You are wrong about the sate plan. It's as good as gold. The CCEA plan is fraught with problems from the get-go. I, for one, do not trust Jasonek with money. There are too many times that he has done under-handed deals with CCSD at the expense of teachers. He will definitely refuse to do independent audits as he has done with the Health Trust. His plan will go belly-up after a a year to 18 months, and he will have pocketed $12M, and no one will be able to "pin" anything on him and his elite board of executives. If you don't think this can happen, ask any support staff person who saw this happen with their health Trust. They went to bed the night before, and lo and behold the next morning -- no health trust. In fact this group had an internal audit (how cozy) a week before this event, and that auditor found their health trust was sound. What happened to the officers of that health trust? Well, a few of them became administrators (yes, administrators) for CCSD. One of them is FJ. You can figure that out by going to the Crystal Palace on Sahara and asking for this person.

Thank you, but no thank you. This proposal is definitely wrong for teachers. There is a very simple solution to this retirement problem facing teachers. It's so simple that I am sure every teacher would simply say -- "Do it." Dissolve the Teacher's Health Trust currently enforced by CCEA. Return it to CCSD. In so doing, every teacher -- newbie to 30+ year veteran could be covered with the state plan for no more than $80.00 a month.

If the CCEA echelon won't do this, then one would have to question -- Why not? There might be some fraud going on at CCEA headquarters. And if that is the case why give CCEA close to $8M a year to fund a program that ultimately "screws" teacher retirees with a plan that can only be used in Southern Nevada after that teacher retires????

I hope teachers see that this proposal only benefits the brass at CCEA Central.

The Dems have been the majority for the last few years, and we are still in trouble. I have come to the conclusion the problem we have in Washington politics is the problem that comes with politicians.... They get elected and then halfway through their terms they start campaigning for re-election. I am all for term limits -- 2 terms is the max... That includes you, Harry. You are part of the problem.....

NCLB should be buried along with any other program that usurps the expertise of teachers in the classroom. Bush's plan should be sent to Iraq. Of course, we shouldn't have to pay for that program either.

It's bad enough that our schools have to jump through federal hoops, but now these same schools have to pay for those hoops.... so Bush can have more $$$¢¢¢ to pay for his war.

The petition-gatherers and anyone else opposing the process should be wearing name tags with their affiliations noted. They should also have the approval of the DMV and any other place they gather to collect signatures. Without that approval they should be arrested for trespassing.