This

was in today's RGJ:

"A group of conservatives upset with Kenny Guinn's approval of the largest tax increase in state history filed papers Wednesday to begin recall proceedings against the popular Republican governor.

...

"No statewide recall effort has ever succeeded, and no Nevada governor has ever been the subject of a recall election, state Archivst Guy Louis Rocha said.

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"Guinn was re-elected in 2002 with 68 percent of the vote.

"A Reno Gazette-Journal/KRNV-TV News 4 poll found 68 percent opposed recall efforts targeting Guinn and six Nevada Supreme Court justices. Twenty-four percent supported it, and 8 percent were unsure...

"Dane, who has worked as a consultant on various municipal campaigns in Southern Nevada, California, and New York, said more than 600 volunteers have signed up to collect petitions.

"He said the efforts began before the California recall [!], although he acknowledged events there could bolster their cause...

"Michael Bowers, chairman of the University of Nevada, Las Vegas' political science department, said Nevada's effort is clearly influenced by California's recall against Gov. Gray Davis.

"Bowers called the Nevada recall group a 'fringe element' that lacked widespread support and the backing of a millionaire such as U.S. Rep. Darrell Issa, who financed the recall effort in California..."

Even Assemblyman Lynn Hettrick, the person most responsible for mess in Nevada this summer, came out against the recall.

What a complete waste of time.