As a Nevada resident and fourth-grade teacher, I am alarmed by the proposal to transfer the Nevada History Museum in Ely and its buildings to the Nevada Northern Railway Foundation Inc. This state-run institution has a legislatively mandated mission to preserve and share our heritage. Removing its public facilities strips it of the ability to fulfill that mission — and only the foundation benefits from receiving the buildings at no cost to the public.

The foundation’s claims of financial backing are unproven. Despite more than $1 million in funding, the McGill Depot remains incomplete. More troubling, the foundation is under a grand jury investigation — hardly a reason to entrust it with additional state assets. After five failed takeover attempts and three governor refusals, the proposal

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