July 8, 2026, was a historic day for the Charter Review Commission and for Clark County.
To fully appreciate it, you need to be reminded of the last Charter Review in 2021. They pushed a DEI office, a woke land acknowledgment preamble, and Ranked Choice Voting — all the special-interest checkboxes. It was more like a Democrat special-interest bingo card for virtue signaling than Charter changes that would help average voters.
However, this time, the focus shifted to transparency and taxpayer protections. Many of the amendments aim at real reform instead of virtue signaling.
Two in particular should have been no-brainers for anyone claiming to support affordable housing: the Housing Impact Analysis (26-07) and the supermajority requirement for tax increases (26-08). These would force the county to study how policies drive up housing costs and make tax hikes harder without broad support.
You’d expect overwhelming bipartisan support, right? Especially with all those “Support Affordable Housing” signs Democrats put up and have kept up long past last year’s elections. Wrong. Republican commissioners sponsored both — and not one Democrat voted for them. In fact, Clark County Democrats were so opposed that they rallied Indivisible — the latest far-left hate group — and their usual allies to speak against the measures. So, this wasn't a case of rogue Charter Review Commissioners; this was a statement from the Clark County Democrat Party – supporting affordable housing is an empty promise.
So, as the helpful guy I am, I’m offering Clark County Democrats a free service: I’ll personally help take down every one of those “Support Affordable Housing” signs. Because it’s now a matter of public record — they don’t actually mean it. They just like how it sounds and how it looks on a yard sign.
Big thanks to the commissioners who stepped up and advanced these commonsense reforms: Donnelly, Erickson, Hamlik, Jay, Cline, Benton, Hoss, and Silliman. You voted for transparency, taxpayer protection, and for the voters to have the final say in November.
For more info about the Charter Amendments and my take, check out the latest Reformcast E21 here
