By Jon Ralston

Sat, May 10, 2008 (2:01 a.m.)

Chuck Muth doesn’t understand the concept of the single-front war. Muth, the former Republican but solid conservative, has three targets in his sights. He is running ads against the teachers’ attempt to raise the gaming tax for education — Muth hates taxes more than Jim Gibbons does, which I’ll get to in a moment. Muth also is going after government employees and their travel, submitting requests for information to state folks. That will be something to see. And, finally, he is going after the governor for not being tax-pure, for contemplating support for a room tax increase if it goes on the ballot first. Muth says that violates a pledge Gibbons signed. If Muth isn’t careful, he may have to leave the state. Again.