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from Nov. 1, 2012
And that’s the difference
Welcome to this week’s Reno News & Review.
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Wow, if you’ve ever wanted to see the difference between us and them, all you have to do is look at the Reno GazetteJournal’s endorsements for office this election: http://tinyurl.com/9od5jrk. Then look at ours, www.newsreview.com/reno/liveballot.
From top to bottom in the G-J list, I can only see three threads of consistency. The first is an endorsement of the “establishment.” Those endorsements represent fear to me. Why would a newspaper that highlights the problems of this city on its front page every day endorse the very people—and their tools—who got us into this position as one of the worst economies in the nation?
The second theme I see is money. Often, the Reno Gazette-Journal appears to like the candidates who’ve raised the most money. Go here: http://tinyurl .com/8zac5jd. It’s easy enough to plug in the candidates’ name on the third tab (contribution search). Limit the date range to this year and … voila! Suddenly, you can see the next four years into the future. Again, there’s an exception or two to this, but just consider the other “themes,” and you’ll get the picture.
The third is a pretension of influence. Honest to gosh, it’s truly hard not to do predictions instead of endorsements. There are five people on the editorial staff here at the RN&R. Together we average about 32 years here (and since Ashley is 24, that takes some living). We could literally pick the winner in any race 98 percent of the time, but we endorse who we think should win, not who we think willwin. There are no underdog candidates on the RG-J ticket. I wonder if people would think we were more influential if we endorsed along the lines of power. That would be sort of like the RG-J endorsing David Bobzien despite its disdain for the guy.
—D. Brian Burghart brianb@newsreview.com
Quotable quotes
For clarity, readers might want to know that these first two letters were prompted by a previous letter to the editor sent by Mr. Johnson and published in this space on Oct. 25. The Johnson letter quoted Mr. Pacelle as saying this:“We have no problem with the extinction of domestic animals. They are creations of human selective breeding.”
Thank you for printing my opinion regarding the Humane Society of the United States, and I really don’t mind that you cut several areas. I’m sure you have a beast or two of your own to feed. However, Wayne Pacelle’s quote should’ve remained intact. Without casting blame, I offer it again in all its glory: “One generation and out. We have no problem with the extinction of domestic animals. They are creations of human selective breeding.” Please print it in its entirety, as it goes a long way toward exposing the true agenda of the HSUS.
Robert Orlin Franklin Johnson Sun Valley
Quote out of context
Aletter writer recently took several false statements from the internet and treated them like gospel, even dredging up a very old quote attributed to me from 20 years ago. Since this nonsense tends to spread like wildfire, I want to set the record straight: In the early 1990s, I appeared at an agricultural forum and answered a question about whether there should be an attempt to preserve all breeds of exotic livestock. I was specifically queried about so-called “heirloom breeds” (older breed variations that are often not used any longer for a commercial purpose and whose continued survival as a breed may be in jeopardy) and their value to agriculture. At the time, I did not consider the fate of such breeds an ethically significant dilemma. (My views have become more nuanced through the years.)
I replied by saying that I did not believe we had a moral obligation to the animals to preserve such breeds. In short, I said we did not need an endangered species act for rare livestock breeds. Representatives of extreme anti-animal organizations have taken this passing comment about rare breeds of livestock and morphed it into a comment about all domesticated animals—devoid of its essential and undeniably clear context—to somehow claim that the HSUS is against pet-keeping. The policy positions of the HSUS, of course, are not a secret. We celebrate pets every day, sponsor the largest campaign to promote shelter pet adoption, work with responsible dog breeders, and have a Dogs in the Workplace program at our offices. Anyone can go to humanesociety.org and read about our work.
Wayne Pacelle President and CEO The Humane Society of the United States Washington, D.C.
More anedotes
Re “The fraud of voter fraud” (Feature story, Oct. 25):
Unfortunately, Dennis Myers is wrong. Just in the past few weeks, we’ve had the following occur: The son of a Democratic Congressional candidate had to resign from his dad’s campaign after being videoed looking into how to commit 100 acts of voter fraud. Asecond Democratic Congressional candidate in Maryland had to withdraw after it was discovered that she had been voting both in Maryland and Florida. Amember of the Executive Committee of the NAACPin Mississippi was recently convicted on 10 counts of voter fraud (by a Democrat no less) and in Hialeha, Fla., another Democrat was convicted on 34 counts of voter fraud. These are just a few of the reported incidents, and Democratic senators in the Midwest have been quoted as admitting that voter fraud is far more prevalent than the media would like to let on.
The phrase “Vote Early, Vote Often” originated with Democratic politics and is symbolic of fraud that has taken place numerous times. Many scholars now agree that the 1960 presidential election was stolen by Democrats who stuffed the ballot box in favor of JFK instead of Nixon. There undoubtedly have been many more incidents. When the corrupt and criminal organization ACORN is indicted for voter fraud in over 26 percent of our United States, any intelligent individual would recognize that there is a serious concerted effort to subvert our electoral process. Far from being what they tried to claim as being lazy and just wanting to be paid for names on lists, think of this: How many people, especially poll workers, could name the entire rosters of the Dallas Cowboys or San Francisco 49ers? How many still have the same names as some on the rosters? Would you be able to recognize those committing the fraud? I doubt it, which is why we need to utilize technology to ensure our process is not subverted.
By the way, to combat the ridiculous claim that it is just “too hard and expensive” for people to obtain a valid ID, think of this: India will provide Biometric IDs to over 400 million of its poorest citizens (who are far poorer than ours) at an average cost of only a $1.40 per person (Economist Jan 2012) So far, they have founded and eliminated well over 3.3 million phony welfare cases at the same time. We can do the same, and our nation deserves the effort.
Ken Peterson Reno
Teach science
Re “Real challenge” (News pic, Oct. 11)
I agree that they [Jehovah’s Witnesses at UNR] are incompatible. The reason, the level of science we know now was non-existent at the time of the Bible. Major steps in evolution understanding has taken place, and Darwin definitely was a future thinker. Since [DNA was discovered], his concepts and ideas, and yes, his theory of evolution has never waivered. Creation is religious, not scientific. Ted Beecher Reno
Vote NO on RNO-1
Please vote NO on RNO-1, which asks whether we should continue the current system of electing city councilpersons. In my personal opinion, this question was deceitfully worded to head-off a muchneeded election reform by our state Legislature. Here’s the deceit: the question wording makes no mention of the proposed reform, in which each council member (except for the Mayor), will be voted on only by voters who live within that Ward. That’s true district representation. Experts agree that such a system makes elected officials much more accountable. That’s why true district representation is already the rule for all state legislators and County Commissioners. Right now, the only time when Reno Council members run in their ward is in the primary. In the general election, the top two primary vote-getters run citywide. This makes campaigns more costly because Reno is simply too large to be covered by a candidate walking door-to-door. Citywide candidates need more money for advertising like radio and TV, in order to cover areas where they cannot walk. As a result, too-many candidates presently cater to special-interests in return for large contributions for advertising. The present system badly needs reform. Don’t be duped: Vote NO on RNO-1.
I am a former Washoe County Commissioner; but my comments here express only my personal opinions as a private citizen and voter. Jim Galloway Reno
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Vote for truth
OK, OK, enough of this election b.s. Let’s knock out our final endorsements.
First, you didn’t think we’d do it, but here it is. We endorse Samuel Koepnick to be our U.S. House member from District 2. We know the guy is running uphill, and we know Mark Amodei is better than most Republicans in Washington, D.C., but as someone wiser than us once said, “It’s a democracy. It’s not a crime to vote for someone you actually support.” It would serve Koepnick right to have to go to Washington when it seems he applied for the job on a lark.
As for the ballot questions, we’re going “yes” on State Question 1 and “no” on City of Reno Question 1. The state question will allow the Legislature to be called into session even when the governor is against it, like when the governor is an irresponsible administrator who needs to be removed from office—a scenario that appears to happen more and more in this country—or when the governor vetoes after the lawmakers have gone home for a year and a half. As far as the city of Reno question, the current method of elections ensures an elite and/or beholden Reno City Council by making it harder for ordinary citizens who have neither the benefit of money nor incumbency to win.
With regard to the Washoe County questions, those questions don’t belong on the ballot. Period. We elect leaders to make the tough decisions. For them to throw the tough votes back to citizens so they don’t have to deal with the political fallout is the height of cowardice. We’re not even going to vote on WC-1 or WC-2. We’ll skip them.
In the education races, we’ve already endorsed Diane Nicolet for School Trustee, District E, and Donna Clontz for the State Board of Education, Seat 2. We’d like to add the capable and experienced Howard Rosenberg to that list for School Board Trustee, District D.
We’re not endorsing in the School Board Trustee, District Arace and here’s why: We asked all the education candidates a simple question: “Would you please clearly state your opinions about teaching evolution and/or creationism in public schools?” Both Dale Richardson and Lisa Ruggerio refused to answer the question. Why is that? Are their views so radical that they can’t even put them into writing? Isn’t this exactly what happened in Kansas? Even Clontz opponent Dave Cook, who believes in Intelligent Design, pointed out the Nevada School Standards require the teaching of evolution as the single method of life creation on Earth. It’s kind of a no-brainer for the RN&R: If a candidate is too fearful to truthfully state their views about teaching religion in the public schools, then those candidates have no business near our kids or influencing their curriculum.
Finally, in the State Senate, District 13 race, we’d like to see Debbie Smith in the state senate. She’s an effective legislator. Besides, not only did Kathy Martin dodge our requests for information, she just came off as underhanded, unneighborly and nasty during this campaign.
People who don’t have enough respect for our readers—the most educated, high earning, involved, active, charitable and good-looking readers of any publication or news source in Northern Nevada, well, they’re just not smart enough to represent you in any office.
For all the news stories and commentary we’ve published or posted this election cycle, plus to see which candidates cared enough about your vote to answer our questions, check out www.newsreview.com/reno/liveballot. You’ll be glad you did. Ω • Barack Obama (D)U. S. President • Shelley Berkley (D) U. S. Senate • Samuel Koepnick (D) Representative in Congress, District 2 • Sheila Leslie (D) Nevada Senate District 15 • David Bobzien (D) State Assembly, District 24 • Pat Hickey (R) State Assembly, District 25 • Rodney Petzak (D) State Assembly, District 26 • Teresa Benitez-Thompson (D) State Assembly, District 27 • Mike Sprinkle (D) State Assembly, District 30 • Skip Daly (D) State Assembly, District 31 • Ira Hansen (R) State Assembly, District 32 • Rich Dunn (D) State Assembly, District 40 • Andrew Diss (D) Washoe County Commission, District 1 • Vaughn Hartung (R) Washoe County Commission, District 4 • Donna Clontz State Board of Education, District 2 • Patricia Lynch Justice of the Peace, Reno/Verdi, Department 1 • Pierre Hascheff Justice of the Peace, Reno/Verdi Department 6 • Michon Maupin Mackedon University of Nevada Regent, District 9 • Howard Rosenberg School Board Trustee, District D • Diane Nicolet School Trustee, District E • Jenny Brekhus Reno City Council, Ward 1 • Oscar Delgado Reno City Council, Ward 3 • Kitty K. Jung Reno City Council, Ward 5 • Hillary Schieve Reno City Council, At-Large • Nevada State Question 1:Vote Yes • Washoe County Question WC-1:Skip this one • Washoe County Question WC-2:Skip this one • City of Reno Question RNO-1: Vote No Employers, feel free to clip these endorsements and place them in your employees’paycheck envelopes. Voters, feel free to clip these endorsements and give them to your employer.
