William Walls (Nevada)

Public Safety

We will fully and completely fund our Police, Fire, and Investigative Agencies.

We will establish irreproachable Public Safety Services.

Human Trafficking

To curtail Human Trafficking I will establish policies, practices and procedures to better coordinate investigations, surveillance activities, communication, and coordination between the Nevada State Police, Nevada Investigative Division, Nevada Highway patrol, County Police, Municipal Police, TSA officials, and Law enforcement officials from bordering states.

We will make certain there is one common communications channel accessible to each of these separate policing agencies;

We will make certain that the various policing agencies are informed and aware of all open human trafficking investigations, and have access to vital information including the names and descriptions of victims and suspects.

Police

I support the complete funding of our Police and other safety services.

Generally Speaking, Nevada policing should be community oriented, proactive, and effective.

Nevada residents should feel safe - morning, noon and night - at home, at work, on our highways and byways.

All Public safety personnel, including officers, administrators, clerks, and operators should comport themselves with excellence at all times and recognize that customer service is an uncompromising moral imperative.

Police often encounter disconnected youth and young adults, plagued by low self esteem. Some are unwilling or unable to satisfactorily respond to common police questions, such as, "Where are you coming from?" and "Where are you going?"

In our society, parents often have "the talk" with their children about how to act and react during police encounters. However, many children do not have parents. Some have parents who do not have the capacity or opportunity to deliver that potentially life-saving message.

Therefore, all students should be taught their rights and given instructions on how to best respond to law enforcement officers when approached.

Police training should more acutely emphasize the importance of serving and protecting.

Nevada Police Policies, Equipment, and Training: We will institute a complete review of all Nevada Police Department policies, practices, and procedures; make certain each department has state of the art equipment; Ensure that all training is compliant with all state and federally mandated norms.

Police officers will be outfitted with Body Cams that will be synchronized with Dashboard cams. Thus, Body Cams would automatically activate the moment an officer exits the police car. Once activated, an officer would not have the ability to disengage that body cam, audio or video. It would remain active until the arresting officer calls in to report the conclusion of the encounter, or until the arresting officer arrives at the station.

We want to ensure our highly trained and valued police officers are on duty, for the maximum time, throughout their shift, as well as reduce police overtime. Therefore, when police arrive at the station either upon surrendering an arrestee for processing, or at the end of their shift, certified, well-trained clerks will review the body cam footage of the arresting officer, in conjunction with the dashboard camera footage. A team of clerks will document and chronicle all other footage, available from all other officers and police cars involved in that police encounter and/or arrest.

All involved officer(s) will be afforded an opportunity to sign off on the clerk generated police reports, or request amendments. Upon completion of that process, the final report will be certified and submitted as the official record of that particular police encounter.

All body cam and dashboard cam footage will remain available as evidence, accessible only by authorized personnel.

Deployment: We will better deploy our police manpower to ensure officers are patrolling troubled areas and are available to readily respond in case of an emergency.

The "Officer Friendly" program will be incorporated into our efforts to improve relations between officers and the Nevadan residents and visitors they serve.

These and other measures are needed to develop much needed mutual respect between police and communities.

Education

As governor, I will work with Democrats, Republicans, Independents, unions, Administrators, special interest groups, and other responsible organizations to provide a superior Public School Education for each and every individual child. That transcends the development of modern buildings with state-of-the-art equipment and facilities, which may be conducive to a safe and productive educational environment.

We have to make certain that students are taught Science, Technology, Engineering and Math. However, we must also provide classes that teach the arts, humanities, civics, business principles, and finance. Students must have access to extracurricular and intramural activities, including academic and sports.

I will propose and promote a transparent Education Funding Formula that enables curriculum policies designed to improve the educational experience for all students, parents, teachers, and administrators, irrespective of their individual goals, challenges, or unique special needs.

Under the direction of the current administration, Nevada Schools have begun to distance themselves from ESL, Socially and Attitudinally challenged at risk students. We will change that. We want students and parents to feel comfortable speaking English in their homes.

Charter schools, and other diabolical innovations have begun to result in the isolation of underperforming students. As Charter schools drain the state’s educational resources the public school children are left behind.

I will change that dynamic.

No child should have to pass by a highly accredited, publicly funded, selective enrollment school to start their school day at an underperforming school.

On its face, the concept that Nevada benefits when we allow well-to-do parents to choose which selective enrollment schools to send their children to, is a fiction without merit. Therefore, advocates for selective enrollment schools should be made to demonstrate a compelling reason for the use of public funds to support those schools.

Historically, those schools have been beneficial and accessible, primarily, to students with active parents, who are involved in their education process. Meanwhile, the wards of the state and the children who have no parents have no one to advocate to make certain they have equal educational opportunity.

My administration would allow Charter schools to offer “naming rights” to corporate and individual donors. Those funds would replace funds that ordinarily would come from the state’s Education fund. Thus more money would be available to fulfill the needs of our open enrollment public schools.

We have to eradicate the obsolete “one size fits all” educational concept.

Walls For Governor Education Policy Initiative: Provide “Educational Intensive Care.” We must implement policies, practices, and procedures designed to ensure Nevada students have at least an 80% chance of completing their education, Pre-K through 12th grade.

Educational Intensive Care allows you to effectively target resources. eradicate the obsolete “one size fits all” educational concept.

Walls For Governor Educational Methodology: Bring everyone together, including the Board of Education, Public, and Charter School Administrators, Principals, Teachers, Nevada Teachers Union, Local Elected School Council, Educational Community Activists, Parents, Students, Business and Community Partners.

Violence In Schools

Violence in schools has spiked to a troubling level since the Pandemic. The schools are no longer the safe haven they should be. If we don't work together to change this trajectory we will regret it for the rest of our lives.

Students, Parents, Teachers, Union, Administrators and Educational Community Activists, working as one, can help protect our most valuable assets.

There has to be a "zero tolerance policy" when it comes to violence in our schools. However, we have to be proactive and not reactionary. We just can't throw the baby out with the bath water. We have to engage in granular analysis, as we endeavor to know all we need to know about each individual student.

We need constant feedback from psychologists and mental health experts, as well as civic minded students, who can recognize other students' cries for help, report troubling behavior, and confidentially inform the administration to help interrupt potential violent encounters.

We have to commit to thoughtfully invest whatever resources are required to keep our students and teachers safe. For, if schools are not safe, no one will show up to teach or learn.

Taxation

I will “Tax Less and Do More.”

My overall goal will be to reduce our budgetary reliance on the variety and amount of taxes paid by Nevada residents.

We will reduce our reliance on regressive taxes, fines, fees, and assessments, which are inherently unpredictable and should not be used to balance Nevada's State budget.

The proposed 2023-2025 Biennial budget is expected to maintain previous services levels. Working within the confines and constraints of that budget, my administration will modify our approach to better serve Nevadans.

By using smarter technology and increasing workforce morale we can get more done than the current Governor anticipates.

My administration will engineer Comprehensive Tax Reforms to stimulate Nevada's economy and foster full employment.

This will be accomplished through Public Initiatives, Private Initiatives and Cost Saving Initiatives.

Major companies operating within Nevada's major industries regularly utilize the goods and services of suppliers, particularly outside businesses.

Those businesses fall into four category pillars.

They are either (1) Producers - engaged in Farming, Fishing, Mining or Manufacturing; (2) Distributors - who are either Information Reporters, Domestic Transporters, Importers, or Exporters; (3) Vendors - engaged in Wholesale, Retail, or Real Estate Sales; or (4) Lenders of Finance, Services, or Property.

Our emerging businesses operate within all of those pillars.

My Made in Nevada / Nevada Business First Public-Private initiative, would reward major Nevada businesses which engage the services of, or buy from our emerging businesses.

This would enable our medium sized producers, distributors, vendors, and lenders to grow their operations and increasingly compete in the national and global marketplace. When those emerging Nevada businesses create jobs, Nevada workers will have money to spend, and when they do spend that money the State of Nevada will realize increased tax revenues.

To mitigate the impact of tangible personal property (TPP) taxes on the value of certain business inventory for emerging Nevada businesses, we will offer: an income tax credit to offset inventory taxes paid; No Inventory taxes until a qualified emerging business makes a profit; a gradual shift from inventory taxes, which favor one product or industry over another, toward revenue sources with broader, more neutral bases.

Broader, more neutral bases include expansion of the amount of economic activity subject to tax, in this case, by eliminating exemptions, exclusions, deductions, credits, and other preferences currently afforded non-Nevada businesses

Marginal rate cuts coupled with large spending cuts and broadening of the tax base.

Land used for the development of Tiny Homes Communities will qualify as “open-space land” for property tax purposes, if that open space land is adjacent to a business that employs a minimum of 100 workers. If The qualified “open space land” is used for multiple purposes, the primary, most important, use must be Tiny Homes for mixed-income Nevada residents.

Ordinarily, all taxable property is appraised at its market value. Land used to develop Tiny Homes Communities will qualify as “open-space land” for property tax purposes, if that open space land is adjacent to a business that employs a minimum of 100 workers. If The qualified “open space land” is used for multiple purposes, the primary, most important, use must be Tiny Houses for mixed-income Nevada residents.

Ordinarily, the Nevada Rollback Tax is collected when properties change from agricultural to commercial or residential use. The amount of that tax is based on the difference between the tax paid and the tax that would have been paid if an agricultural use exemption had not been granted. Property that changes fro agricultural to residential, for the development of Tiny Homes, will not be subject to any Rollback.

A taxpayer whose Tiny home qualifies as manufactured will not have the option of installment payments. Instead, they will be required to pay their taxes in full on schedule.

We will provide a State of Nevada Motor fuel tax credit to operators of Fleet vehicles - passenger cars, buses and passenger vans - used exclusively to transport qualified Tiny Home residents to and from Nevada factories.

To achieve early access to tax revenue, we will offer corporations and high value tax payers a Ten Percent (10%) reduction if they, in fact, pay their tax obligation at least 260 days earlier than due. This will enable the state to significantly increase the rainy day fund. Consequently, this will increase the State’s Bond Rating. Thus, it will cost Nevada less to borrow money to fund our expenditures, as well as reduce the concomitant debt service.

Overall, this “early access to tax revenue” cost saving initiative will speed up Nevada’s transition from the current “Debt To Fund Services” revenue and expenditure system to the more desirable “Pay As You Go'' revenue and expenditure system.

Local governments receive the majority of revenue from Inventory taxes, which are a type of property tax. We will engineer a gradual shift away from inventory taxes toward revenue sources with broader, more neutral bases.

No qualified emerging business will be required to pay an Inventory tax until it makes a profit. Plus, we will offer an income tax credit to offset inventory taxes paid.

Motor fuel tax credit

The price of all motor fuel sold in Nevada also includes Federal motor fuel excise taxes, which are collected from the manufacturer by the IRS and are used to support the Federal Highway Administration.

The State of Nevada taxes gasoline, gasohol, jet fuel, and aviation fuel.

In a cost saving measure as Governor, I will offer state employees the option of a ten hour a day, four day a week, forty hour work week. This would reduce daily start-up costs as well as reduce personal and public energy consumption.

The governor’s proposals submitted to the legislature post pandemic include, but are not limited to:

• Over $500 million in reductions to agency budgets;
• Reductions in one-time appropriations;
• Reversions from the IFC restricted contingency funds;
• Transfers from other funds to the State’s general fund;
• Furlough days for state employees in the fiscal year, and holding open more than 690 state employee vacancies;
• A tax amnesty program;
• Acceleration of net proceeds of minerals.

Under my administration, the public will receive a greater level of service than anticipated, while we will expend less.

Comprehensive Tax Reform

My commitment is to Tax Less, and Do More.

As governor, I will undertake Comprehensive tax reform, to stimulate Nevada's economy and foster Full Employment;

To mitigate the impact of tangible personal property (TPP) taxes on the value of certain business inventory for emerging Nevada businesses:

• Offer an income tax credit to offset inventory taxes paid;
• No Inventory taxes until a qualified emerging business makes a profit;
• Gradually shift from inventory taxes toward revenue sources with broader, more neutral bases.

Land used for the development of Tiny Homes Communities will qualify as “open-space land” for property tax purposes, if that open space land is adjacent to a business that employs a minimum of 100 workers. If The qualified “open space land” is used for multiple purposes, the primary, most important, use must be Tiny Homes for mixed-income Nevada residents.

No rollback tax is collected when properties change from agricultural to qualified Tiny Homes communities for residential use.

Provide a State of Nevada Motor fuel tax credit to operators of Fleet vehicles - passenger cars, buses and passenger vans - used exclusively to transport qualified Tiny Home residents to and from Nevada factories.

Taxpayers whose Tiny home qualify as manufactured will not have the option of installment payments.

Early access to tax revenue will help Nevada transition from debt to fund services revenue and expenditure system to a pay as you go revenue and expenditure system.

Diversify Nevada's Economy

As Governor, I will diversify the Nevada economy using a carefully designed and expertly executed plan and strategy. It will rest upon a strong Public-Private partnership coupled with my "Made In Nevada" initiative.

The state and local governments would offer incentives to facilitate strategic business relationships, and expedite infrastructure improvements, inspections and licenses, as well as help to coordinate logistics. Meanwhile, the companies within Nevada’s predominant industries would make a rock solid commitment to help grow medium sized businesses headquartered here.

The key to Economy Diversification rests on our ability to develop a bedrock industry that, for years to come, will ensure the viability of a myriad of businesses, all of which will remain necessary within the emerging global economy. Technology is that industry. Therefore, I would focus on making Nevada the world center for Technology Development.

In the near future, and beyond, the employment of new and exciting technology will advance exponentially. Thus, having the advantage of first access to the newest, greatest, state-of-the-art technology, well ahead of all others, would put Nevada in a position to achieve greater Nevada business sector diversity.

To gain this technological advantage, without fail, we must improve our educational system.

Utilizing advanced technology, we can grow, develop, and attract businesses that are not casino, mining, or auto manufacturing related. Yet, to keep those businesses viable, we must keep them stocked with home-grown talent. Therefore, we must improve outcomes at the K-12 education level, among our institutions of higher learning, and through the Department of Education, Training, and Rehabilitation. We must also improve our graduation rates and do more to enable first generation Nevadans, parents and children, for whom English is a Second Language, to adapt, learn, and speak English in their homes.

Nevada Businesses are either Producers, Distributors, Vendors or Lenders.

There are four four forms of Production: Farming, Fishing, Mining or Manufacturing.

There are four types of Distribution: Information Reporter, Domestic Transporter, Importer, and Exporter.

There are three types of Vendors: Wholesale, Retail, or Real Estate Sales.

There are three types of Lenders: Financial, Services, or Property.

Nevada's casinos and mining companies regularly utilize the product offerings or services of all of four of these pillars of businesses.

As Governor, I will establish a "Made in Nevada" initiative and strategically couple it with a Nevada Business First Public-Private partnership. Under that initiative, our state and local governments would provide credits and incentives to casinos, mining companies, and others in predominant industries who commit to the long term purchase of goods and services from emerging Nevada based suppliers. Government will facilitate strategic partnerships, expedite inspection, licenses, and help coordinate B-2B logistics.

Initially, the casinos, mines, auto manufacturers, and other prominent companies may have to pay slightly more for the products, goods, or services provided by their Nevada based suppliers. However, due to the proximity of these Nevada based businesses, that added cost would be offset by significantly reduced freight costs and minimal delivery time. Given the added cost of imports due to sanctions, many companies will choose to acquire their supply locally.

This Made in Nevada/Public-Private initiative would enable small to medium sized, emerging, Nevada based, producers, distributors, vendors, and lenders to grow their operations. Eventually, those companies will grow beyond simply accommodating the needs of Nevada's casinos, mines and auto manufacturers. Soon they would be able to compete in the national and global marketplace, and place their products, goods and services into the National and International stream of commerce. Consequently, they will create jobs and other ancillary opportunities for Nevadans.

This comprehensive Made in Nevada/Public-Private initiative would directly benefit our effort to diversify the Nevada State economy.

Budget

If elected Governor in 2022, I will inherit the 2023-2025 Biennium proposed by the Governor’s Finance Office, as passed by the state Legislature, and maximize the effect of that budget.

Similar to the 2021-2023 Biennium budget, the most recently proposed Biennium budget indicates the majority of state revenue will be derived from Federal Funds and the General Fund. The Highway fund is the third largest individual revenue source. The remainder of the State’s budget comes from Fines, Fees, Assessments, Licenses, and other miscellaneous sources.

I caution that, given the uncertainty of the Pandemic's resurgence, and the effect of possible Covid 19 variations, we have to avoid using projections relative to Sales and Use taxes, fines, fees, and assessments to balance Nevada's State budget.

This caution should not cause panic, as anytime there is a reduction in demand for the goods and services that would be taxed, there is a concomitant reduction in governmental supportive services. Thus, the revenue expenditure requirement will be roughly proportionate to the loss of those uncertain revenue sources.

Budget Goals

If elected Governor in 2022, I will inherit the 2023-2025 Biennium Budget proposed by the Governor’s Finance Office, as passed by the state Legislature.

I will use my experience and all available resources to maximize the effect of that budget.

Budget Revenue

Similar to the 2021-2023 Biennium budget, the most recently proposed Biennium budget indicates the majority of state revenue will be derived from Federal Funds and the General Fund. The Highway fund is the third largest revenue source. The remainder of the State’s budget comes from Fines, Fees, Assessments, Licenses, and other miscellaneous sources. I caution that, given the uncertainty of the Pandemic's resurgence, and the effect of possible Covid 19 variations, we have to avoid using projections relative to Sales and Use taxes, fines, fees, and assessments to balance Nevada's State budget.

This caution should not cause panic, as anytime there is a reduction in demand for the goods and services that would be taxed, there is a concomitant reduction in governmental supportive services. Thus, the revenue expenditure requirement will be roughly proportionate to the loss of those uncertain revenue sources.

Cost Saving

The proposed 2023-2025 Biennial budget is expected to maintain previous services levels. However, by using smarter technology, streamlining the workflow, increasing workforce morale, implementing policies, practices, and procedures we will ensure the needed and expected levels of government service for less, and reduce our energy consumption. We will spend less and realize more revenue than the current Governor anticipates.

As Governor, I will implement several cost saving initiatives and measures designed to increase cost effectiveness and energy efficiency without negatively impacting safety or service. The following measures will ensure we are able to maintain the current staffing level and avoid employee furlough days.

I will offer state employees the option of a ten hour a day, four day a week, forty hour work week. Additionally, we will enable employees, whose presence is not required on-site, to work from home. These cost saving measures will reduce daily start-up costs as well as reduce personal and public energy consumption.

I will cut the Procurement Department Red tape, unbundle government contracts, allow bidders to lease equipment subject to transparency requirements, provide wrap up bonding and insurance, to enable more contractors, vendors and suppliers to respond to Requests For Proposals and offer competitive bids. This is likely to reduce procurement costs by as much as ten percent (10%).

I will cut the State of Nevada's government utility costs by using modern efficiencies and technology to heat, cool, light and regulate lobbies, offices, and conference rooms throughout all State of Nevada facilities.

I will cut the flow of administrative paperwork by fifty percent (50%). This will reduce purchasing, handling and storage costs by twenty percent (20%).

Additionally, over a period of six (6) years I will greatly reduce the State of Nevada’s debt service by transitioning from the current "Debt to Fund Services" revenue and expenditure system to a "Pay As You Go" revenue and expenditure system. This will result in the State of Nevada having a constant reserve fund and ultimately encourage the bond rating agencies to increase the State's Bond Rating, making it less costly to borrow money, fund projects, or acquire general obligation bonds.

"Pay As You Go" Revenue And Expenditure System

My administration will save money by making Nevada mainly debt Free.

Over a period of six (6) years I will greatly reduce the State of Nevada’s debt service by transitioning from the current "Debt to Fund Services'' revenue and expenditure system to a "Pay As You Go" revenue and expenditure system.

Government creates a budget which details expenditures; Borrows, from lenders, the money needed to fund those expenditures; Spends the money; and then taxes companies, residents and others to raise revenue to pay back the lenders. Debt Service is the "interest" we pay lenders when we borrow money to fund our government operations and the projects it undertakes. Debt Service may be as much as Ten Percent (10%) of the entire budget.

As we progress toward our ultimate goal of becoming "Debt Free", this practice will encourage the bond rating agencies to increase the State's Bond Rating, making it less costly to borrow money, fund projects, or acquire general obligation bonds. Ultimately, this saving will result in the State of Nevada having a constant reserve fund.

Housing

I am fully committed to the principle of housing as a basic human right. As Governor, I will make an unprecedented, relentless effort to ensure that we end homelessness and make housing affordable to all. My goal is to make certain that every resident that wants a place to live has a place in which to live.

The State of Nevada does not legislate rent control or otherwise regulate the amount a landlord can increase rent. Since the state is silent on this “matter of local concern,” and Nevada is a “Dillon Rule” state, local municipalities and counties have the authority to legislate rent increases.

I am concerned that year-over-year rent growth is faster than in the several years preceding the pandemic. I certainly do not want this increase to contribute to the creation of more homelessness.

Post Pandemic, strained market conditions have greatly affected the rental market rate. Since January, 2022, average rental rates have increased by nearly 2 percent. The Vacancy index is beginning to increase. Although currently, still below the 6 percent pre-pandemic norm, this bodes well for rental pricing in the short term.

I am a firm believer that the free market should control essential living prices in our state’s economy. The factors of supply and demand should dictate prices. Therefore, I do not support the effort to impose rent control in Nevada.

To help prevent a drastic increase in rental rates, I will take decisive steps to increase our stock of available rental units. We will require builders of new homes and larger rental units to engage in “Linked Development” agreements with not-for-profits engaged in the rehabilitation and renovation of existing rental apartments and other rental housing in Nevada’s more traditional and rural communities.

This concept of “Linked Development” would include major housing developers, who opt in, to coordinate with their financial institutions, to ensure access to capital and favorable financing terms and rates to their linked, not-for-profit, rental unit developers. Major Developers may also leverage their economy of scales to ensure their suppliers extend the most favorable rates for building supplies, tools, and equipment to their Linked Not-For-Profits.

Homelessness

As Governor, I will make certain no child goes to bed Homeless or Hungry

Tiny Home Communities

We have to end Homeless. Therefore, I propose the development of Tiny Home Communities throughout Nevada. These sustainable tiny homes would serve as a bridge to some, and a permanent resident for others.

Without surrendering any autonomy, or offering contributors any controlling authority or involvement in Tiny Home development, administration, or the tenant application, enrollment, or selection process, I suggest we provide opportunities for local and national businesses and organizations to place their name on on various segments and aspects of Tiny Homes communities, from the overall community, to the streets and parks located therein, etc..

These so-called "Naming Rights" communities, situated strategically throughout the state, would allow for the development of modern, state of the art tiny housing structures. These communities would provide additional safety and stability. They would ensure the greater productivity, and societal participation of our burgeoning homeless population.

The Naming Rights funds would provide branding and marketing opportunities like those afforded companies that place their names on skyscrapers, stadiums, or associate themselves with sports tournaments, all around the world.

The acquired Naming Rights Revenue would not be integrated into any aspect of the current Human Services budget.

Affordable Rent

I am fully committed to the principle of housing as a basic human right. As Governor, I will do whatever it takes to ensure that we end homelessness. We will make certain that every resident that wants a place to live has a place in which to live.

The State of Nevada does not legislate rent control or otherwise regulate the amount a landlord can increase rent. Since the state is silent on this “matter of local concern,” and Nevada is a “Dillon Rule” state, local municipalities and counties have the authority to legislate rent increases.

I am concerned that year-over-year rent growth is faster than in the several years preceding the pandemic. I certainly do not want this increase to contribute to the creation of more homelessness.

Post Pandemic, strained market conditions have greatly affected the rental market rate. Since January, 2022, average rental rates have increased by nearly 2 percent. The Vacancy index is beginning to increase. Although currently, still below the 6 percent pre-pandemic norm, this bodes well for rental pricing in the short term.

I am a firm believer that the free market should control essential living prices in our state’s economy. The factors of supply and demand should dictate prices. Therefore, I do not support the effort to impose rent control in Nevada.

To help prevent a drastic increase in rental rates, I will take decisive steps to increase our stock of available rental units. We will require builders of new homes and larger rental units to engage in “Linked Development” agreements with not-for-profits engaged in the rehabilitation and renovation of existing rental apartments and other rental housing in Nevada’s more traditional and rural communities.

This concept of “Linked Development” would include major housing developers coordinating with their financial institutions, to ensure access to capital and favorable financing terms and rates to their linked, not-for-profit, rental unit developers. Major Developers will also leverage their economy of scales to ensure their suppliers extend the most favorable rates for building supplies, tools, and equipment to their Linked Not-For-Profits.

Additionally, state personnel will work with major housing developers to acquire Tiny Homes “Naming Rights,” and in other ways support the establishment of those communities.

These programs will help to increase Nevada's rental unit stock and thereby help slow the increase of rental rates.

Mental Health Services

As Nevada struggled to respond to the pandemic, Northern and Southern Nevada experienced Adult Mental Health Services budget cuts.

Due to the urgent needs and fragile nature of Nevadans within those impacted communities, those cuts must be restored immediately.

As soon as feasible, I would call an emergency Legislative session to address cuts in Mental Health Services, the Office of Veterans Services, and other critical budgetary concerns.

Job Training

To ensure a ready and capable workforce, we will concentrate more spending on education, rehabilitation and skill development and Less spending on incarceration.

We will target for inclusion, those persons who have been chronically unemployed.

Comprehensive Immigration Reform

Illegal immigration

Border Crossings v Visa Overstays

More illegal immigration stems from visa overstays than illegal border crossings. Yet, the number of illegals crossing the southern border is of grave concern. However, I do not believe that more border walls are the answer. The border wall has been compromised and has failed to appropriately secure the border.

Instead, we need to use technology, drones, cameras, and listening devices to track and capture illegals who cross the border and attempt to disappear into the United States.

Those who entered the nation legally but overstayed their visas make up about two-thirds of unauthorized immigrants, data shows.

In fiscal 2017, for instance, the most recent year for which both metrics are available, the Border Patrol apprehended just over 310,000 undocumented border crossers. But more than 700,000 foreigners overstayed visas (52.7 million people were issued temporary visas for tourism, business, education, etc.), according to the Homeland Security Department, and more than 85 percent of them were thought still in the United States at the year’s close.

United States immigrants become a part of U.S. culture through avenues such as citizenship, becoming legal permanent residents, or by seeking humanitarian protection.

To immigrate to the United States permanently, first a person would apply for an immigrant visa and find a US citizen to sponsor their application.

Applicants need to have permanent residency for a minimum of two years; 1,095 full days have to be spent in Canada before the date of application; 5 years are taken into account before the date of application by the IRCC.

To immigrate to the United States means to relocate permanently by obtaining an immigrant visa, commonly called a “green card” or “lawful permanent residence.”

A green card can be renewed indefinitely. It allows the holder unrestricted employment, permits them to live and work in the U.S. indefinitely, join the armed forces, and apply for U.S. citizenship after five years - three if married to a U.S. citizen. The Green Card is the pathway to U.S. citizenship.

Passage of the Dream Act will bring stability and comfort to immigrants who were brought here illegally by their families.

By law, individuals can only seek asylum once they are physically present in the United States or when they are arriving at a port of entry. Most asylum seekers and unaccompanied children who are unable to seek asylum at ports of entry generally turn themselves in to the Border Patrol immediately upon crossing the border and ask to access the asylum process. Even when asylum seekers voluntarily turn themselves in to the Border Patrol, they are still recorded as having been “apprehended.”

The Title 42 exclusion act, which was suspended by CDC during the Pandemic, required border agents at the Southern border to send the illegal crossers, they apprehend, back to Mexico. During Covid that CDC imposed an exception to Title 42. However, that will soon be lifted. Once it is lifted, illegal immigrants will be caught and released into the United States pending the outcome of their court proceedings.

The problem is most illegal immigrants disappear into the United States and fail to show up for their court hearings.

To address this issue and increase the likelihood that illegal immigrants will show up in court, I suggest we put a monitor on them so that we know their locations at all times. They would have to waive any due process rights to be released into the U.S., or, by default, choose to be returned to Mexico.

This type of intrusion would never be suggested for U.S. citizens who are not under court ordered monitoring.

Second Amendment

I support the second amendment, with instant background checks, subject to the current “safety valve” provisions.

I oppose the sale of so called "Ghost Guns" which are untraceable and when made of plastic undetectable by metal detectors and scanners.

Privatization

Absent a clear and convincing necessity, I do not favor the privatization of any state assets or workflow assignments.

However, in the event the governor determines a privatization deal is necessary, the Governor would have the authority to order an exception. That properly executed order, would take effect within the timeframe prescribed, yet be open to review by the State Legislature. That state legislator’s review must be properly authorized according to the laws of the state of Nevada.

The review process must be open, transparent, and include public debate and discussion.

Upon conclusion of the review, the state legislature must vote to override the governor’s privatization action.

Abortion

Although personally I am Pro-Life, I do not support the effort to overturn Roe v. Wade.

I do not support the effort to pass a law requiring parental notification before a female under the age of 18 undergoes a medical procedure to terminate a pregnancy.

I support a female’s right, in consultation with her doctor, to decide what medical procedures are best for her, given all facts and circumstances.

My goal as Governor, regarding the entirety of Nevada, would be to create a wholesome Socio-Economic environment that gives prospective parents of an unborn confidence that Nevada will be safe, prosperous, supportive, and will afford them every reasonable opportunity to be able to successfully raise a child.

Who Pays?

In cases of a patient under the age of 18, incest, Rape, or when the doctor confirms that the procedure is medically necessary, the state should pay for the procedure when a woman's insurance will not.

Many responsible taxpayers want the state to decide whether or not the state should pay for, so-called, "elective abortions." The same applies to the adoption of a legislative policy to be applied when it is confirmed that a woman over the age of 18 abuses her right to a state sponsored abortion, by habitually resorting to that procedure, as though it is just another means of Birth Control.

Notwithstanding any debate or discussion, as long as Roe v. Wade remains the law of the land, the Nevada State Legislature must provide equitable access to female reproductive care.

Water

As Governor, I will explore water acquisition options to supplement the 1922 Colorado River Compact; explore the feasibility of resourcing salt water for desalination; ensure less utilization of fresh water for agricultural purposes; as well as maximize our water conservation and water reclamation efforts.

Recently, the federal government declared a first-ever shortage on the Colorado River, and announced mandatory water cutbacks for Arizona, Nevada and Mexico. U.S. Bureau of Reclamation officials warned that more cuts may follow.

​​The Lake Mead reservoir has fallen to its lowest levels since the Hoover Dam was built in the 1930s, and the lake's level is continuing to drop after years of chronic overuse and drought intensified by climate change. It now stands at just 35% of full capacity.

We have to encourage residents to harvest rainwater. NB74 allows for rainwater collection under a water right grant, which must be used for intended purposes or risk being revoked. Assembly Bill 198 states that the Legislative Committee on Public lands will review alternative water sources, including rainwater harvesting.

As governor, I will authorize a thorough and complete examination of the feasibility of mimicking the nation’s largest seawater desalination plant in the coastal town of Carlsbad. This plant, which provides enough high-quality water to serve about 400,000 people, is the result of a public-private partnership.

This $1 billion project includes the nation’s most technologically advanced and energy-efficient seawater desalination plant, a 10-mile large-diameter pipeline and improvements to Water Authority facilities for distributing desalinated seawater throughout San Diego County.

Eighty percent of the water used in Nevada is used for Agricultural purposes.

Therefore, we would be remiss if we did not consider saline agriculture to reduce fresh water usage for that purpose.

There are four pillars of agriculture, all of which would need to be adapted to make saline agriculture possible:

(1) crop and cultivar choice; (2) irrigation; (3) fertilization; and (4) soil management.

Saline agriculture

The four pillars of Saline agriculture

Because of the generally negative effects of salinity on crop yields, salinization threatens food production and food security in many areas in the world.

Saline agriculture is a possible solution: food is produced on salt-affected soils and/or using salt or brackish water for irrigation water.

The latter strategy also saves fresh water, which is a scarce resource on this planet, and even more so in those areas generally affected by salinization.

To make saline agriculture possible, conventional farming techniques would need to be adapted. We have identified four pillars of agriculture, all of which would need to be adapted to make saline agriculture possible:

1. crop and cultivar choice
2. irrigation
3. fertilization
4. soil management^[9]