Thanks to Bundy, Nevada is a joke
Source: Reno Gazette-Journal
By Jon Ralston
Fellow Nevadans, we are a joke. And only we can fix it. I have seen plenty of inane hearings in Carson City, with members of the Gang of 63 making fools of themselves and a mockery of the process. But, fellow Nevadans, we reached the nadir Tuesday.
One year after he became a national sensation, outlaw rancher Cliven Bundy ("Grazing fees? I don't need to pay no grazing fees"
and his supporters descended on the capital, with unknowing, young children (!) holding signs aloft accusing the BLM and Forest Service of treason. And our lawmakers, or too many of them, joined in a rally and then participated in a hearing on a lands bill that is patently unconstitutional.
These geniuses are no ordinary Mensa legislators: they concocted an idea – to somehow take back our federal lands! – that violates both the state and federal constitutions. The Legislative Counsel Bureau had declared the measure, Assembly Bill 408, patently absurd (my words, not theirs) and still sponsor Michele Fiore encouraged the Bundy-backing horde to come and allow the hearing in the Assembly Natural Resources Committee to occur.
... Fiore, apparently more at home with pop-up books than history books, also said during the hearing: "They are basically saying our Constitution is unconstitutional. I don't agree with our Legislative Counsel Bureau."
Fiore, aptly described by Vegas Seven's Lissa Townsend Rodgers as "like a Kardashian, only with the power to change laws," actually invoked "The Beverly Hillbillies" to make her case for the bill, showing a lack of self-awareness that is breathtaking.
Read more: http://www.rgj.com/story/news/politics/2015/03/31/ralston-reports-thanks-bundy-nevada-joke/70747650/
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