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As members of an ever-cynical public when it comes to politics, we anticipate that our leaders will bend the truth on occasion.
But we at the very least expect well-crafted lies from our elected officials, dishonesty done for the sake of some perceived greater good.
So, after less than a week in office, we are dismayed with Gov. Jim Gibbons for the lies surrounding his mysterious midnight inauguration, like those of an only child blaming the broken lamp on his invisible friend.
The story starts Dec. 31, when Gibbons began taking his oath of office before midnight, and finished it 12 seconds into the new year. His reason for the surprise inauguration was that unspecified threats of terrorism meant he needed his directors of Public Safety and Homeland Security in place for the 10 hours before he was scheduled to take the oath.
It wasn't very believable from the start. Public Safety has plenty of deputies that could handle any emergency for the next 10 hours. As for the department of Homeland Security, the previous director had already agreed to stay on for three days to aid in the transition.
Three days was all it took for the cover story to disintegrate.
Before leaving office, former Gov. Kenny Guinn picked his chief of staff, Keith Munro, for an open seat on the Gaming Control Board, a position that became officially open at midnight on New Years.
Gibbons filed papers Thursday to rescind that pick, claiming that because he took the oath at midnight, he was governor before the position became open, therefore allowing him to appoint his selection for the seat, Randy Sayre.
Did Gibbons think we wouldn't figure out the real reason for his midnight antics?
That Gibbons would pull this trick to get rid of one of Guinn's picks is a little sleazy, but understandable. That he would, in the first minutes of his term, issue such a transparent lie to cover up this move is even worse.
But taking the cake is the fact that Gibbons used the threat of terrorism, while this country is in the middle of a war on terrorism, to play political games on the people who just elected him.
What are we supposed to think the next time our governor warns us about possible security threats? We are reminded of the Boy Who Cried Wolf.
Gov. Gibbons has managed in a very short time to damage the trust the people of this state put into him in November, trust that must be repaired if he is to have any chance of being a successful leader.
There are 1,454 days left in Gibbons' first term. Let's hope he uses them better than he has the last seven.
But we at the very least expect well-crafted lies from our elected officials, dishonesty done for the sake of some perceived greater good.
So, after less than a week in office, we are dismayed with Gov. Jim Gibbons for the lies surrounding his mysterious midnight inauguration, like those of an only child blaming the broken lamp on his invisible friend.
The story starts Dec. 31, when Gibbons began taking his oath of office before midnight, and finished it 12 seconds into the new year. His reason for the surprise inauguration was that unspecified threats of terrorism meant he needed his directors of Public Safety and Homeland Security in place for the 10 hours before he was scheduled to take the oath.
It wasn't very believable from the start. Public Safety has plenty of deputies that could handle any emergency for the next 10 hours. As for the department of Homeland Security, the previous director had already agreed to stay on for three days to aid in the transition.
Three days was all it took for the cover story to disintegrate.
Before leaving office, former Gov. Kenny Guinn picked his chief of staff, Keith Munro, for an open seat on the Gaming Control Board, a position that became officially open at midnight on New Years.
Gibbons filed papers Thursday to rescind that pick, claiming that because he took the oath at midnight, he was governor before the position became open, therefore allowing him to appoint his selection for the seat, Randy Sayre.
Did Gibbons think we wouldn't figure out the real reason for his midnight antics?
That Gibbons would pull this trick to get rid of one of Guinn's picks is a little sleazy, but understandable. That he would, in the first minutes of his term, issue such a transparent lie to cover up this move is even worse.
But taking the cake is the fact that Gibbons used the threat of terrorism, while this country is in the middle of a war on terrorism, to play political games on the people who just elected him.
What are we supposed to think the next time our governor warns us about possible security threats? We are reminded of the Boy Who Cried Wolf.
Gov. Gibbons has managed in a very short time to damage the trust the people of this state put into him in November, trust that must be repaired if he is to have any chance of being a successful leader.
There are 1,454 days left in Gibbons' first term. Let's hope he uses them better than he has the last seven.
