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Barbwire by Barbano / Expanded from the 2-21-2013 Daily Sparks Tribune

The case against term limits was validated this week by Washoe County Republican lawmakers.

Inexperienced Minority Leader Pat Hickey and Assemblymember Randy Kirner advocated exemption of senior citizens from a proposed property tax increase to maintain and repair slumly schools.

They apparently don't know about the Nevada constitutional provision that mandates "a uniform and equal rate of assessment and taxation." (Article 10, Section 1)

That's probably why seniors could not be exempt from previous property taxes but could apply for a legally questionable and now-cancelled rebate program.

Not to worry.

Watch the Barbwire for instructions about invalidating the term limit law.

GREAT MINDS THINK ALIKE DEPT. —> In his biennial address to a joint session of the Nevada Legislature, U.S. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Searchlight, called on lawmakers to repeal the state's term limit law.

ABHORRENT ABE. What legislative dingbat allowed one Walden Earhart to parade around Monday in Abraham Lincoln drag?

Mr. Earhart has two claims to fame.

He was the first candidate in Nevada history to lose to none-of-the-above and vaguely resembles our greatest president.

Speaking as Lincoln in 2011, he revised history to morph Honest Abe into a 19th Century clone of Grover Norquist and other moonhowling brutes.

After almost a half-hour of rambling, he left his bogus Lincoln to launch a hateful, bigoted screed, concluding with a promise that if Barack Obama were re-elected, he would leave the country.

Travel light, Mr. Earhart.

Your white sheet will fit nicely over a long coat and your hood can be snugly supported by a stovepipe hat.

RENDER UNTO CÉSAR. César Chávez Celebration XI happens on the evening of March 28 at Circus Circus-Reno.

Chávez's mentor, legendary union organizer Fred Ross, Sr., will be installed in the César Chávez Nevada Labor Hall of Fame.

A national campaign is underway to convince the president to award Mr. Ross a posthumous presidential medal of freedom.

He did a lot of work in Nevada which I will explore in future columns.

For info, go to CesarChavezNevada.com/

RENDER UNTO GUIDO. Great minds think alike.

Since I endorsed Father Guido Sarducci's election as the first American pope, a Facebook page has been launched on behalf of former Saturday Night Live comic actor Don Novello's alter ego.

The Catholic Church may be a lot of things, but a lotta laughs, it ain't.

Time for a change alá Voltaire who said that God is a comedian playing to an audience afraid to laugh.

HONOR YOUR DON. Keep sending comments supporting legendary Nevada photographer Don Dondero (1920-2003) for the Nevada Press Association Hall of Fame.

His life's work appeared worldwide, including this newspaper.

Enlist in the campaign to install Big Don.

Please send me your memories and endorsements via e-mail or to P.O. Box 10034, Reno NV 89510.

The Barbwire got the late RGJ columnist Guy Richardson elected last year.

Let's go for a repeat.

HONOR THY FATHER. Next year, Erin Bilbray, daughter of former Nevada university regent, state senator and congressman James Bilbray, will probably seek to unseat sophomore Congresscritter Joe Heck, R-Las Vegas.

BARBWIRE.TV. Support the return of community TV to these parts.

If last year's elections didn't convince you of the need, the 2013 legislature certainly will.

Join up.

You may donate at ReSurge.TV or contact me.

This is important.

Thank you.

WEB EXTRAS

VOTE FOR THE LUCKY 13, the most powerful Nevadans of 2013. Send nominations to <barbano@frontpage.reno.nv.us>

Last year's rogues gallery will be linked to the expanded web edition of this column at NevadaLabor.com/

LET'S GET IT ON. E-me to get on the Barbwire News bulletin list for information not filtered through corporate lenses.

I broke a bushel of major stories last year.

More soon.

Be well. Raise hell.

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Andrew Barbano is a 44-year Nevadan, chair of the Nevada César Chávez Committee, producer of Nevada's annual César Chávez Day celebration, first vice-president and political action chair of the Reno-Sparks NAACP, labor/consumer/civil rights advocate, member of Communications Workers of America Local 9413/AFL-CIO and editor of NevadaLabor.com and JoeNeal.org. As always, his opinions are strictly his own. Check local listings for other Nevada cable systems. E-mail barbano@frontpage.reno.nv.us. Barbwire by Barbano has originated in the Daily Sparks Tribune since 1988.

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Andrew Barbano is a 44-year Nevadan, editor of NevadaLabor.com and JoeNeal.org; and former chair of the City of Reno's Citizens Cable Compliance Committee, He is producer of Nevada's annual César Chávez Day celebration and serves as first vice-president, political action chair and webmaster of the Reno-Sparks NAACP. As always, his opinions are strictly his own. E-mail barbano@frontpage.reno.nv.us.

Barbwire by Barbano moved to the Daily Sparks (Nev.) Tribune on Aug. 12, 1988, and has originated in them parts ever since.
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Tempus fugit.

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