TODAY’S NN&V HEADLINES

The 15-Year-Old Girl and the Soccer Coach

(Chuck Muth) – OK, so the story last week was that a 40-year-old soccer coach was arrested for having a sexual relationship with a 15-year-old girl who was a player on his team.  The pair were found parked in the coach’s vehicle in a Las Vegas sports park, though apparently not caught in the act of doing anything.  My first question: Why did they arrest the guy?

Malcontent Gadfly Creates Anti-Lowden PAC

(Chuck Muth) – Robert Holloway, a card-carrying Paultard purportedly representing a tiny group of paranoid tinfoil hat wearing fellow malcontents, announced today the formation of a Political Action Committee to oppose the candidacy of Sue Lowden for the United States Senate.  According to Hollow-Head Holloway, the reason the PAC is being formed centers solely on the Nevada GOP state convention in 2008.

Clark County Republican Party, Grassroots Leaders Organize for 2010 Elections

(Elizabeth Crum/Nevada News Bureau) – Clark County Republican Party (CCRP) event organizers packed the room for their “Flip the House” kick-off coalition meeting Saturday afternoon.   Approximately two-hundred and twenty attendees filled the auditorium at the Clark County Public Library on East Flamingo.

Democrat Child Seeks Buckley’s Assembly Seat

(Nevada News Bureau Staff) – Kevin Child announced today his candidacy Nevada State Assembly District 8 seat being vacated by term-limited Assembly Speaker Barbara Buckley (D).  Child has run for office on numerous occasions as a Republican in the past, but has re-registered and is running as a Democrat this time.

Click here to read these stories at the Nevada News & Views site!

OTHER NEWS

• Daily Sun (Nigeria): Waziri meets Gibbons
• Morrison: Political consultants work together, have differences of opinion
• Tri-City Herald: Doc to Obama: What about Yucca Mountain for waste?
• SLT: Harry Reid: A Mormon in the Middle
• Sun: Anti-abortion bid may have unintended effect
• AP: Nev. Indian Commission may lose grants for remodel
• Sun: Government doesn’t do much for Wynn.or does it?
• Sun: Obama’s way means ‘lights out’ for Vegas, Wynn say

MUTH’S TRUTHS

• The Associated Press reported over the weekend that a justice of the peace in Louisiana refused to issue a marriage license to an interracial couple.  Doug Bandow, Vice President of Policy for Citizen Outreach responded:  “This sort of bizarre behavior by a government official reinforces the argument that marriage should be left to non-governmental institutions.”  Amen!

• The Associated Press reports that “Administrative hurdles and a looming deadline may cost the Nevada Indian Commission some $280,000 in grants secured to remodel the future home of the Stewart Indian Cultural Center.”  Is this one of those “essential” government services that Senate Minority Leader Bill Raggio (R-Reno) believes necessitated a billion dollars worth of tax hikes earlier this year?

CALENDAR

Governor Jim Gibbons will hold a fundraising event on Sunday, November 1, 2009, from 5:30 pm – 7:30 pm at the Carson Valley Inn.  Individuals: $125. Couples: $200.  Corporate $300.  For additional information, and to RSVP, please contact Robin V. Reedy at 775-265-3102 or rpolitix@yahoo.com.  This event is a no host bar.

TUBE TIPS

• Republican U.S. Senate candidate Danny Tarkanian is scheduled to be the guest on Blog Talk Radio’s “CIA Report” tonight at 7:00 pm.

• Republican U.S. Senate candidate Robin Titus goes “Face to Face” with Jon Ralston tonight.  The program airs on Las Vegas ONE on Cox Channel 19 at 5:30 pm, 6:30 pm and 8:00 pm.

• Sam Shad’s guest on today’s Nevada Newsmakers program will be State Senator Mark Amodei, (R), Candidate for U.S. Senate.  The program airs on KRNV-TV Channel 4 at 12:30 pm in Reno and on Cox Cable Channel 123 at 4:30 pm and 11:35 pm in Las Vegas.

FAMOUS LAST WORDS

• “I just don’t get how his politics translate to somebody who has LDS beliefs.  (Harry Reid’s) an embarrassment to me as a Mormon.” – Utah blogger Holly Richardson

• “(Sen. Harry Reid) showed $8.7 million in the bank at the end of September, and he has aired TV ads. But as long as his negatives remain high, and as long as his eventual GOP challenger has the resources to compete, Reid will be in for a fight. . . . Anonymous threats to ‘vaporize’ the opposition may make a cute quote in a newspaper story, but they sound less intimidating from the campaign of a candidate with unfavorable ratings in the low 50s.” – Roll Call columnist Stuart Rothenberg

• “Obama campaigned against using Yucca Mountain as a repository for spent nuclear materials and has said his administration will not be sending material there.  Then where?” – Tri-City Herald, 10/25/09