"Rude", "Irresponsible", "Ill-Conceived", "A Blatant Lie"

Ever have one of those days when the boss yells at ya? Well, the Governor did. And his bosses said the stuff up there in the headline, not me. I woulda said "lunkhead" and "boob," but that's just me.

And don't take offense, but I'm not talking about the Nevada electorate, who are supposed to be the Gibbers' real bosses. Nope. We gave that up long ago and decided to let Fat Cats on the Las Vegas Strip and loony extremists from up North somewheres run our lives.

Yesterday, the Fat Cats--oh sorry, the "captains" of industry--and their mob-mouthpiece mayor, let the Governor have it for even suggesting that a bit of gold be diverted from their plump hands into state coffers for roads. (MM) Course, that gold's already being used to back bonds which, if reneged on, could get the state sued, but what does the Gube care about legalities?

Although it's hard--okay, impossible--to have any sympathy for our "captains", the real goof-up here came from the thickheadedness of the Gube. Just drag out chief of what is laughingly called the Governor's staff, who tells us that, oh my I did talk to all those "captains" ahead of time about funding proposals for roads, and oh no we didn't blind-side anyone by springing the news late at night and behind their backs.

But that's not the story from our beloved corporate overlords. Our "captains" insist that they had to initiate talks with what is laughingly called the Governor's staff and that road funding wasn't even mentioned when they finally got a sit-down.

Poor babies. Anyway, here's my solution to the fracas. Lock the Governor, his senior staff, and the Las Vegas Visitors Convention and Visitors Authority board in a small room in Guantanamo Bay with an armload of baseball bats. Lock the door and wait two days. Whomever comes out alive is shipped to Syria. See? Everybody wins.

Also taking potshots at the World's Easiest Target were members of the legislature.  This time members of the Senate were cracking up over alleged Governor Jim Gibbons' attempt to take over control of the Nevada National Guard. It's not enough that the Governor has the power to appoint the Adjutant General of the Guard to a four-year position. Now Gibbons wants to be able to hire and fire the AG at will.

The Senate rejected the proposal, but not without having a little fun first:

"I look at this as one of the most harmful proposals ever made in the state of Nevada," said [current AG Giles] Vanderhoof.

He said in other states, the post has been given to unqualified junior officers because they were politically aligned with the governor. He said it would also eliminate the requirement the adjutant general be under 65 years old, which is in federal law for any adjutant general who is "federally recognized." And he questioned how a "non-federally recognized adjutant general can command federally recognized officers."

"Being responsible to and serving at the pleasure of the governor makes him just another political appointee," said [Nevada Senator Bob] Coffin.

"I think this would totally politicize this position at a time when we are at war and we need good advice, not political advice," Titus said. (NA)

And then Titus pops out the best line:

"Next, will he be wanting a War Tzar in his cabinet?" she asked.

See? We coulda had a funny Governor instead of a laughable one.

And don't you just prefer the Nevada Appeals' rather archaic spelling of 'Czar' over the Sun's? It has that old-timey, small town feel to it, like back in the days when there really were Tzars.

Hey Kids! Wanna gag? Watch this! Pop quiz: How did he do it with a straight face?

Comments

[texex]

Uhhh...let's see here. The crazy, er.. greedy gambling industry - who are directly responsible for the nut now in the mansion - object strenously to taking money out of one LV pocket where it benefits only the gambling industry and putting it in another LV pocket which benefits everyone.

If LV money isn't going to fix LV's problems, who is?

[What?!]

texex,

You are so right! Isn't it a bitch when your own dog tries to bite you? It's okay though, the gamers knew they were picking a toothless "old yeller" out of the pound when they backed Gibbons. They knew that Titus could bite back, and bite back hard, so they walked past her when looking for a lap dog.