Collins works against us with his Incumbent Protection Racket!!
Some of Collins' political contributions are funneled through a PAC to incumbents and candidates.
Nevadans for the American Dream donated to about 30 Nevada Democrat Candidates!
        Did you ever wonder why our Nevada and local Governments seem to Group Think? They seem to vote together, speak with similar ideals and rarely publicly disagree. Of course they do like to disagree at election time because they want to get elected and want to act as though they will really solve some large unsolvable problem.

     Commissioner Collins, his political consultant Gary Gray and another political consultant Steve Redlinger formed Nevadans for the American Dream just about the time Collins  becam the Nevada State Democrat Chairman.The purpose stated in the PAC registration form is "to promote candidates who support economic justice, improved education and secure retirement."  Could Collins' PAC real purpose be to protect incumbents? Did you remember that candidate Collins thought that Commissioners should only receive campaign contributions for a short period of time so that it would not seem unethical to receive a contribution and then vote on that contributor's request? Did Collins create this PAC to hide contributions during his term as commissioner?

   How could Collins help protect incumbents with these contributions? Money does buy free speech. The more money the more free speech. The more free speech the better chance that a candidate gets elected. A candidate increases his chances also with endorsements for Unions, Political Groups and Associations. These endorsements usually also come with money and votes.  Elect ability is one of the main factors in deciding to endorse a candidate. If an incumbent like Collins tells the Unions, Political Groups and Associations, the candidate will vote like Collins does. They will normally agree and endorse the new candidate. How much power does that give politically active incumbents like Collins?  The newly elected officials know that they owe Collins favors for getting them elected. It would seem only natural. When Collins needs them, he will ask for help. It will be for money, connections or campaign help. It could be in the form of changing or not changing laws or ordinances for the benefit of Collins upcoming election.

     If you are a candidate and are not receiving help from Collins' Incumbent Protection Racket, the chances of getting elected are slim. Nevada State Democrat chairman Jill Derby told me the party help incumbents. Peggy Maze-Johnson or the Clark County Democrat Party told me the same. The power behind the elected officials do not want real change for our benefit. Politically active incumbent Collins represents their interests and not ours.

         The following is a list of Democrat candidates that received money from Collins "Nevadans for the American Dream" PAC:

       Carlos Blumberg, Melvin Jackson, Dina Titus, Debbie Conway, Adam Taylor, Marilyn Kirkpatrick, Bob Unger, Dawn Dudas, Susan Brager, Chandra Cook, Kate Marshall, Ross Miller, Kim Wallin, Sheila Moulton, Carolyn Edwards, Laurayne Murray, Janice Bearss, Bonnie Parnell, Bernie Anderson, Rosemary Wornack, Mark Alden, Joyce Woodhouse, David Bobzein, Kelvin Atkinson, Ruben Kihuen, Barbary Buckley, Catherine Cortez Masto

      I wonder how many of these candidates are Mormons. Could it be more than the mormon population of less than 10%?

      Read Incumbent Protection is quite the Racket George F. Will: What's bad for political speech is quite nice for incumbents - Here's another case of McCain-Feingold encouraging the type of corruption it purports to combat - November 23, 2007

     

    

   

    
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