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Some Issues of Interest to Me


Restructure the Nevada State Legislature

  • All sessions of the Legislature would be on cable TV, just like city or county meetings. Residents could then see for themselves how Nevada bills are investigated.
  • No state legislator would be allowed to be employees of any city, county or state government agency.
  • No lobbyist would be allowed personal meetings with their Nevada legislator without a lobbyist with a conflicting opinion at the same meeting.
  • No money would be allowed to be spent by any city, county or state government agency to lobby State of Nevada legislators.
  • The position of a state legislator should be a part-time position that meets between 5 and 7 days a month instead of 120 days in a row every 2 years. This would give more time for research on bills to be voted on. Each legislator would have their own part-time research assistant instead of the current secretary that just takes messages and sets appointments.
  • The capitol of Nevada should be moved from Carson City to Las Vegas to save on transportation costs.

Investigate/Restructure CCSD Budget and Programs

  • A large number of highly paid supervisors should be let go and the school principals should be the primary supervisors of the teachers as they already are.
  • There should be an independent audit of the school district's spending and it should be public information. The audit's focus should be on methods to decrease spending.
  • There should be a public investigation into the methods of teaching our children with the focus on new, more productive teaching methods.
  • The construction budget should be investigated to find ways of building schools in a less costly manner. I think that large developments should build the school and give it to CCSD. Currently, developers profit from the land to the school district.
  • We should break up the School District into groups small enough that will facilitate implementing ideas from teachers and parents to help our children.

Increase Attorney/Judge Accountability

  • Filing official complaints about your attorney and/or judge should be taken seriously.
  • I would push for a citizens review board for judges ad attorneys.

Restructure Family Court

  • Representing yourself in family court should be preferred and encouraged by a self-help department that has attorneys on staff to help you handle your case for a fee.
  • Joint physical custody should be the preferred method of custody arrangements in Nevada. Child support should be adjusted by time spent with each parent. It is done in other states and can be done here.
  • We should overturn "Osborn v. Wright." This is a Nevada Supreme Court decision that states, in joint physical custody arrangements, whichever party makes more money pays the other child support regardless of time spent with the child(ren). Nevada state law states there should be no sexual bias.
  • There should be a way to complain about your judge or attorney that is taken seriously. Currently, the system takes your complaints and files them away without any research and informs you that there was no problem.
  • Child support laws should be enforced more strictly. At present, child support orders that are not followed are handled in a very lax manner. The law states that you go to jail for not paying your support or levy your assets or income.

Restructure CPA Board

  • Non-CPA bookkeepers should be given a legal right to use a special title to do the work they do.
  • There should be methods to gain experience enough to become a CPA alternative to interning with a CPA for two years such as operating a bookkeeping form for a number of years and then passing the CPA test.
 





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