Nevada's property tax reform phobia

So much winning! Wait. Isn't there already a Lake America? In Washington D.C. on the mall in front of the Lincoln Memorial?

Anyway, speaking of America, congratulations to it; today marks the six-month anniversary of the war on Iran. Truly astonishing.

IN NEVADA CURRENT

Everyone who has given this any thought knows Nevada's property tax system is haplessly inefficient, and doomed to become even more so, at the expense of public services that people rely on. And everyone who knows that also knows that the overwhelming majority of Nevada elected officials from both parties don't have the guts to do anything about it. Meanwhile, this story explains how Nevada's property tax system works (or doesn't, depending on your point of view) — and describes how possible reforms might play out, as entertainingly(!) explained by the Legislative Counsel Bureau fiscal analyst (and sort of a state treasure) Michael Nakamoto, using his own house as an example ha ha. April Corbin Girnus reports: Legislators could fix property tax, they ‘just don’t politically want to,’ says revenue chair

Jurisprudential bouncing ball update: As suggested in yesterday's newsletter, the disposition of this issue may hinge on whether the Republicans on the U.S. Supreme Court have any shame. Meanwhile, however this ultimately plays out in court, vote early (but not often). Via the DC bureau: Judge reinstates pause on Trump order limiting mail ballots

The price of gas is a dollar higher now than it was last year, so that sucks. A lot of analysts expected it go even higher. And in all probability, it still will. The reserves that have staved off the worst are running dry, for one thing. But along with the reserves, another reason the price of gas hasn't skyrocketed even more isn't about the lower supply of fuel, but the lower demand for it. And as Amory Lovins prognosticated a half century ago, going forward, energy efficiency is going to play a bigger role in our energy future than drill baby drill. A former senior editor for the Economist explains, in this analysis via the Council on Foreign Relations: Crude calculations: Why the Iran war hasn’t yet caused an oil shock

Good Luck