Opinion/Streetalk

ThIS MoDern WorlD by tom tomorrow

Have you been affected by the drought?

Asked at Michael’s Deli, 628 So. Virginia St.

Jaclyn Richardson

Job seeker I have not. No. I’m just not near enough to be affected by it. It hasn’t affected me yet.

Patrick Gruber

Grants manager No. I rent an apartment. I don’t know if the grounds people have been affected yet. I haven’t noticed anything. In general, it’s been pretty low key for me. I have to ask for water now [in restaurants].

Betrayal

by What high hopes Republicans had when, for the first time in recent history, they took both houses of the Nevada Legislature. It’s difficult to grasp the extent of the betrayal by the Republican Senate leadership of their party, our state and even our nation, playing out at this moment. The treachery of the Nevada Senate Triumvirate—Sens. Michael Roberson, Ben Kieckhefer and Greg Brower—is astonishing! They have orchestrated the largest tax increase in Nevada history through the Senate. The question

Janine Hansen must be asked, Why elect Republicans? Sen. Brower is blocking Assembly Bill 148, campus carry, denying students over 21 Janine hansen is the State President of nevada Families for who have concealed weapon permits the right to defend themselves on campus. The brutal Freedom www.nevada- rape of Amanda Collins—who was denied the families.org right to defend herself—must be meaningless in Brower’s world. If he’s willing to tread underfoot her rights, what about your rights? Brower refuses to give hearings to other pro-Second Amendment bills including A.B. 139, A.B. 404 and A.B. 357. Greg Brower, the Benedict Arnold of the Second Amendment, refuses to give these important gun bills a hearing. How many Republicans knew that Brower would betray their right to keep and bear arms when they voted for him in November 2012? Call Senator Brower and ask him why he is refusing to hear AB148, campus carry (775684-1419, Greg.Brower@sen.state.nv.us). Ask him why he is opposed to defending our Second Amendment rights?

Sen. Kieckhefer, as the chairman of the Senate Finance Committee, has bottled up A.B. 405, parental notification on abortion. It should not even be in Finance. The Triumvirate put it there to kill it. A.B. 405 provides that parents be notified when their minor daughter is to have the serious surgical procedure of an abortion. Ben Kieckhefer, the Benedict Arnold of parental rights, is refusing to allow a hearing on A.B. 405. To get an aspirin, tattoos, ear piercing or a salon suntan, minors must have parental consent. Is Kieckhefer blocking this bill to protect Planned Parenthood, which preys on frightened little girls? Even some pro-choicers think parents should be notified.

Call Sen. Kieckhefer. Ask him why he refuses to send A.B. 405 to Senate Health and Human Services for a hearing (775-684-1450, Ben.Kieckhefer@sen.state.nv.us). Why does he oppose parents’ rights and protecting little girls?

Call Senator Roberson, the No. 1 Benedict Arnold, and ask him why his lieutenants are refusing to hear A.B. 148, campus carry, and A.B. 405, parental notification. Ask him why he is against the Second Amendment and parental rights (775-684-1481, Michael.Roberson@sen. state.nv.us).

The Triumvirate of Benedict Arnolds in the Nevada Senate leadership is endangering the Republican Party’s future, but more importantly, endangering our Second Amendment freedoms and sacred parental rights. Ω Megan Williams

Student I haven’t. I go to school in Salt Lake, but it’s been raining for a really long time, like the last week it was almost flooding. I think there is a drought … but I still see green lawns.

Michael Powell

Insurance salesperson Personally, I haven’t. I have a condo. I guess it has kind of affected me, as I think about it. You know I see it with the Truckee River or the lake. Wanting to go rafting for a weekend or floating down the river, not going to be able to do that this summer.

James Ball

Digital marketer Yes, in a couple of ways. We’re obviously trying to be really conscious of our water use at the house. We’re a family of four, and we really tried to cut back. Recreationally, I’m not sure we’re going to be able to get out on the river this year. It just looks like possibly a no-go.