Like I said in my last post, I don’t have a dog in this fight. I watched the Stormland TV forum, here’s some things I took away from it;
LYON COUNTY CASINO
“We have known about this for awhile, so there should have been some proactive leadership.” Munsterman
SMOKING BAN
“It is a public safety and health issue . . . I support the ban for citizens.” Knudson
MEDICAL MARIJUANA – They all said they would vote ‘NO’ and not support the measure
3RD PENNY SALES TAX INCREASE
Knuppe, Knudson and Munsterman support the tax increase (Knudson even goes farther and feeds that same bullshit line the Events Center tax force fed us; “We are increasing the taxes – it will be up to the voters.”)
Doogard and Howie DO NOT support the tax increase.
“I’m not surprised you would support a tax increase, Dave.” Howie’s response to Knudson
FUNDING GOVERNMENT
Munsterman & Howie agree on finding new revenue sources (energy) to reduce taxes and bringing in more revenue for funding state government.
EDUCATION FUNDING
Doogard and Howie threw Knudson’s education funding idea (increase education funding at the same rate as revenue) overboard. Doogard pointed out the obvious;
“Over the past few years education would have seen no increase.”
CLOSING STATEMENTS
“Ken, don’t trust anyone in a fancy suit.” Knuppe quoting his grandfather
Who do I think won? Well, I didn’t see any real winners in the forum. I felt Doogard and Howie had a strong showing, but if I was an undecided voter, I would vote for Munsterman. He had fresh ideas that were much different then the other candidates.