' column) are against the health care bill and 32 posters are for the bill. Make of it what you will.

What a big fat liar. I can't believe you guys are still apologizing for him, 'cause he certainly wouldn't return the favor!!

"And just so you know, my entire staff in the Governor's office has had their pay cut 6 percent."

Yeah, but that was after he gave them raises first.

"I am donating 6% of my own salary back to the state to be used for special awards for exceptional teachers."

Which teacher wants to be the first to get the "Gibbons award"?

"Recent data shows a 4.6 percent drop in personal income for our residents."

. . . while most State employees have had their personal income decreased by close to 10%.

"I have ordered the Nevada Commission on Tourism to present me a report within 30 days with their ideas and plans to get more visitors to come to Nevada."

"Also, I have ordered the Nevada Commission on Economic Development to present me with a report within 30 days with their ideas, plans and projects presently in the pipeline to encourage companies to locate or re-locate in Nevada."

After 3 1/2 years as Governor he still doesn't know what they're doing?

". . . and 90,000 more are projected to join the unemployment rolls over the next 18 months."

Where did he find this statistic. . . NPRI, perhaps?

"More importantly, the balanced budget I submitted imposed no new taxes and allowed no expansion of state government."

It actually did include a tax increase which he didn't approve, therefore his budget was not balanced.

"I am also introducing the Education Gift Certificate. These will be available at many state facilities, like the DMV, or you'll be able to download one off my website. You can use the gift certificate to donate money to a non-profit organization that will make sure your money is spent ONLY on teachers' salaries. For those of you who can afford to help our teachers, I encourage you do it."

Can tip jars be far behind?

"As President Ronald Reagan once said, 'No government ever voluntarily reduces itself in size. Government programs, once launched, never disappear.'"

Of course government was bigger at the end of the Reagan administration than the beginning.

"We are working on solutions to turn this recession into an opportunity to reinvent our State's government. We may never have an opportunity like this again."

Ahhh, his real agenda, no wonder he's done nothing in 3 1/2 years to pull us out of this hole.

Why is it "pork" (bad) when it happens in another State and "economic development" (good) when it's your own.

The reason Nevada gets so little federal funding for its programs is because most of it is tied, as a percentage, to State spending on the same programs. If the State can't be bothered funding programs for its own citizen's why should the federal government be bothered?

Hey Neiman, it's the Governor's fault. Letting a rotating group of (very small) business owners roll you out of the closet every few months, dust you off, put you in a new (mock) turtleneck and then pulling your string thereby releasing the same tired phrase "no new taxes" before rolling you back into the closet is NOT leadership.

BTW, why does a staff of approximately 47 need a Chief of Staff and two Deputies? Not a riddle, just curious.

This is the same Shelley Blotter that recently tried to give herself a 10% salary increase when she was acting director for about five minutes. It's okay if SHE's making more money, just not anyone that's actually doing work.

http://dop.nv.gov/PCmin22709.pdf

Gibbons tried the same thing to appoint a position to the Taxicab Authority. The Attorney General's office found he had no authority to make that appointment either.