Again
Every year, like a mule with a stubborn streak, Nevada lawmakers dust off the old dream of ridding the state of daylight saving time, and every year, the dream stumbles, wheezes, and collapses before reaching the finish line. They trot the same old tired horse out of the stable, check its teeth, threaten to reshoe it, and then—after much speechifying and hand-wringing—lock it back in the barn till the next session.
This time, the hopeful wranglers of common sense are Northern Nevada legislators Selena La Rue Hatch and Dr. Robin Titus, who have introduced two bills to keep Nevada on Pacific Standard Time year-round. These bright-eyed reformers will have their first crack at daylight saving’s hide come Monday morning at 8 o’clock, when the bills are scheduled for a hearing—an ironic hour, considering most folks at that time are still suffering the consequences of the last time the clocks got jerked around.
Now, federal law does allow states to exempt themselves from daylight saving time, and a few have done so—Arizona, for instance, had the good sense to opt out years ago, sparing itself the twice-yearly confusion of waking up to realize the government has stolen or gifted an hour without so much as a by-your-leave. Should Nevada’s bills survive the legislative gauntlet, the Silver State would finally break free from the madness and let its citizens go about their business without the government fiddling with the very passage of time.
But if history is any guide, the old nag of a proposal will get led behind the barn and shot once more, only to mysteriously resurrect itself next session, looking just as fresh and doomed as ever.
The Territorial 