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Posted At : November 24, 2008 01:17 PM | Posted By : D McKee
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As a charter member of the Liberal Elite (which holds its meetings in a location so secret I can never find it) and amicus curae of the Homosexual Agenda -- especially the part that demands better hair-care products for all -- I'm inured to hysteria-tinged e-mails from just about every left-of-center cause you can name. And that's not including the cyber-missives from Republicans Lite like our own esteemed Sen. Harry Reid.
So it was with a mix of recognition and amusement that I perused a literally apocalyptic screed from Nevada GOP Chairwoman Sue Lowden.* (Seriously, Lowden stops justthisclose to calling President-elect Obama the Antichrist.) She ticks off six tax hikes that were voted down in the '08 election, but neglects to mention one that was voted through: An advisory question that advocates sticking hotel guests with a 2%-3% room-tax increase sailed through.
So, even if Lowden is impervious to the irony of Nevadans voting against increased funding for fire protection, it's not lost on her that we don't mind higher taxes so long as people from out of state pay them for us. (Hence her decision to sweep an inconvenient truth under the nearest rug.) I guess we won't object to seeing our houses burn down unless we can devise a means of making tourists bend over and bankroll some new fire engines.
Tacking an extra $3 onto a weekend room night at the Golden Nugget won't make customers suddenly stay from Nevada in droves. But, like the 84-cent stamp at Harrah's Las Vegas, it's something people will remember, and not fondly.
*--If you download the Lowden Letter, be sure to append ".doc" at the end or it won't open.
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