Nevada’s Teacher’s Union Takes Action to Block Public Funding for A’s Stadium
The Nevada State Education Association (NSEA) is taking action to block public funding for the construction of a new baseball stadium for the Oakland A’s to move to Las Vegas in a campaign launched on Thursday.
The statewide teachers union vowed to pursue “every possible path” to stop the use of public financing, including litigation or even a referendum effort.
“We are considering every path to prevent public funds from being used to subsidize a billionaire’s stadium,” NSEA spokesman Alexander Marks said Thursday.
The campaign comes in the form of a new political action committee (PAC), Schools Over Stadiums, that the union registered (pdf) on Wednesday with the secretary of state’s office….