After four unanimous votes in both the Nevada Senate and Nevada Assembly, we find that the Gigafactory planned by Tesla Corporation will be coming to Nevada. We can thank our Governor and his staff for their 11 months of hard work and negotiations for this boom to Nevada's economy. Also involved were U.S. Senators Harry Reid and Dean Heller, as well as the Majority and Minority leaders of both Nevada Houses. Again, Thank you.

Obviously, this was a non-partisan issue that brought both sides of the aisle, as well as North and South to the table to achieve a common goal for the entire state of Nevada. But what do we learn from this financial lesson? To me, the answer is clear. All 63 Legislators showed by way of their vote that we need to be competitive in our tax structure in order to bring manufacturing, or any other business to Nevada. Again, I will state that all 63 Legislators voted with the understanding that a competitive tax environment brings jobs to Nevada.

So what should our next move be? How do we achieve the goal of a competitive tax environment in Nevada in order to attract business as well as retain it? In my opinion the first step would be to finally sunset the Modified Business Tax in Nevada. In that vein, I will be introducing a bill in the next session that will do that very thing. The bill will include corresponding reductions in spending.

I hope that our entire Legislature will be as receptive to a bill that helps our existing businesses as much as they were receptive to a bill that helped bring new business to Nevada.

Jim Wheeler
Nevada State Assemblyman,
District 39

Contact Information:
jim.wheeler@asm.state.nv.us 

Just last Thursday, the Vice President of the United States met with a delegation from the NRA, other gun organizations, and large retailers of guns in America. The meeting was billed as a conversation to enact meaningful ways to curb gun violence in America. Apparently, this “conversation” was completely one-sided.

Apparently, Mr. Biden was completely unwilling to listen to any of the points the NRA and other gun organizations put forward. The meeting obviously was just for show and according to NRA President David Keene, “Biden was just checking a box”. The NRA went so far as to say that this administration has an “agenda to attack the Second Amendment”.  In affirmation of Mr. Keene’s point, the Vice President held a press conference in which he said:  “There are executive orders…executive action can be taken.” To me, this means that the current administration is willing, once again, to bypass Congress and to ignore the Constitution in order to dictate to the American people what they can and can’t do.  The administration also is distorting actual facts about violent crime in America. 

The current administration’s position is “facts be damned”, thereby misleading the American people about actual facts and statistics dealing with violent crime in America.  Facts are something that most Liberals really hate. Facts tend to get in the way of the well-orchestrated sound bites that liberal politicians put out to the media which is, nine times out of ten, too busy to check those facts.  These non-factual sound bites are shouted from the rooftops and repeated over and over again until the unaware voter takes them as holy words.

On the other hand, as a business person, I like facts. I wouldn’t make a move in business without some hard facts.  Let’s take a look at these pesky facts.  We keep hearing that America is an extremely violent country…much more violent than our civilized European cousins who have enacted “sensible” gun controls -- countries like Great Britain for instance. Really?  I don’t think so.  The facts are, according to the FBI website, that there were 386.3 violent crimes in America for every 100,000 people in 2011. According to the Home Office website (GB’s equivalent to the FBI), there were 1361 violent crimes per 100,000 people in 2011. Here’s another fact: while not all of those violent crimes included guns, there still were 3½ times as many violent crimes in Great Britain, a free country that has stringent gun control, as there were in America.  I also can safely say that the victims of those crimes could not have cared less what implement the criminal used to carry out the crime. Could it be that rapists’, murderers, and robbers think twice when they know their victim might be carrying a gun?  Of course it can!

I know there are many more issues I could be addressing here, including mental health and society as a whole and I will be addressing those issues at a later date. But for now, we must join together as Americans and fight the takeover and dismantling of our constitutional rights by a dictatorial administration.

I will be introducing a bill in the upcoming Legislative session based on a bill that currently is working its way through the Wyoming Legislature (HB0104) to ensure our Second Amendment rights in Nevada. I hope you will join with me in support of our constitutional rights.

There seems to be a lot of hoopla over the “Dream-Act-Lite” issuance of driver’s licenses to illegal aliens. On the one hand, people are saying we are disenfranchising a section of our population by not issuing this privilege to people, who through no fault of their own, are in this country in contravention of our laws.

I have to admit, I do feel for these people. They came here as infants and small children on the backs (sometimes literally) of their parents who were looking for a better life. They were raised here and they adopted American ways even though they truly were not allowed to be full-fledged Americans, with all of the rights and privileges that come with that status. I get it. It’s not their fault. But guess what? It’s not my fault either. Nor is it your fault.

This brings us to the other hand.

For the last few days, I have been soaking in the news coverage and the endless critiques of the Presidential Election. And believe me they have been endless. The talking heads all have their own opinions why Gov. Romney lost. I’ve heard everything from shifting demographics to voter fraud. But I think it is something completely different. I think the Romney machine made one of the most terrible mistakes in electoral history during the last month of the campaign.

During the first debate the nation got to see a completely different Romney than the one portrayed by Obama and the press. This was the guy we all wanted as our next President. He was forceful, self-assured, conservative and Presidential. He knew the facts and his views were conservative in nature. He gave as good, or better, than he got and who can forget the line he gave to the President: “You’re not entitled to your own facts”.  The Romney momentum machine started right there and then. Nothing could stop him...

Jim poses with Congressman Mark Amodei in Fernley, Nevada at the FERNLEY REPUBLICAN VICTORY HEADQUARTERS.

The Lyon County Republican Central Committee and Fernley Republican Women opened the new office to support the election of Republican candidates.

Jim spent time meeting other candidates and speaking with local citizens to listen to their concerns.

On April 28th, the Nevada Republican Assembly held their endorsement convention and endorsed Jim Wheeler as their Conservative candidate for the Assembly 39 race.

The Nevada Republican Assembly is a grass roots organization working to promote true conservative values through the Republican Party.  They claim they are “Reagan conservatives, who believe in small government, lower taxes, free market capitalism, a strong defense, the right to life, and a decent America.”

The Wheeler4Nevada Campaign is honored to receive the endorsement of this respected body.  Jim Wheeler has always maintained that commitment to your constituents and integrity in honoring your values are key in his campaign.

See the NVRA announcement here:  http://www.nvra.com/Events.html

You have come to this page because you’re a concerned citizen, trying to learn about those who would represent you at the State Legislature. For this, I applaud you loudly. We need citizens like you who are willing to get involved.

Over the years, you have been disappointed again and again by politicians who say one thing and do something else once elected. Citizens vote for these politicians based on name recognition and political experience. They tell you they are going to Carson City to try and make a difference. Yet they don’t tell you how. They tell you we need to diversify our economic and tax base away from gaming, tourism and mining. But they have no plan. They say we need to create jobs in Nevada and then, like the incumbent in this race, vote for a $600 Million tax extension that includes a payroll tax.