who has filled for reno city attorney 2018

Who is the Reno City Attorney?

Who is the district attorney for Washoe County?

Who are the Reno City Council members?

Who is the attorney general of Nevada?

Who is the DA of Nevada?

Who is the mayor of Reno Nevada?

What is the meaning of city council?

Who are the Washoe County Commissioners?

Who ran for governor in Nevada?

Aaron Ford (D) defeated former state Assemblyman Wesley Duncan (R) and Las Vegas attorney Joel Hansen (Independent American) for attorney general of Nevada in the general election on November 6, 2018. Incumbent Attorney General Adam Laxalt (R), who was first elected in 2014, ran for governor ...

Who won the 2016 Nevada election?

In the 2016 presidential election, Hillary Clinton (D) won Nevada with 47.9 percent of the vote. Donald Trump (R) received 45.5 percent. In presidential elections between 1868 and 2016, Nevada voted Republican 51 percent of the time and Democratic 46 percent of the time.

Is Nevada a Republican state?

Nevada was a Republican triplex with Republicans holding the offices of governor, attorney general, and secretary of state. In the five presidential elections leading up the 2018 race, Nevada was won by the Democratic candidate in 2008, 2012, and 2016, and by the Republican candidate in 2000 and 2004.

Who won the Nevada primary?

Wesley Duncan defeated Craig Mueller in the Republican primary for Attorney General of Nevada on June 12, 2018.

Is there a pivot county in Nevada?

There are no Pivot Counties in Nevada. Pivot Counties are counties that voted for Barack Obama (D) in 2008 and 2012 and for Donald Trump (R) in 2016. Altogether, the nation had 206 Pivot Counties, with most being concentrated in upper midwestern and northeastern states.

Where did Duncan work?

After graduating from loaw school, Duncan became an Air Force judge advocate and was deployed to the Middle East, where he worked at the Central Criminal Court of Iraq. He also worked in the Clark County District Attorney’s Office and as Nevada’s first assistant attorney general. Key messages.

What is satellite spending?

Satellite spending, commonly referred to as outside spending, describes political spending not controlled by candidates or their campaigns; that is, any political expenditures made by groups or individuals that are not directly affiliated with a candidate. This includes spending by political party committees, super PACs, trade associations, and 501 (c) (4) nonprofit groups.

How would you address the homeless issue?

McKenzie said a lack of funding is the biggest obstacle to truly addressing the homeless issue, saying neither the cities of Reno and Sparks nor Washoe County have enough money. He added federal assistance is so uncertain it's difficult to plan.

Do you support the downtown business improvement district, which assesses property owners to fund a non-profit corporation to provide downtown maintenance services?

McKenzie said it's critical for the private sector to buy into cleaning up downtown Reno.

City hall has been beset with repeated complaints of sexual harassment and a hostile work environment. How would you handle this if elected?

McKenzie said he is adamantly opposed to how Reno City Attorney Karl Hall has handled sexual harassment investigations and the lawsuit filed by the women who accused the former city manager of misconduct.

How would you approach development, particularly in the floodplain and in closed basins such as Lemmon Valley?

McKenzie said the city has already made strides toward improving the drainage requirements imposed on developers building in closed basins. Those improvements include requiring developments to retain more water on site, so they don't cause problems downstream, he said.

Do you support the proposed ballot question to raise property taxes to fund the Truckee River flood mitigation project?

McKenzie does not support the ballot question because he believes it taxes all Washoe County residents while directly benefiting only some residents.

Do you support proposed property tax reform that would reset a property's depreciated value upon sale or change the caps on how much bills can increase each year?

McKenzie said the property tax caps passed in 2005 have strangled the city's ability to recover from the recession. He said it will take the city years to recover to pre-recession levels if tax revenue grew by 3 percent a year.