Alert! Three action items! support SB230 oppose AB157, SJR2, SJR4

The following was sent to Washoe County Chair Heidi Smith by Sharron Angle:

Dear Heidi,

SB230 Will Remove an Obstacle to Signature Gathering on Initiative Petitions.
Hearing Tuesday March 14 at 1:30 in room 2144 Carson City or the Grant Sawyer
building in Las Vegas by teleconference. Testimony is needed and please send
an e-mail.

Many Nevada citizens have gathered signatures for such praise worthy initiatives
as Keep Our Doctors in Nevada, Tax and Spend Controls for Nevada, People's Initiative
to Stop the Taking of Land, Protection of Marriage Act, Ax the Tax, and the Angle
Property Tax Initiative. We have found that in circulating petitions we must
obey the letter of the law or many signatures will be disqualified. One requirement
is that people print their last name first and then their first name. This
is such an unnatural way to fill out a form that most people begin printing their
first name first even with the instruction to do their last name first. This
causes frustration for the gatherer, rewrites for the signers, but most seriously
the County Clerk does not accept an improperly written name as a verified signature
so the entire effort of collecting that signature is wasted.

In the Clerk's defense, many will look to the signature and try to qualify
it if it is clearly just a mistake of printing the wrong name first. However
the problem arises when signatures are not readable and the first and last name
are not easily determined. For instance a name such as Scott James could easily
be James Scott or Courtney Allen could be Allen Courtney.

SB230 may not be the magic bullet but it certainly will allow the natural
tendency to print the first name first and then the last name. It is our hope
that by passing this simple change some of the problems in gathering and verifying
signatures will be cured. Please e-mail the following Senators and ask them
to VOTE YES on SB230:
Cegavske, Chair bcegavske@sen.state.nv.us
Raggio wraggio@sen.state.nv.us
Hardy whardy@sen.state.nv.us
Beers bbeers@sen.state.nv.us
Mathews bmathews@sen.state.nv.us
Weiner vweiner@sen.state.nv.us
Horsford shorsford@sen.state.nv.us

AB 157 will be heard on Monday, March 12th at , 3:45 pm
Senate Hearing Room 1214 Legislative Building Carson City
Room 4406 of the Grant Sawyer State Office Building 555 East Washington Avenue,
Las Vegas

Please contact the Assembly Education Committee.

YOUR MESSAGE: Vote NO on AB 157 Use any or all of the reasons in the following
critique.

Chairwoman Bonnie Parnell 775-684-8825 bparnell@asm.state.nv.us
Assemblywoman Debbie Smith 775-684-8841 dsmith@asm.state.nv.us
Assemblyman David Bobzien 775-684-8559 dbobzien@asm.state.nv.us
Assemblyman Mo Denis 775-684-8583 mdenis@asm.state.nv.us
Assemblyman Ruben Kihuen 775-684-8553 rkihuen@asm.state.nv.us
Assemblyman Harvey Munford 775-684-8545 hmunford@asm.state.nv.us
Assemblyman Tick Segerblom 775-684-8549 tsegerblom@asm.state.nv.us
Assemblyman Bob Beers 775-684-8839 asmbeers@asm.state.nv.us
Assemblyman Joe Hardy 775-684-8857 jhardy@asm.state.nv.us
Assemblyman Garn Mabey 775-684-8827 gmabey@asm.state.nv.us
Assemblyman Lynn Stewart 775-684-8823 lstewart@asm.state.nv.us

1. The costs are prohibitive and it appears to be about immigration, not education
- $186 million over the next two years.
2. No long-term benefits. Natl. Center for Educ. Statistics (NCES) concludes
no positive effects after end of 3rd grade.
3. Full Day Kindergarten will not improve Nevada's educational system national
ranking. The states that rank No. 1 and No. 3 - Virginia and Minnesota respectively
- do not have statewide full-day kindergarten programs.
4 . The Clark County School District was forced to admit that Middle and Upper
Class Children are hurt by Full Day Kindergarten. Second-graders not at-risk
who attended full-day kindergarten performed three percent worse on standardized
tests compared to the half-day kindergarten group.

Please continue to send e-mails opposing SJR2 the appointment of judges and SJR4
the appointment of University Regents even after the measure was defeated by
voters. on the 2006 ballot.

Thank you for your help.

Kind regards,
Sharron