This week we wrap up our discussions with primary candidates for mayor and city council of Boulder City. Early voting starts on June 7  and election day is June 14. Last week, we sat down with Rose Marie Hess, a candidate for city council. Rose had scheduled the podcast several times but we kept missing each other and then she got Covid. Rose Marie is a business analyst for the city of Henderson. She is a longtime resident of Boulder City with her husband who was born here. She had two children in Boulder City schools and is president of the Boulder City Little League. She was recently appointed to the city Parks and Recreation Committee.

Denise Ashurst is a Republican candidate for Assembly in District 23. This isn’t part of our special election series where we interviewed most of the candidates for mayor and city council in Boulder City, but it is election related. Ashurst is a resident of the Boulder City who happens to be running for Assembly. Perhaps if she wins the primary and moves on to the general election, we’ll interview the two major party candidates. Ashurst is a former Air Force officer and founder of the Pride in Purity program where she helps to guide young women through the turbulence of growing up. She is getting off the sidelines because she’s not happy with the direction our state and nation are going and is dedicated to change. Ashurst spoke with BC Podcast host Roger Gros at her campaign headquarters on Hotel Plaza in Boulder City in May

This week we sit down with Valerie McNay who is running for city council. McNay has been a Boulder City resident since 1992 when she first arrived to do a triathalon at Lake Mead. She was employed by the Clark County School District for more than 20 years as a speech pathologist for young children. She has served on the city’s Parks & Recreation Commission and was on the ad hoc pool advisory committee. She has been on the Boulder City Library’s Board of Trustees for eight years. Additionally, she is president of the Boulder City Branch of the American Association of University Women and is a former moderator for the Boulder City Community Alliance’s Facebook page.

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 Cokie Booth, a candidate for City Council. Cokie ran in the most recent council election and lost by only a few votes, so she’s back again. As a successful realtor in town, she’s concerned about the character of the town and the ability to control growth. A former member of the planning commission, Cokie says she’s seeking a council seat because she wants to give back to the community.

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.

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

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.

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.

Sandy Nelson was a longtime Boulder City resident and musician who was influential in the formation of rock n’ roll as a musical genre. He passed away in February and the music world mourned. Sandy had two hits in the late ‘50s and ‘60s, Teen Beat and Let There Be Drums. He influenced a generation of drummers with his steady beat and innovative style. Sitting down with us today is Kent “KR” Farrell who knew Sandy since he was a teenager working at the best music store in Las Vegas. KR sat down with us recently with stories about Sandy’s life in music and in Boulder City, and about an upcoming celebration of life for Sandy being held on April 9 at  5 p.m. at Bicentennial Park in Boulder City.

Will Gray just celebrated his second anniversary as the chief of the Boulder City Fire Department. The responsibilities of the department were recently emphasized as the firefighter EMTs administered thousands of Covid-19 tests in the wake of the Omicron variant of the virus. Available to residents and employees of city businesses, the tests were the saving grace for people who suspected they had been exposed, but unable to find an alternative testing location. Gray also finished an evaluation of the department and its operations that had been delayed by Covid. He recently recommended to City Council that a secondary fire station was necessary in order to serve the entirety of the city in the prescribed time period that could mean the difference between life and death. He spoke with host Roger Gros at the Fire Station in January.