The Laughlin Herald

IT COUNTS MORE THAN YOU THINK

Voting This Wednesday Will Speak Truth To Power

(March 30th, 2009)]

This Wednesday Laughlin citizens will have yet another opportunity to vote for local representatives. An ad hoc straw poll will be held from 7:00 A.M. until 7:00 P.M. at the Laughlin Community Church at 2910 Needles Highway, next door to the Mobil Gas Station. Every registered voter is eligible to cast a vote. As I said back in October, it really does matter who sits on the Town Advisory Board. Many have felt that the Occupation has become a fact of life and we’re helpless to do anything about. And yet already, one illegitimate Board member has been forced to resign. So everyone needs to vote. For the record, I will once again list the candidates I endorse – and why.

NOLI NOTHIS PERMITTERE TE TERERE

An Open Letter To The Reverend Gene Lee

(March 27^th, 2009)

Dear Gene,

I feel compelled to say a few words about some unfair criticism that has come your way in the last week or so. First the straw poll on the 1st and the inaccuracy of the statement about violating your tax exempt status. This is a clearly non-partisan event. Many churches tread on far shakier ground when they host events chaired by the League of Women Voters which has lied for years about their 'impartiality". But that's a left leaning bias so I'll assume that a few of our more radical residents find that acceptable. Secondly I find it disconcerting that some residents either can not or will not understand the distinction between the various events that collectively comprise Townfest. It is not a monolithic event, although I understand that socialists prefer to manage society in that manner. I am given to understand that the Carnival has always been a separate church event that takes place simultaneously during Townfest, but is not a specifically Townfest event, anymore than the various events that Kiwanis or Rotary put on during those days. Are Laughlin's service clubs next to be audited? Lastly there seems to be a few voices who object to the Townfest, the Carnival and the Town Advisory Board all being run by the same general group of people, even though the first two are private events. So I have an idea to address this objection.

Why don't we have a vote about it?

Gene, I'll see you on April 1st. Have a swell weekend!

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STAND UP AND BE HEARD

Testimony Before The  Nevada Assembly Committee of Government Affairs

(March 27^th, 2009 )

Last Monday I exercised my right as a citizen and traveled to the Grant Sawyer State Building in Las Vegas as did two other somewhat more prominent Laughlin residents, Former Laughlin Town Advisory Board Chair Kathy Ochs and Dick McCall who has been active in civic affairs for many, many years. We were there to support Assembly Bill 383 which would allow Laughlin residents to choose the option to incorporate. Below is the text of the comments I made.

FAKE FINDERS

A Political Sleight Of Hand Show

(March 15^th, 2009)

As if the Occupation of Laughlin wasn’t bad enough, radical left wing Democrats in the county bureaucracy are mobilizing a propaganda effort to hypnotize the citizens of Laughlin from escaping from behind the partisan Iron Curtain that the All Democratic Board of County Commissioners have lowered on our town. The so called “fact finders” as they call themselves will have an illusionist show filled with fake facts open to the public on Monday, March 16th, 2009 at the Laughlin Public Library at 3:30 PM. I strongly urge all Laughlin residents to attend this meeting and keep the facts in front of the public. KLBC-TV will be there, the “fact finders will perform their feats of prestidigitation and I will play the role of the skeptical debunker who turns on the lights in the middle of the performance and shows everyone how the trick is done. A good time should be expected by all. Except for the fork tongued collaborators putting on this dog and pony show. Them I don’t promise a good time.

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