Gubernatorial Candidate Dr. Joe Heck

According to Las Vegas City Life’s Steve Sebelius, Dr. Joe Heck will be having a busy Thursday morning. At a private Las Vegas event scheduled for 8AM the Republican gubernatorial candidate will sign the Taxpayer Protection Pledge from Americans for Tax Reform.

Sitting (duck) Gov. Jim Gibbons took the same pledge as part of his anti-tax platform. This places Heck squarely at odds with Brian Sandoval who stated in an interview with The Reno Gazette-Journal’s Annjeanette Damon that signing such a pledge would “tie [his] hands.”

Sandoval’s statement drew an early opening salvo from Nevada arch-Conservative Chuck Muth who demanded that candidates “absolutely, positively need to “tie the hands” of elected officials by getting them to sign the Tax Pledge BEFORE they get elected.”

Clearly, Dr. Heck was listening. What that means for the candidate, his race or the state remains to be seen.

However one thing is abundantly clear: if Mike Montandon wants traction for his “New Nevada,” he needs to up his game, because this race is already starting to take shape, and if he waits too long there won’t be anywhere for him to fit.

There is no such thing as bad publicity except your own obituary.

-Brendan Behan

Nevada was again in the news this week, though not for reasons many in the Silver State would’ve liked.

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