The Keystone Corporation is proud to have joined in the lawsuit to protect Nevada’s Constitutional requirement that two-thirds of the legislature support tax increases before they can be enacted. As an organization, we didn’t just join this lawsuit, we are doing our part to help fund it. But we need your help today.
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We believe that American enterprise-based policies offer the right direction for the future of Nevada. Keystone’s goal is to find, support and develop the next generation of Nevada leadership that will move the Silver State in that direction.
In 1995, Las Vegas was the site for that year’s Western States Republican Leadership Conference. As local hosts, a group of Nevada business leaders organized funding for the event. Following the hugely successful conference, however, and recognizing their camaraderie and common goals, the Silver State organizers agreed they should make their cooperation long-term.
What they then organized was a Nevada non-profit corporation, known at the time as the Keystone Corporation. Its mission then, as now, was to promote more responsible government and a business-friendly environment. Its means would be to participate in the election process and send to Carson City men and women who share those same values.
Keystone’s leaders do not take their role lightly. They feel an obligation to protect the businesses of Nevada through the selection of pro-business candidates who understand the principles that have made the American free enterprise system the strongest economic force in the world.
Which candidates Keystone will support is determined through a formal process of interviews and research into the candidate’s background and beliefs. Once eligibility is confirmed, the candidates name is presented to the entire Keystone Board of Directors for approval.
Financial support is provided through Keystone membership annual dues, and special events, such as the Annual Dinner held annually at the Venetian Hotel.
Keystone has grown to be a major player in the Nevada electoral process. In an age where free enterprise and free markets are under siege from bureaucracy and over-regulation, Keystone stands as a rock solid defender of Nevada’s businesses and entrepreneurship.
At its very beginning, Keystone was created to meet a need and to serve a purpose. That need and that purpose remain. This is the Keystone tradition, and it is why Keystone continues to exist.
“Keystone’s mission and goals have not changed and today they are more important than ever. We seek to minimize taxation and regulation of business in our state. We favor this as the best environment in which to maximize the potential of every individual in our state. Maximum individual freedom is the key to economic growth and success.
2020 is just around the corner. The future of our state and nation will be at stake. In Nevada our goal is to return the Legislature to those who would protect and achieve our goals. We must work together to accomplish these goals and Keystone serves as an institution to promote and institute that mission.
Environmental restrictions and the BLM threaten our ability to develop and grow Nevada. We are devoted to preserving the beauty of our land and we know that proper development can provide jobs and growth without damaging the environment.
Nevada and America have options and, for example, nuclear power generation is a most efficient choice. Yet, it is demonized and should not be.
Please join with us as we continue to participate in the great debate. We are a non-profit and your help and contributions will be faithfully administered.”
~John Gibson