Cole: Being elected would be “an amazing opportunity to fix problems … for my clients.”
A newly unearthed interview caught Lisa Cole, Republican candidate for Assembly District 4, saying that being elected would be “an amazing opportunity to fix problems” for her wealthy corporate clients and “roll back some of the red tape” for them. Cole admitted point blank that her agenda as a state legislator would prioritize special interests and her big corporate clients over the needs of hardworking Nevadans. Cole said she was pushed to run and endorsed by Joe Lombardo whose gubernatorial campaign was bankrolled by a slumlord billionaire.
“Republican Assembly candidate Lisa Cole has made her intentions as a legislative hopeful brazenly clear: to prioritize serving her corporate clients over the interests of everyday Nevadans,” said Nevada State Democratic Party Spokesperson Claudia Alvarado. “Lombardo’s slate of hand-picked candidates have already been exposed to be MAGA extremists posing as moderates to get elected and this interview only reassures voters of that fact .”
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Nevada Current: Both parties like their chances in ‘purple’ Assembly District 4
Michael Lyle
Key Points:
- Cole listed as her first priority on her website that it was “essential to our great state that we ensure Governor Lombardo has the power to veto bills from a legislature run amok.”
- Cole didn’t respond to numerous requests for an interview.
- Cole is the vice president of Land Development Associates, an industrial design and permitting and project management firm whose notable projects include developments within the Apex Industrial Park in North Las Vegas.
- During an interview with Las Vegas HEALS Podcast in August, Cole said people connected with Gov. Joe Lombardo approached her about running for office because they were “looking for someone to endorse in the AD 4 race.”
- “I got a call basically from the governor saying …‘hey, would you be willing to run for office?’” Cole told the interviewer.
- During the HEALS podcast, Cole said if elected she would be able to minimize bureaucratic obstacles faced by corporate developers such as the issues she faced when developing Apex.
- As a legislator she said it would be “an amazing opportunity to fix problems not just for my clients on one offs on their projects but try to roll back some of the red tape” and address issues faced by developers “on a much bigger scale.”
- Cole reiterated her position on her website saying that one of the priorities if elected is to look at ways the state could “streamline the right-of-way process at significant projects in Nevada like the Apex Industrial Park.”
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