How to win an election
Inside Liberty Watch Today - August 22, 2006

By George Harris

Republicans can only win elections if they get their message out - and getting the message out costs M-O-N-E-Y. 

You can be part of getting the message out by supporting candidates, and more importantly, by supporting Party functions. For instance, this Thursday, August 24 from 7 to 10 p.m., the Republican Party is celebrating its 150th anniversary at Cili restaurant at Bali Hai, located at 5160 Las Vegas Boulevard South in Las Vegas. The cost is only $75 and you can make reservations by calling Irma Aguirre at (702) 258-9182.

Of course, if you live outside of Las Vegas, attending the event may be difficult. So the Party has scheduled other events throughout the state. On Monday, August 28, you can have lunch with Vice President of the United States Dick Cheney at the home of John and Bianca Mason (1200 Holcomb Ranch Lane in Reno). The cost is only $250 for the lunch or $2,500 to have you picture taken with the Vice President - a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. Again you must RSVP with Irma Aguirre at (702) 258-9182. 

What happens with all the money that is raised? 

All the money raised at these events goes to GOTV or Get Out the Vote. This pays for phone calls, mail, transporting people to the polls, assisting candidates, voter ID, party building and - most importantly - registering Republicans. Frankly, the money funds all the things small campaigns can't afford to do. 

Republicans have a plan and I think we've got a good one. Heck, we don't want Dina Titus being our next governor, but the fact of the matter is, that's possible! Liberals are raising money at twice the rate we are, that's why it's so imperative each of you open your pocketbook and write checks to the Party and to candidates and today. 

We are at an important crossroads. If we sit a home and don't help, Dina Titus will get elected and if she's elected you can guarantee she will grow government by 50 percent and that will reduce the great state of Nevada to rubble.

I've received thousands of e-mails after the primary asking me what my plans were for the general election and who I would be supporting. My plan is simple: I'm supporting Republicans, not blindly of course. Over the next few weeks, we will profile the candidates running for office so you can make in informed decision on Election Day.

As for governor, I've already made my choice - I'll be supporting Jim Gibbons. Republicans had a spirited primary and now I believe Jim should be given the chance prove himself. He is a good Republican and he is committed forwarding the conservative agenda. I will also be working to ensure that the party continues to be successful and that we get Tax and Spending Control passed. 

My plan starts by supporting Republican Party events, so I will be at each event listed above and hope to see each of you there. Feel free to come up and say hello.

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Weinberg's Mea Culpa! 

By Fred Weinberg (not George Harris)

I'm not going to let Mr. Harris take the rap for three of the four errors that appeared in this space last Thursday.

He is responsible for the mistake being placed under his byline. 

I, however, am solely responsible for the three typographical errors which caused anguished emails from both George Knapp and Glen Meek. In the late hours of Tuesday night and Wednesday morning, I allowed the following typos to slip through. I identified Knapp as working for Channel 3. Of course, he works for Channel 8. (Although I'm sure the folks who run Mr. Rogers' Neighborhood at Channel 3 would love to have him.) I spelled Channel 13's Glen Meek's name Meeks. And I spelled Bob Salter's-apparently late of Channel 13-name with an "o" instead if an "a".

In personal emails to both Meek (not Meeks) and Knapp (of Channel 8, not Channel 3) and now to the readers, I apologize.

As I wrote to Meek (not Meeks) and Knapp (of Channel 8, not Channel 3) I was a one-man shop last week and didn't proof read as well as I would have liked. It is not a good excuse but it is the only one I have and it has the added benefit of being the truth.

I'm sure I speak for Mr. Harris when I say that I am sure he is, likewise, sorry that he mis-identified the origin of my column.

All of that said, let's review what it was I was pointing out.

I suggested that Jerry Airola was getting an extremely raw deal from the local media.

I was right last Thursday and I am right as you read this.

And if you were to correct the three typos in the editorial, the substance would remain the same, despite Mr. Meek's (not Meeks) assertion that he is a "reporter" not a "pundit" which I still believe is arguable.

Despite Meek and Knapp dancing their little superior dances al la Dana Carvy's "Church Lady" of Saturday Night Live (on Channel 3, not Channel 8 or 13) fame, the fact is that Bob Salter (not Solter) was apparently discharged from Channel 13 (not Channel 8 or Channel 3) for his anti-Airola rant on election night when his employer (who is also Meek's (not Meeks) employer) shut him off in mid-word leaving the folks in the studio to go to, of all people, Steve Sebelius to undo the damage.

And I have yet to see a single even-handed story on Airola from anybody including Mr Meek (not Meeks).

Why not have someone-anyone-interview one of Airola's five hundred or so employees and see what they think of him? Why not have someone-anyone-interview one of Airola's hundreds of customers who daily entrust the lives of their families and employees to his company as he provides aerial transportation for them?

And when is someone going to ask a very legitimate question of Under sheriff Doug Gillespie who appears to wish to make this election a referendum on Metro's performance: 

Where was he in 1999 while four members of the Clark County Commission were on the take? Why was it necessary for the four members to be sent to prison by a Federal Investigation when it was painfully obvious to anyone with a pulse that these folks were crooks? And, considering that the person who was passing out the money was the owner of a Nudie Bar (I've always loved that description) which was regulated by the COUNTY and which had plenty of intercourse (sorry, I couldn't resist) with Metro, didn't Gillespie and his management friends have even a small clue that there might, just might, be a problem here?

He could have listened to our old morning show back then on KRLV and learned a lot.

But now, he-and many of his "friends" in the local media-want to talk about his and Metro's sterling reputation as a way of trying to discredit Airola.

They all ought to go into their respective rest rooms, look at themselves in the mirrors and try and remember what business they are really in.

Oh, and one more thing.

Sorry about those typos, guys. We'll try and do better in the future.

You try too, won't you?

George E. Harris Publisher Liberty Watch: The Magazine, Mr. Harris is a successful Nevada Businessman and political activist. 


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