V1 N11 Nye-gateway To Nevada's Rurals Newsletter

September 26, 2009

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Inside Overdraft fees = cash cows for banks

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Mike Ross: Fishy business dealings

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Cantor to non-insured cancer victim-sell your belongings & beg

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Karl Rove following NyeGateway on Twitter

Insider vs Outsider Candidates Baucus-Grassley rake $ in from health industry

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The ―Recalls R Us‖ attempt to recall Nye County Commissioner Butch Borasky has come to an end. Recalls R Us is a group of Pahrump people that became incensed with Borasky because of his position in support of the Federal Detention Facility being constructed in Pahrump.

But 86 people who signed the recall petition sent let3 ters to the secretary of state requesting their 3 names be stricken, of which Griffin said 76 of 4 those were legally entitled to sign it.

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will not occur. But wait, there’s more. A notice of intent to recall Commissioner Gary Hollis, District 3, has been filed and gathering of signatures begun. Harley Kulkin has announced that he will run for Hollis’ seat. But, another group, called ―Pahrumpians who know Harley Kulkin‖ has published a paid scathing ad in the Pahrump Mirror.

Harley Kulkin. Below, Kulkin’s trashing of Pahrump Democrat’s office.

The ad lists convictions, arrests, and past resigna6 Sam Merlino, the Nye tions of Kulkin and is opcounty clerk, has an- posed to anymore recalls. nounced the recall elecRead more. tion, set for October 21,

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The Nye County sheriff’s office Thursday announced the arrests of 16 Pahrump residents accused of being involved in an elaborate forgery scheme. More than a dozen other people, including three Las Vegas men, were being sought for

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questioning. Authorities said 37-year-old Eugene Lamont Harris of Pahrump was the mastermind of the fraud ring. Harris recruited his friends, who recruited their friends,

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to participate in the scheme, authorities said. He produced forged Social Security disability income award letters and gave them to members of the ring, the sheriff’s office said.

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Authorities said Harris would tell them to go to a payday loan store to get a loan in the amount of the disability letter. Harris would split the loan money. Read more.

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Overdraft fees = cash cows for banks A 17 year old soldier, using his debit card to buy pizza when he didn’t have enough money in his checking account to cover the purchase the pizza joint, happily swiped his debit card in payment and the bank happily approved the purchase even though the soldier didn’t quite have enough money in his checking account to cover the cost.

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So he overdrew his account.

this year. Banks classify the fees as ―loans.‖

So the bank, Bank of America in this instance, tacked on a $35 penalty charge to the $8.00 pizza purchase. That pizza then really cost the soldier $35+8=$43.00.

Congress is beginning to address the problem with banks—again.

That $35 is pure to the bank. ―overdraft fees‖ could total $38.5

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Ross: Fishy

Arkansas Rep. Mike Ross. a Blue Dog Democrat, playing a key role in the health care debate — sold a piece of commercial property in 2007, assessed at $263,000, substantially more than a county assessment and an independent appraisal say it was worth. The buyer, USA Drugs, an Arkansas-based pharmacy chain paid $420,000.

The American Bankers Association will resist any Congressional intervention. Increase campaign contributions, unleash an army of lobbyists on the senators and congressmen/women. Read more.

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USA Drug owner Stephen L. LaFrance Sr. also paid the Rosses $500,000 to $1 million for the pharmacy’s assets and paid Holly Ross an additional $100,000 to $250,000 for signing a noncompete agreement. Those numbers, which Mike Ross listed on the financial disclosure reports he files as a member of Congress, bring the total value of the transaction to between $1 million and $1.67 million.

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House Minority Whip Eric Cantor (R-Va.) wins the award for why Republican favorable numbers on healthcare are barely above 20%. Cantor was recently asked what a woman with stomach cancer should do if she did not have the insurance to pay

huge medical costs. His advice? First, she should sell all of her lifetime possessions to desperately pay humongous medical costs, with the side benefit that this would make her poor, and

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And that’s not counting the $2,300 campaign contribution Ross received from LaFrance two weeks after the sale closed. Health-related interests have donated $342,475 to Ross since 2007, according to federal campaign data maintained by the nonprofit Center for Responsive Politics. No other business sector has given Ross as much. Read more.

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therefore qualify for health programs for the poor that many Republicans don’t support. If this fails, Mr. Cantor advises the woman to do this: beg. What a jerk. The Cantor Plan envisions a middleclass woman made poor

by layoffs, cancer and skyrocketing healthcare costs begging for charity as a last resort. That may just be the idea of Republican reform. Read more.

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Karl Rove Following Nye-Gateway It was a shock to me to receive a notice from Twitter that Karl Rove is now following Tweets I make. I use Twitter a lot. In fact much of the news I review for posting on the Nye-Gateway to Nevada’s Rurals blog comes to me via Twitter. I also use Twitter to communicate with my family members and other bloggers, such as Desert Beacon and Reno and Its Discon-

Insider vs Last week the Nevada Senate Democratic Caucus announced it will back Tammy Peterson in the race for the state Senate seat held by Republican incumbent Barbara Cegavske. That created something of a fuss about the Caucus

tents. I’m not sure why Rove is following me. Nye-Gateway is read world wide but does not have national recognition like Huffington Post or Daily Kos. Maybe Rove follows me for the same reason I follow Sue Lowden and Dean Heller on Twitter. Helps me keep up with what they’re up to.

I have found Twitter to be an invaluable aid. In fact just this week I set up my blog software to issue a Tweet each time I upload a new post. Twitter then transmits the blog posting to all those that follow me on Twitter. So, Mr. Rove, gets to read each post instantly after it is posted. Read more.

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backing Peterson before the primary election is held in 2010. That is because a man named Mark Brandon, also a Democrat, has said he is going to run for the same seat. The rules are that neither the NSDP nor county Democratic Central Commit-

tees are permitted to endorse a Democrat if two or more are running for the same seat in the primary phase of elections. They are required by the rules to remain neutral until the electorate has chosen a candidate at

Baucus-Grassley rake $ in industry The Gang of Six, three Republican and three Democratic senators in the group, all of them members of the Senate Finance Committee, received an average of $74,600 from health industry lobbyists, according to The San Francisco’s Chronicle’s analysis of records through June. Senator Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, the ranking Republican on the Finance Committee who is seen as key to influencing other conserva-

the conclusion of the primary. It overlaps with the idea of the state Democratic Party or County Central Committees recruiting candidates. Read more.

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tives, received the most this year – $223,600. Committee chair Senator Max Baucus, D-Mont., was second with $141,000. Blue Dog Democrats are getting their share too. They have received an average of $31,467 from health care lobbyists this year, more than the $27,385 average of other House members.

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Money talks. This blog post also shows how much Nevada Senators Harry Reid and John Ensign, and Congressman Dean Heller, Congresswomen Dina Titus and Shelley Berkley received from the health care lobbyists, according to the San Francisco Chronicle. Congress is ―owned" by big corporate interests, in my opinion. Read more.

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September 2009

We're holding a conference call this Monday, September 28th, at 6:30 p.m. for our most active Nevada volunteers. We'll discuss the work we've been doing in our state and how we'll be organizing moving forward to help make sure we pass real, comprehensive health insurance reform this year. And we'll be joined by OFA Political Director Addisu Demissie, who will give us an inside look at how the fight is unfolding. Please RSVP for the conference call.

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Nye County Democratic Central Committee

When: Monday, September 28 Time: 6:30 p.m. Where: Ruud Community Center, Pahrump Information: [email protected] I am unaware of any Nye County Democratic Central Committee events or other events except for regular monthly meeting on September 28 of the Central Committee. If Democrats are doing anything anywhere please let me know and I’ll happily post a notice in this section.