Nevada's legislature says it is committed to solving the Silver State's economic and education woes... so what did they do? The uber-lib (Dem-controlled) legislature passed a bill that protects transgender Nevadans from job discrimination.
What does that have to do with improving Nevada's economy and schools, you ask?
Absolutely nothing.
Transgender Nevadans apparently rank high on our lawmakers' list of priorities. It's a shame that students, parents, schools and legal workers don't seem to merit the same attention. While the Legislature easily passed a bill to protect 25,000 transgender Nevadans, it failed to report out of committee three much more vital bills that would have directly affected every parent, student, worker and visitor in Nevada.
One bill that never left committee would have required all Nevada employers to use E-Verify to ensure only legal Nevadans hold Nevada jobs. Considering that roughly 10% of the people currently living in Nevada are here illegally, such a bill would have made an immediate impact on the state's 13+% unemployment rate. Mother knows best: "If you remove the sugar, the ants will leave."
A second bill would have allowed Nevada parents to receive education vouchers to choose which schools their children attend. This bill also failed to reach a floor vote, yet such a change would allow all Nevada parents (even the illegal and transgender ones) to take a more active role in their children's education, something the Washoe County School District regularly says is the key reason Nevada students fail academically. Reno parents constantly hear teachers and school administrators complain that we need to be more involved in our children's education, yet the state won't let us choose the best schools for our children. To get the best high school for my sons, I turned our home into a rental and rented a home in the right school district... drastic, yes, and something few Nevadans can afford to do.
A third bill would have established a state lottery. Despite legalized gaming, Nevada watches in vain while lottery fans flock to nearby California to try their luck at winning millions. Establishing a lottery in the Silver State would immediately stop the flow of Nevada lottery dollars across state lines, while capturing new gaming dollars from people who never set foot in the casinos, but shop daily at local grocery, convenience and liquor stores. Ironically, the new lottery proceeds would have funded the state's beleaguered education budget... money they sorely need.
Hypocrisy reigns in Reno, and in hallowed halls of Carson City, apparently. Our legislature seems to care more about special interest groups like transgenders and illegals, instead of ALL of us... Nevada's children, parents, workers, residents and visitors, we who deserve better from our elected representatives, frankly.
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