State lawmakers are hardly endearing themselves to Governor Gibbons in that they have taken informal votes on his major cuts to K-12 and University/College budgets. And those votes were to limit those cuts to half of what Gibbons wanted. They also rejected his demand that they review and enact his sweeping changes to public education.
In response, Gibbons said he would veto legislation passed this week to make Nevada eligible to receive $175 million in federal Race to the Top program. Gibbons, who introduced the idea himself, complained he didn’t like the wording included in the bill.
A show of hands in the Assembly also indicated that there is little legislative support for immediately closing two Nevada prisons, including Nevada State Prison in Carson City. Lawmakers have complained that there is too little information available on the proposal to make a decision during such a short special session.
And while Gibbons has demanded that the session be over at the stroke of midnight Sunday night, legislative leaders say if they need more time they’ll take it, even if they have to go to the State Supreme Court to get the go-ahead. They say Gibbons does not have the authority to shut down the legislature.
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