Political Update – August 28, 2018
Attorney general group calls on Ford to release bar application
By Rimona Giwargis
A month after state Senate Majority Leader Aaron Ford’s criminal record came to light, a Republican group questioned whether the attorney general candidate disclosed his four arrests on two state bar applications. The Republican Attorneys General Association political action committee on Thursday called on Ford, D-Las Vegas, to release his bar applications to gauge whether he lied about his past. Ford, a partner at Las Vegas law firm Eglet Prince, was admitted to the State Bar of Texas and the State Bar of Nevada. Both applications specifically require the disclosure of past criminal convictions. Ford’s campaign shared his Nevada bar application with the Las Vegas Review-Journal. It shows he checked yes on the box asking if he had been arrested, cited or convicted of any criminal charges. The application requires an explanation, but the State Bar of Nevada told the campaign the attached explanations had been destroyed when Ford was admitted to the bar. “Aaron Ford has not been honest about his past,” said Zack Roday, a spokesman for RAGA, which is backing Ford’s opponent, Wes Duncan.“Today, we are calling on Ford to release his bar applications for Texas and Nevada. Nevada voters deserve to know if he appropriately disclosed his four arrests, as required, on his bar application forms.” Texas destroys its bar applications after five years. Ford was admitted in 2002.
Quote of the week
Quote: “Aaron Ford has not been honest about his past. Today, we are calling on Ford to release his bar applications for Texas and Nevada. Nevada voters deserve to know if he appropriately disclosed his four arrests, as required, on his bar application forms.”
Zack Roday, a spokesman for RAGA, which is backing Ford’s opponent, Wes Duncan.
'Deregulation' label for question 3 proves divisive for Nevada
By Colton Lochhead For one side, it’s a battle cry. For the other, it’s the dirtiest of words. When it comes to Question 3, the politically charged energy- choice measure on the ballot in Nevada, a political line has been drawn over a single term: deregulation. The group opposing the measure has flooded airwaves across the state with ads claiming Question 3 will bring about “electricity deregulation,” higher energy rates and fewer price protections. Opponents have even invoked the Enron energy scandal that rocked California in 2001. But the campaign backing the measure that would shift Nevada’s current regulated monopoly to an open, competitive market derides the use of the word, claiming it falsely describes what the Energy Choice Initiative would do if approved by voters for the second time this November. “They’re trying to scare people,” said Jon Wellinghof, policy analyst for Yes on 3. Opponents argue that the changes proposed in Question 3 have historically been referred to as deregulation.
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