When It Comes to Seniors, Why the Photo Gap?
Washoe County Government Social Media post today - and Yummy! was the best they could come up with? Commissioner Mike Clark, District 2 - has the arrow over his head.
We noticed something interesting (and a little weird) about the Washoe County Human Services Senior Breakfast on Friday, December 19 at the 9th Street Senior Center:
There are no photos online of the event — absolutely none we could find, until today.
We know they served French toast sticks (cheap senior fuel). But beyond the food, who showed up? What smiles were shared? Which commissioner(s) shook hands or said happy holidays?
The only county official we can confirm attended was Commissioner Mike Clark via today’s county photo — you know, the one often called the champion of seniors in Washoe County.
We checked the social feeds of:
Alexis Hill
Clara Andriola
Mariluz Garcia
And not a single photo of them serving breakfast to seniors.
That’s curious.
Clara Andriola posts photos of herself with a paper bag if it marginally enhances her brand. So why the blank slate for the senior breakfast? If seniors — the people who loyalty vote and show up in droves at the ballot box — were there, why not a single snapshot of a local leader engaging with them?
Maybe they were shy.
Maybe they were invisible.
Or maybe only Commissioner Clark thought seniors were worth enjoy a glass of OJ with.
Whatever the reason, the message is loud and clear:
Only one county commissioner showed up.
In a season all about gratitude and community, it sure feels like only one person actually cared enough to show — in person and on film — that seniors matter.
Seniors matter.
Approximately 264,333 residents voted in the November 2024 general election out of 334,118 registered voters — about a 79% turnout overall per Washoe County Registrar of Voters.
Across the county …
Seniors typically turn out at higher rates than younger voters nationally (e.g., age 75–84 often tops turnout charts in broader national data), but specific local breakdowns weren’t published in the publicly available Washoe turnout reports.
So while we can confidently say a strong majority of registered Washoe voters participated in 2024, we can’t cite an exact number for how many were seniors without data that the county and State of Nevada hasn’t made age-specific.
Hey, Commissioner Clark could you ask the county for the data on senior voters?
Washoe County Human Services Agency Senior Holiday Breakfast on December 19th.