Holiday Boredom Causes Candidates to Spend Too Much Time on Social Media.

The Joe Hart KRNV Facebook string.

So let’s clear this up.

I’m being told the Republicans aren’t supporting me because I print articles calling them out.

Correction: the real Republicans are. The ones who open their homes, host fundraisers, knock on doors, make calls, and grind through campaign season without a title or a Facebook following. They’re with me.

The ones who aren’t? The talking heads. The self-important few who run the Washoe County Republican Party, the central committee, and the Republican Women of Reno—groups that have perfected the art of confusing insider politics with grassroots support.

And if anyone wonders why the local party is broken, allow me to introduce Exhibit A: Eddie Lorton.

Eddie, who enjoys the full embrace of the party apparatus, recently decided to announce—on Facebook, naturally—that he no longer supports Commissioner Mike Clark, who is running for re-election in District 2. This was presented as earth-shattering news, as though Washoe County had been holding its breath waiting for Eddie’s endorsement status.

A small detail, though: wasn’t Mike Clark listed as a supporter on Eddie Lorton’s campaign website just days earlier?

Yup, there’s Commissioner Mike Clark … and a spelling mistake on another endorser’s name.

Yes. Yes, he was.

Eddie even made sure to pass this revelation along through Joe Hart at KRNV, because if you’re going to pull support from a sitting county commissioner, you might as well squeeze every ounce of attention out of it. Maximum bang for minimal buck.

Now Mike Clark can lie awake at night wondering what he did to lose Eddie’s favor. Did he miss a meeting? Fail to return a text? Commit the unforgivable sin of thinking independently?

I’ll ask Mike. I’m genuinely curious.

What’s especially rich is Eddie’s sudden enthusiasm for county government. I can’t remember the last Washoe County Commission meeting he attended—unless you count September 2019, when he was championing Eric Brown for county manager.

We all remember how that experiment ended.

But this is exactly how the local party operates now: loud declarations, short memories, and zero self-awareness. It’s a party more interested in policing loyalty than winning elections—and shocked, shocked, when voters notice.

Maybe Eddie should stay focused on City of Reno politics. You know, the mayor’s race he’s running for. Again. And again. And again. At some point repetition becomes a strategy… or a habit.

As for me, I’ll keep working with the Republicans who actually show up and do the work. The ones who don’t need permission from a central committee or validation from a Facebook thread to know what they believe.

If that means I don’t get the blessing of a broken party machine, I’ll somehow find the strength to carry on.

Larry