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Wednesday, Dec. 12, 2012 | 12:08 p.m.
Gov. Brian Sandoval made ambitious promises not to raise taxes while expanding state health insurance for the poor, preventing cuts to state agencies and actually increasing money for K-12 schools, in a wide-ranging interview with the Las Vegas Sun editorial board Wednesday. A day after he announced that he would expand Medicaid, the first Republican governor in the nation to do so, Sandoval cast the decision in a pragmatic light - a chief executive doing what he has to do to make sure the state functions. “It’s no secret that I was opposed to the Affordable Care Act,” he said, ...
There is enough hot air in Nevada already....
And in other news, Brian Sandoval saves local puppy from harm, discovers the cure for cancer, and personally found enough water to raise Lake Mead to normal.
And in late breaking news, the Nobel Prize in Economics is awarded to Brian Sandoval for his magical ability to raise education funding, while not raising taxes.
It sounds like Governor Brian Sandoval is trying to meet in the middle with folks, and that is pretty refreshing. Nevada has been hit real hard in this economic crisis, and is making gradual steps forward in a positive direction. Those in need of medical care will have a much better chance of getting it.
The jury is out on how Governor Sandoval will talk with educators. He is right about how we "spend it," with "Sandoval faces a tight budget for next session. But even so, he promised to increase funding for K-12 schools.
"It's not only how much you spend, but how you spend it," he said. "It will be a combination of meaningful reforms and targeting the funding where you need it."
He needs to look closely where educational funding is spent, how much is directly about the classroom.
Blessings and Peace,
Star
I'd happily pay more in taxes if I thought it would go directly to schools- more books, better pay for teachers, and new learning methods. Anything to get NV from the bottom of all education and graduation lists.
Now, all we need is the 50,000 jobs you have up your sleeve which you promised..I think that will be a long wait, like Romney's 12mil jobs.