There are a lot of us that do this kind of thing for a living. Lobbyists are a dime a dozen. It's really not my place to comment on their selection of consultants.
Businesses pay virtually nothing to support public education in the state.
In 1991, the last time the union pushed a corporate tax, Cummings helped broker a deal that avoided the tax and found alternative funding for teacher salaries. Cummings was one of the most influential political lobbyists in the state until resigning from the teachers association for personal reasons and to spend time with his family. He stayed away from politics until last year when he lobbied the state Legislature for medical and utility clients. He now teaches literature part time at the Community College of Southern Nevada and writes free-lance magazine articles. Nevada's largest daily newspaper.