The Conundrum and Hypocrisies of Gubernatorial Candidate Alexis Hill: Where’s the Populism as a County Commissioner?
While at one point of her gubernatorial campaign Alexis Hill changed up who was sending emails on her behalf, from the local Riley Sutton to now LA-based Shana Krochmal, she has soldiered on with her populist hyper busy on the socials, seemingly progressive lane candidacy, with her “end tax giveaways to billionaires” refrain.
Where’s my debate with Aaron Ford, she asks repeatedly, even though it’s probably never going to happen and in less than two months her candidacy will probably look like a vanity project.
The debate not happening has become a cause celebre of some social media political influencers including yersocialistdad.
Hill, a County Commissioner since her election in 2020, has an Ultimate Ask Anything Instagram Live tonight, which encompasses its own level of hypocrisy.
We’ve repeatedly asked via text message when receiving campaign alerts why she recently decided to vote for criminalizing homelessness in Washoe County and why she continues to vote for sprawl bougie developers when they come her way, such as recently going against a Planning Commission denial and moving along the Pleasant Valley Sierra Reflections 760-acre development project.
Did we ever get an answer? No. Maybe ask anything depends on the question or who is asking it or whether the social media lights are on.
The 2024 ordinance she pushed through, being the deciding vote after she initially had “some serious concerns,” makes it a misdemeanor to camp on county-owned property or within 1,000 feet of the Truckee River, live in vehicles on county owned property or public spaces, and obstruct uses of the public sidewalk. The two commissioners viewed by some as the most conservative but who also have most often voted against developers and for closer scrutiny of homelessness services were Mike Clark and Jeanne Herman.
Also, the talk about standing up to billionaires is nice, but what about having your own pocketbook reflect that?
Looking through the Alexis Hill roster of past donors, what about the $3,000 she got from Herbert Simon in 2024? Isn’t his estimated worth $4.7 billion?
What about the $5,000 from the GSR in 2023? Isn’t Alex Meruelo also a billionaire with an estimated $2 billion net worth?
We can tell you for a fact we’ve never gotten a penny from a billionaire.
What about the $2,500 she received in 2024 from Jacobs Entertainment of motel destroying aptitudes?
What about the $2,500 from the Peppermill Casinos (a repeated Hill donor) that year? Do casinos usually give to sincerely progressive candidates?
Or the $500 from Devon Reese and another $500 she’s received in recent years from the Committee to Elect Devon Reese, an also always friendly to developers current candidate for the Reno mayoral position with plenty of virtue signaling?
Track records in your backyard matter, as does how you vote when you yourself have an important county role, or regularly showing up for what’s important and not just for the socials during a state level campaign. That’s our assessment. Let us know otherwise.
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