Boulder City Podcast

Nevada's most interesting small town

Month: April 2022

Special Election Series: City Council Candidate Steve Walton

This week we continue our series of interviews with candidates for city council and mayor, in partnership with Boulder City Social. This week we sit down with Steve Walton, who is a candidate for city council. Walton has been a BC resident since 1998 and served as interim fire chief prior to the hiring of Chief Will Gray. He spent 25 years with the Henderson Fire Department, retiring as a division chief. He served on the planning board in Boulder City for several years, and as chairman of the board until December 2021. With his wife Darlene he has four children and 15 grandchildren.

Special Election Series: State Senator Joe Hardy, Candidate for Mayor

This week, we continue our series of interviews with candidates for city council and mayor, in partnership with Boulder City Social. This week we sit down with state Senator Joe Hardy, who is retiring from the Senate and running for mayor. Hardy moved to Boulder City in 1982 and worked for 20 years as a physician at Family Doctors of Boulder City. He was elected to the state Assembly in 2003 and then to the Senate in 2010, and he served as assistant minority leader in 2019. At one time, he was the chief of staff at Boulder City Hospital and currently serves as a dean at the Touro University Medical School in Henderson

Special Election Series: Councilman James Howard Adams

This week, we continue our series of interviews with candidates for city council and mayor, in partnership with Boulder City Social. This week we sit down with City Council member James Howard Adams. James was elected three years ago and is the only city council incumbent up for re-election since Claudia Bridges, whose term is also ending, decided not to run again. Adams is the youngest member of city council and talks about his time on council, his accomplishments and what he hopes to do if elected to a second term. He’s a working musician and founder of the band Same Sex Mary and is looking forward to performing again now that the pandemic is winding down.

Special Election Series: Mayor Kiernan McManus

It’s election season again. Seems like the last election was just held, but like the last election, we’re going to interview all the candidates for mayor and city council, in partnership with Boulder City Social. This week we kick off the series with an interview with Mayor Kiernan McManus, who is running for re-election. We plan to interview the incumbents first, then we’ll add each candidate one a week until the primary election day in June. McManus has been in office for three years now and is seeking a full four-year term. He talks about his accomplishments, challenges and the reasons he wants a second term.