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POLL SHOWS BIDEN’S LEAD WIDENING OVER TRUMP IN NEVADA Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden led President Donald Trump by five points in August and September, but a poll conducted between October 16 and 23 showed that voters preferred the former vice president by a 50%-41% margin. BUSR, an online sportsbook, paid for the poll, which surveyed 802 self-identified likely voters. The margin of error is plus or minus four percentage points. The poll came as mailin and early in-person voting was well underway in Nevada, where more than 571,000 people had cast ballots as of October 24. Democrats were leading Republicans by 48,213 voters. The campaigns made a last push to drum up votes here and in Arizona. Trump headlined a rally October 28 in Bullhead City, Arizona, just across the state line from Laughlin, because of pandemic-mandated crowd-size restrictions. Vice President Mike Pence will be in Reno on October 29. Biden’s running mate, Sen. Kamala Harris of California, appeared at events October 27 in Las Vegas and Reno before heading to Arizona. While the latest Nevada poll is good news for Biden, his lead is narrower in other surveys. Polling website FiveThirtyEight’s average of polling results had Biden up 6.5 points. On the issues, voters in the Nevada poll, which was conducted by the UNLV Lee Business School, favored Biden 51-37 on dealing with the coronavirus pandemic and 49-40 on foreign policy issues. Trump received more support for handling the economy, 47-44. –John Sadler

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Dodgers third baseman Justin Turner holds the World Series trophy October 27 after Los Angeles defeated Tampa Bay 3-1 in Game 6 in Arlington, Texas. Turner was removed from the game after the seventh inning because he tested positive for COVID-19 but came back on the field an hour after the game ended to celebrate with teammates. (Sue Ogrocki/Associated Press)

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Cover story: Election Day has finally arrived The Strip: Space from the stage becomes an issue Food & Drink: Sweet treats, new beers and Heavenly pies Sports: UNLV’s coach wants more than a Cannon win Vegas Inc: YESCO continues lighting up Las Vegas

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STORIES FROM LAST WEEK UTAH NEWSPAPER STOPS PRINTING The Salt Lake Tribune announced October 26 that it will stop printing a daily newspaper at the end of the year—after nearly 150 years—and move to a weekly print edition. The change won’t result in cuts to the newsroom staff of about 65 people, though some would be “redeployed,” the newspaper said.

ANGRY FAN GETS ONE-YEAR SENTENCE A California man’s threats to harm Ohio State football players because they beat Michigan in 2018 epitomized “fandom spiraled out of control,” something that can’t be ignored in the age of mass shootings, a federal judge said October 27 as he handed down sentence of one year and a day. Daniel Rippy, of Livermore, California, apologized several times, saying he’d been having “a bad day” when he made the threats and promised it would never happen again.

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“What they believe is they can’t control the spread of the virus, so they never tried. It was preemptive capitulation. It was the great American surrender.” –New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo on October 26, responding to White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows saying “We can’t control the pandemic.”

Judge Amy Coney Barrett, a conservative appeals court judge and protégée of the late Justice Antonin Scalia, was confirmed October 26 to the Supreme Court, capping a lightning-fast Senate approval that handed President Donald Trump a victory before the election and promised to tip the court to the right for years to come. It was the first time in 151 years that a justice was confirmed without the support of a single member of the minority party.

MURDER HORNET NEST FOUND Washington state scientists wiped out the first nest of so-called murder hornets in the U.S. October 24 to protect native honeybees, officials said. The nest was found after the state Agriculture Department trapped some hornets and used dental floss to attach radio trackers to some of them.

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JUDGE DENIES ATTEMPT TO STOP MAIL BALLOT COUNTING Hours after the Nevada Republican Party and President Donald Trump’s campaign filed a lawsuit to block mail-in ballot counting in Clark County on October 23, a Carson City judge denied their request. Republicans filed a lawsuit in Carson City district court seeking to stop ballot counting in Clark County until a “meaningful” election observation plan is put into place. Carson City District Judge James Wilson denied a temporary restraining order but scheduled an evidentiary hearing for October 28. Despite claims of election fraud and lawsuits by Republicans, which started this summer when the Nevada Legislature expanded the election to include mail ballots because of the pandemic, critics of the process have yet to produce evidence backing their allegation that the county is violating state election law. Citing election data showing more than 98% of the mailed ballots in Clark County had been accepted, Trump campaign co-chair Adam Laxalt said it’s “hard to believe” that only 1% of ballots had been rejected so far. That number is a sixth of a percentage point less than the total number of absentee ballots rejected in Nevada in 2016 and is on par with the percentage of rejected absentee ballots nationwide that year. –John Sadler

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SUN EDITORIAL

Standing Tall

Take your place as an American hero by casting a ballot

he 2020 election offers today’s voters nothing less than a chance to take their place among the American heroes who stood tall for the nation in its times of greatest need. And all it takes is casting a ballot. To vote in the age of the coronavirus is to defend a country facing the twin threats of a killer disease and an assault on our rights, civil liberties and values by President Donald Trump and the extremist Republicans in his cult of personality. We can turn the tide, and place the country on a path back to the type of stable and compassionate leadership that truly made America exceptional. We know the right way forward, because great people’s movements have shown the way. All we have to do is follow the footsteps of the abolitionists, the women’s suffragists, the civil rights marchers, the supporters of women’s rights and LGBT equality, labor-rights reformers, and, most recently, the millions who coalesced into the Black Lives Matter movement. In every case, these Americans faced forces bent on stopping progress toward racial and social justice, and on retaining power and privilege in the hands of a select few. But those who battled for the American ideal of liberty and justice for all refused to give in. The crisis we face today from Trump and the GOP echoes those moments from our history. Today’s Republicans are desperately trying to turn back the clock on virtually all of the causes for which reformers fought, bled and died: racial equality, gender equality, income equality, equal opportunities in the workplace, equal access to health care and education, a clean environment for all Americans, an honest government where corruption is a crime rather than a hobby, and much more. But Trump and the Republican leadership’s vandalism of American ideals has no parallel in history—it has subverted the structure of our democracy and driven Americans into competing camps ideologically. Before 2016, who could have imagined a U.S. president brazenly misusing the Justice Department as a personal political tool against his enemies to seek political prosecutions, or sending unidentified federal forces to make extrajudicial arrests of protesters, or turning a public health crisis into a wedge issue over the wearing of masks while Americans perish, or allowing vested interests to take over and gut federal institutions and regulatory bodies, or happily trampling human rights at home and abroad, to name a few of the horrors we’ve seen in the past four years. Literally every day brings a new outrage by the Trump regime—even listing them all would take weeks to compile. Meanwhile, with the help of their propagandists at Fox News and other extremist media organizations, they fan flames of racial hatred by emboldening white nationalists and militia members, and vilifying Black Lives Matter protesters by characterizing them as violent anarchists.

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They’re even targeting the most fundamental of American rights—the power of the vote—through gerrymandering and mass-scale voter suppression methods. Their tactics include reducing polling places, establishing overly restrictive ballot authorization requirements that allow huge numbers of ballots to be tossed out over technicalities, even altering ballots or mailing phony ones to voters, and outright voter intimidation. They have sown the seeds of doubt among many people who live in the Fox News/ Breitbart/OAN bubble, and the long-term costs to this society of the violent threats unleashed by the times will take years to sort out. There are more abuses of power, of course—many more than can be cataloged here. But other areas where Trump’s wrecking ball of a presidency has badly damaged the nation include his dangerously incompetent response to the pandemic, cruelty to immigrants and refugees, assaults on decorum and civility, war on science, self-destructive tariffs, teardown of environmental protections and erratic international relations that have spurned our allies, emboldened our enemies and reduced the U.S. to being a source of pity in the global community. But fortunately Americans can still vote, and that vote counts. Thanks to that ballot, everyday Americans have a chance to do something for the ages this year. The key is to drive out Republican extremism in favor of reasonable, responsible leaders. That starts with Joe Biden and Kamala Harris, who will replace the recklessness of the current administration with professional, experienced leadership and put the nation on a path toward stabilizing and healing. (See our endorsement of Biden and Harris, as well as our recommendations on all ballot races and questions, on Pages 11-28.) Voting this year will be more complicated than in previous elections, of course. Now it involves the decision over whether to vote in person—and help offset the chance that Trump and the GOP will invalidate mail-in ballots—or go ahead and cast a ballot by mail. That’s a personal decision that must be made on every individual’s health situation, of course, but Clark County took the pandemic fully into account when preparing for this year’s balloting. Early-voting sites will be open through October 30, and there are additional sites where voters can hand-deliver mail-in ballots. Meanwhile, at early voting sites and election-day voting centers, the county has established an array of coronavirus precautions. Those include mask requirements for staff and voters (or isolated sites for voters who are not comfortable wearing a mask), clear shields between staff and voters, wiping down voting equipment between uses and enforcing social distancing guidelines. The upshot: Voters can cast their ballots safely. For all Americans, it’s a chance to carry on the legacy of a long list heroes who stepped out of everyday life and did something special: Think John Lewis, the sharecropper’s son who became a civil rights leader and congressman; or Ruth Bader Ginsburg, who rose from a working-class home in Flatbush to a pioneering role in the women’s equality movement and a seat on the Supreme Court; or the millions of members of the Greatest Generation who sacrificed overseas and at home to protect the world from tyranny. Thanks to those Americans and many, many more like them, our foundational goals of equality and justice are still attainable, and our global leadership role as the most powerful and aspirational nation on earth hasn’t been damaged beyond repair. But this is a pivotal moment. If we don’t take the right path, we might never recover what we’ve lost in the last four years, and the contributions of those who came before us will have gone to waste. We can’t let that happen. By voting, we can take our own stand on the road to progress, and do something for which future generations of Americans will forever be grateful.

ENDORSEMENTS JOE BIDEN/KAMALA HARRIS–D • Don Blankenship/William Mohr–IA • Jo Jorgensen/Jeremy “Spike” Cohen–L • Donald Trump/Mike Pence (I)–R

e wake up day after day hoping the madness in the Oval Office will stay at a dull roar and not explode into something that appalls and horrifies us. Then we brace ourselves, look at the news and find yet again that the insanity of Donald Trump’s presidency never ceases. There’s no limit to it—one day it’s a human-rights atrocity like family separations at the border or extrajudicial detainments of peaceful protesters, the next it’s Trump recommending bleach injections to kill COVID-19, the next it’s Trump pumping up violent extremists like the Proud Boys, the next it’s Trump making some delusional claim like having ended the nuclear threat from North Korea. And on and on it goes. But now, after four long years, we can make it stop. A vote for Joe Biden and Kamala Harris brings a return of sanity to the White House, and the reestablishment of professional and competent leadership at the top levels of government. It also opens the door for a return to bipartisanship and an end to the constant push to tribalize Americans and inflame them toward conflict. The dystopian reality show that is Trump’s presidency would finally go off the air, replaced by a calmer and vastly more compassionate administration that would respect the standards of presidential decorum and behavior that Trump has spent four years destroying. Trump’s march toward establishing authoritarian power would end. His efforts to turn the Justice Department and federal law enforcement into a Gestapo-like arm of the presidency would cease. His dismantling of the government watchdog organizations and federal agencies that protect Americans’ health and well-being would be over. Voting for Biden and Harris halts so many horrors of the past four years: the White House’s war on science, the targeting of health care protections for millions of Americans, the inhumane and un-American attacks on immigrants and refugees, the shredding of the social safety net, the economic policies that benefit the 1 percenters to the detriment of the middle class and low-income Americans, the destructive rollbacks of environmental protections, the impetuous and damaging tariffs, the trashing of America’s allies and fawning praise for dictators, the shocking instances of Trump insulting veterans and other Americans, and so forth. No longer would the nation be led by a self-dealing president who has reaped millions in taxpayer dollars spent for his trips to his own resorts for golf outings and other events. Trump is a walking conflict of interest: He has also hauled in millions from lobbyists and other outside interests seeking influence by staying at his hotels. Think of waking up and not having to wince over Trump’s O-dark-thirty retweets of material from white nationalist

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The following are the Las Vegas Sun’s endorsements for contested races on the November ballot. We invite voters to refer to this list when filling out their mailin ballots or to take it with them to the polls for early voting or for balloting on November 3.

websites or his MANIACAL RANTS PACKED WITH MISSPEEEELED WURDS AND !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Trump’s revolving door of incompetent aides will end, replaced by a team of seasoned professional Cabinet members assembled by Biden and Harris. Unlike Trump, Biden and Harris also know the incalculable value of retaining and attracting highly qualified, experienced public servants in government agencies. Biden and Harris are both extraordinarily experienced and capable candidates. Biden, with his decades in the Senate and eight years as President Barack Obama’s vice president, is fluent in both domestic and foreign policy, and understands how Washington works. He has learned to use the levers of government, while Trump knows only how to break them. Harris’ background as a senator, and earlier as a city prosecutor and state attorney general, gives her perspective on how government at all levels affects Americans’ lives. She’s exceptionally intelligent, and, like Biden, is experienced in navigating the D.C. power structure. She’ll be ready to step into the Oval Office if Biden becomes incapacitated. Policywise, there’s simply no comparison between Biden/ Harris and Trump/Pence. Continued on Page 12

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Continued from Page 10 Biden came to the presidential race with a particularly thorough set of policies—the strength of his policy portfolio was one of the reasons he won out in a crowded primary field. Trump offers nothing resembling detailed policy vision. Neither does the Republican Party. It has sunk so low in terms of ideas and morals that the GOP opted not to adopt a platform this year during its national convention. Under Biden and Harris, basic human decency will return to immigration and refugee policies, and common sense will return to gun safety policy. America will be served by leaders who respect and support our allies, and won’t treat our enemies with adoration. After falling to the level where other nations now pity us, the U.S. can start repairing its standing in the global community. Trump and Pence, whose inept handling of the coronavirus pandemic will go down in history, will be replaced by two leaders who respect medical science and public health experts. With the glaring exception of the ultrawealthy, nearly all Americans would benefit under a Biden/Harris presidency. That includes communities of color seeking police reforms and social justice, women needing health care, food-insecure families, Americans with preexisting medical conditions, etc. The halt of Trump’s destructive environmental policies will improve the health and safety of every single American, from those suffering from wildfires and drought in the West to those enduring historic droughts and severe storms in the Midwest and Gulf Coast, to the millions of coastal dwellers whose communities are under increasing threat from ocean-level rise. Also at stake are the voting rights and access of every eligible American voter, which Trump and the Republican are blitzkrieging through a coast-to-coast voter suppression campaign that involves eliminating polling places, opposing mail balloting and early voting, eliminating ballots over fictitious technical violations and outright voter fraud like hijacking ballots or sending fake ballots to trick voters into filling those out and throwing away their official ballot. Biden also is poised to lead the nation’s economic recovery from the pandemic, having worked shoulder-to-shoulder with Obama during the recovery from the recession. Let’s be clear: Biden isn’t perfect. He has made problematic policy choices during his decades in Washington, and his mouth has often been his worst enemy, as witnessed by his long history of making awkward and even offensive comments. He has also let his temper get the best of him, as he showed by sinking to Trump’s level at times during their first so-called debate. But Biden demonstrates characteristics that Trump doesn’t have. Biden can hear out an opposing view and can admit he was wrong—two things that go a long way in making responsible and fact-based decisions. Trump, on the other hand, disdains opinions that differ from his own and delusionally believes he’s the smartest person in any room. His lack of intellectual curiosity is astounding and dangerous—witness the growing number of former White House officials who describe how it’s impossible to keep him on track during briefings and provide him with the information he needs. Instead, Trump takes his policy cues from his personal Pravda propaganda organization,

Fox News, which is simply frightening: As Sean Hannity and Tucker Carlson were spinning out fake cures and conspiracy theories about COVID-19, Trump was somewhere nodding his head in agreement. Who knows how many Americans died or got sick because Trump and the Fox News figures were contradicting public health experts, thumbing their noses at the wearing of masks, promoting their quack “cures” and so forth. The bottom line is that for four years, the U.S. has been led by a visibly racist president who has zero compassion, less tolerance and no values beyond his own bigotry and political and financial interests. If it helps satisfy his racist impulses to pry immigrant children out of the arms of their parents and ship them hundreds of miles away with no guarantee they’ll ever be reunited, so be it. If it helps his would-be dictator self-image to send unidentified federal authorities to Portland and throw peaceful protesters into unmarked vans, great. If it helps his allies to eliminate school meals and leave kids from low-income families without enough to eat, too bad for them. If it helps to intimidate detractors to call for boycotts of companies that have displeased him and put the workers’ jobs at risk, he’s all for it. And if helps to his grievance-driven hysteria cheerlead for domestic terror groups and fan the flames of right-versus-left hatred to the point where innocent people are being shot and battered, get out the megaphone. How self-interested is Trump? This is a man who looked the Parkland shooting survivors in the eye and committed to pushing for gun-safety measures, then immediately made a tire-squealing 180 when the NRA informed him it would hurt him politically. He sold out a group of scared and brokenhearted teens on a dime so he wouldn’t lose support. Trump is often described as a toddler, which in one way is correct but in another way is a bad comparison. It’s true he acts like a self-absorbed and hair-triggered child, leaving Americans in the same position as the parents dealing with some kids in their terrible twos. You never know what awful behavior is coming next. But toddlers generally grow out of their ugly behavior. Trump’s only gets worse. Americans must put a stop to it before it’s too late—before Trump breaks the democracy, plunges us closer toward dictatorial rule and turns us against each other even more. Vote for Biden and Harris. Make the chaos go away, and replace it with the type of levelheaded, competent leadership that truly made America great and can again. It’s time to start the process of healing America. ■

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DINA TITUS (I)–D • Kamau Bakari–IA • Joyce Bentley–R • Robert Van Strawder Jr.–L

ep. Dina Titus is expected to win reelection handily, and with good reason. Not only is her main opponent the same candidate she soundly defeated in 2018, but Titus is coming off of a particularly strong term. Titus distinguished herself by standing up to the Trump administration on a number of fronts. As chairwoman of the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, she aggressively confronted the administration over conflict-of-interest issues involving the Trump International Hotel in Washington, D.C. That property is housed in an old post office

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building that Trump’s business leases from the federal government, putting Trump in position to make ill-gotten profits off it as both its landlord and its tenant. Closer to home, Titus also played a key role in fighting off the administration from shipping nuclear waste to Yucca Mountain and setting off nuclear weapons in Las Vegas’ backyard. Those are just a couple of areas where she championed Nevada’s interests—another includes her leadership to reauthorize the Brand USA travel marketing program, which was crucial at a time when the state’s tourism industry needs all the help it can get. Titus’ constituents love her. In her last four elections, the closest a competitor got to her was 20 percentage points. She won by a whopping 35 percentage points in 2018 over Republican Joyce Bentley, whom she faces again this year. The voters have been right all along about Titus, though. Nevadans are in good hands with her in Congress.

ENDORSEMENTS The following are the Las Vegas Sun’s endorsements for contested races on the November ballot. We invite voters to refer to this list when filling out their mailin ballots or to take it with them to the polls for early voting or for balloting on November 3.

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SUSIE LEE (I)–D • Ed S. Bridges II–IA • Steve Brown–L • Dan “Big Dan” Rodimer–R

n a sad period of politics in America marked by the wholesale marketing of lies and corruption, the race between Nevada Rep. Susie Lee and her main challenger, Dan Rodimer, marks a notably grim imbalance in values. Lee is an extraordinarily capable and experienced leader while Rodimer isn’t qualified or fit to serve in Congress no matter how low you set the bar. Voters made an excellent choice in 2018 when they sent Lee to Capitol Hill for her first term, and she’s an even better candidate this year with two years of congressional leadership under her belt. Lee distinguished herself in part for her bipartisan approach to her work. She joined the Problem Solvers Caucus, which is made up of an equal number of Democrats and Republicans, and her accomplishments in the caucus included helping formulate a compromise plan on the second round of pandemic relief funding this fall. Congress didn’t embrace the plan, unfortunately—if only everyone in Washington followed the Problem Solvers’ way of doing business, millions of Americans would have been helped. Lee ended her first term as the highest-ranking Nevadan on a leading set of ratings for bipartisanship. Those rankings, issued by the Lugar Center, rank lawmakers based on how often they receive and give support to bills from their opposing party. Lee finished No. 103 overall, which was commendable given that Lee was a freshman and had just started making connections across the aisle. But it was not bipartisanship simply for the sake of bipartisanship. She also knew when to push back for Nevada, as she showed by joining her fellow delegates in blocking the Trump administration’s efforts to resurrect the Yucca Mountain nuclear waste repository, its insane plan to resume live nuclear weapon tests at the Nevada National Security Site and other proposals that would have negatively affected the state. Lee represented Nevada well in other areas as well, including the environment, gun safety and health. Not surprisingly, given her background in nonprofit

10.29.20 advocacy for education, she also was strong in that area: A high point included sponsoring a successful resolution protecting students from fraudulent learning institutions like Trump University. Before being elected to Washington, Lee was the founding director of After-School All-Stars, a local program that provides services to students after classes, and she served as president of Communities in Schools of Nevada, a leading student-support organization that provides 63,000 at-risk students statewide with various items they need to stay in school, from tutoring and transportation to food and clothing. When the coronavirus hit, Lee stepped up for Nevada by supporting an expansion of Paycheck Protection Program loans to small gaming businesses in the state, which originally had been excluded under the program. Some critics attacked Lee, saying she’d acted unethically given that her husband’s gaming company benefited from the expansion, but that criticism was grossly unfair. First, Lee remained independent of the company’s application process. Second, it would have been irresponsible of her not to support the expansion at a time when hundreds of Nevada businesses were facing hardship. Lee has earned a second term. She’s a solutions-based leader and a breath of fresh air in a place that, like American society itself, has become tribalized. Her skill set will be incredibly necessary as the nation starts to recover from the chaotic mayhem of the Trump years. Rodimer, on the other hand, is a candidate from the Trumpian reality-show version of politics. A former WWE wrestler, Rodimer offers little in the way of policy vision and practically nothing in public leadership experience. Instead, he’s one of a large number of extremist Republicans running nationwide essentially on one attribute: That they’ll blindly support Trump. Then there’s Rodimer’s well-documented history of violence, including a 2010 battery on a man in Florida and two incidents in Las Vegas in which his girlfriend, now his wife, called 911 alleging domestic violence. Rodimer entered a deferred prosecution agreement in the 2010 case, and his wife now says the emergency calls stemmed from a simple argument that involved no violence. Rodimer was not arrested or charged after those calls. Here’s hoping Rodimer truly has become the peaceful family man he claims to be. But even so, he’s nowhere near comparable to Lee as a candidate. We give Lee our strongest endorsement.

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WHAT TO EXPECT ON ELECTION DAY BY JOHN SADLER Nevada’s June primary elections saw long lines stretching into the night, and results not released until the final voter in Clark County cast a ballot hours after midnight. Now, with Election Day inching closer, voters who elect to cast a ballot in person might be wondering how to prepare for November 3. Here’s a quick rundown. WHAT TO BRING IN CASE LINES ARE LONG It’s good to come prepared for a wait, so folks might consider phone chargers, snacks, water and portable chairs. “We’ve seen voters bring umbrellas, hats, water and chairs,” says Clark County spokesman Dan Kulin. “There might be a line at your polling place depending on when you go, so you should be prepared for that.” Kulin stresses that voters simply dropping completed mail-in ballots at voting sites won’t need to wait in line. He suggested in-person voters should use their sample ballots to mark their selections and bring it with them to their polling locations. Being able to vote quickly can help mitigate everyone’s wait time, Kulin says. RESULTS ROLLOUT Some results will be out “basically as soon as the last voter has voted on Election Day,” Kulin says. Early voting results and some mailin result should be released very quickly, he says, and “relatively early” in the evening, after polls close on Election Day. By the end of the night, the vote totals will include numbers from Election Day proper. Since mail-in ballots will be counted as long as they are postmarked by Election Day, the results will continue to be updated after Election Day. Kulin says June’s primary election isn’t a good comparison because of the relative lack of in-person voting in that election. Voters primarily voted by mail, and the few in-person sites in the county were set up for those who needed to register or did not receive an automatic ballot. IN CASE OF TROUBLE Kulin says poll workers should be alerted if voters witness any activity they’re not sure is allowed. “If voters have any questions or concerns while they’re at the polling place or in line at the polling place, we have folks who are outside monitoring the line and doing other jobs,” he says. Voters “should get one of those folks’ attention and let them know there’s an issue.” Potential further action will then be determined.

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STEVEN HORSFORD (I)–D • Jonathan Royce Esteban–L • Jim Marchant–R • Barry Rubinson–IA

he Desert National Wildlife Refuge is the largest of its type outside of Alaska, and it’s one of Nevada’s most precious national treasures. The 1.6 million-acre refuge is home to a dazzling array of desert plants and animals, and it’s one of the most vital environments on earth for the survival of the iconic bighorn sheep and Mojave desert tortoise. Now, imagine the military taking over 850,000 acres of it for training exercises, including detonation of live ordinance. Nevada Rep. Stephen Horsford wasn’t about to let that happen. And thankfully for Nevada, he had the experience and skills to hold off a proposal to expand the Air Force’s Nevada Test and Training Range into the refuge. This wasn’t easy, because at one anxious time the proposal appeared to be on its way to passage. In July, the House Armed Services Committee slapped Nevada in the face by approving the expansion in the military funding bill. It was a shocking betrayal of Horsford and the other Southern Nevada delegates by their Democratic colleagues, who control the committee. But this is where Horsford’s years of experience in Congress and, previously, in the state Legislature were invaluable. Hors-

ford, in concert with Reps. Dina Titus and Susie Lee, was able to rally opposition to the expansion and get it written out of the final version of the House’s military funding bill. That was a microcosm of Horsford’s impact for Nevadans. He also worked to oppose the resurrection of Yucca Mountain and Trump’s plan to resume live nuclear bomb testing at the Nevada National Security Site, while working to obtain coronavirus relief funding for Nevada and protect our access to health care. Horsford was particularly active on reducing prescription drug prices, protecting individuals with pre-existing conditions, and regulating junk insurance plans. Now, at a time when we can use all the stability we can get, Nevadans need Horsford’s steady leadership to continue. We endorse him for a third term. Horsford was elected to the House in 2012 after serving two terms in the Nevada state Senate, where he became the first African American to serve as the majority leader. He was defeated in 2014 by a Republican who served one lackluster term before being defeated by Democrat Ruben Kihuen, whose decision not to seek reelection opened the door for Horsford to retake the seat in 2018. His main opponent this year, Republican Jim Marchant, is a suitable candidate but comes nowhere near Horsford in terms of experience. Marchant, a retiree from the tech industry who has lived in Nevada since 2005, is running after serving just one term in the Nevada Assembly before being defeated in 2018. Horsford is the overwhelming choice here.

SENATE DISTRICT 19 Pete Goicoechea (I)–R • Tiffany “Gholson” Seeback–IA

SENATE DISTRICT 4 • Esper M. Hickman–R Dina Neal–D Neal, an assemblywoman since 2010, is perfectly positioned to move to the Senate as she seeks the seat previously held by Senate Majority Leader Kelvin Atkinson.

SENATE DISTRICT 5 • Carrie Ann Buck–R • Tim Hagan–L Kristee Watson–D

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Watson’s experience in private business, education advocacy and activism on gun violence make her a promising newcomer. Buck is a GOP machine politician who disgraced herself by becoming involved in a baseless recall attempt of former Sen. Joyce Woodhouse after losing to Woodhouse in 2016.

SENATE DISTRICT 6 • April Becker–R Nicole Cannizzaro (I)–D Cannizzaro won her first term in 2016, when she grinded out a tough race against Victoria Seaman, who at that time was an assemblywoman seeking to make the jump to the Senate and now is a Las Vegas city councilwoman. She then unexpectedly took on the challenge of serving as Senate leader — the first woman to hold that position in state history — in 2019 after former Sen. Kelvin Atkinson resigned amid a corruption scandal. Cannizzaro handled herself with aplomb throughout and has earned another term.

SENATE DISTRICT 11 • Joshua Dowden–R Dallas Harris (I)–D Harris served her district well after being appointed in 2018 to fill former Senate Majority Leader Aaron Ford’s seat after Ford was elected attorney general. She deserves a full term.

SENATE DISTRICT 18 Liz Becker–D • Scott T. Hammond (I)–R Becker, an environmental scientist and former teacher, gets the nod over Hammond, who has been a rubber-stamp vote for the extremist right.

Goicoechea is a fixture at the Statehouse, first elected in 2002 as an assemblyman. He has received our endorsement before, and he gets it again here: In a chaotic time when Nevada needs experienced, steady leadership, Goicoechea fits the bill.

ASSEMBLY DISTRICT 2 • Heidi Kasama–R Radhika “RPK” Kunnel–D • Garrett LeDuff–N/A

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Kunnel is an exceptional candidate: a UNLV law school graduate who holds a Ph.D in cancer biology and former associate professor of biochemistry at Tulane University. No wonder she won her primary and has collected an impressive array of endorsements from the likes of former Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid and former Sen. Richard Bryan.

Cameron “C.H.” Miller–D • Anthony “Tony” Palmer–R

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• Richard McArthur–R Connie Munk (I)–D

• Edward “Eddie” Facey–R Jason Frierson (I)–D

Munk defeated McArthur in 2018, and now is an even better pick with two years of legislative experience under her belt.

ASSEMBLY DISTRICT 5 Brittney Miller (I)–D • Mack Miller–R Brittney Miller was appointed to her seat in 2016, and voters obviously though she did a good job—she won a full term comfortably in 2018. In the past two years, she has continued to provide reasons for voters to support her.

ASSEMBLY DISTRICT 6 Katie Duncan–R Shondra Summers-Armstrong–D Voters simply can’t lose with either of these candidates. Summers-Armstrong, an employee of the Regional Transportation Commission of Southern Nevada, has a long history of community service that includes being a commissioner on the Southern Nevada Regional Housing Authority, a member of the Southern Nevada Enterprise Community Board and executive board member of Service Employees International Union. Duncan brings a venerable and admirable record of leadership and advocacy for her community as the founding president of the Historic Westside Chamber of Commerce.

Miller gets our endorsement for his connection to the late Assemblyman Tyrone Thompson, one of the most respected figures in the Legislature in recent years. Miller, a campaign aide for Thompson, is well-suited to serve District 7.

Frierson, the speaker of the Assembly since 2016, is an even-handed leader who has worked effectively with governors from both parties: Democrat Steve Sisolak and Republican Brian Sandoval. His steady approach will be especially valuable in these tumultuous times.

ASSEMBLY DISTRICT 9 • Barbara Altman–R Steve Yeager (I)–D Yeager distinguished himself partly through his leadership role on criminal justice reform as chair of the Advisory Commission on the Administration of Justice. The commission’s work led to passage of significant reforms during the 2019 legislative session.

ASSEMBLY DISTRICT 10 • Jonathan Friedrich–IA • Chris Hisgen–R Rochelle Nguyen (I)–D Nguyen, a criminal defense lawyer and former public defender, served the district well after being appointed to the seat when former Assemblyman Chris Brooks was appointed to the Senate. Voters would do well to send her back to Carson City.

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Cecelia González–D • Reyna “Alex” Sajdak–R

Beatrice A. Duran (I)–D • Eric Krattiger–R In a state where working-class Nevadans in the travel and tourism industry provide the foundation for our economy, Duran’s career in the service industry and as a Culinary Union staff member gives her invaluable leadership perspective in Carson City. After being appointed to fill the seat vacated when Olivia Diaz won election to the Las Vegas City Council in 2019, Duran has earned a full term.

ASSEMBLY DISTRICT 12 • John Cardiff Gerhardt–N/A • Jeremy A. Graves–R Susan Martinez (I)–D As with Duran, Martinez’s background made her a strong addition to the Legislature: She’s a 30-year employee in the hospitality industry with a record of advocacy for education and employee rights.

ASSEMBLY DISTRICT 14 Maggie Carlton (I)–D • Robert Wayerski–R Carlton’s work in the Legislature dates to 1998, when she came to Carson City as a senator. With the state facing so much uncertainty, her steady presence and institutional knowledge make her a clear choice.

ASSEMBLY DISTRICT 15 • Stan Vaughan–R Howard Watts (I)–D Voters sent Watts to Carson City by a comfortable margin in 2018, and Watts served them well in his first term.

The voters in this heavily Democratic district have spoken: They overwhelmingly supported Gonzalez in a crowded primary. And no wonder, because she’s terrific candidate with a background in community activism and political organizing on such issues as women’s health and criminal justice reform.

ASSEMBLY DISTRICT 17 • Jack Polcyn–R Clara “Claire” Thomas–D In a race between two first-time legislative candidates, Thomas holds the edge due to her life experience as a U.S. Air Force veteran, her career as a case manager with the Clark County District Attorney’s Office and her longtime involvement in state Democratic Party activities.

D – Democrat R – Republican IA – Independent American Party L – Libertarian N/A – No party (I) – Incumbent

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ASSEMBLY DISTRICT 28 • Natasha Bousley–L Edgar Flores (I)–D District 28 residents obviously like the job Flores is doing for them: Since winning his first term in 2014 while running unopposed, he got 78% of the vote the only time he faced an opponent (in 2016). No need to make a change here.

ASSEMBLY DISTRICT 29 ASSEMBLY DISTRICT 18 Venicia Considine–D • Heather Ann Florian–R This is another race in which the voters in a predominantly Democrat district have spoken, as they selected Considine from a highly competitive field in the primary. She got our endorsement in the primary and gets it again.

ASSEMBLY DISTRICT 21 • Cherlyn Arrington–R Elaine Marzola–D Ozzie Fumo won this district over Arrington in 2018, when Nevada voters firmly rejected Republican ideology by sending Democratic majorities to both chambers of the Legislature. Marzola is well-suited to succeed Fumo, who gave up the seat to seek a position on the Supreme Court. Marzola, a law firm owner, brings particularly valuable experience on immigration issues as the daughter of Brazilian immigrants and a first-generation college graduate.

ASSEMBLY DISTRICT 23 • Brent Foutz–D • Bill Hoge–IA Glen Leavitt (I)–R Leavitt got our endorsement in 2018 and gets it again this year, based on his service during his first term and his previous experience as a Boulder City planning commissioner and public affairs analyst for the Regional Transportation Commission.

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Lesley Elizabeth Cohen (I)–D • Steven E. DeLisle–R

Shea Backus (I)–D • Andy Matthews–R

Twice in a row, District 29 voters rejected Trump-era Republican politics when they selected Cohen in highly competitive races with former Assemblyman Stephen Silberkraus. With four years of legislative experience under her belt, the battle-tested Cohen is an even stronger choice.

Voters sent Backus to Carson City over a Republican incumbent in 2018, one of several districts where the public said no to GOP extremism. Backus remains the clear choice this year, with Nevada’s economic recovery at stake and with Republicans on full attack mode on civil liberties and democratic values.

ASSEMBLY DISTRICT 34 Shannon Bilbray-Axelrod (I)–D • Jay Thomas Carlson–R Bilbray-Axelrod is seeking a third term in a district where she won handily in 2016 and then by an even larger margin in 2018. In the past two years, she’s done nothing to diminish her support.

ASSEMBLY DISTRICT 41 • Victoria K. DaCosta–IA Sandra Jauregui (I)–D • Erika Smith–R Jauregui, a survivor of the October 1 shooting, has established herself as a strong and visible leader on gun violence and other issues. She’s a very strong choice for a third term.

ASSEMBLY DISTRICT 35 • Jay Calhoun–R Michelle Gorelow (I)–D Gorelow’s career has been devoted to serving others, first with March of Dimes and then with an organization providing health care to Southern Nevada children who are developmentally delayed or at-risk medically. That commitment to being a genuine public servant is valuable in the Legislature, and helps make Gorelow the choice for re-election after first being appointed to her seat and then winning election in 2018.

ASSEMBLY DISTRICT 42 Alexander Assefa (I)–D • Liz DelSignore–L • Sayed “SM” Zaidi–N/A Nevada, an ethnically diverse state that boasts a number of vibrant immigrant communities, is well-served having leaders like Assefa in Carson City. He’s an Ethiopian immigrant who earned a college degree and started his own business after arriving in the U.S. virtually penniless and with only rudimentary grasp of English. Assefa ran unopposed in 2018, and he’s an exceptionally strong choice for a second term.

NEVADA BOARD OF REGENTS

Before we offer endorsements on the candidates for this board, we first want to state that the most important vote on the regents is on Ballot Question 1. Passage of that question would be a first step in reforming this highly problematic board. (Please see our endorsement in favor of the question on Page 26 of this issue.) That said, here are our recommendations on the board positions.

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• Lois Tarkanian • Bret Whipple We’re taking no position on this race. Each candidate is familiar to voters—Tarkanian is a former Las Vegas City Council member and the widow of legendary basketball coach Jerry Tarkanian, and Whipple is a former member of the board of regents and a member of a wellknown Nevada ranching family. But each candidate comes with some worrisome baggage. Tarkanian’s family is strongly tied to Republican Party extremism, while Whipple is the longtime attorney for the family of Nevada rancher Cliven Bundy, a leading figure in the sovereign citizen movement that refuses to recognize the authority of the U.S. government.

• Angelo Casino Tim Hughes Hughes, a former Teach for America employee who also served as an executive for TNTP, a teacher training program, is an exceptional choice.

Nigam is exceptionally qualified, having served on the Nevada Equal Rights Commission, the Las Vegas chapter of the NAACP and other community boards.

REGENT 5 • Patrick Boylan • Nick “Doc” Spirtos This race screams out the need to pass Question 1: Both candidates are unfit. Spirtos has raised objections about the current plan for a new instructional building for the UNLV School of Medicine—a critical need in Southern Nevada. Boylan’s Twitter feed is filled with anti-Muslim tweets, such as referring to Muslims as “muzslime” and saying Islam should be banned “the way Nazism was banned.” We urge voters not to support either of them, and yet one will win because Nevada doesn’t allow for write-in candidates. Enough. Nevada should pass Question 1, which would allow lawmakers to restructure the regents, rein in their authority and take leadership of Nevada’s universities and colleges out of the hands of candidates like these.

Many first-time officeholders face a steep learning curve, but Naft was an exception when he was appointed by Gov. Steve Sisolak to fill the seat Sisolak vacated to run for governor. Naft learned Southern Nevada’s political players and environment as a longtime district director for Rep. Dina Titus, D-Nev., which helped him make a strong start. He served well and earned a full term.

Marilyn Kirkpatrick (I)–D • Warren R. Markowitz–IA • Kevin M. Williams–R Kirkpatrick’s experience and skills as a longtime state legislator showed when she joined the county commission. Now chair of the commission, she has provided strong and steady leadership, particularly during the pandemic. Highlights include working with state, local and federal officials to get coronavirus stimulus funding for businesses, mobilizing testing resources, etc. Her stable presence on the board will be valuable as the region recovers.

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REGENT 3 • Byron Brooks Swadeep Nigam

Michael Naft (I)–D • Michael Thomas–R

DISTRICT 4 • Rene Cantu Mark Newburn (I) Newburn has been a steady hand on the board, and keeping him there will help provide the experience and stability in leadership that our kids need amid the turmoil of the pandemic. Cantu is also a qualified candidate who could make a good addition to the board, but Newburn gets our endorsement for his strong incumbency.

• Stavros Anthony–R Ross Miller–D Miller’s experience and moderate political sensibilities give him the edge in a race between two high-profile candidates. Miller, the son of former Gov. Bob Miller, served as a deputy Clark County district attorney and Nevada secretary of state. Anthony, a Las Vegas council member, can’t match that level of experience. Anthony’s politics are a concern, too, as evidenced when he teamed with extremist council members Michele Fiore and Victoria Seaman to endorse a “Blue Lives Matter” march with an overtly racist theme.

DISTRICT D William McCurdy II–D • David L. Washington–N/A McCurdy’s strength as a candidate showed in the primary, when voters selected him in a dazzlingly strong field that also included state Sen. Moises “Mo” Denis and North Las Vegas City Councilman Isaac Barron. McCurdy, who served four years in the Nevada Assembly and three years as chair of the state Democratic Party, would be an excellent addition to the board with his experience, capability and leadership skills.

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DISTRICT A • Lisa Guzman • Liberty Leavitt

DISTRICT B Jeff Proffitt • Katie Williams Proffitt’s strong background in career-technical education would make him an excellent addition to the board. His work includes serving as training director for the Sheet Metal Workers Local 88 union, which provides a four-year educational apprenticeship program aimed at developing specialized skills in such fields as math and computer technology. In addition, he’s the spouse of a Clark County School District special education teacher, which also would give him valuable perspective as a board member.

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CLARK COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT District A voters got this one exactly right in the primary, where Guzman and Leavitt finished one-two. The two are excellent candidates, and we recommend them both.

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DISTRICT E Lola Brooks (I) • Alexis Salt We endorsed both Brooks and Salt in the primary election, but we’re giving our full endorsement to Brooks in the general election. The reason: Brooks brings continuity in leadership at a time when CCSD students and families need all the stability they can get. A key example of Brooks’ strong, stable leadership includes when she helped thwart an attempt by a minority of the board to fire Superintendent Jesus Jara in July over an overblown political flap. That was an enormous relief, because the last thing CCSD needed at that time was a shakeup in the superintendent’s office and the chaos that would have come with it. Although Salt remains a strong candidate, the community needs Brooks’ steady hand.

DISTRICT C Evelyn Garcia Morales • Tameka Henry District C voters have a choice of two very good candidates in Morales and Henry. Morales gets our endorsement because of her strong background as executive director of the Fulfillment Fund Las Vegas, a nonprofit that facilitates college access and academic achievement to students of all backgrounds, and as a leader of outreach programs for after-school tutoring and drug prevention for the YMCA of Southern Nevada. But Henry also brings an impressive résumé: She’s a longtime local advocate for the Head Start program and has been on an array of local community organizations. We commend Henry for her candidacy.

BALLOT QUESTION 6 This question would add a requirement into the state constitution for Nevada electric utilities to generate or acquire at least 50% of their power from renewable sources by 2030. The question was first approved by voters in 2018, and lawmakers enacted the same renewable energy standards into state law last year.

OUR RECOMMENDATION: NEUTRAL We took no position on this in 2018, and nothing has changed in the past two years to alter our view. We’ll repeat what we said two years ago: “This is a well-intentioned measure, but we feel the market forces make it inevitable that the state will meet or even exceed these targets. The costs of renewable-energy generation are steadily falling, meaning it’s increasingly more cost-effective to build solar arrays, wind farms and geothermal generators than fossil fuel-burning plants.”

D – Democrat R – Republican IA – Independent American Party L – Libertarian N/A – No party (I) – Incumbent

The Sun’s endorsements

DISTRICT COURT DEPARTMENT 1 Jacob Villani Bita “Marie” Yeager

EDITOR’S NOTE: In keeping with a longstanding practice of the Greenspun Media Group, we are endorsing a number of incumbent candidates. We simply believe that incumbents who have served the community well deserve to be retained, and therefore we will not offer comments on every one.

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Ozzie Fumo Douglas Herndon Fumo and Herndon come into the race from different backgrounds, but each would make an exceptional addition to the court. Fumo boasts 20 years of experience as a practicing trial attorney in Las Vegas, and served four years in the Legislature. Herndon boasts 15 years as a Clark County district judge and 14 more as a Clark County prosecutor. Voters simply can’t lose here.

COURT OF APPEALS JUDGE 3 Bonnie Bulla (I) • Susan Bush Bulla has earned a full term after being appointed to the Court of Appeals in 2018 when Abbi Silver was elected to the Supreme Court.

Like Fumo and Henderson in the Supreme Court, Villani and Yeager are two excellent candidates with entirely different backgrounds: Villani a prosecutor and Yeager a public defender. Either one would be an excellent addition to the local bench.

DEPARTMENT 2 • Carli Lynn Kierny Richard Scotti (I)

DEPARTMENT 3 • Adam Ganz Monica Trujillo Trujillo gets our endorsement because of her record of public service, which includes clerking for the Public Defender Office in the District of Columbia during law school and then joining the Clark County Public Defender’s Office after obtaining her degree in 2008.

DEPARTMENT 18 Mary Kay Holthus (I) • John A. Hunt

DEPARTMENT 19 • Crystal Eller William “Bill” Kephart (I)

DEPARTMENT 20 • Dawn Allysa Hooker Eric Johnson (I)

DEPARTMENT 21 • Tara Clark Newberry Jacob Reynolds Reynolds gets our endorsement because of an advantage in legal experience, but we think the community would be well served by either candidate.

DEPARTMENT 22 Susan Holland Johnson (I) • Ben Nadig

DEPARTMENT 23 DEPARTMENT 4 Phil Aurbach • Nadia Krall Aurbach’s legal experience and deep ties to the community make him stand out: He has practiced in Las Vegas as a civil attorney for 42 years.

DEPARTMENT 5 • Veronica Barisich Terry Coffing Coffing served as a judge pro tem for 15 years and has been a member of the state association’s board of governors. It’s a strong résumé, and makes him the choice here.

• Karl W. Armstrong Jasmin Lilly-Spells Lilly-Spells won the primary, and with good reason: Her service as a public defender and with Court Appointed Special Advocates make her a strong addition to the bench.

DEPARTMENT 24 Erika D. Ballou • Dan Gilliam In a close race, we think Ballou is the right candidate in this race at this moment. A public defender who has been licensed since 2003, she will bring a set of personal and professional experiences to the court that we believe is needed at this time.

DEPARTMENT 6 Jacqueline Bluth (I) • Todd M. Leventhal

DEPARTMENT 29 • David M. Jones (I) • David López-Negrete

DEPARTMENT 8 Trevor Atkin (I) • Jessica K. Peterson

DEPARTMENT 31 • Gary W. Call Joanna S. Kishner (I)

DEPARTMENT 17 • Anna Albertson Michael Villani (I)

DEPARTMENT 32 Rob Bare (I) • Christy Craig

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Charles J. “Chuck” Hoskin (I) • Thomas G. Kurtz

DEPARTMENT U Bill Gonzalez Dawn Throne

• Benjamin Boone Childs Sr. Rhonda K. Forsberg (I)

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Soonhee “Sunny” Bailey Michelle O. Tobler Bailey and Tobler are both exceptional candidates. Bailey’s background includes serving as a hearing master for juvenile cases in family court and a pro tem judge in Las Vegas Municipal Court. Tobler boasts 24 years of legal practice and is a lifelong resident of Las Vegas.

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• Adriana Rincon White Stacy Michelle Rocheleau It’s a tough choice, but we think Rocheleau is the strong candidate due to her edge in family law experience—20 years, as opposed to 12 for White. Rocheleau also runs her own practice and has served as a judge in the truancy diversion program. Again, though, White is strong: She’s a hearing master and former pro tem hearing master.

Dedree “Dee” Butler • J. Scott MacDonald We believe Butler is the strongest candidate due to her 10 years of experience in the Clark County Public Defender’s Office, where she spent much of her time in family court as team chief of the Domestic Violence Unit and defending children in the juvenile delinquency division.

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DEPARTMENT X • Heidi Almase Jim Davis

Gonzalez is a former family court judge seeking to rejoin the bench, while Throne has 23 years of practice in family law. Both are excellent choices.

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Davis would be a strong addition to the court: He boasts 15 years of practice in family law and 20 years of service in the Air Force, and has been a pro tem hearing master in family court for the past five years.

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DEPARTMENT Z • Michele “Shell” Mercer Romeo Perez Although Mercer won the primary, we think Perez is the stronger candidate. He brings 22 years of family law practice in a firm he started himself out of college, and has earned respect in the legal community for his pleasant demeanor and his extensive experience in abuse and neglect cases. He’s a narrow pick over Mercer, a longtime hearing master in family court.

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• Shannon Clowers-Sanborn Diana L. Sullivan (I)

• Belinda T. “BTH” Harris Chris Lee (I)

• Lynn Hughes Amy M. Mastin With experience as a family law attorney and hearing master in domestic violence court, Mastin offers a particularly strong résumé.

DEPARTMENT P • Sara Dayani Mary Perry This is another race between two strong candidates, but we believe Perry holds the edge thanks to a combination of her career and life experience. She has practiced 19 years, including serving as a truancy diversion judge, and is an Air Force veteran who worked as a cashier and in security before going to law school.

DEPARTMENT T Nadin Cutter Jason Stoffel Voters can’t go wrong here. Stoffel has practiced law for 16 years in Clark County, including serving as a pro tem judge in family court. Cutter brings 11 years of legal experience and a résumé that includes clerking for Clark County District Judge Susan Holland Johnson.

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BALLOT QUESTION 3 This question makes structural and procedural changes to the pardon process, which are designed to make things move more smoothly and to reduce a growing backlog of requests for clemency. Among those changes: n It would add the Board of Pardon Commissioners (which consists of the governor, the state Supreme Court justices and the Nevada attorney general) to the state constitution. n It would require the board to meet quarterly, up from twice a year. n It removes what is essentially veto power from the governor. As is, the governor must be part of the majority for any decision. That means if the governor opts not to attend a board meeting or doesn’t join other board members in voting for candidates, his absence or “no” vote becomes a de facto veto. n It allows any member of the commission to submit items for consideration. Today, only the governor can bring items forward.

OUR RECOMMENDATION: YES Speeding up the clemency process is an important step forward on criminal and social justice in Nevada. Currently, data show the process is moving too slowly: When the question last came up in the Legislature during 2019, the state Department of Corrections reported that there were more than 200 applications awaiting processing at that time, and applications were taking as long as two years to get from filing to a decision. Although critics of the measure argue that the governor shouldn’t lose de facto veto power, we disagree. But we feel the governor simply has too much power. Not only could a governor essentially bring the process to a complete halt by refusing to bring any items forward for consideration, he or she could veto every request. Establishing a majority vote and letting all commissioners bring up items is a fairer way to go about it. This is a responsible and effective way to enhance criminal and social justice in Nevada.

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BALLOT QUESTION 1 OUR RECOMMENDATION: YES Ballot Question 1 calls for the Nevada Board of Regents to be removed from the state constitution, which might seem like a bad thing. The wording may leave some Nevadans wondering, are we being asked to give something up? But actually, the answer is no. What Question 1 really lets us do is gain control over a system that is rife with corruption and mismanagement, has a deeply unsettling history on sexual harassment and gender equality, and is keeping our universities and colleges from reaching their potential. A vote for Question 1 allows for the Board of Regents to be reorganized and brought under the control of lawmakers, and ends the regents’ status as essentially a fourth branch of state government that isn’t answerable to anyone but itself and the small number of voters who pay attention to it. Question 1 is the tool that Nevadans need to rein in, reimagine and modernize the system, which in its current form is holding back the state’s universities and colleges. It moves the state powerfully toward having the kind of professional, qualified and forward-thinking Board of Regents that other states have in place. Here are some of the key reasons it’s crucial for Nevadans to approve the ballot measure.

THE REGENTS AND THE HIGHER-ED ADMINISTRATIVE BODY ARE TRULY A SWAMP. To understand why the regents need to be reined in, it’s first helpful to know some background on how the higher education system in Nevada is set up. Our system is somewhat akin to a public school district, with the regents serving in the same capacity as the school board members. The regents oversee the Nevada System of Higher Education, an umbrella administrative body that manages the state’s eight higher-ed institutions in a way similar to a centralized K-12 superintendent’s office. The regents are elected, and they appoint a chancellor to head NSHE. Nevada’s structure is the only one of its type, and that’s not a good thing. It has resulted in the board having way too much authority and latitude, which it has abused badly. The root of the problem is an almost total lack of accountability. The 13 board members answer only to the voters in their districts, most of whom pay little or no attention to the regents. The regents also have a history of not holding each other or NSHE personnel accountable, which has led to all sorts of bad behavior. A short list: n As revealed last year in an award-winning collection of investigative reports by the Las Vegas Sun, Regent Kevin Page demanded special treatment for a relative of his who was attending UNLV’s business school in 2014, then threatened retaliation when university officials resisted. The special treatment Page requested—that his relative be allowed to skip a prerequisite class—could have led to the business school losing its accreditation. Every student and faculty member at UNLV could have been penalized by Page’s personal vendetta when his demand for preferential treatment was denied. Page also was revealed to have shared confidential legal documents, including highly sensitive personnel documents, with his brother, who is not part of the regents or NSHE. And what ramifications did Page incur for his bad behavior? None. No ethics investigation, no censure, no letter of reprimand. n Quietly rehiring a male NSHE administrator who was reported by a female colleague for watching porn on his office computer and masturbating. The female staff member had no idea the man had been rehired until she got a job at UNLV and was horrified to discover he had an office in the same building. n Allowing former Chancellor Dan Klaich to resign and giving him a golden parachute after Klaich presented a doctored report to state lawmakers to mislead them about financial issues. n Hiring Andrew Clinger as NSHE’s chief financial officer two years after he left his job as Reno’s city manager in the wake of sexual harassment complaints by three female city employees. Clinger denied any wrongdoing, and also was cleared in separate investigations, but the city council later approved a $300,000 settlement in a lawsuit filed by the employees. A high-profile moment from the regents’ August meeting offered a taste of the toxic environment that the regents have created. It came when the board’s chief of staff and special counsel, Dean Gould, threatened to cut off Regent Lisa Levine during a discussion about protections for victims of sexual assault on campuses. “I don’t want to man-speak,” Gould said, “but I will have to if you continue to child-speak, so please stop.” Levine, who was appointed to the board in June, was visibly stunned by the comment, as were a number of people who posted video of the comment on social media. Yet Gould wasn’t reprimanded, and no one spoke in defense of Levine. Enough. It’s time to clean up this mess.

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Election 2020 INCOMPETENCY, MISMANAGEMENT AND DYSFUNCTION RUN RAMPANT Look at the bios of regents in other states, and you tend to see big players— heads of major corporations, former top-level politicians, high-achieving scholars and so forth. The composition of regent boards in other states is composed of people who understand higher education and understand the enormous stakes states have in enhancing higher education. Not so in Nevada. While some of our regents are well-suited for the position, most can’t hold a candle to their counterparts in other states. Why not? For one thing, if you’re a highly qualified and capable candidate for public office, there are a lot more attractive options for you than regent. Not only do the regents work in obscurity, but the position pays practically nothing—$80 per meeting plus a $60 per diem for those meetings. So the board has become a political backwater that tends to draw lackluster candidates, or even rotten ones who are there to pursue entirely personal agendas. Witness this year’s candidacy of Kevin Child, a former Clark County School District board member whose aggressive, erratic behavior prompted the former superintendent to ban him from school properties other than the administrative building. Child lost in the primary, thank goodness, but many other weak candidates have made their way onto the woefully incompetent board of regents. The result is a board that does a lousy job of overseeing the state’s universities and colleges, and has proven almost incapable of providing leadership to improve all of our colleges and universities. For proof, look no further than the revolving door of leadership at UNLV, which is on its seventh president (including acting/interim leaders) in the past 14 years. Several of those presidents were pushed out by the regents or left in disgust amid micromanagement and meddling by the board. The most recent case in point was Len Jessup, a popular president who was pressured out in 2018 over trumped-up complaints about his oversight of the university. His ouster infuriated UNLV supporters, several of whom either withdrew or announced they were reconsidering multimillion-dollar donations. Meanwhile, Jessup immediately was snapped up by the prestigious Claremont Graduate University in Southern California and remains there today, which speaks volumes about the regents’ bad judgment. The constant disruptions have hurt UNLV’s progress and development. Steering a large and complex organization like a state university takes time and continuity in leadership, but for UNLV it has been a stop-and-start process since 2006. UNLV has made extraordinary progress despite the setbacks—such as gaining elite Carnegie R-1 status as a research institution in 2018 (thanks in large part to Jessup’s leadership)—but think how high it might rise if it were managed by regents who pushed it forward as opposed to knocking it sideways or backward.

IT ALLOWS NEVADANS TO BUILD THE SYSTEM THEY WANT, NOT THE ONE THE REGENTS AND NSHE ARE PROTECTING Opponents of Question 1, who include some of the regents, say the question is dangerous because it doesn’t include a blueprint for a new system. Don’t let them scare you. In reality, the question lets other elected leaders—the state Legislature and the governor—design the new system to benefit all stakeholders in the state. And remember, those lawmakers answer to voters, so the question actually gives Nevadans the power to design a system that works for the state. What that might look like remains to be seen, but we can certainly look to other states for successful models. One idea, which is common elsewhere, is a hybrid board with some positions elected and others appointed by the governor and Legislature. NSHE also could be moved under the governor’s umbrella—where administrative power and expertise exists today—with the regents becoming strictly a policymaking body and no longer being involved in personnel issues at NSHE or the individual institutions. But the bottom line is that Nevadans will be able to present their ideas about it to their state legislators and the governor. First, though, we have to break down the thick walls around the regents and NSHE. And the way to do that is to get them out of the constitution. Nevada’s one-of-a-kind system isn’t working. We can do much better for our students and communities, and Question 1 is our launchpad. A yes vote on Question 1 is essential for the state’s future.

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BALLOT QUESTION 4 Nevada already has a voters’ bill of rights of sorts codified in state law, but this question would place the rights in the state constitution. Provisions include the following guarantees for voters: n Access to ballots that clearly identify candidates and accurately records the voter’s choices. n The ability to vote without being intimidated, threatened or coerced. n The ability to get answers to questions about voting procedures. n Equal access to voting regardless of ethnicity or any other basis for discrimination. n The right to receive instructions on the use of voting equipment, and to obtain assistance with voting if needed. The question also adds a requirement for a standardized and accurate vote-counting system into the state constitution.

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OUR RECOMMENDATION: YES With Republicans waging an assault on voting access across the nation, Nevadans must protect our voting rights by placing them into the constitution. Although the state is fortunate to currently be led by Democratic lawmakers who support voting rights and access, that could change in future elections. For proof, look no further than the Nevada Legislature’s votes this past summer on a package of legislation to expand safe access to voting during the pandemic: Not a single Republican voted in favor of the bill in either the Assembly or the Senate. Adding the rights to the constitution will help ensure that voters won’t face intimidation at the polls or be subjected to the type of voter suppression methods that Republicans are carrying out in other states— closing polls in areas heavy with minority voters, limiting early voting and mail-in balloting, etc. Critics say the amendment is simply cluttering up the constitution since the rights are already part of state law, but to them we say this: The pressure to handle so many issues as constitutional amendments wouldn’t be necessary if the Legislature met annually and there were a more orderly and consistent method of enacting policy in the state. As is, though, Question 4 is critical for Nevada. Voting rights are entirely proper, nay essential, things to enshrine in the constitution—they are just the opposite of “clutter.”

WHY ISN’T THERE A BALLOT QUESTION 5? A Ballot Question 5 had been slated for a vote this year, but supporters of the measure weren’t able to obtain enough signatures to advance it to the ballot.

BALLOT QUESTION 2 Voters may see this question and think, “Wait, isn’t same-sex marriage legal nationwide?” The answer is yes, but this ballot question would give extra protection to the right of same-sex couples to marry by enshrining that legality in the Nevada constitution. As is, the constitution still contains language recognizing marriages as only between a man and a woman. The question would replace that language with a clause specifying that samesex marriage is the law of Nevada. The new language also provides religious organizations and clergy members with the right to refuse to perform a marriage.

OUR RECOMMENDATION: YES Although same-sex marriage has been the law of the land since 2015 under a landmark ruling by the Supreme Court, it’s not part of the U.S. Constitution or our state constitution. Therefore, it’s still subject to being changed in court or by lawmakers. Adding samesex marriage to the Nevada constitution would make it much more difficult for lawmakers to erase it—it would require votes both in the Legislature and among voters. Question 2 also erases a blot on our history from the culture wars of the early 2000s, when Nevada voters approved a ballot question specifying marriage between a man and a woman. In doing so, voters got caught up in a national movement by conservative Republicans to use same-sex marriage as a wedge issue. It worked, as ballot questions against same-sex marriage passed in several states. But Nevadans strongly support same-sex unions—they’ve proven it in polls and in their choices of leaders. In the Legislature, the vote to place Question 2 on the ballot passed nearly unanimously after the religious exemption was included. We strongly urge a “Yes” vote.

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n Las Vegas Ballpark, 1650 S. Pavilion Center Drive.

ELECTION DAY VOTING CENTERS AND MAIL BALLOT DROP-OFF SITES

n Las Vegas Strip,

All locations open November 3, 7 a.m. to 7 p.m.

n Mack Middle School,

8755 Las Vegas, NV Blvd. S.

n Laughlin Library, 2840 S. Needles Highway.

n Lawrence Junior High School, 4410 S. Juliano Road.

n Leavitt Middle School, 4701 Quadrel St.

n Lieburn Senior Center, 6230 Garwood Ave.

n Lowe’s, 2570 E. Craig Road. 3170 Laurel Ave.

n Mack Elementary School, n Aliante Library,

n Coronado High School,

n Galloway Elementary School,

2400 W. Deer Springs Way.

1001 Coronado Center Drive.

701 Skyline Road.

n Allen Elementary School,

n Cox Elementary School,

n Goolsby Elementary School,

8680 W. Hammer Lane.

280 Clark Drive.

11175 W. Desert Inn Road.

n Arroyo Market Square,

n Cram Middle School,

n Gray Elementary School,

6930 Arroyo Crossing Parkway.

1900 W. Deer Springs Way.

2825 S. Torrey Pines Drive.

n Bailey Elementary School,

n Deer Springs Town Center,

n Guinn Middle School,

4525 Jimmy Durante Blvd.

640 E. Deer Springs Way.

4150 S. Torrey Pines Drive.

n Bailey Middle School,

n Derfelt Elementary School,

n Harmon Elementary School,

2500 N. Hollywood Blvd.

1900 S. Lisa Lane.

5351 Hillsboro Lane.

n Bass Elementary School,

n Desert Breeze

n Hayes Elementary School,

10377 Rancho Destino Road.

Community Center, 8275 Spring Mountain Road.

9620 W. Twain Ave.

n Blue Diamond Crossing, 4100 Blue Diamond Road.

n Boulder City Recreation Center, 900 Arizona St.

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n Boulevard Mall, 3528 S. Maryland Parkway.

n Bozarth Elementary School, 7431 Egan Crest Drive.

n Bridger Middle School, 2505 N. Bruce St.

n Brown Junior High School, 307 Cannes St.

n Bunkerville Community Center, 200 W. Virgin St.

n Burkholder Middle School, 355 W. Van Wagenen St.

n Cadwallader Middle School, 7775 Elkhorn Road.

n Cambridge Recreation Center, 3930 Cambridge St.

n Canarelli Middle School, 7808 S. Torrey Pines Drive.

n Cashman Middle School, 4622 W. Desert Inn Road.

n Centennial Center,

n Desert Oasis High School, 6600 W. Erie Ave.

n Desert Vista Community Center, 10360 Sun City Blvd.

n Detwiler Elementary School, 1960 Ferrell St.

n Dooley Elementary School, 1940 Chickasaw Drive.

n Doolittle Senior Center, 1930 J St.

n Elizondo Elementary School, 4865 Goldfield St.

n Faiss Middle School, 9525 W. Maule Ave.

n Fertitta Middle School, 9905 W. Mesa Vista Ave.

n Fine Elementary School, 6635 Cougar Ave.

n Forbuss Elementary School, 8601 S. Grand Canyon Drive.

n French Elementary School, 3235 E. Hacienda Ave.

n Galleria at Sunset,

n Heritage Park Senior Facility, 300 S. Racetrack Road.

n Historic Fifth Street School, 401 S. 4th St.

n Hollywood Recreation Center, 1650 S. Hollywood Blvd.

n Indian Springs Community Center, 715 W. Gretta Lane.

n Johnson Middle School, 7701 Ducharme Ave.

n Keller Middle School, 301 N. Fogg St.

n Kesterson Elementary School, 231 Bailey Island Drive.

n King Elementary School, 888 Adams Blvd., Boulder City.

n Knudson Middle School, 2400 Atlantic St.

n Lake Elementary School, 2904 Meteoro St.

n Las Vegas Athletic Club,

3170 Laurel Ave.

n Manch Elementary School, 4351 N. Lamont St.

n Mannion Middle School, 155 E. Paradise Hills Drive.

n Martin Middle School, 200 N. 28th St.

n McCarran Marketplace, 6005 S. Eastern Ave.

n McDoniel Elementary School, 1831 Fox Ridge Drive.

n Meadows Mall, 4300 Meadows Lane.

n Mendoza Elementary School, 2000 S. Sloan Lane.

n Mesquite Deuce 2 Building, 150 N. Yucca St.

n Miller Middle School, 2400 Cozy Hill Circle.

n Moapa Community Center, 1340 E. State Highway 168.

n Moapa Tribal Administration Building, 1 Lincoln St., Moapa.

n Moapa Valley Community Center, 320 N. Moapa Valley Blvd., Overton.

n Molasky Middle School, 7801 W. Gilmore Ave.

n Monaco Middle School, 1870 N. Lamont St.

n Moore Elementary School, 491 N. Lamb Blvd.

n Mountain Shadows

6050 N. Decatur Blvd.

Community Center, 9107 Del Webb Blvd.

n Las Vegas Athletic Club,

n Mountain’s Edge Regional

1725 N. Rainbow Blvd.

1300 W. Sunset Road.

Park, 7929 W. Mountains Edge Parkway.

7881 W. Tropical Parkway.

n Clark County Building Department, 4701 W. Russell Road.

n Clark County Fairgrounds

REMEMBER!

(Fine Arts Building), 1301 Whipple Ave., Logandale.

n New voters may register at any polling location up through

n Coleman Senior Center,

n Early voting runs through October 30 at locations across Clark County.

2100 Bonnie Lane.

n Conners Elementary School, 3810 Shadow Peak Drive.

and including Election Day. n Mail-in ballots were automatically sent to active Nevada voters.

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n Nellis Crossing Shopping

n Vassiliadis

Center, 1250 S. Nellis Blvd.

Elementary School, 215 Antelope Ridge Drive.

n O’Callaghan Middle School, 1450 Radwick Drive.

n O’Roarke Elementary

School, 4000 El Parque Ave.

School, 8455 O’Hare Road.

n Veterans Memorial Leisure Center, 101 N. Pavilion Center Drive.

Center, 4775 Mcleod Drive. nior Center, 3200 Ferndale St.

n Pearson Community Center, 1625 W. Carey Ave.

n Rainbow Library, 3150 N. Buffalo Drive.

n Rancho High School, 1900 Searles Ave.

n Reed Elementary School, 2501 Winwood St.

n Regional Transportation Commission, 600 S. Grand Central Parkway.

n Sahara West Library, 9600 W. Sahara Ave.

n Sandy Valley School,

n Walnut Community Center, 3075 N. Walnut Road.

n Webb Middle School, 2200 Reunion Drive.

n Whitney Community Center, 5712 Missouri Ave.

n Wiener Elementary School, 450 E. Eldorado Lane.

n Williams Elementary School, 1030 J St.

n Winchester Dondero Cultural Center, 3130 Mcleod Drive.

8101 N. Torrey Pines Drive.

n Clark County Election

5450 Redwood St.

n Schofield High School, 8625 Spencer St.

BY JOHN SADLER While all active voters in Nevada will receive a ballot in their mailbox automatically during the pandemic, some might elect to vote in person—either early or on November 3—for a variety of reasons. And, says Wayne Thorley, deputy secretary of state for elections, “They should feel comfortable doing that. We’re following all the recommended guidelines from the CDC and public health experts,” he says. Here’s what those planning to vote in person should know.

4027 W. Washburn Road.

n Sawyer Middle School,

n Saville Middle School,

HOW SAFE IS IN-PERSON VOTING?

n Wolfe Elementary School,

NOVEMBER 2 MAIL BALLOT DROP-OFF SITE

1420 E. Pearl Ave.

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n Vegas Verdes Elementary

n Paradise Community n Parkdale Recreation & Se-

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Department, 965 Trade Drive. 7:30 a.m.-5:30 p.m.

DO I HAVE TO WEAR A MASK TO THE POLLS? “We highly, highly encourage all voters who are going to vote in person to wear a mask,” Thorley says. Masks will be available for voters who don’t bring them. If a voter refuses to wear a mask, he or she “may be provided with an alternative means of voting,” Thorley says. Nobody will be turned away, he says, but a voter who refuses may have to vote outside the polling location, for example, or in a partitioned-off area. “We’re not in the business of turning away voters,” Thorley says. “If they’re eligible to vote, we want them to be able to vote. But we also want to protect people’s health.”

n Schorr Elementary School, 11420 Placid St.

n Searchlight Community Center, 200 Michael Wendell Way.

WILL POLL WORKERS WEAR MASKS? Yes, anyone working the polls is required to wear a mask. “There’s no option there for a poll worker,” Thorley says.

n Sedway Middle School, 3465 Englestad St.

n Shadow Ridge High School, 5050 Brent Lane.

n Silverado Ranch Plaza, 9711 S. Eastern Ave. #H4.

n Stevens Elementary School,

SHOULD VOTERS WIPE ANYTHING DOWN? “Voters should not bring their own wipes, and they should not attempt to clean the voting machines themselves,” Thorley says. Cleaning the screens beyond the manufacturer’s recommendations could damage the equipment, he says. “If a voter would like to have it cleaned one more time before they use it, they can certainly ask a worker to do it,” Thorley says. “We don’t want voters to do that themselves.” There shouldn’t be any significant delay from the cleaning, Thorley says.

550 Dave Wood Circle.

n Stupak Community Center, 251 W. Boston Ave.

n Sun City Anthem Community Center, 2020 W. Horizon Ridge Parkway.

WILL THERE BE TOUCH SCREENS? Yes, touch screens will be in place, though they’ll be far more spread out than during typical elections, Thorley says. Voting machines will be sanitized after each voter moves through. And Dan Kulin, a spokesman for Clark County, says basic medical gloves should work with the touch screen.

n Sun City Mesquite, 1350 Flat Top Mesa Drive.

n Swainston Middle School, 3500 W. Gilmore Ave.

n Tarkanian Middle School, 5800 W. Pyle Ave.

n Tarr Elementary School, 9400 W. Gilmore Ave.

n Tobler Elementary School, 6510 Buckskin Ave.

ARE THERE LIMITATIONS ON POLL WORKERS OR POLITICAL OPERATIVES? Poll workers are permitted to help voters if they’re having trouble casting their ballots, per the Nevada Voters’ Bill of Rights. While there is not a state mandate for poll worker identification, counties generally require workers to wear identifying clothes. Clark County spokesman Dan Kulin said workers in Clark County will be identifiable. Election observers will also be clearly identified. Kulin said workers should not discuss candidates or their policy positions with voters. Political operatives and campaign workers are required to stay 100 feet from voting areas if they are electioneering. Farther than 100 feet is fair game for electioneering and other political campaigning, as long as there is no voter intimidation.

If voters see anything that concerns them, they can contact the secretary of state’s office (775-684-5708, sosmail@sos.nv.gov) or the Clark County elections office (702-455-8683, elinfo@clarkcountynv.gov).

Election 2020 The following are the Las Vegas Sun’s endorsements for contested races on the November ballot. We invite voters to refer to this list when filling out their mailin ballots or to take it with them to the polls for early voting or for balloting on November 3.

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President and vice president: Joe Biden/Kamala Harris–D Congressional District 1: Dina Titus (I)–D Congressional District 3: Susie Lee (I)–D Congressional District 4: Steven Horsford (I)–D

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STATE LEGISLATURE

Senate District 4: Dina Neal (I)–D Senate District 5: Kristee Watson–D Senate District 6: Nicole Cannizzaro (I)–D Senate District 11: Dallas Harris (I)–D Senate District 18: Liz Becker–D Senate District 19: Pete Goicoechea (I)–R Assembly District 2: Radhika “RPK” Kunnel–D Assembly District 4: Connie Munk (I)–D Assembly District 5: Brittney Miller (I)–D Assembly District 6: Katie Duncan–R or Shondra Summers-Armstrong–D Assembly District 7: Cameron “C.H.” Miller–D Assembly District 8: Jason Frierson (I)–D Assembly District 9: Steve Yeager (I)–D Assembly District 10: Rochelle Nguyen (I)–D Assembly District 11: Beatrice A. Duran (I)–D Assembly District 12: Susan Martinez (I)–D Assembly District 14: Maggie Carlton (I)–D or Robert Wayerski–R Assembly District 15: Howard Watts (I)–D Assembly District 16: Cecelia González–D Assembly District 17: Clara “Claire” Thomas–D Assembly District 18: Venicia Considine–D Assembly District 21: Elaine Marzola–D Assembly District 23: Glen Leavitt (I)–R Assembly District 28: Edgar Flores (I)–D Assembly District 29: Lesley Elizabeth Cohen (I)–D Assembly District 34: Shannon Bilbray-Axelrod (I)–D Assembly District 35: Michelle Gorelow (I)–D Assembly District 37: Shea Backus (I)–D Assembly District 41: Sandra Jauregui (I)–D Assembly District 42: Alexander Assefa (I)–D

STATEWIDE

Nevada Board of Regents District 2: No recommendation Nevada Board of Regents District 3: Swadeep Nigam Nevada Board of Regents District 5: Leave blank State Board of Education District 1: Tim Hughes State Board of Education District 4: Mark Newburn (I)

LOCAL

County Commission District A: Michael Naft (I)–D County Commission District B: Marilyn Kirkpatrick (I)–D County Commission District C: Ross Miller–D County Commission District D: William McCurdy II–D Clark County School District, District A: Lisa Guzman or Liberty Leavitt Clark County School District, District B: Jeff Proffitt Clark County School District, District C: Evelyn Garcia Morales Clark County School District, District E: Lola Brooks (I)

JUDICIAL

Supreme Court Justice D: Ozzie Fumo or Douglas Herndon Court of Appeals Judge 3: Bonnie Bulla (I) District Court Department 1: Jacob Villani or Bita “Marie” Yeager District Court Department 2: Richard Scotti (I) District Court Department 3: Monica Trujillo District Court Department 4: Phil Aurbach District Court Department 5: Terry Coffing District Court Department 6: Jacqueline Bluth (I) District Court Department 8: Trevor Atkin (I) District Court Department 17: Michael Villani (I) District Court Department 18: Mary Kay Holthus (I) District Court Department 19: William “Bill” Kephart (I) District Court Department 20: Eric Johnson (I) District Court Department 21: Jacob Reynolds District Court Department 22: Susan Holland Johnson (I) District Court Department 23: Jasmin Lilly-Spells District Court Department 24: Erika D. Ballou District Court Department 29: David M. Jones (I) District Court Department 31: Joanna S. Kishner (I) District Court Department 32: Rob Bare (I) Family Court Department E: Charles J. “Chuck” Hoskin (I) Family Court Department G: Rhonda K. Forsberg (I) Family Court Department I: Soonhee “Sunny” Bailey or Michelle O. Tobler Family Court Department J: Dedree “Dee” Butler Family Court Department M: Amy Mastin Family Court Department P: Mary Perry Family Court Department T: Nadin Cutter or Jason Stoffel Family Court Department U: Bill Gonzalez or Dawn Throne Family Court Department W: Stacy Michelle Rocheleau Family Court Department X: Jim Davis Family Court Department Z: Romeo Perez Justice of the Peace, Las Vegas 12: Diana L. Sullivan (I) Justice of the Peace, North Las Vegas 3: Chris Lee (I)

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KITCHEN KEEPERS These appliances can help make food prep less demanding BY LESLIE VENTURA

dds are, you’ve spent more time in your kitchen in 2020 than ever before. Maybe you’ve embraced it—learning how to make bakery-quality artisanal sourdough bread—or maybe you’re over it, exhausted to the point that you never want to make another home-cooked meal again. Either way, new kitchen appliances can help make dinner prep a breeze—so take your favorite pizza joint off speed dial and consider bringing some of these into your life.

OVENS AND INSTANT POTS ■ Anova Precision Oven: When you think of steam power, you probably think of boats and trains from the 1800. But Anova utilizes steam in this new oven, allowing for precise temperature control for baking, cooking, crisping and more. If you’ve always wanted a professional-grade combination, consider the Anova at a fraction of the price. Anova: $600, bit.ly/2HrVev9. ■ Zega Digital pot: This smart app-integrated cooking pot allows you to control the temperature of your pot with the Zega app on your phone, and involves no fussy cords. Using your stove, add the ingredients of your meal, heat up the pot and then turn the stove off once the Zega has hit its optimal temperature. Your meal will continue cooking for hours, freeing up your time for other important matters. Zega: $199, bit.ly/3ow14fp.

AIR FRYERS The humble air fryer has been one of the most coveted appliances during the pandemic, and there are a variety on the market that allow you to get crispy, crunchy results without the added fat and mess of a conventional deep fryer. How does it work? An air fryer cooks your food like a traditional convection oven would, except that the circulation of extremely hot air into the “fry” basket gives your dishes a perfectly fried effect every time. It’s so great for frozen french fries, chicken nuggets, wings and more, you’ll wonder how you got by without one. If you’re looking to stretch your dollar even further, opt for one that doubles as a dehydrator, so you can make healthy fruit snacks and chips at home. Amazon: $120, amzn.to/2JbL9D7.

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COOKWARE The award for the most Instagrammable cookware goes to the Always Pan, and if you haven’t already caved in to targeted ads and purchased this terracotta beauty, you’ll want to once you see what it can do. Braise, sear, steam, strain, sauce, fry, boil serve and store meals all in this pan, which is designed to replace your fry pan, saucepan, non-stick pan, saucier, steamer, skillet, spatula and spoon rest. Our Place: $145, bit.ly/2Ttk1B7.

SMART FAUCETS Home kitchens tend to be high-trafficked areas, so consider a smart faucet—which activate like the ones in public restrooms—to cut down on water usage and germs from touching them. Delta and Moen have perfected sensor-activated technology for home use, and some of their products are voice-activated or compatible with smart speakers like Alexa or Google Assistant. Another bonus: Some smart faucets allow you to set the temperature before you even turn on the water, resulting in less water waste and less time fidgeting with faucet knobs. Delta: $627, bit.ly/31Laxpr; Moen: $692, bit.ly/3dVljOU.

BLENDERS, JUICERS AND FOOD PROCESSORS ■ Magic Bullet Kitchen Express: We love Vitamix, but the Magic Bullet is far more cost-effective. This Kitchen Express model combines the blending function for smoothies and shakes with an additional food processing component. That means more counter space for you and more money in your pocket. And if you’re new to the kitchen and aren’t sure if you need a food processor, consider how much time it takes to chop onions, garlic and peppers. A food processor takes the work out of chopping, so you can get to cooking faster. Nutribullet: $70, bit.ly/3e5jPSb. ■ Vitamix TurboBlend 3 Speed: Yes, it’s a $400 blender, but have you ever used one? This bad boy can pulverize just about anything. Say goodbye to blueberry and kale bits in your smoothies and say hello to the creamiest, dreamiest shakes you’ve ever had. You can also whip up delectable soups, dips, fresh hummus and nut butters with this powerful three-speed blender. Vitamix: $400, bit.ly/2Tsne3W.

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FOOD WASTE Vitamix Food Cycler: The pandemic has increased our usage of single-use plastics and increased our garbage output. This kitchen contraption breaks your food waste down into fertilizer for your plants, reducing your carbon footprint. If you want to cut down on waste and composting isn’t an option, this is a great way to go. Vitamix: $500, bit.ly/31JpmZw.

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The Vegas show’s comeback runs into a confusing distance requirement BY BROCK RADKE

ow far is 25 feet, really? If you’ve been watching the short video series charting the comeback of Absinthe at Caesars Palace (spiegelworld.com/ vegashitshow), you know that an Orca whale is around 25 feet long, which is also the length of five Dolly Partons lying end-to-end. The mischievous Absinthe crew has been having fun navigating safety protocols governing the return of shows to the Strip. But one rule surprised many producers and performers when the state rolled out its latest coronavirus regulations: a mandated 25 feet between stage and audience. No matter a venue’s size, most Strip shows are intended to be intimate, bringing attendees close to performers, physically and emotionally. The 25foot rule is quite an obstacle, and it’s preventing some shows and rooms from reopening at all. As David Saxe, who operates the Saxe and V theaters at the Miracle Mile Shops at Planet Hollywood and produces shows like Vegas! The Show and Zombie Burlesque, works to reopen, the stage distance requirement seems to be a knockout punch. “I’ve got this whole model built on how to populate the rooms based on averages of seating stats and size of parties, and … I can’t get it over 15%,” Saxe says. Absinthe scrapped its stage-in-the-round to adapt

to safety requirements, but producer Ross Mollison has said that his Spiegelworld company’s other Vegas shows—Atomic Saloon Show at Venetian and Opium at Cosmopolitan—are unlikely to resume because of the distancing rule. Meanwhile, several industry figures have pointed out that “ambient” live entertainment permitted in restaurants, bars and lounges doesn’t require additional space between performers and guests. (At press time, Gov. Steve Sisolak’s office had not responded to a request for further elaboration.) “We all read the same thing initially and didn’t know if it applied to smaller, intimate showrooms, because it wouldn’t make sense for places like comedy clubs, where 25 feet would hit the back wall,” says Adam Steck, whose SPI Entertainment shows Thunder From Down Under and The Australian Bee Gees Show are scheduled to reopen at Excalibur on November 6. “We thought it might be a mistake, only for outdoor venues or larger rooms, but the Gaming Control Board was very clear, so we’re doing it. It’s not ideal, but we’re fortunate to have enough room in our showroom to make it work.” Caesars Entertainment President of Entertainment Jason Gastwirth, who has supervised the first casino shows to come back—X Country at Harrah’s, Piff the Magic Dragon at Flamingo and Absinthe—says there’s

ongoing dialogue between safety officials, casino venues and entertainment producers, and that he’s hoping the 25-foot rule will be lifted. “It’s our hope that in starting these shows up, they will be successful and there will be a relaxing of other restrictions over time, when appropriate,” Gastwirth says. At MGM Grand, the Jabbawockeez should have more space than they need when their show returns on November 6, moving from its 350-seater to the cavernous Grand Garden Arena for a max audience of 250. Similarly, Luxor shows Fantasy and the comedy of Carrot Top will relocate from the Atrium Showroom to the vacant 1,500-seat Luxor Theater downstairs, the former home of Cirque du Soleil’s short-lived R.U.N. Brad Garrett’s Comedy Club is a venue, not a show, but it’ll be moving out of its custom-built space in MGM Grand’s Underground promenade to take over two ballrooms near the Grand Garden Arena for shows Friday through Sunday starting November 6. How will a comic fare telling jokes into a 25-foot void? Joaquin Trujillo, producer of the L.A. Comedy Club at the Strat, says they have been learning fast since he reopened on October 9. “Sometimes you have a bit of an echo waiting to feed off the audience, but once they figure out that cadence, the shows are great.”

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A Vegas filmmaking duo creates a different kind of thriller Shirley Van Patten in Home (Rising Again Productions/Courtesy)

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beloved author is hospitalized with an unknown ailment. Her daughters put on a brave face for visits, but privately, they wonder if their mother could ever be well again. The sisters return home to an empty house that seems to be buckling under the weight of pained memories. And one night, the house begins to express that pain in wholly unexplainable ways. That’s all the plot of Home that should be revealed here. The 64-minute psychological thriller, created by local filmmakers Adriel Roman (writer/director) and Edgar Alejandro (director of photography), is a twisty ride whose ambitions exceed its shortcomings. It’s a first-time effort, and it shows—the camerawork is a little shaky at times, and one character’s hairstyle inexplicably changes throughout the film—but Roman and Alejandro do so much with what they’ve got that you can easily ignore the stumbles. The filmmakers make a cheery suburban house look dark and forbidding; they play editing and continuity tricks that demand a second viewing; and most importantly, they draw naturalistic performances out of their two leads, Shirley Van Patten and Maya Wells. “We don’t give the actors their sides, which is essen-

tially a paragraph or two of the roles that they’re going to rehearse, until they arrive [at the set],” Alejandro says. “Traditionally, you give them a week or two in advance, so they can break it down, practice with it— but with us, it’s how fast you can think on your feet.” He fetes theater actors like Van Patten and Wells for their improvisation skills: “Film actors are pool lifeguards and theater actors are beach lifeguards. Both have the same job, but a theater actor has the conditioning to swim out 50 meters and save somebody’s who’s fighting against the current.” Alejandro got his appreciation for theater from his time at the Las Vegas Academy of the Arts, which he attended with Roman. It’s also where he learned about color-blind casting (most of Home’s cast is Asian-American, which is never commented upon in the film) and likely also the dogged optimism that inspired the duo—whose production company Rising Again usually specializes in commercial work—to seek out an investor and make a horror film without cheap jump scares or gore, and with a diverse, female-led cast. “While we were filming, [Roman] had a vision of what he wanted the movie to be, and I didn’t truly understand it. I followed him, I trusted him, but it wasn’t

until in the editing, when we were piecing it together, that it clicked for me,” Alejandro says. “It really deviates from traditional horror films; it’s all about moments. The true horror is in the layers that these characters hold underneath instead of the monster or the demon we’ve come to expect.” Home is currently available as a $5 download from thisisnotyourhome.vhx.tv, and will be available at least through Halloween. But true to its name, Rising Again is already considering its next two projects: a visual album of Roman’s hip-hop tracks and a television series, Singularity. And both, Alejandro says, will employ the theatrical principles that guided Home. “The beauty of theater is you can captivate an audience with a limited budget—especially in small, blackbox productions where you don’t really have a set piece,” he says. “It’s just two actors fighting for something, whether it’s together or against one another. It’s always about the human condition.”

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TREAT YOURSELF You don’t have to go door-to-door for a sugar high this Halloween

Beettlejuice Cocktail Electra Cocktail Club and the Dorsey in the Venetian are celebrating Halloween and Day of the Dead weekend with three specialty cocktails sure to bring out the spirits: the Nightmare (tequila, falernum, lime, ginger and club soda), Hocus Pocus (with Jameson, Yellow Chartruese, Carpano Antica and chocolate) and Beetlejuice (pictured, with Tito’s, lemon, lime, matcha, egg white, dash of cream and club soda). Available October 29-November 1. For reservations, email cocktailcollectiveVIP@sands.com

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elebrating Halloween might be a little tricky in 2020, but there’s plenty of treats to be had out there. We’ve rounded up some sweets for a night of ghoulish fun, so dress up and scare up a good time. And if you do go out, don’t forget this year’s must-have accessory: a mask.

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Sparrow + Wolf not only has one of the most inventive menus in town, but its cocktail program is also top-notch, using ingredients that complement the dishes coming out of the kitchen. Stop by the Chinatown haunt and indulge in a special Halloween cocktail inspired by the musical Wicked, made with Whistling Andy cucumber ginger, melon liqueur, lime juice, simple syrup and an egg white. Available through November 1. 4480 Spring Mountain Road, 702-790-2147, sparrowandwolflv. com.

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Cristina Tosi’s sweets spot pays homage to the fall season with the Pumpkin Dulce de Leche Cake, a cozy, pillowy confection made with layers of cinnamon spice cake, pumpkin frosting, gooey dulce de leche drizzle, crunchy milk crumbs and salty toasted pepitas. It comes in truffle and milkshake form, too. Available through December 2. Cosmopolitan, 702-698-2662, milkbarstore.com

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Even if you stay up all night watching scary movies, you’ll never run out of treats with Insomnia Cookies just a phone call away for a late-night delivery. This season’s offerings include Pumpkin Cheesecake Cookie, Peanut Butter Choco-Lantern Cookie, Moon Cookie Cake with Halloween Center and the Mini’wich Flight, six warm Mini Chocolate Chunk cookies with three mini scoops of ice cream. Available for pickup or delivery for a limited time. Insomniacookies.com.

You won’t find cuter monsters than these confections from Nuage Cotton Candy, a local, family-owned sweets purveyor founded by Laure and Jean-Francois Thibeault. The couple conceived of Nuage during a summer trip to France, when the scent of cotton candy from a kiosk brought back childhood memories. Their version uses organic cane sugar and all-natural ingredients, so you can indulge in the treat free of guilt and preservatives. Nuagecottoncandy.com

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Halloween CrazyShake Black Tap’s CrazyShakes are made for Halloween: It’s fun, over-the-top indulgence that brings out the kid in all of us. Stop by this weekend for a special creation—a massive chocolate shake with a vanilla-frosted candy corn rim topped with a spider web chocolate cupcake, orange-and-white twisty pop, orange rock candy, whipped cream, orange sprinkles and a chocolate drizzle. It’s quite the treat; the trick is to finish it all by yourself. Available October 29-November 1. Venetian, 702- 414-2337, blacktap.com.

Monster Mash Insane Milkshake Inside Fashion Show mall on the Strip, the Sugar Factory has its own version of a monster-size milkshake, served in a spooky green and white chocolate mug with sweet candy eyes, candy corn and sprinkled with confetti. The vanilla milkshake is topped with whipped cream, orange gooey chocolate, sour gummy worms, gummy centipedes, Oreo crumbs, a Sugar Daddy and a Hershey’s bar. Just try to sleep after this sugar high. Available through October 31. 3200 Las Vegas Blvd. S. #1240, 702-685-0483, sugarfactory.com.

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ENGINEERING SUCCESS Nevada Brew Works joins in on the Arts District’s beer fun

NEVADA BREW WORKS 1327 S. Main St. #160, 702-466-6637. Sunday-Thursday, 11 a.m.-midnight (NFL Sundays, open 10 a.m.); Friday-Saturday, 11 a.m.-1 a.m.

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f you were to list the skills required to run a brewery, you might not consider engineering. But for Jason Taylor, the owner and president of the Arts District’s new Nevada Brew Works, his unlikely background in developing wastewater treatment plants comes in handy. “For a very small brewery, we’re definitely very advanced,” Taylor says. “With [my] engineering background, we took the [brewery] design pretty seriously.” Taylor says that their “10-barrel system that brews with steam” uses a “step mash” method of brewing, in which precise temperatures allow for beers to achieve depth and complexity of flavor. So far, NBW has released three beers—the NBW Hefeweizen, the NBW Irish Red and the flagship Ariana Rye PA. The rye pale ale is named after Taylor’s daughter, who has cerebral palsy. “She’s the basis for why we decided to open the brewery in the first place and to try to kind of give her a better future,” Taylor says. A portion of that beer’s proceeds will go to charity. NBW also plans to brew a series of beers that will benefit children in need of medical equipment. Nevada Brew Works is a family affair. Taylor’s father-in-law, Ken Hallyburton, is the brewmaster; he studied at the Siebel Institute of Technology World Brewing Academy in Chicago. The 2,000-square-foot patio is a major draw. But don’t overlook the menu, which features Neapolitan-style pizzas cooked in a Marra Forni Brick Oven. Try the Pep & Pine ($13), a variation on a Hawaiian pizza with pepperoni and pineapple, or the signature NV Brew Works Pizza ($14), with a variety of meats and veggies. Angus beef burgers ($10-$13), a surprisingly robust house salad ($6) and some pub-centric appetizers (cheese curds, wings and a large pretzel) round out the food offerings. “We have a fairly concise menu, but we focus a lot on the food,” Taylor says. “We wanted to be a full brewpub, and that makes us family-friendly and keeps people here for the beer.”

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Heavenly Pies takes the city’s pizza game to new heights BY BROCK RADKE

f you live in Southern Highlands, you’ve never been more lucky. Your new neighborhood Italian eatery happens to be helmed by one of the all-time Las Vegas greats when it comes to this style of cuisine, James Beard Award-winning chef Luciano Pellegrini. He ran the show at the legendary Valentino at Venetian until it closed in 2013, then worked as consulting chef at Marché Bacchus and created his own DolceVita Gelato company selling sweet stuff to restaurants and casinos all over the Valley. Pellegrini teamed with his cousin,

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chef David Ryan Brister—a Las Vegas Cordon Bleu grad who has cooked all over Texas and for the Dallas Cowboys— to open Heavenly Pies in August. The pizza-centric concept is new for him, and Heavenly’s menu covers all the bases and is set up perfectly for pandemic-era takeout. The pies are something of a mix between Neapolitan and Roman style, which sounds very Italian but eats very familiar—a heavenly balance of crispy, chewy thin-crust goodness. You can start with a classic cheese ($10 individual, $18 large) and add your favorite toppings ($2-$4) as you go, but the list of ingredients here eclipses most neighborhood joints: seven sauces, from creamy pesto to roasted onion; burrata or Gorgonzola alongside traditional mozzarella and Parmesan cheeses; and specialty meats like slow-cooked pork sausage cotechino and luxurious mortadella. The namesake pizza is an umami explosion, with black truffle tomato sauce, roasted garlic, brie, porcini mushrooms, speck and escarole ($18-$28). Heavenly’s version of the barbecue chicken pizza ($16-$26) adds pickled okra to the standard selections of barbecue sauce, onions and cilantro, while the Green Pizza ($16-$26) goes veggie crazy with pesto, asparagus, rapini, spinach, zucchini and plenty of smooth roasted garlic. Family-style takeout meal packages are meant to feed four but can be stretched, especially the hearty Nonna’s lasagna pack ($110) with four portions of the entree, a giant Caesar salad, garlic knots and dessert. There’s a whole roasted chicken pack, too, with pasta pomodoro and asparagus, along with bread and sweets ($120). But if those don’t fit your takeout model, the trattoria menu definitely has something for everybody. See if you can top this lineup: beef-porkveal meatballs with fried polenta ($12), fritto misto with sweet peppers ($16), a knockout spaghetti amatriciana ($15) and lemony chicken piccata with capers and rustic roasted potatoes ($20). The possibilities are endless, and there’s even a kids menu.

HEAVENLY PIES 11370 Southern Highlands Parkway, 702-896-0055. Daily, 11 a.m.-9 p.m.

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RIVAL REVIEW UNLV’s first-year football coach isn’t staking the season on the Cannon game BY MIKE GRIMALA

NLV football is under new management, evident in the way the program has handled preparations for its Week 2 rivalry game against UNR. Circumstances have converged to make this year’s Fremont Cannon game one of the most historic in the rivalry’s 40-year history: It will be UNLV’s first game at the $2 billion Allegiant Stadium, on Nevada Day. Previous head coach Tony Sanchez would surely have been radiating intensity and playing up the moment. For him, the UNR game was always the most important date on the schedule. If an oblivious staffer or media member happened to wear clothing in any shade of blue during Cannon week, Sanchez didn’t let it pass without comment. Current coach Marcus Arroyo is dialing that attitude back. To the former Oregon offensive coordinator, it’s simply one of eight games of equal importance in the wacky 2020 season.

Granted, placement has a lot to do with that. During Sanchez’s tenure, the game typically arrived as the season finale, which made it easier to take an all-in approach. Playing it at the start of a coronavirus-shortened season leaves Arroyo little choice but to emphasize that the season will continue on for another month and a half no matter what happens Saturday. “It’s an important game because it’s our next game,” Arroyo said. “It’s an important game because it is a rivalry game, and yes, there is some pride to be

taken within the state, and that’s good. That’s fun. That’s what makes college football college football. But you’ve got to make sure … you don’t make it all or nothing. You can’t do that in any game.” UNLV’s opening-game performance might have cut into fan enthusiasm: The Rebels looked noncompetitive in falling 34-6 at San Diego State. UNR, meanwhile, upset Wyoming 37-34 in overtime. The dichotomy of those results left UNLV as a 14-point underdog going into the UNR game. The pandemic has also obviously

contributed to the muted feel of this year’s game. When UNLV defeated UNR 33-30 on the road last year, the crowd became so frenzied that players and fans clashed following the Rebels’ walk-off touchdown. It was ugly, but it was evidence of the rivalry’s heat. The atmosphere inside Allegiant Stadium will be unable to match that Saturday, as only 2,000 fans will be allowed inside—almost exclusively players’ families, students and boosters—to witness the game, in keeping with state-mandated social

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Coach Marcus Arroyo (Las Vegas News Bureau/Courtesy); UNLV Helmet (Steve Marcus/Staff/Photo Illustration)

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■ LAST WEEK: BUCCANEERS 45, RAIDERS 20 Las Vegas suffered its most lopsided loss of the season at the hands of Tom Brady and an overwhelming Buccaneers defense. Brady accounted for five touchdowns—four passing, one rushing— while Tampa’s Devin White sacked Derek Carr three times and led an effort that held Las Vegas to a season-low 347 total yards. The Raiders cut the score to 24-20 late in the third quarter but couldn’t get another stop the rest of the game.

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■ THIS WEEK: RAIDERS (3-3) AT BROWNS (5-2) When: Sunday, November 1, 10 a.m. Where: FirstEnergy Stadium Betting line: Browns -2.5, over/under: 52.5 TV: CBS (Channel 8) Radio: 920-AM & 92.3-FM

distancing protocols. Arroyo is trying to walk a line between being respectful of the rivalry while keeping his players focused on what comes next. “It’s a really important game [for] the community and city and program,” Arroyo said. “There’s a lot of pride in that game. But there’s an inherent danger in hanging everything on it. That’s what I think you’ve got to be really careful of.” UNLV won the Cannon three times in five years under Sanchez, includ-

ing last season’s explosive overtime victory in his swan song. Though he ultimately posted a 20-40 record at UNLV, Sanchez cultivated a loyal band of supporters simply based on his winning record against UNR. Arroyo is still trying to get into the swing of the Silver State rivalry. While there’s no explicit ban on the color blue, he did let it be known that he won’t be calling UNR by name this week. “I’ll be in red, and I’m calling it Reno,” Arroyo said. “That’s where I’m at with it.”

Opponent: With no playoff berths in 18 years, the Browns might be one of the only franchises with a rougher recent history than the Raiders. But things might finally be turning around this year, as Cleveland currently occupies a postseason spot after a memorable comeback last week. Quarterback Baker Mayfield threw for five touchdowns, including a game winner in the final seconds to Donovan Peoples-Jones, to beat the rival Bengals 37-34. It wasn’t all good news, however, as Cleveland lost star receiver Odell Beckham Jr. for the remainder of the season to an ACL tear.

Injury report: Coach Jon Gruden admits he’s crossing his fingers, but the Browns game could mark the healthiest the Raiders have been this season since heading into Week 1. Gruden indicates that right tackle Trent Brown, who missed last week after testing positive for coronavirus, is asymptomatic, which means he could be cleared to return with three straight negative tests. There’s a chance several other recent absentees—cornerback Damon Arnette (coronavirus/thumb), safety Johnathan Abram (coronavirus contact tracing), wide receiver Bryan Edwards (foot) and quarterback Marcus Mariota (chest)— could also return. –Case Keefer

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Sign builder takes pride in helping brand Las Vegas for decades

BY BRYAN HORWATH

henever Jeff Young drives past Allegiant Stadium, he can’t help smiling about his company’s contributions to the new venue. YESCO Custom Electric Signs built the freestanding sign at the east end of the stadium site, which stands more than 120 feet off the ground and features full-color video on both sides of a massive LED screen. It’s visible to those driving on Interstate 15 past the stadium. “It was night, and the sign was lit with black-andwhite content,” Young, YESCO’s senior vice president and chief marketing officer, said. “It just knocks my socks off. That is a beautiful facility.” YESCO—based in Utah, but with a large presence in Las Vegas—is celebrating 100 years in business. Young’s grandfather, Thomas Young, came to North America from England as a teenager during the early part of the 20th century, eventually settling in Ogden, Utah, where he founded what was then called Thomas Young Signs in 1920. It wasn’t long before Young’s grandfather realized there was an opportunity to grow the business in Las Vegas, where, during the early 1930s, gambling was legalized and work began on the federal dam project just outside town. Thomas Young’s first big break in Las Vegas came when he was selected to design and build a sign for the old Boulder Club on Fremont Street. Since then, YESCO has been behind some of the area’s most recognized displays, including Vegas Vic, the old Mint Hotel sign, the Circus Circus clown and what was at the time a cutting-edge electronic display at Caesars Palace in the mid-1980s. “The Boulder Club was a big breakthrough for my grandfather,” Jeff Young said. “When he visited and

got the request for that sign, they wanted to make that corner more exciting. He went to his hotel room that night, took butcher paper and some colored pencils and created what he thought the sign should look like. They just loved it.” Today, YESCO, including its franchise service operation arm, has about 2,000 employees in the U.S. and Canada, with about 400 in Las Vegas. It’s one of the largest and most well-known U.S. sign companies in an industry that, according to the International Sign Association, is responsible for

about $37 billion worth of business annually in the U.S. Besides highly visible Las Vegas signs like the old Stardust display or the larger-than-life 260-foot tall LED sign outside Aria, YESCO also creates displays for shopping centers, restaurants and even Starbucks’ corporate headquarters in Seattle. Once work for the Allegiant Stadium project wrapped—YESCO created more than 4,000 signs of seemingly all size and shape for the $2 billion stadium—much of the focus turned to Circa, which opened October 28 in Downtown Las Vegas. YESCO rehabilitated Vegas Vickie, the leg-kicking, gun-toting, blond cowgirl sign that used to grace the old Glitter Gulch adult club on Fremont Street. The sign is now the centerpiece of Vegas Vickie’s lounge at Circa, thanks to the makeover work of Eric Elizondo and John Robbins, who carefully manipulated the neon glass tubing that’s part of the one of the gloves for the refurbished Vickie. YESCO is also building signage for the Resorts World casino complex on the Strip, which is expected to be finished next year. It’ll join a long list of signs the company has made over the years for resorts— many of which are now on display at the Neon Museum in Downtown. About half of the old neon signs at the museum are on loan from the company. “There’s no place on earth that shows color and light and excitement like this community,” Young said. “The reason why it’s so exciting and so vibrant is largely because of the signs. To have been a part of that, we’re honored as a family and as an organization.”

Jeff Young, senior vice president and chief marketing officer of YESCO Custom Electric Signs, explains the mechanics of a sign for the new Circa casino. (Wade Vandervort/Staff)

VegasInc Notes Nevada State College announced that the Nevada System of Higher Education approved its newest bachelor of arts and bachelor of science degree in interdisciplinary data science. Pending approval from NSC’s accrediting body, the program will become the only one of its kind in Nevada. A degree in the program will allow students an opportunity to pursue careers such as data analyst, operations manager, database administrator and software engineer. Goodwill of Southern Nevada announced the addition of Karen Marben as the new chief mission services officer. Marben She will lead Southern Nevada’s programming for job seekers and employer partnerships. Marben is responsible for developing programs and trainings that will enable job seekers to overcome barriers preventing them from landing a job. Papillon Grand Canyon Helicopters received the No. 1 ranking in the 2020 USA Today 10 Best Readers’ Choice travel award contest for Best Helicopter Tour in North America. The Mob Museum ranked No. 1 for Best Las Vegas Attraction. The awards highlight the best of the best in contests covering categories such as destinations, food and drink, hotels and things to do. Nominees for all categories are chosen editorially by a panel of relevant experts. Brandon Rizk joined Planet Home Lending, a national lender and servicer, as branch manager for a new branch at 2485 Village View Drive #150, Henderson. Rizk has been in the financial industry for nearly two decades and in the Southern Nevada community for more than 14 years. The Penta Building Group earned three award recognitions for Engineering

News-Record’s Regional Best Projects 2020: “Best Project” for its work on Caesars Forum; “Excellence in Safety” for Caesars Forum; and “Excellence in Safety, Award of Merit” for Wynn Las Vegas South Convention Center. Penta also promoted Alex Whitmer to senior project engineer. Initially joining Penta through the company’s internship program, Whitmer became a full-time team member in 2017 as project engineer. The Vox Agency, an agency specializing in public relations, digital marketing and brand building for attractions, destination dining and retail, health and lifestyle and nonprofit organizations, is now the agency on record for Tivoli Village as well as Leafz, an e-commerce marketplace to connect consumers with sellers purveying premium CBD and hemp-derived products. SR Construction was named the general contractor for the design and construction of Poet’s Walk 18. The project will consist of the ground-up construction of a 36,381-square-foot, wood-framed facility. Once complete, the memory care facility will house 60 patient rooms and hold 72 patient beds. Melissa Warren, managing partner of Faiss Foley Warren public relations, announced the firm’s next evolution with the launch of the Warren Group, which will house the firm’s practice encompassing public relations, social media, community relations and messaging. Warren acquired full ownership of the LLC under which both FFW and the Warren Group operate. She will continue to affiliate with her longtime partner, Linda Faiss, on public relations matters, while Helen Foley has launched Foley Public Affairs, a government affairs firm. Joining Warren at the Warren Group are former FFW employees McKinzie Cogswell, senior account executive; Amy Maier, senior account executive; Lisa Robinson, senior

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account executive; Cherryl Kaopua, account executive; Marsha MacEachern Tempesta, social media director; Lokelani Higa, social media manager; and Karen Wofford, marketing specialist. The statewide Nevada Dental Association hired Michele Reeder as its new executive director. Reeder Reeder joins NDA after serving most recently as vice president of client success for SBI Association Management in Seattle, where she led a team that worked to ensure client satisfaction, retention and company profitability. She previously served as executive director for the American Academy of Oral Medicine and the American Board of Oral Medicine, as well as the Pacific Coast Reproductive Society. The Nevada Dispensary Association announced the appointment of a new executive director, Layke Martin, the Martin former assistant dean for external relations at the UNLV William S. Boyd School of Law. During her time at the law school, Martin oversaw fundraising, communications, alumni relations, events and career development department. She has taught courses at the law school and at the School of Public Policy and Leadership at UNLV. She practiced business litigation for nearly five years with the firm Marquis Aurbach Coffing. Howard & Howard expanded its business litigation practice with the addition of Steven E. Kish III. Before joining Howard & Howard, Kish clerked for the Honorable James C. Mahan in the United States District Court for the District of Nevada. In law school, Kish competed nationally on Boyd’s moot court and mock trial teams, externed with the Clark County District Attorney’s Office and worked with Nevada Legal Aid through the Partners in Pro Bono Program.

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