Question 3

The speaker at Monday's Democratic luncheon will be Bepsy Strasburg of Build2Win, a non-partisan community group that organizes workshops at convenient times to raise awareness of public policies, practices, and projects that affect the lives of Carson City residents.

Joe Biden maintains the slimmest of leads in Nevada over President Donald Trump, while the other major congressional, statewide and local races significantly narrowed early Wednesday morning.

Sondra Cosgrove, President of the League of Women Voters of Nevada and Professor of History at the College of Southern Nevada, will be the featured speaker at Monday's Democratic tele-luncheon. Her presentation, to be teleconferenced via Zoom from Las Vegas, will spotlight the five questions on the November ballot in terms of their history and substance as well as the reasoning behind the League's positions for or against passage.

Tuesday is Election Day. So far, it appears over 13,000 Carson residents cast their ballots during early elections, with Republicans seeming to be in the majority of early voters. Click here for full numbers.

Following are all of the entries for the 2018 Nevada Day Parade, to take place on Saturday, Oct. 27 starting at 10 a.m. The parade starts at North Carson and William streets, and ends at South Carson and Stewart streets. There are 215 entries in this year's parade.

Entries line up on the following streets by division before the start of the parade:

Division 1 - Bath St

Division 2 - Adaline St

Division 3 - E Long St

Division 4 - W Long St

Division 5 - E Adams St

Division 7 - E Park St

Division 9 - Fleischmann way

Division 10 - E John St

The Carson City Chamber Board of Directors announced its decision Tuesday to encourage its membership and residents to vote "no" on Question 3, the Energy Initiative.

As we head into our first full week of fall, sunny skies and a cool evening are on tap for this Tuesday, Sept. 25, 2018. Among today's events are a morning walk and evening hike hosted by Muscle Powered, a chamber luncheon that focuses on Nevada Ballot Question 3 and the showing of the film "Westward the Women" by the Carson City Classic Cinema Club.

Ballot Question 3 is receiving a lot of air time from both sides, convincing you to vote for or against this complex initiative that would amend the Declaration of Rights within the Nevada Constitution should the voters vote in favor of a competitive retail energy market.

CARSON CITY — Question 3 seems to be the hot ticket item on the ballot this year. In short, if Question 3 is adopted, electricity monopolies would be prohibited by Nevada law, allowing energy customers the right to choose who their energy provider is, and generate their own energy for resale.

The League of Women Voters will host a number of election forums during the month of October at the Brewery Arts Performance Hall in Carson City.

Are you confused regarding Nevada ballot questions 3 and 6 in the upcoming November election? Carson City Republican Women's Sept. 18 luncheon will focus on these two questions.

We will have representatives from both sides of the issues explain why we should support the pro or the con. Here is your opportunity to understand and ask questions of those presenting theirs sides of the issues.

The Lyon County Board of Commissioners voted unanimously Thursday to support a resolution urging Lyon County voters to vote no on Nevada Question 3 on the Nov. 6 ballot, Lyon County Manager Jeffery Page said.

Mike Roberson, Northern Nevada Outreach Coordinator for the Coalition to Defeat Question 3, will be the featured speaker at Monday's Democratic luncheon in Carson City. This event is scheduled for 11:30 a.m. on July 23 at Carson City's Round Table Pizza, near Starbucks just off of College Parkway.

NV Energy announced Thursday it has contracted for more than 1,000 megawatts of new renewable energy resources to be built in Nevada, and for the first time, is requesting approval to build 100 megawatts of battery energy capacity.

“Shall Article 1 of the Nevada Constitution be amended to require the Legislature to provide by law for the establishment of an open, competitive retail electric energy market that prohibits the granting of monopolies and exclusive franchises for the generation of electricity?”

Who wouldn’t want an open, competitive retail electric energy market? Haven’t monopolies franchised by the government produced many problems? And isn’t market-type reform the answer?

Nevada Gov. Brian Sandoval announced Monday his appointments to the Governor’s Committee on Energy Choice. Sandoval named Lt. Gov. Mark Hutchison Chairman of the Committee and has brought together a broad range of energy experts, consumer advocates, and stakeholders.

CARSON CITY, NV – Gov. Brian Sandoval announced Monday that he has appointed Lt. Governor Mark Hutchison to serve as Chairman of the Governor’s Committee on Energy Choice. The Governor announced the body’s creation during his biennial State of the State address in January.

Here is the 2017 State of the State presented by Nevada Gov. Brian Sandoval.

UPDATE 917PM FINAL RESULTS: Below is the FINAL Carson City General Election results for the Carson City area on Tuesday, Nov. 8, 2016. Go here for the Carson City Elections Department.

The following are 100 percent of the votes counted: combined absentee, early voting, Carson City Courthouse election day results and the full list from the Carson City Community Center from tonight. Total voter count is 25,061. Carson City Clerk Sue Merriwether reports 91.79 percent of the registered voters turned out to vote.

Carson City Mayor (nonpartisan)

Last week we discussed the state ballot measure that would legalize the recreational use of marijuana in Nevada. We have mixed views on that issue, but there are three other important state ballot questions we oppose.

Question 1 would require background checks for almost all gun sales or transfers. That might sound harmless enough or maybe even beneficial to some folks. But it’s quite the opposite.

Northern Nevada League of Women Voters will host its election year candidate interviews on the following dates:

Tuesday October 11,2016
1. State Board of Education Dist. 2: David Carter and Pat Hickey
2. Board of Regents Dist. 9: Carol Del Carlo and Sara Lafrance
3. State Assembly District 40: Michael Greedy, Al Kramer, John Wagner
4 Congressional Dist. 2: Mark Amodei, Chip Evans, John Everhart, Drew Knight

Wednesday October 12
1. Carson School Trustee Dist. 5: Steve Reynolds and Michael Walker
2. Carson City Ballot Q1, Gas Tax indexing; Informational discussion

The citizens of this great country started a Revolution in 1773 by throwing tea into the Boston Harbor to protest “Taxation without Representation”. A new Revolution has begun in the state of Nevada for the same reason.

On November 4, 2014, nearly 80% of Nevada’s voters said NO to Question 3, The Education Initiative, which was a margins tax based on a business’s gross receipts. Just 72 days later, during his State of the State address on January 15, 2015, Governor Brian Sandoval proposed a $7.3 Billion budget to be funded with roughly $1 Billion in new taxes.

Here are final voting results as of 8:48 p.m.:

Carson City District Attorney
Mark Krueger: 6676 - 46.69%
Jason Woodbury: 7622 - 53.317%

Carson City Supervisor Ward 1
Karen Abowd: 8068 - 55.34%
Lisa Helget: 6510 - 44.66%

Carson City Supervisor Ward 2
Lori Bagwell: 7508 - 52.10%
John McKenna: 6903 - 47.90%

School Trustee District 1
Jim Bathgate: 5390 - 40.04%
Ron Swirczek: 8072 - 59.96%

School Trustee District 3
David W. Carter: 5647 - 42.97%
Stacie Wilke: 7495 - 57.03%

School Trustee District 4
Jeffrey Cherpeski: 4411 - 34.83%
Ryan Green: 8254 - 65.17%

Ballot Question Carson City 1:
Shall the Nevada Legislature amend the Carson City Charter to provide for nomination by ward only voting in ward-supervisor primary elections with an at-large general election run off between the two highest primary vote receivers in each ward?
Yes: 5443 - 36.1%
No: 9634 - 63.9%

The following races are not final:

Assembly District 40
Dave Cook (D): 5,196 - 30.81%
Philip “PK” O’Neill (R): 10,401 - 61.68%
John Wagner (IAP): 1,266 - 7.51%

State Senate District 16
John Everhart (IAP): 1,894 - 6.6%
Michael Kelley (DEM): 8,420 - 29.35%
Ben Kieckhefer (R): 18,378 - 64.05%

Statewide office results for Governor, Lt. Governor, Attorney General, U.S. House District 2, Secretary of State, State Treasurer, State Controller and other races and ballot questions can be found by clicking here.

Ballot Question 1, creating a Court of Appeals

The problem is that the Nevada Supreme Court is overwhelmed by appeals. But the proposed fix, detailed in Senate Bill 463 (2013), does not address the fact that the Court has no authority to decide which cases it will hear. Instead, Nevada must be just like everybody else, a “government of, by and for lawyers.”

Both problems have a simple, quintessentially conservative solution, proposed by Gary Schmidt, recently a candidate for State Senator from district 16 -- Tort Reform:

2014 Nevada ballot issues will be discussed at the monthly Carson City Women’s Democratic Club meeting which will be held this Saturday, Aug. 9 at 502 E. John St. in Carson City. The meeting starts at 9:30 a.m. with a continental breakfast and speakers begin at 10 a.m. The public is encouraged to attend.

Featured speakers will discuss ballot questions 1 and 3.

Capital Crossfire takes on the Margins Tax this week as Karl Neathammer and Shelly Aldean speak with guest Karen Griffin with Faiss Foley Warren, a Las Vegas public relations firm that specializes in government relations.
The three discuss the Nevada Margins Tax Initiative and its predicted impacts on business, education and future economic growth.

The issue will be Question 3 in Nevada's November general-election ballot. If it is approved by a majority of voters, the tax would impose a 2 percent tax on a business' margins after allowable deductions are taken. Only businesses that gross $1 million annually or more will be subject to the tax.

HENDERSON, Nev. – The Henderson Chamber of Commerce’s IMPAC Committee has announced its support of ballot questions 3 and 5.

IMPAC serves as a comprehensive, non-partisan political committee that contributes to the creation of a favorable business climate in Henderson as it relates to issues at the state and local level.