Today, President Obama signed legislation to provide urgent fiscal relief to school districts across the country to maintain our education system, and to enable 160,000 teachers to keep their jobs.
The 160,000 figure is nationwide. Nevada’s share is 1,400 teachers.
I assume that a portion of those 1,400 teachers will be here in Nye County.
The question is: “Will those Nye County residents that are concerned about Obama’s ‘big government spending’ rise up in protest, demanding the federal money be rejected?”
By the way, Senator John Ensign voted No (to reject the money) and Senator Harry Reid voted Y (to take the money). [Congress.Org]
[Source: White House]
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Nye County already refused to consider a HUD grant for community planning because it was pulled from the BOCC last meeting without explanation. Most likely because a minority of BOCC members do not want FED $$. Without even a consideration of what the majority may want or a consideration of the greater good it could have done!
With the financial condition of Nye County as it is those responsible for refusing federal money, if that was the reason it was pulled, certainly aren’t taking into account the needs of of Nye County residents. It is one thing to act because of a political ideology and another to ignore the needs of constitutents.
Thank you for the comment Dakotagrl.