by Jeri Chadwell-Singley
THiS MOdern WO rld
by tom tomorrow
What’s your addiction? Asked at Our Bar, 211 W. First St.
Monique Orr Marketing coordinator
I feel like I get addicted to a show—like once I start a show and I like it, I devote all my free time to watching that show. And I become very anti-social, and it’s not OK. … If I start becoming addicted to a series, I will devote my—100 percent—free time to that. Well, right now, we’re rewatching Pretty Little Liars. Oh, House of Cards, too.
Chelsea Truax Office manager
Now that it’s summer, I’m like addicted to always doing things, and just always being moving. Kinda—not FOMO—but just always having something to go to … I don’t know if it’s an addiction or just being compelled to always be—I don’t know. … Well, and it stays light so late … You can go to work, then to the gym, and go home, and it’s still light. Elliot Chappell Soccer coach
Reform the reform
Alcohol. I thought we went over this. I thought we were good. Oh, are we having a full conversation now? Am I getting microphoned? I thought we were done. I just wanted to say the one word answer, but all right now. I’ll talk. What other questions do you have? … I have to get my picture taken? Can’t it just be an anonymous question mark? Oh, I was just trying to have fun. You can post this whole thing.
suppression—this one with the bipartisan support. If you live in Sparks north of Interstate 80 and east The primary election was invented to reform the nomiof Pyramid Way or live in the south end of the Spanish nating process in the Progressive Era, to take the selection Springs Valley or live in Wadsworth, don’t worry about of candidates out of convention back rooms and corporate voting for county commissioner this year. It’s already been offices. In fact, in 1910, supporters of the convention taken care of for you. Your representative on the Washoe process filed a lawsuit in Nevada to overturn the primary County Commission will be Vaughn Hartung. We know law. It was unsuccessful. that you probably didn’t get to vote for (or against) him, Not surprisingly, the political parties have now found a but that’s OK. Most of the people in the district—Washoe way to abuse this reform, by turning Nevada elections into County Commission district 4—won’t get to vote on that Soviet elections where only one party can participate. contest, so you’re not alone. It began in 1997 with a new law designed to accomThe Nevada Legislature has decided that if only modate one small county legislator who members of one political party run for was tired of, you know, having to run an office, that party will decide in its for office against a fellow Republican. primary who your county commisThe new form of His colleagues in the Senate rigged the sioner will be. You’re not a member of that party? voter suppression system so he could win in the primary instead of the general, cutting his angst Tough. Nowhere is it carved in half. Eventually the Democrats in stone that you get to elect your found ways it could work for them, too, so they supported representatives. a recent measure honing the law. Remember that the Perhaps you live in Assembly District 26. It encomDemocrats are the party that opposes voter suppression. passes much of the north end of Lake Tahoe, then sweeps So these rigged primaries serve the purposes of the down the Sierra to take in a small part of Washoe City, parties. What other purpose do they serve? Keep in mind dashes north across the burgeoning Mount Rose Highway that there’s also nothing carved in stone that says we have area, then crosses the valley to sweep up Hidden Valley. to have partisan primaries at all. If they stop serving the With Incline and Hidden Valley pushing the average public’s needs, why not just get get rid of them? Reform income level sky high, it’s a silk stocking district where the reform. Change the law to go straight to a non-partisan no Democratic candidate can survive. It has a new assemprimary, all comers in one primary, party identifications blymember, Lisa Krasner, even though no election has yet removed from the ballot. Then we don’t have to put up been held, only a primary—meaning any non-Republican with these shenanigans, and voters can stop having to is barred from choosing the district’s legislator. register with a political party in order to get a full ballot. A primary that elects is a contradiction in terms. If some political reformers are looking for a cause, The primary’s function is to narrow the available this could be it. Ω candidates. Using it to elect is the latest form of voter OPINION
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NEWS
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GREEN
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FEATURE STORY
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ARTS&CULTURE
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ART OF THE STATE
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FOODFINDS
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FILM
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MUSICBEAT
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NIGHTCLUBS/CASINOS
Jon Egelin Hookah-tender
I would say my addiction is music. So, the reason I love music is because—so, I love different genres, right? … I love all genres. I think the reason why I love all genres is because you get to meet different types of people when you listen to different types of music.
Micah Kawamoto Cosmetologist
Truth. My addiction is honesty and truth. I ultimately in every fucking—in every relationship that I meet with someone, I want the fucking truth. Tell it to me straight. Tell it to me real. And tell it to me like the shot that I take.
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THIS WEEK
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MISCELLANY
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JUNE 23, 2016
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