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Drew Johnson: “If you were to open up a hot dog stand in Clark county, it…”

Featuring: Drew Johnson, Libertarian-leaning Republican | Former Candidate, U.S. House Nevada, District 3

Nevada Newsmakers - Oct 20, 2022 - Drew Johnson (R) Candidate Clark County Commission, District F

Published October 20, 2022 | Video Starts at 22:45

So I think specifically the thing I'm most interested in addressing is more business regulation issues. So, for example, right now, If you were to open up a hot dog stand in Clark county, it takes 23 different steps. You have to pay three different fees. You would have to hire an attorney and probably an accountant, a cpa. (22:45–22:51)

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“I actually filed a complaint with the Secretary of State because of these bogus mailers.”
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“Justin Jones and his team put out mailers that attacked me on everything from crime to Social Security to abortion and porn.”
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“When you went to those sources, they were completely unrelated or they didn't exist at all.”
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“He [Justin Jones] this week is going to court because he deleted public records.”
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“Justin Jones had illegally deleted things that are now a matter of public record.”
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“The county tends to underestimate revenues, leaving millions of dollars left over at the end of the year.”
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“Rather than returning that money to taxpayers, they split it up into seven [for each county commissioner].”
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“During the pandemic, my opponent, Justin Jones, actually increased sales tax on all of us.”
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“We're talking about tens of millions of dollars [in surplus funds].”
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“RTC loses $11 million a week.”
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“In some cases, it would be cheaper to hire people in Uber rather than run the buses the way they do.”
Nevada Newsmakers - Oct 20, 2022 - Drew Johnson (R) Candidate Clark County Commission, District F | Uploaded October 20, 2022 | 13:10-13:17
“All the money [for the Elon Musk tunnel project] has been private money so far.”
Nevada Newsmakers - Oct 20, 2022 - Drew Johnson (R) Candidate Clark County Commission, District F | Uploaded October 20, 2022 | 14:54-14:58
“The biggest issue we're facing right now in metro, obviously we've got increasing crime.”
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“Metro police officers... they're running quite a few, almost 40% short of the numbers that they need.”
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“There are conservative, sort of low tax pro business Democrats on the Clark County Commission.”
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“On most votes, 3 fairly pro business, 3 fairly low tax Democratic county commissioners.”
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“Once we replace the most leftist extremist Clark county commissioner, who's Justin Jones with me, will have a lot of votes that go 4 to 3…”
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“You have to pay three different fees [to open a hot dog stand in Clark County].”
Nevada Newsmakers - Oct 20, 2022 - Drew Johnson (R) Candidate Clark County Commission, District F | Uploaded October 20, 2022 | 22:44-22:51
“The sorts of people who want to open those businesses are young people, they're immigrants, they're early career people.”
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“The cost of those regulations are passed along to consumers.”
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“Lowering sales taxes, but also making sure that the cap on our property taxes stays where it is.”
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“My opponent has outwardly discussed in county commission meetings getting rid of that [property tax] cap.”
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“In Clark County, 89% of the county is owned by the federal government.”
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“We've got 30 years worth of water, according to the water authority, based on current growth.”
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“We also have eight years banked in literal granite vaults underground in different places.”
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