On New Year’s Day Nevada’s Senate Bill 302 — creating education savings accounts (ESAs) available to parents who pull their children out of public school and enroll them in private schools or homeschool them — became law. Or did it? After a dreadful session that saw long-needed reforms to public pensions, public unions and prevailing wage laws languish in a … [Read more...]
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THUMBS DOWN to State Treasurer Dan Schwartz for issuing a laughable news release about the resignation of Michael McDonald from a high-paying job in the treasurer’s office. McDonald happens to be the chairman of the Nevada State Republican Party who somehow landed a $95,000-a-year job with the Republican treasurer. He was hired this past summer to do something called … [Read more...]
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THUMBS DOWN to Republican State Treasurer Dan Schwartz and Michael J. McDonald, chairman of the Nevada State Republican Party, for an apparent cozy deal funded by taxpayer dollars. McDonald, it was reported last week, has been working for the treasurer’s office since July 20. His taxpayer-paid yearly salary is nothing to sneeze at, either, at about $95,000. And what does he … [Read more...]