“Lobbyists are your friends,” says Joe Lombardo.
And when you're friends with Joe Lombardo, some of those lobbyists like Jeremy Aguero and John Vellardita don't even have to register!
It seems transparency about your friendships is optional depending on the giveaway. #NVLeg
Joe Lombardo and ccea believe funding for our classrooms and students should depend on Nevada building more data centers.
1) First, we don’t need to invent another plan to fund our schools because we already have a better roadmap from the Commission on School Funding.
✅ Private-school vouchers.
✅ Billions in proposed education cuts.
✅ Dismantling the Department of Education.
Linda McMahon is leading the attack on public education and Joe Lombardo is rolling out the welcome mat.
Some “education governor.”
I'm at the Commission on School Funding meeting as their work is under attack. Check these clips from CCEA's September presser and ads the PAC is currently running in the Governor's race...
While Joe Lombardo rolls out the red carpet for anti-public education Secretary Linda McMahon, @AaronDFordNV has repeatedly sued the trump administration to defend school funding, students, and educators.
That’s what standing up for public education looks like.
☑️ Private school vouchers
☑️ A tip line to report teachers
☑️ Proposed cuts to ESPs
☑️ Rolling back student protections
Joe Lombardo welcomed Glenn Youngkin and his anti-public education record to Nevada.
Today's lesson for the "education governor"- Don’t Virginia our Nevada.
"Lombardo’s campaign did not respond to requests for comment on how the governor balances the desire to turnout voters with messaging that calls integrity into question, or what he meant when he lamented that voting is easy in Nevada “unfortunately.”"
ICYMI: Linda McMahon is taking a wrecking ball to public education.
Yesterday in Southern Nevada, Joe Lombardo was all smiles as he rolled out the red carpet for her.
The self-proclaimed “education governor” keeps showing us whose side he’s on.
Today, we reminded the #NVLeg that public education should not be used to sell more data centers.
NSEA strongly supports the Interim Revenue Committee's BDR to repeal data center tax abatements and establish a moratorium on new data center development.
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Speaking of “answering to California,” Joe Lombardo called one special session to hand California billionaire John Fisher $380 million in public money, then another to try to hand Hollywood $1.8 billion.
California’s millionaires and billionaires call. Joe answers. Nevadans pay.
"Unfortunately, my class size and paid family medical leave bills were vetoed by a governor who cares more about corporate profits than working Nevadans. This is the same governor who tried to bankrupt our state by giving away nearly $2B in public money to Hollywood studios..."
From gas and groceries to housing and health care, nearly everything costs more. And for families with school-aged children, the financial squeeze doesn't end with everyday expenses. School-related costs add another burden, with families potentially paying nearly $4,000 more.
"CCEA should have asked teachers who they support for Governor before spending millions of member dollars to make it look like teachers are lining up behind Lombardo. This poll confirms what we already know. Most teachers don’t support Lombardo, and their union shouldn’t either."
The “education governor” should have a better report card.
Behind every headline: students losing support and opportunities, positions cut, classrooms doing more with less.
Make your plan to #vote for leaders who will fund our schools, feed our kids, and respect our educators.
Lombardo claims his top education accomplishment was the 2023 funding bill. Ironically, he introduced a budget that was actually lower than required by statute. #nvleg
Again, here's the problem with Joe Lombardo's $2 increase in per-pupil funding. Fuel costs are impacting educators and our districts. WCSD will spend an additional $1.5 million on diesel to get kids to school. And Lombardo's inadequate budget leaves districts to absorb the hit.
And here we see the problem with Joe Lombardo's $2 increase in per-pupil funding.
Fuel costs are impacting educators and our districts. CCSD will spend millions more getting kids to school.
And Lombardo's education budget (a de facto cut) leaves districts to absorb the hit.
Inflation is not an education funding plan, Governor.
Nevada’s schools are already billions behind. Waiting for rising prices and economic growth to generate more tax revenue won’t close that gap.
We need new revenue, not just more of the same.
#SeriouslyPassThePlan
"A few vetoes are fine, but 162 vetoes in just two legislative sessions? Unconscionable.
Among the legislation Lombardo vetoed were bills to lower the costs of housing and prescription drugs, fund universal free school lunches..., and protect access to IVF treatments."