SOS: Save Our State.
Saturday, February 13, 2010 at 00:08 This was in my evening email - from ProgressNowNevada via PLAN’s Bob Fulkerson:
Dear Bob,
In his campaign speech Monday Jim Gibbons said state government was “bloated.”
He told Nevadans to buy gift certificates for teachers.
But he didn’t tell us how many state workers and teachers are going to be laid off.
He didn’t tell us how much he’s planning to cut, or that his proposed cuts don’t balance the budget.
He didn’t talk about putting hard-core juvenile offenders back on the street; making the mentally ill homeless again or how the state won’t pay for adult diapers anymore.
Talk about a load of crap.
We know there’s a way to balance the budget without killing Nevada’s future.
We stood with college students throughout Nevada on Tuesday as they demanded “No more cuts.” We heard countless stories of students who can’t get the classes they need to graduate; of increased tuition; of program cuts.
Tomorrow all of us can join the fight.
If you can, please attend the public hearing at Reno City Hall, 1 E. First St., Reno. The forum goes from 9:00 a.m. until noon. Tell lawmakers how the cuts will impact you. And tell them they must consider new revenue in this special session.
We have offered several options for lawmakers to consider. Our options raise $800 million and reduce cuts to $82 million. More than 500 of you have already signed onto our plan.
Add your voice to the petition or forward it to some friends.
We’re tired of the myth that tax increases will kill businesses or make them leave the state.
Where is mining going to go?
And what business would move here given our embarrassing assault on public education?
We’re prepared to take a stand!
Add your voice and let lawmakers know enough’s enough.
Come to the hearing. Sign the petition.
http://www.ProgressNowNevada.org/SaveOurState
Thanks for all you do,
Erin Neff
Executive Director
ProgressNow Nevada
