IMPACT on Trust Issues

Trust. Everybody says it’s the key to true democracy, and relationships. But it seems to be pretty elusive these days. Especially in Nevada, where the trust meter went off the scale this week. First, we were shown emails that showed CCSD Supt. Jesus Jara asking for the legislature to consider moving money from individual schools to the district’s general budget, causing an uproar. Then he denied it, and blamed the state supt., Jhone Ebert, and Governor Sisolak. Then those two wrote a scathing press release essentially calling Jara a liar. Not long after that, CCSD Trustee Linda Cavazos called the State Dept. of Education and found out the Trustees had not been told the truth regarding reopening plans. Now Cavazos and two other trustees are calling for a special meeting to discuss Jara’s employment, as two unions - including one that represents principals - have called on the superintendent to resign. Meanwhile, the legislature actually considered a tax proposal Thursday night into Friday morning. They argued vociferously about lowering the amount of deductions mining companies can take when calculating their taxes. It’s something Republicans and Democrats have said they’d be open to. And it would have brought in $55 million dollars - roughly a fifth of our deficit. Alas, it failed along party lines at 2:30am on Friday. After over an hour of public comment. We’re taking to Senator Yvanna Cancela and Assemblywoman Maggie Carlton about the vote and what it means for Nevada in a pandemic. And later on in the show, we’ll talk to CCSD Trustee Danielle Ford.