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"What we haven't done a good enough job of – and what we intend to do – is bring testing that really measures growth. We don't have that now."
- Adam Mayberry (Incumbent) recommends MAP Growth assessments to “really measure the growth” of students which would check in with students in the fall, midyear and end of the school year. Opponent Graeme Reid says testing is a way for “big government bureaucrats” to drive policy, but agrees the district can’t get rid of all tests, but believes some can be ended by the school board. - Monday, October 31, 2022.
"We cannot fail our entire citizenry by allowing our public schools to fail."
- Selena La Rue Hatch (D) says opportunity scholarships funnel “significant” funds away from students in public schools and instead gives it to private individuals. She explains that while one student going to private school may be an option for one family, there is a need for an entire educated citizenry. Opponent Sam Kumar (R) says that opening up opportunity scholarships would “solve a lot of these problems” by increasing the per pupil spending and later states that “it’s not about funding public schools, it’s about producing results.” - Sunday, October 30, 2022.
"I feel like they are sexualizing our children."
- Melanie Sutton, candidate for Washoe County School Board District C, explains the district’s sex education curriculum goes beyond what the state requires, saying what they teach fourth and fifth graders is “terrifying” and that “they’re taking their innocence away.” Opponent Joe Rodriguez says his daughter just took the program and called it “very age appropriate,” also explaining that parents have to opt in to the sexual education program where the curriculum and lesson plan is available online prior to the class starting. - Saturday, October 29, 2022.
"Great claims require great evidence, and there is no evidence of the kind of voter fraud it would take to systemically change an election."
- Edwin Lyngar (D) says he would want to hear what people have to say about what he calls “deliberate attacks” to the voting system, and if there was evidence or any crime, he would urge it to be investigated. Incumbent Jeanne Herman (R) says the people of Washoe County want an honest and fair election, and that’s what she wants to bring to them. She later states that she “can’t prove anything that is widespread fraud” in the primary, however, noting that there were many complaints. - Friday, October 28, 2022.
"We’ve got a governor who’s a bully, quietly."
- Sig Rogich, President of Rogich Communications, says Nevada’s Governor Steve Sisolak has been “arguably the worst governor” he’s seen in his lifetime in the Silver State, saying that Sisolak’s staff will tell you he’s a bully, quietly, crime has increased, he’s a know-it-all, is mean to people, and “he’s been bad for our state.” - Thursday, October 27, 2022.
"It’s this council’s soft-on-crime policies that have created more crime and more homelessness, so therefore, we are going to enforce the law."
- Eddie Lorton, Candidate for Reno Mayor, says he’ll handle the homeless by enforcing the current law and meeting with the new chief to see what resources police need to “clean our city up.” He says homeless in the City of Reno can “either go to the shelter” or “get arrested where there’s littering, loitering and trespassing.” - Wednesday, October 26, 2022.
"We made the decision to get out of an investment that was risky. We were right."
- Zach Conine, Nevada State Treasurer, responds to opponent Michele Fiore’s criticism that he’s politicizing investments of the state, referring to the decision to divest $89 million dollars from manufacturers and retailers of assault-style weapons. He says those companies were deemed risky by their office, and if anyone questions that investment or any other investment made, he says he’d “simply ask them to look at the outcome and the hundreds of millions of dollars in investment returns we’ve had for Nevada.” - Tuesday, October 25, 2022.
"He said, ‘If I wanted your opinion I would’ve asked for it.’"
- Carolyn Goodman, Mayor, Las Vegas, NV, says this is how Governor Sisolak responded when she urged him to not shut down schools during the pandemic on a leadership call prior to making the public announcement. She calls the effects of shutting down the schools tragic, explaining that Nevada kids were behind to begin with. - Friday, October 21, 2022.
"He is an alleged criminal."
- Drew Johnson (R) Candidate Clark County Commission, District F, says incumbent Justin Jones is going to court for allegedly deleting public records related to a “quid pro quo situation” with Governor Sisolak to delay the Red Rock Canyon development. He says Jones “hasn’t been the most upstanding citizen” and being “attacked by someone like that is disgusting and is par for the course for how Democrats are doing things this election season.” - Thursday, October 20, 2022.
"Our current system — especially in Clark County — is allergic to change."
- Bryan Wachter, Senior VP, Government and Public Affairs, Retail Association of Nevada, says there are things we can do to help students better perform, including schooling kids based on mastery, but says we cannot seem to implement any solution. He says the legislature has tried multiple times over multiple sessions, and the school district, Board of Trustees and superintendent “just can’t seem to implement the program.” - Wednesday, October 19, 2022.
"Basic infrastructure needs are the most obvious issue when you drive around our ward.” "
- Meghan Ebert (NP), answers co-host Mark Robison’s opening question on what the Reno City Council could have done to avoid the amount of traffic and too few amenities in the North Valleys. Incumbent Bonnie Weber (NP) responds noting that “things are happening” in the area and infrastructure typically comes after growth. - Tuesday, October 18, 2022.
"They most assuredly need to be armed."
- Colleen Westlake (NP) Candidate for Washoe County School Board Seat B, says she would like to form a program with veterans - who received a background check and psychological evaluation - to act as the policing agent in Washoe County schools. - Friday, October 14, 2022.
"In the face of all debunking, they cling to some idea, and they’ll flat out tell you, ‘I’ll never change."
- Frank Mullen, Editor, Reno News and Review, responds to how people consume news based on what they’d like to hear, not what the facts are. He says you could throw all the facts you want at these people, and they respond with that it’s their right to have their own facts, which he says, of course it isn’t. - Thursday, October 13, 2022.
"I think this will be the test."
- Mackenzie Warren, Attorney and Vice President, Government Affairs, McDonald Carano, says we always hear that Nevada is purple, but this election cycle will put that to the test. She explains she’s never seen this situation where the private and public polling shows that this race is so close with the control of both Houses hanging in the balance, the incumbent governor fighting for his political life and Nevada sitting at the crossroads. - Wednesday, October 12, 2022.
"I think it’s very important that the people’s voice is heard, and I think that’s what it really comes down to with these special elections."
- Jay Kenny, Candidate, Reno City Council, Ward 2, says we are not allowing people to choose and elect the person that should be in the position, referring to the Reno City Council appointing four positions in a row instead of holding special elections. He says he would hold a special election if he could. - Tuesday, October 11, 2022.
"Once you start thinking about the unempowered world, it starts to make you scared about any talk about restricting any form of energy."
- Alex Epstein, President, Center for Industrial Progress, says that it’s obvious that the world needs far more energy, yet the top talking point is rapidly eliminating the number one source of energy, fossil fuel. - Friday, October 7, 2022.
