Opinion Columns

As reporters chased a mute, hooded, cane-wielding Assemblyman Steven Brooks from the Legislative Building in Carson City Wednesday – and then resumed the hunt as he got off a plane here in Las Vegas – it became instantly clear that this eventually must end.

The truest thing said thus far about the increasingly bizarre saga of Assemblyman Steven Brooks, D-North Las Vegas, comes from former state archivist Guy Rocha, a man who has seen almost everything.

Looking back over last week’s State of the State speech and the Democratic response, it occurs to me that perhaps the reason Nevada’s Democrats don’t want to come out strongly for new taxes is that they want to appear to be open-minded.

Gov. Brian Sandoval did a workmanlike job of delivering a straightforward, unadorned State of the State speech in Carson City Wednesday, setting out a budget and agenda for the Legislature that will mostly preserve the status quo.

It was such a simple thing, at first.

Secretary of State Ross Miller’s electronic poll book bill is a relatively straightforward piece of legislation that ought to have little trouble achieving a consensus in the Nevada Legislature.

Once more unto to the breach, dear friends, once more.

The Clark County Commission’s vote Tuesday will not be the vote that saves University Medical Center.