Strong Public Schools Nevada endorsed Lisa Guzman for the Clark County School Board Trustees, District A. Lisa has spent her career in public education working both as a classroom teacher with a focus on English learners and an advocate for other educators. She is currently the Executive Director of the Education Support Employees Association, representing education support professionals working in the Clark County School District.
“Attacking a school board candidate, because they work for a union representing educators does a major disservice to the tens of thousands of educators working in Clark County schools,” said Dawn Miller, President of Strong Public Schools Nevada and an elementary school music teacher. “The fact this attack is funded by a Political Action Committee connected to another school district union, the Clark County Education Association, is particularly shady and even self-destructive.”
The Clark County Education Association, through two Political Action Committees, has paid $500,000 to Advanced Micro Targeting, a political consulting firm run by Michael Roberson. Roberson is not only a former State Senator and failed candidate for Lt. Governor and Congress, but he is also the husband of Liberty Leavitt, opponent of Lisa Guzman in Trustee District A.
“CCEA has funneled at least a half-million dollars to the political firm run by the husband of Liberty Leavitt, to support two ill-advised tax measures. After making a ham-handed attack on Leavitt’s opponent, we don’t know if CCEA’s true intent was to forward bad tax proposals or to buy a political candidate running for school board. Either way, it’s not a very good look,” said Chris Daly, Deputy Director for the Nevada State Education Association.
