Originally Published on KLAS 8 New Now
LAS VEGAS (KLAS) — Nevadans who feel shut out by the political process have a new way to shape the future: The Nevada Forum, an effort to craft solutions across party lines.
Nevada is one of three states — New Hampshire and South Carolina are the others — where a “revolutionary new civic infrastructure” is being formed to break out of political gridlock and solve problems, according to Andrew Shue, founder of The Nevada Forum. The former “Melrose Place” actor said more than 40,000 people from across the state have engaged with the group’s website, nvforum.org.
“We picked states that were diverse. We picked states that were small enough we could get our arms around it. And also states that the entire country’s going to be focused on in 2027,” Shue said during an interview with Politics Now host John Langeler.
“It’s a smart process to give people a voice and to begin to turn the tide on the division that we see in our country,” Shue said.
“We want to tell a story to the nation that we aren’t as divided as we’re made out to be,” he said.
The forum has already identified 20 issues important to Nevadans, and the top four are education, water scarcity, data centers and housing. Citizens will co-create legislation in partnership with lawmakers from both parties.
“We want to get a win in this first iteration,” Shue said. “But that is where you have to kind of compromise, that’s where you’ve got to listen and you’ve got to be able to kind of, you know, talk across differences.”
That’s just not happening in politics at all levels these days, and Shue believes people can bridge their differences through this new effort.
“We’re creating something that I believe could be as important as our jury system. We need the American people to be heard, we need a way to break ourselves out of this, kind of, polarized death match that we find ourselves in,” Shue said.
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