IMPACT of Henderson's New Arts Building
About this Episode
The Numbers:
Today, April 17 2020:
Worldwide number of deaths: 153,000
Worldwide Cases: 2.2 million
U.S. Deaths: Over 37,000
U.S. Cases: Just under 700,000
Nevada Deaths: 142
Nevada Cases: 3524
For context, New York numbers rose to 230,500 cases and over 17,000 deaths.
The News:
The New York Times had a piece today about how this virus is putting a spotlight on the inequities in our economic system
We also check in with the MIT Living Wage Tracker, to explore the numbers underpinning the NYT piece.
Following up on our Wednesday show, David Ferrera of the Review Journal reports that Clark County Sheriff Joe Lombardo has authorized the release of hundreds of non-violent detainees from the Clark County Detention Center.
The Federal Reserve is quietly loaning money to states for support of businesses and unemployed workers.
The Interview:
The Henderson Pavilion was build in the late 1990s as a performing and gathering center for the new Green Valley Ranch area. But it was an outdoor pavilion, in a city that sees 100+ temperatures five months out of the year. Now, as costs for shoring up the crumbling facility rose, the City is looking to build a multi-use arena that would house artists and schools and community groups - and a minor league hockey team owned by the Golden Knights. This has engendered a bit of pushback from residents, who don't want the traffic or parking issues. We talk to Rob Herr, assistant city manager and chief infrastructure officer of Henderson.
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Wherein Chris G takes on Nicole Cannizzaro, CCSD, challenges Legislative Dems to put their money where their mouth is, and progressives to focus on the boring organizational stuff and offers training for both Republicans and Democrats for free.
We are also joined by Leisa Moseley, who was the political director for the 2020 Bernie campaign, and Dr. Zaffar Iqbal, who is now the 2nd vice chair of the NV Dems.
But honestly, folks, this is a Chris G interview.
IMPACT on Pahrump - 2
IMPACT on Traffic Violations
Two bills are making their way through the Assembly right now that will have a big impact on how we handle traffic violations.
AB116, introduced by District 10 Assemblywoman Rochelle Wwyn, would make traffic violations - and their attendant fees - a civil rather than a criminal violation. That means if people don’t pay their fees, government entities in Nevada cannot put them in jail.
AB151, sponsored by District 16 freshman Assemblywoman Cecilia Gonzalez, would make it against the law to take someone’s driver’s license away for unpaid traffic fines.
Thousands of people a year end up in jail because they can’t afford to pay their fees, or have their license suspended but still must get to work. This often means loss of job, loss of homes, loss of residency status. All for making a right turn on red when they weren’t supposed to.
IMPACT on Data Insights
Back in October - you know, when we had nothing to do and weren’t stressing about the future of the free world - Nathan Trenholm and Justin White filed a lawsuit against the Clark County School District.
Trenholm and White are the proprietors of Data Insight Partners, which contracts with school organizational teams - SOTs - to provide data to admin, teachers, students and parents in over 35 schools.
Data Insight Partners started after the passage of AB469 - commonly known as the reorganization law - or “reorg” for short.
The reorg created autonomous school zones and was supposed to create a “marketplace” whereby schools could “buy” services that they needed from the central district. For instance, everyone needs maintenance, which the District provides. So a line item is taken out of each school’s budget for maintenance. If a school wanted to hire an extra maintenance person for special events, they could - out of their own budget.
They could also buy services from outside vendors. Venders like… Data Insight Partners.
I’ve talked with about half a dozen principals who all say things like, “Their data dashboards provides the school they partner with the ability to get really granular.”
Or Data Insight software allows their teachers to “get into the weeds”
But this fall, the Clark County School District forced schools to use THEIR data software. Their newly created data software. Which looks like a clone of Data Insight Partners’ software. Except… it doesn’t work as well and isn’t reliable.
One principal told me, “It’s just a smidge better than spreadsheets.”
Oops.