Commission race intrigues in fight for union vote
Astatesenatorwitharecord of supporting workers is competing for organized labor endorsements after a union official entered the race for Clark County Commission.
Sen. Tick Segerblom this week touted support from local unions representing builders, electrical workers, painters and water employ- ees after Laborers Local 872 vice president Marco Hernandez announced his candidacy. The Democrats will face off in the June primary for the commission’s District E seat.
“I want people to know that just because my opponent is from organized labor, organized labor is not united in who they’re supporting,” said Segerblom, 69. “I actually believe that
I’ll get the majority of labor (endorsements).”
But Hernandez, 37, is amassing his own support.
Laborers Local 872’s political action committees donated $40,000 to the firsttime candidate’s campaign across November and December. Hernandez said he’s also backed by unions representing local ironworkers, bricklayers, carpenters and Teamsters.
“When it comes to the unions, I know what they’re looking for,” he said. “And I understand everything that has to do with both sides of
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from roughly $3,900 to $9,900 per school, according to the district.
That’s great news for first-grade teacher Tony Bailey, who led the effort to get the fresh produce drive off the ground. Last year he raised $9,000 in six months, which helped build some of the growing beds and pay for Garcia’s services.
The result : students walking home with huge radishes, Bailey said, and peering through windows to get a glimpse of the vegetables in the courtyard.
Bailey is hoping to build three
more beds with the roughly $9,900 the school received through the grant.
The money, set aside for Title I schools with high levels of poverty, also has an educational purpose. At Woolley, third-graders clamoring for ruby-red chard also learn about sustainable agriculture, diet and nature.
Statewide, the grant awards amounted to $410,000 for 48 schools. Another round of funding will award $205,000 for fiscal 201819.
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