Nevada Taxpayer Guide » Administration http://nevadataxpayer.com How State and Local Government Spends Your Money Sat, 09 Jul 2011 03:32:47 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Could This Happen In Nevada? http://nevadataxpayer.com/archives/496 http://nevadataxpayer.com/archives/496#comments Tue, 23 Jun 2009 14:39:17 +0000 Webmaster http://nevadataxpayer.com/?p=496 Giant school districts sometimes make poor choices. Such is the case in this report from MSNBC on how a school district – just four slots larger than the Clark County School District on the list of America’s most giant school districts – is paying over 700 teachers to not do any work. Paying them in full, with full benefits, summers off, the whole nine years.

]]> http://nevadataxpayer.com/archives/496/feed 0 That’s Incredible! http://nevadataxpayer.com/archives/252 http://nevadataxpayer.com/archives/252#comments Sat, 27 Dec 2008 03:57:00 +0000 Webmaster http://nevadataxpayer.com/?p=252 Here’s the tale of how Clark County School District bureaucrats managed to blow a charitable contribution in seven figures. The money has since been donated the UNLV (one million) and Temple Beth Sholom (another million).

Fortunately, no school district bureaucrats lost their jobs over the fiasco.

]]> http://nevadataxpayer.com/archives/252/feed 0 Consultants @ $300/hr http://nevadataxpayer.com/archives/139 http://nevadataxpayer.com/archives/139#comments Thu, 13 Nov 2008 16:25:29 +0000 Webmaster http://nevadataxpayer.com/?p=139 The Clark County School District pays $300 per hour for advice. Details here.

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