GIVE ME ESA’S OR GIVE ME DEATH!

May 6, 2017

In September 2016, the Nevada Supreme Court ruled Education Saving Accounts (ESA’S) were Constitutional and could move forward in the state, but their funding source at the time was unlawful. So, in October of last year, in the special session, Governor Sandoval, Senator Roberson and, then, Majority Leader Anderson all promised Republicans if they voted for taxes for more Cops, more money for the Las Vegas Convention Center and for the Raider’s Stadium room tax, they would deliver ESA’s in this year’s legislative session.

Now the time has come for them all to pay up, but the Democrats, thanks to the Republican’s $1.3 billion tax increase 2015 mess, now control both houses in Carson City. So according to news reports, the Governor has issued an ultimatum to the Democrats to fund ESA’s or he will veto ALL their bills.

The Republican base is warning Roberson and Anderson if they fail to pass ESA’s now, they won’t win dog catcher next year let alone win re-election. Roberson got wiped out in last year’s CD3 Republican Primary by Danny Tarkanian, forcing him to move back to the right this year. And Anderson holds a one or two vote majority in the Republican Assembly Caucus which will certainly evaporate if he fails to deliver on ESA’s this session.

With less than a month to go in the 2017 legislative session, the countdown to political Armageddon for Gov. Sandoval, Senator Roberson and Minority Leader Anderson is looming with all eyes on them.

Rob Lauer

Political Reporter

360Daily.net