LET THE PEOPLE OF PAHRUMP VOTE “YES” or “NO” TO THE QUESTION !!!!!
The question I am proposing for the BALLOT is whether or not the Town of Pahrump should have an “Elected” Town Board beginning in January 2027 as a result of the November 2026 election.
I hope you read Part 1 of my LETTER and will find interest in LETTERS 2, 3, & 4, and would like to have your voice heard in the form of a VOTE.
Even now, you (and your family and friends) need to find and sign the Petitions that are currently being circulated in order to place this question on the Ballot so Pahrump voters can vote Yes or No to this question.
A YES vote in November would “create” an elected Pahrump Town Board in January 2027.
A NO vote in November would leave everything “As Is” for the Town of Pahrump.
Here’s another FALSE or MISLEADING Statement: A Pahrump Town Board is Additional Costs and Bureaucracy.
This is what I’ve heard from several people who “Know it All.” They say …
An “elected” Town Board would require hiring a Town Manager, Treasurer, an Attorney on retainer, and an Administrative Staff. This creates duplicate services already provided by Nye County and adds bureaucracy. Property taxes or fees may increase to fund operations.
Here are the FACTS: The money is already being collected, but, where is it going?
When the Town Board was disbanded (effective in January 2015), your taxes didn’t go down because the funds that ran the Town continued to be collected and are still collected today.
The County is collecting Pahrump’s money, but Pahrump has no direct say in how it’s spent.
Here are some additional FACTS:
No new taxes are required because the revenue stream already exists.
We are currently paying for bureaucracy anyway, but it is the County, not local.
The question is cost; it’s CONTROL – Who decided how Pahrump’s money is spent?
Focused local management can be more efficient than distant county administration.
NOTE: We’re already paying for government. The question is: Should it be OUR TOWN government or THEIR COUNTY government?
PLEASE REMEMBER: The 47,000 people of Pahrump deserve someone (a Town Government) whose ONLY job is looking out for Pahrump, not as a side project while managing an entire county that happens to be the 3rd largest County (in area) in the United States of America.
So, if you believe that we need an “elected” Town Board, please sign the Petition, OR if you believe that we do NOT need an “elected” Town Board, please sign the Petition so you can vote and let your voice be HEARD. Let the “PEOPLE of Pahrump” decide.
For Information: Contact the Pahrump Town Board Committee.
Email – TownMail@Mail.Com
FaceBook – Pahrump Town Board Committee
Dr. Tom Waters, Lt. Colonel, USAF (Ret)
