Kelly Chapman Breaks Down Carrie Cox’s Misconduct, MS-13 Release, and Nevada’s Small Business Squeeze | Nevada News & Views Thursdays

Alan Stock 0:00
And a, good morning. Great to have you with us on this Thursday morning, fifth day of February. February 5. How cool is this? And joining us right now in the Vegas at eight Kx, in the live line is Kelly Chapman, Executive Director of the Nevada Business Alliance. And Kelly, thank you so much for joining us. I do appreciate it. Thank you for having me. This is all of course, Kelly today is representing the Nevada news and views. This is not Nevada news and views, Thursday, great resource for news and views, local, statewide and national. And I encourage you to check it out at Nevada news and views.com Nevada news and views.com great resource for news and views, and I wholeheartedly recommend it. And Kelly, you write for I know them as well, and I want to look at some of the things you’ve tackled, and one of them is the censoring of the city councilwoman Carrie Cox, over from Henderson. And you talk about the fact that you try to ascertain whether or not it was a political event that occurred. What was it political? Was a century political? Or were there? Was there actual reasoning behind the century

Kelly Chapman 1:13
the Henderson City Council’s decision to censure Councilwoman Cox wasn’t about politics or a personal disagreement. The action was centered basically around a serious misconduct allegation that went beyond policy disagreement, covertly recording colleagues without consent, interfering in investigations and allegedly ignoring ethical responsibilities.

Alan Stock 1:37
And, I mean, I don’t know if was this included. What was the recording of the other council people included in this?

Kelly Chapman 1:49
I know specifically about the recording of Councilwoman Monica Larson.

Alan Stock 1:55
Okay, well, I mean, if I recall correctly, maybe I’m hazy on this, but I thought that she was behind a curtain and recorded Monica Larson and one or two other folks in a conversation.

Kelly Chapman 2:09
Correct? That is correct. Yes,

Alan Stock 2:12
and it’s Nevada state law that you cannot record someone without their knowledge they’re being recorded.

Kelly Chapman 2:20
Yes. That is also correct. So she

Alan Stock 2:22
is a sworn member of the of the city council Chuck an oath to uphold what the laws of the land, and apparently she violated the laws of the land and then claimed that she wasn’t guilty. And I’m just right. It didn’t make sense to me. I mean, what? What am I missing in this?

Kelly Chapman 2:48
And that is it in a nutshell. You know, when we’re electing people into office, we’re expecting to be, you know, have the greatest of ethics and trust and accountability really strengthens public confidence, and it shouldn’t weaken it.

Alan Stock 3:05
Now, what does it mean when someone is censured? I mean, she’s still in office, though she still can vote on on the various issues, right?

Kelly Chapman 3:18
She it really means she still can do all of the things that she typically would do. It just basically stops her from saying certain things and doing certain things that would hurt other council, council people.

Alan Stock 3:35
Well, I mean, she’s, she was taken off certain committees, if I’m not mistaken, correct, right? And, and she’s restricted to certain things that she can access as a result of this as well, right? They’ve limited her contact with city staff. She can’t be talking to city staff. And, and again, she’s been taken off the regional board assignments and other things. So, I mean, she’s just kind of a Councilwoman out there doing her thing. Now she’s running for re election.

Kelly Chapman 4:13
She absolutely is. Yes.

Alan Stock 4:17
How much of an impact you think this will have on her re election campaign.

Kelly Chapman 4:21
I believe this is a massive impact, and it will hurt her re election chances. Okay?

Alan Stock 4:28
She thinks that she will, she will definitely be ousted.

Kelly Chapman 4:34
I believe so. But, you know, obviously that’s up for the voters

Alan Stock 4:39
to decide. All right. All right. Let’s I want to talk about something else also. That is a we know the problems that are going on in Minnesota right now. Minneapolis, we have the ice is there and there. And the reason that they’re there in the first place, in the in the in the way they are, is because the city, the. Minneapolis, St Paul, and some of the other cities in Minnesota and the state of Minnesota, has refused, up to a couple of days ago, refused to hand over any of these criminals to ice. And so instead of turning them over calling ice, there’s a detainer out for these people who are hardened criminals, they instead release them back into society that forces ice and border patrol agents to go into the communities to ferret them out. It’s like a Where’s Waldo type of thing. And so that’s kind of what it boils down to. And there was another judge that was that was appointed by Barack Obama. In one case you wrote about that freed an MS 13 gang member who was a murderer. And of course, Department, Department of Justice objected, but the judge went, What’s What’s that story about? So a

Kelly Chapman 6:03
federal judge locally ordered the release of a convicted ms 13 murder like you stated, from custody, despite objections from US Department of Justice and the actual US Department of Justice raised serious public safety concerns when that decision was made. And this case just basically illustrates a broader national issues where technical procedural rulings can have real impacts on public safety. And these, you know, these left wing judges are letting a lot of these criminals back out to our into our streets.

Alan Stock 6:37
So what do we do? I mean, what do we do about that? I mean, they released in the street, and then what? And then this will force, this will force the folks from ice or the Border Patrol to come into Clark County looking for this, this murderer, right?

Kelly Chapman 6:54
It forces these people to come into our neighborhoods and put neighborhoods at risk, to try to find these people and put them back behind bars where they belong. So it’s just a difficult situation for for everybody, and frankly, it’s a safety

Alan Stock 7:09
issue as well. So what you know, what this is saying to me is we talk all the time about sanctuary cities, sanctuary states, sanctuary entities, about the governors and the and the mayors and the various law enforcement in various areas, maybe in Minnesota that don’t want to cooperate with with the with ice and board up with the federal government. But meanwhile, we have to be aware of the fact that there are judges out there who are doing the same thing that these politicians are doing, which is, you know, they are there, in effect, sanctuary judges, who are releasing people back out into society and causing a threat and the necessity of the federal government to come look for them, right?

Kelly Chapman 7:55
And it’s very important for voters to know who they’re voting for especially when it comes to judges. And I think many people don’t do their research when it comes to judges, and they’re very, very important, 100% correct.

Alan Stock 8:11
This is us. District Judge Richard Bo ware, as I pronounce it, correct us. District Judge Richard F Boulware, the second an appointee of the Obama administration. So I don’t know if we vote on these folks or not for retention, but I can tell you that he is one person that should be on the list of being able to try to get him off the bench. And I’m sure he’s not the only one, but this one you’ve written about that was egregious release. Did they ever get the murderer back into custody?

Kelly Chapman 8:46
No, this was just a January 22 that he was released. Great.

Alan Stock 8:51
So he could be somewhere in Clark County running around, and he’s already a murderer once. So what does he have to lose? This is insane stuff. You wrote about something else, and I want to talk about when we come on back after we check in with trafficking news. And that is about a complaint filed against our lieutenant governor, Star Wars, Anthony, who’s a great guy, by the way, deserves re election, but it was another hit job on the lieutenant governor. I want you to talk about that when we come on back, we’ve got Kelly Chapman joining us, Executive Director of the Nevada Business Alliance, and we’ll continue in just a moment, right here on Vegas at eight. Annie, good morning. Great to have you with us on this Thursday morning and joining us on the Vegas Vegas today. Kx, in the live line. Kelly Chapman, Executive Director of the Nevada Business Alliance, and Kelly, thank you so much again for taking time to join us this morning. We appreciate it you. And of course, you’re representing Nevada news and views today, Nevada news and views Thursday. And to find out more about Nevada news and views, go to Nevada news and views.com you wrote an article also about the. A complaint that was leveled against our lieutenant governor Star Wars Anthony, who I think is a great guy and deserves re election, by the way, but nonetheless, these attacks appear obviously to be a political hit job. Tell us what this is all about.

Kelly Chapman 10:18
So there was a recent ethics complaint against Lieutenant Governor Scarborough Anthony that claims he improperly used his social media account to promote one of his books. But the context really matters.

Alan Stock 10:32
Go ahead. I’m sorry. I just I read it. I know this is coming. This is hilarious. Go ahead.

Kelly Chapman 10:38
Yeah, the account in question, it was a long standing not government issued account. No public funds were involved. The complaint was filed during this election cycle, of course, and it really highlights a growing trend of ethics complaints being used as a political tool instead of really an accountability mechanism.

Alan Stock 10:59
Exactly the case. So where do we stand with this complaint that’s been filed?

Kelly Chapman 11:05
This is a recent complaint. I haven’t seen any updates. As far as it going anywhere. It really is just a political hit job.

Alan Stock 11:14
So you know, you don’t anticipate this going anywhere at all.

Kelly Chapman 11:19
No, I don’t. These are more used for a headline for an opponent to use in their campaign. It’s not really about getting any oversight or, you know, taking any action really well.

Alan Stock 11:31
And once again, styros had been, never had any cloud of of suspicion about anything over his head. So no, this is crap, complete crap and and, you know, again, styros Anthony, along with our governor, Joe Lombardo, both deserve to be re elected. I think they’re both doing a great job, especially what they are handed to by the last governor. And I think I mean he, yeah, please to the last governor, there were businesses that were not essential. Non essential businesses, okay, you’re a business person. You represent the executive director of the Nevada Business Council. Is there any such thing as a non essential job? Because, in my opinion, if there was a non essential job, why would it exist in the

Kelly Chapman 12:19
first place? Right? They’re essential to somebody,

Alan Stock 12:22
to the person getting their paycheck. It’s definitely essential, right? I agree. And during the last gubernatorial administration, they, you know, they got paid up in Carson City, the governor, he already had millions of dollars, but he got paid, and the legislators got paid, but people who were who needed, people who swept up and barbershop stores, they who needed the money just to pay their their basic rent, they they had nothing coming in, right?

Kelly Chapman 12:55
And that, and that’s the issue, in a nutshell, is the people who should be getting paid or not, and the people who are getting paid should not be. I believe a lot of these closings of the government that happen wouldn’t happen if they were not getting paid well.

Alan Stock 13:10
And again, it boils down to and Chuck Muth and I just hammered away about this. I mean, almost every day of the shutdown, and that there is no such thing as a non essential job, and that’s what the governor had determined, that there are a lot of jobs that were non essential, and matter of fact, most jobs were, and so they just shut the whole state down, right? And the those are the people who lost on the paychecks they needed to be able to feed and clothe their kids. Vital. Yes, absolutely incredible. Just absolutely incredible. Fortunately, again, this governor has turned things around quickly. Tell me more about the Nevada Business Alliance. What? What do you folks do?

Kelly Chapman 13:56
So we just like to help small business in particular, to fight some of the red tape that and help them walk through the process of starting a business and maintaining that business. Opening a business is is very difficult when you’re starting it from scratch, to know what to do, where to file, all the different things that you need to start, the fees. There are many things, and it can be overwhelming, and it could stop somebody from actually starting a business. So these Latin chamber is also another great one who help people, you know, start up in and go along with these businesses.

Alan Stock 14:32
So you help walk the people, the entrepreneurs, through the different steps so they don’t skip right up and they know what Bill to do. And you’re right. The Latin Chamber of Commerce is a great organization, and Peter Guzman is just a great you know, who puts a lot of energy into into helping businesses out, not just Latin businesses, by the way, but but across the board. And so you folks should be congratulated the the crux of what we of, what we need in jobs in this country, our small business jobs and jobs and and what you and Peter and others like you are fighting for are those business jobs which are the most important of all and and I have so much respect for entrepreneurs, it takes a lot of guts to get out there and put yourself on the line. I don’t care who you are, what you are, you know you’re out there putting yourself on the line, and you could lose everything. It’s not easy. So I appreciate what you’re doing. Kelly Chapman, Executive Director of the Nevada Business Alliance, thank you so much for taking your time to join us this morning. I appreciate it. We’ll do it again and stay safe out there.

Kelly Chapman 15:47
Thank you so much for having me.