Illegals granted Social Security

By Charles Hurt
THE WASHINGTON TIMES
May 19, 2006

The Senate voted yesterday to allow illegal aliens to collect Social Security benefits based on past illegal employment -- even if the job was obtained through forged or stolen documents.

"There was a felony they were committing, and now they can't be prosecuted. That sounds like amnesty to me," said Sen. John Ensign, the Nevada Republican who offered the amendment yesterday to strip out those provisions of the immigration reform bill. "It just boggles the mind how people could be against this amendment."

The Ensign amendment was defeated on a 50-49 vote. "We all know that millions of undocumented immigrants pay Social Security and Medicare taxes for years and sometimes decades while they work to contribute to our economy," said Sen. John McCain, Arizona Republican.

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Governor Gibbons Released The Following Statement Regarding Legal Defense Fund

For Immediate Release
March 14, 2007
Contact: Zachary Moyle
(702) 258-9182


“Over the past two weeks, certain individuals in the media and certain political opponents have created an uproar about my use of a "legal defense fund." That fund was created to help defray the costs of responding to allegations by Chrissy Mazzeo and Patricia Sandoval that have been shown to be untrue.

“The uproar over this legal defense fund is completely driven by a few individuals to make an issue where none exists. The fund was established, on the advice of pre-eminent and experienced lawyers, to comply with all rules during the campaign. It was not then, and is not now, a campaign fund. It did not solicit or accept political contributions. Rather, the funds were used as intended -- to pay legal and accounting expenses related to the allegations at the time.

“Because I believe that the people of Nevada have a right to know about this fund, I have reported the donations and expenses of the fund, even when it was not clear that I had to do so. I received advice on this matter from legal experts and in no way have anything to hide by using a fund-raising process, used by many public officials, that is permitted by law. I will continue to report on that fund as bills are paid for previous legal issues surrounding the now-discredited allegations. As was the intention all along, the legal defense fund will then formally be closed down. That closing and a final report on the fund should occur in the near future.

“I realize that there are some media and political naysayers who will try to create a story or controversy every day, to defeat the goals of my administration or just for the sport of it. The people of Nevada should know that I am committed as ever to carrying out the pledges I made during the campaign. I will not be distracted or derailed from those goals, which include enhancing public education for our children, promoting excellent health care for all of our citizens and increasing employment opportunities in our state.

“An honest review of the real facts of all the allegations that have been made will lead to the conclusion that I have been and remain a hard-working, honest public servant who has never violated the public trust. To those who keep trying to make a controversy where none exits, I say "enough" and let the business of the people of Nevada be done.”


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Alert! Three action items! support SB230 oppose AB157, SJR2, SJR4

The following was sent to Washoe County Chair Heidi Smith by Sharron Angle:

Dear Heidi,

SB230 Will Remove an Obstacle to Signature Gathering on Initiative Petitions.
Hearing Tuesday March 14 at 1:30 in room 2144 Carson City or the Grant Sawyer
building in Las Vegas by teleconference. Testimony is needed and please send
an e-mail.

Many Nevada citizens have gathered signatures for such praise worthy initiatives
as Keep Our Doctors in Nevada, Tax and Spend Controls for Nevada, People's Initiative
to Stop the Taking of Land, Protection of Marriage Act, Ax the Tax, and the Angle
Property Tax Initiative. We have found that in circulating petitions we must
obey the letter of the law or many signatures will be disqualified. One requirement
is that people print their last name first and then their first name. This
is such an unnatural way to fill out a form that most people begin printing their
first name first even with the instruction to do their last name first. This
causes frustration for the gatherer, rewrites for the signers, but most seriously
the County Clerk does not accept an improperly written name as a verified signature
so the entire effort of collecting that signature is wasted.

In the Clerk's defense, many will look to the signature and try to qualify
it if it is clearly just a mistake of printing the wrong name first. However
the problem arises when signatures are not readable and the first and last name
are not easily determined. For instance a name such as Scott James could easily
be James Scott or Courtney Allen could be Allen Courtney.

SB230 may not be the magic bullet but it certainly will allow the natural
tendency to print the first name first and then the last name. It is our hope
that by passing this simple change some of the problems in gathering and verifying
signatures will be cured. Please e-mail the following Senators and ask them
to VOTE YES on SB230:
Cegavske, Chair bcegavske@sen.state.nv.us
Raggio wraggio@sen.state.nv.us
Hardy whardy@sen.state.nv.us
Beers bbeers@sen.state.nv.us
Mathews bmathews@sen.state.nv.us
Weiner vweiner@sen.state.nv.us
Horsford shorsford@sen.state.nv.us

AB 157 will be heard on Monday, March 12th at , 3:45 pm
Senate Hearing Room 1214 Legislative Building Carson City
Room 4406 of the Grant Sawyer State Office Building 555 East Washington Avenue,
Las Vegas

Please contact the Assembly Education Committee.

YOUR MESSAGE: Vote NO on AB 157 Use any or all of the reasons in the following
critique.

Chairwoman Bonnie Parnell 775-684-8825 bparnell@asm.state.nv.us
Assemblywoman Debbie Smith 775-684-8841 dsmith@asm.state.nv.us
Assemblyman David Bobzien 775-684-8559 dbobzien@asm.state.nv.us
Assemblyman Mo Denis 775-684-8583 mdenis@asm.state.nv.us
Assemblyman Ruben Kihuen 775-684-8553 rkihuen@asm.state.nv.us
Assemblyman Harvey Munford 775-684-8545 hmunford@asm.state.nv.us
Assemblyman Tick Segerblom 775-684-8549 tsegerblom@asm.state.nv.us
Assemblyman Bob Beers 775-684-8839 asmbeers@asm.state.nv.us
Assemblyman Joe Hardy 775-684-8857 jhardy@asm.state.nv.us
Assemblyman Garn Mabey 775-684-8827 gmabey@asm.state.nv.us
Assemblyman Lynn Stewart 775-684-8823 lstewart@asm.state.nv.us

1. The costs are prohibitive and it appears to be about immigration, not education
- $186 million over the next two years.
2. No long-term benefits. Natl. Center for Educ. Statistics (NCES) concludes
no positive effects after end of 3rd grade.
3. Full Day Kindergarten will not improve Nevada's educational system national
ranking. The states that rank No. 1 and No. 3 - Virginia and Minnesota respectively
- do not have statewide full-day kindergarten programs.
4 . The Clark County School District was forced to admit that Middle and Upper
Class Children are hurt by Full Day Kindergarten. Second-graders not at-risk
who attended full-day kindergarten performed three percent worse on standardized
tests compared to the half-day kindergarten group.

Please continue to send e-mails opposing SJR2 the appointment of judges and SJR4
the appointment of University Regents even after the measure was defeated by
voters. on the 2006 ballot.

Thank you for your help.

Kind regards,
Sharron

Participate for Change

We are looking for people who want to keep Nevada free to volunteer for change.

We need help in gearing up for the upcoming 2008 election cycle. It may seem early to start talking about an election being held more than a year and a half from now, but we must build the foundation now for a successful campaign to get more Republicans elected to public office.

In our state and county, you can make a huge difference in your government. If you find yourself dissatisfied with your local, county, state or national government...make a difference!

You are welcome to come in and check out the Washoe County Republican Party.

Democrats Pull out of Debate Sponsored by Fox News

One has to ask if the Democratic Party respects contracts anymore. There is no doubt that the Nevada State Democrats are being influenced by the most radical wing of their party.

After Senator Harry Reid himself asked Nevada State Democratic Party Chairman Tom Collins to reconsider participating in the Presidential Primary debate to be held in August 2007 and broadcast by Fox News.

The Las Vegas Review-Journal published a scathing editorial condemning the, "liberals' aversion to Fox News [that] has finally gone over the top."

The LVRJ editorial asks us all to imagine, "if every political organization created litmus tests for news organizations before agreeing to appear on their programming. Republicans would have boycotted PBS, CBS, NBC, ABC, National Public Radio and The Associated Press decades ago."

Read it yourself by clicking here.

Should the Republican Caucus Date be Changed?

There are people within the Nevada Republican Party who would like to move the date for the Republican Caucus to February 7th, 2008.

Would you support this? What are your reasons to change or not to change the date?

Would you prefer changing the date to February 5th, 2008 (same as California and other states). Why or why not?

Please comment, we welcome your perspective.

Sharron Angle Urges to Oppose Appointed Judges

In a message sent to the Washoe County Republican Chairman Heidi Smith, Sharron Angle wrote the following:

Dear Heidi,

Please send e-mails to oppose the following bill:

SJR2 Takes away our right to vote for our Judges on the Supreme Court and District Court and makes them Governor appointed positions. We were able to vote the Justices out who supported the Unconstitutional removal of our 2/3 requirement to raise taxes. If this bill passes, we will have no power or right to elect Judges or remove them for poor decisions.

Please contact the Senate Judiciary Committee.
Ask them to Vote NO on SJR2, We don't want our judges to be appointed. We want to maintain our right to vote on our judges.

Chairman Mark Amodei, 775-684-1470 mamodei@sen.state.nv.us
Senators:
Maurice Washington, 775-684-1480 mwashington@sen.state.nv.us
Mike McGinness, 775-684-1442, mmcginness@sen.state.nv.us
Dennis Nolan, 775-684-1421, dnolan@sen.state.nv.us
Terry Care, 775-684-6503, tcare@sen.state.nv.us
Steven Horsford, 775-684-1429, shorsford@sen.state.nv.us
Valerie Wiener, 775-684-1422, vwiener@sen.state.nv.us

You may want to testify in opposition to this bill:
SJR2 will be heard on Thursday, March 8th at , 9:00am room 2149 in Carson City Legislative Building or room 4412 in the Grant Sawyer Building in Las Vegas.

Citizen e-mails and phone calls killed SB98 on Thursday March 1. Legislators are sensitive to your desires. Your efforts are not wasted. You can make a difference. Thank you for your help.

Best regards,

Sharron

PS. SJR2 Legislative Counsel?s Digest:
This resolution amends the Nevada Constitution, which currently provides for the popular election of justices of the Supreme Court and judges of the district court, to provide for: (1) the initial appointment by the Governor of justices and judges, from candidates recommended by the commission on Judicial Selection; and (2) any subsequent retention of those justices and judges by approval of a ballot question concerning their retention. (Nev. Const. Art. 6, ?? 3, 5) Under
this resolution, if a vacancy occurs in the Supreme Court or a district court for any reason, the Governor appoints a justice or judge from candidates selected by the Commission on Judicial Selection, and the initial term of that justice or judge expires on the first Monday of January following the general election occurring at least 12 months after the justice or judge is appointed. Thereafter, if the justice or judge wishes to serve another term, he must declare his candidacy
for a retention election. If 60 percent or more of the votes cast are in favor of the retention of the justice or judge, he will then serve a 6-year term and must run in a retention election if he wishes to serve another 6-year term. If the justice or judge does not declare his candidacy for the retention election or if less than 60 percent of the votes cast are in favor of his retention, a
vacancy is created at the end of his term, which must be filled by appointment. In addition, this resolution amends the Nevada Constitution to require each justice or judge who has declared his candidacy for a retention election to undergo a review of his performance as a justice or judge. This resolution creates the Commission on Judicial Performance and requires the Commission to perform these reviews. The review of each justice or judge must consist of a review of the record of the justice or judge and at least one interview of the justice or judge. At the conclusion of this review, the Commission must prepare and release to the public a report containing information about the review and a recommendation on the question of whether the justice or judge should be retained.

Washoe Republicans Ready for Election Season

Is it too early to begin talking about the 2008 election season? Not by a long shot!

We are looking for people who want to turn the tide away from Democratic Party Liberalism. We must band together to take back the Nevada State Assembly from the Democrats to ensure that Nevada remains "The Last Free State".

We value core Regan Republican values and are looking for people to help us in our efforts to put more Republicans in office at the local, state and national level.

Stay tuned for new website and blog features which will provide useful tools and information to Republican volunteers and voters.