• About Us
  • Activity
  • Advertising
  • Books
  • Business
  • Contact
  • Entertainment
  • feedback
  • Government
  • Home
  • Interviews
  • Members
  • National
  • Nevada
  • Nevada News and Views
  • Newsmax
  • NN&V Ads
  • Opinion
  • Politics
  • Polls
  • Privacy Policy
  • Subscribe
  • Subscription Confirmation
  • Survey
  • Survey
  • Terms of Service
  • Today’s Top 10
  • Travel
  • Travel
  • Travel
  • Welcome!
  • Yop Poll Archive
Nevada News and Views
  • Home
  • Muth’s Truths
  • Politics
  • Government
  • Entertainment
  • More
    • Nevada
    • Opinion
    • Business
    • Travel
    • News
    • Sports
  • Facebook

  • Twitter

  • Pinterest

  • RSS

Politics

Top Dem Donor Says Unions Are Strangling Education

Top Dem Donor Says Unions Are Strangling Education
N&V Staff
February 29, 2012

(Victor Joecks/NPRI) – And he wasn’t done. He also said that “Democrats are now on the wrong side of every important education-reform issue.”

Wow.

He’s not from Nevada, but Washington state Democrat Nick Hanauer, who’s donated more than $2.5 million to Democrats since 2001, and other big-time Democratic donors have had enough of the teachers’ union putting adults before children.

Several well-heeled Democratic donors have openly split with the state party and legislative leaders over education reform, arguing Washington is falling behind because lawmakers are afraid to buck the teachers union.

Donors say they fear the Democratic Party could lose ground to Republicans on the issue. Some even say they’re on the fence when it comes to supporting Republican gubernatorial candidate Rob McKenna or Democratic candidate Jay Inslee, given the candidates’ stances on education. …

Jabe Blumenthal, a former Microsoft executive and co-president of the Climate Solutions board, said he agrees with much of what Hanauer says, particularly when it comes to the WEA.

“I think the Democratic leadership has allowed themselves to be held hostage by the teachers union,” said Blumenthal who has contributed more than $300,000 to different causes over the years, including Democratic candidates and the state party.

If you read the whole article, you’ll notice that the actions and stances of the Washington Education Association sound suspiciously similar to the Nevada State Education Association.
Every year at the legislature, the NSEA works its hardest to kill education reforms — often while claiming to support reforms “in general.”

It’s great to see more and more Democrats understanding the importance of putting children and education reform before the selfish desires of a special interest group. Let’s hope the number supporting meaningful education reform continues to grow.

Prev postNext post

Related ItemseducationNSEAunions
Politics
February 29, 2012
N&V Staff

Related ItemseducationNSEAunions

More in Politics

Some Good, Bad & Ugly to Kick Off 2021…

Annie BlackJanuary 2, 2021
Read More

Announcing 2020’s Nevada Conservative of the Year Awards

N&V StaffJanuary 1, 2021
Read More

Even Criminals Themselves are Panning Catch-&-Release Lawlessness

N&V StaffDecember 14, 2020
Read More
Nevada judge blocks Trump campaign's

Nevada judge blocks Trump campaign’s bid to stop Clark County’s mail-in ballot counting

The Center SquareNovember 3, 2020
Read More

Dickman Returns Fire on Daly

N&V StaffOctober 16, 2020
Read More
Blue State Nevada

Nevada is no “blue state” — especially not this year

N&V StaffOctober 1, 2020
Read More
Scroll for more
Tap

Subscribe Free By Email

Looking for the best in breaking news and conservative views? Let Chuck do all the work for you! Subscribe to his FREE "Muth's Truths" e-newsletter.

* indicates required
Nevada News and Views
Nevada News & Views is an educational project of Citizen Outreach Foundation, a non-partisan IRS-approved 501(c)(3) organization. It is not associated or affiliated with any political party or group. Nevada News & Views is accessible by the public at no cost. It funds its operations through tax-deductible contributions from donors and supporters and does not accept government money or grants.

TAGS

Featured Article Nevada Politics Muth's Truths business government Government Opinion Obama News Donald Trump GOP Republicans Ron Knecht Adam Laxalt

Copyright © 2021 Citizen Outreach | Maintained by VirtualAlly

There’s Work To Be Done To Continue Sandoval’s Budget, Bureaucracy Cuts
At Teachers’ Union Some Are More Equal Than Others