Post by LVfan on Aug 18, 2023 7:00:08 GMT -8
The state’s largest teachers union, the Clark County Education Association, later said it did not support the state group’s effort.
“Litigation would be challenging the supermajority vote of the Legislature, and that’s misguided,” Hill said Tuesday during the LVCVA board of directors meeting. “That won’t go anywhere.”
If the group were successful in bringing the item to a vote, that couldn’t occur until November 2024, and the deal with the A’s would already be finalized, Hill said.
“It’s hard to get that on the ballot, but that’s a different subject,” Hill said. “But we will be done with our contract prior to that vote being taken. That contract would be in place based on the law (SB1) that is currently valid. … So if someone else looks to build a baseball park in the future, they may or may not be able to do that, but we have a law that allows us to go enter into a contract in order to do that, and that’s what we plan to do.”
“It’s hard to get that on the ballot, but that’s a different subject,” Hill said. “But we will be done with our contract prior to that vote being taken. That contract would be in place based on the law (SB1) that is currently valid. … So if someone else looks to build a baseball park in the future, they may or may not be able to do that, but we have a law that allows us to go enter into a contract in order to do that, and that’s what we plan to do.”
