Katie Duncan

Katie Duncan was born in Ratio, Arkansas. Duncan has attended the University of Nevada at Las Vegas, Boston State College, Middlebury College, and La Universidad de Salamanca, earning a bachelor's degree in 1989 from the University of Nevada at Las Vegas. Her professional experience includes working as a historic preservation advocate.[1]

As of 2024, Duncan was affiliated with the Ward 5 Chamber of Commerce, Harrison House, Universal Peace Federation, American Clergy Leadership Conference, and the African Diaspora Leadership Conference.[1][2]

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I have a 5 point campaign platform. I would like to get your opinion about these 5 initiatives and also learn about what else is important to you in Ward 5?

1. Redevelop Ed Fountain Park and municipal golf course. Would you support creating an indoor/outdoor state-of-the art sports park with a community scale athletic stadium that would include a roller skating rink, soccer, basketball, football, volleyball, boxing, gymnasium, sleeping rooms and pools.

Please list below 3 key messages of your campaign. What are the main points you want voters to remember about your goals for your time in office?

Developing our Ward 5 community begins with creating a peaceful environment. I will work with law enforcement to establish a nonviolence education center. This center would be modeled after the King Center in Atlanta, teaching nonviolence, unconditional love, filial piety and hope. It would provide educational programs, workshops, and resources on nonviolence, conflict resolution, and peacebuilding. Offer training in communication skills, empathy, and active listening to enhance relationships and promote understanding. Develop community outreach projects to spread awareness and engagement in nonviolent practices.The voices of the people must be included at evert step in the development process to help alleviate the war between developers and residents and make it easier for development to happen. Using best practices in other cities, we would utilize virtual community action planning tools because its easier to "delete" than it is to tear down bricks and mortar saving taxpayers millions of dollars. Virtual Community Action Planning tools truly engage the community, especially the youth and trains them for next-generation workforce. Everyone gains from the digital literacy curriculum and the installation of broadband/internet where its needed most.Ward 5 has the largest amount of Federal Highway than anyone else. Our community must benefit from the $1.4 Trillion White House Justice 40 infrastructure bill connecting to the new High Speed Rail development.

What areas of public policy are you personally passionate about?

I'm passionate about how pubic funds are spent and that they be spent for the purpose intended.

What qualities does this office possess that makes it a unique and important part of the state government and legal system?

This office has the unique quality of representing the most precious geographic area of Las Vegas, its historical beginning. The community is desperate for sustainable development and jobs. It's time for the the long sought after redevelopment .

Is there a book, essay, film, or something else you would recommend to someone who wants to understand your political philosophy?

Film: For Love of Liberty

Book: Mother of Peace

Visit: Harrison House Las Vegas

What characteristics or principles are most important for an elected official?

Transparency, accessibility, accountability and alignment with the people.

What do you believe are the core responsibilities for someone elected to this office?

To insure a safe, economically sustainable, and vibrant community.

What legacy would you like to leave?

Upon completing of my Las Vegas Ward 5 City Council term, I would like to have not one person sleeping on the streets of Las Vegas. Our youth will have exemplary recreational facilities. Tourist will enjoy a fun experience with their families on the Westside. Everyone who wants to fix up their homes or develop their property will have a fund to draw from and there will be internet access for all of Ward 5.

Are there any little-known powers or responsibilities held by this office that you believe more people should be aware of?

This office has the power to create another dynamic tourism destination in Las Vegas.

Do you believe that it's beneficial for holders of this office to have previous experience in government or politics?

No.

What kind of skills or expertise do you believe would be the most helpful for the holders of this office to possess?

Convening stakeholders to gain consensus is the most needed skill for this office. Professionals in the field of architecture, engineering, artist, developers, financial institutions, and labor to work together with private sector to build a sustainable future.

What organizations or individuals have endorsed your campaign?

Las Vegas Police Protective Association

What are your views on financial transparency and government accountability?

I promote absolute transparency in all government finances along with accountability as a guiding principle.

Note: Duncan submitted the above survey responses to [the profile publisher] on May 1, 2024.

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April 8 submission

Who are you? Tell us about yourself.

I have just become a grandmother. I am deeply concerned about the next generation of families who will be affected by the actions we take today. I have sacrificed much of my private life to help improve the conditions in our community and I have been rewarded by loving friendships. I have traveled much of the world and understand the value in having a purpose driven life. I was born on a former slave plantation in Arkansas and grew up holding resentment in pain. I have learned, through spiritual education, the value of forgiveness and living for the sake of others, to love all people regardless of the mistakes of our ancestors. My work involves educating people and repairing historical wrongs, promoting equity, justice and fairness. Having been reared in a family of 12 children, I know how to share with others and to care for others. My greatest desire is to bring about peace through universally shared values, mutual prosperity and interdependence .My goal is to create a new and expanded tourism destination centered on families and cultural tourism.

Please list below 3 key messages of your campaign. What are the main points you want voters to remember about your goals for your time in office?

Everyone who wants a job should be able to work, earn a livable wage that support a family so that can buy a home and live the American dream.Our neighborhoods should be clean, safe and abundant with activities for families.Eliminating poverty and improving education are central to mutual prosperity, universally shared values and interdependence.

What areas of public policy are you personally passionate about?

The homeless, historic preservation, community improvements.

What qualities does this office possess that makes it a unique and important part of the state government and legal system?

This office is a building block of the State government and as such reflects the unique desires of my neighbors to have cleanliness and safety.

Who do you look up to? Whose example would you like to follow, and why?

I admire and follow in the footsteps of Dr. Hak Ja Han Moon for her selfless love and boundless energy to correct historical wrongs through true love.

Is there a book, essay, film, or something else you would recommend to someone who wants to understand your political philosophy?

Mother of Peace, By Dr. Hak Ja Han Moon.

What characteristics or principles are most important for an elected official?

Being accessible, accountable and transparent.

What qualities do you possess that you believe would make you a successful officeholder?

Empathy, compassion, sense of humor

What do you believe are the core responsibilities for someone elected to this office?

To keep the public informed, to engage the public in meaningful ways to get their voices heard.

What legacy would you like to leave?

I would like to be known as the person who transformed Ward 5 to become a much sought after tourism destination centered on families and cultural tourism, The Kingdom of Heaven.

What is the first historical event that happened in your lifetime that you remember? How old were you at the time?

The assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King when I was 12 years old was a frightening day. I watched my teaches and my parents crying and agonizing.

What was your very first job? How long did you have it?

My very first job was taking care of chickens on the plantation as a child. I went on to serving coffee in a donut shop and selling theatre tickets. I became a statistical analyst for an insurance company, worked the front desk and room reservations in the hospitality industry, became a trained guard for a security company, owned a travel agency, developed a tour and restored a historic home to become a tourism attraction.

What is your favorite book? Why?

Mother of Peace, by Dr. Hak Ja Han Moon because it saved by life and let me know how precious a time in which we live.

If you could be any fictional character, who would you want to be?

Supergirl

What was the last song that got stuck in your head?

Oceans, by Hillsong

What is something that has been a struggle in your life?

My biggest struggles was overcoming racial resentment.

Are there any little-known powers or responsibilities held by this office that you believe more people should be aware of?

This office has the power to convene the clergy, the hospitality industry and other government entities doing business within its jurisdiction.

Do you believe that it's beneficial for holders of this office to have previous experience in government or politics?

Yes

What kind of skills or expertise do you believe would be the most helpful for the holders of this office to possess?

This office requires listening and the ability to network. It is extremely helpful for this office to understand finance to attract investment into the community.

Tell us your favorite joke.

It's more of a brain teaser. A farmer was in a dilemma because he had to cross a river with a fox, a chicken and a bag of corn. His little boat could only carry himself and of the the items. He was perplexed because if he took the fox, the chicken would eat the corn and if he took the corn the fox would eat the chicken, plus they could not be left alone on the other side . What do you think the farmer should do?

What are your views on financial transparency and government accountability?

It should be mandated.

Who are you? Tell us about yourself.

I am the 7th of 12 children born to Fred and Louise Duncan of Ratio, Arkansas. I am a retired widow and have two very independent sons. I have traveled most of the world and am spending my final days on earth working to make it a better place for families to flourish.

Please list below 3 key messages of your campaign. What are the main points you want voters to remember about your goals for your time in office?

Make the Moulin Rouge Great Again to end racism, put people to work, revitalize the Historic Westside and give tourist a reason to come back to Las Vegas.Eastern medicine to be covered by insurance so that people won't get sick in the first place.A computer with internet in every home that wants it.

What areas of public policy are you personally passionate about?

Transportation

Health Care

Education

Criminal Justice

Environment

Economic Development

Who do you look up to? Whose example would you like to follow, and why?

Senator Edward Brooks, Massachusetts Senator is an African American Republican Civil Rights advocate who was in office when I turned 18 and registered to vote.

Is there a book, essay, film, or something else you would recommend to someone who wants to understand your political philosophy?

The Black Panther

What characteristics or principles are most important for an elected official?

Accessibility

Elected officials who go to bat for you

What qualities do you possess that you believe would make you a successful officeholder?

I am a good listener and able to take difficult concepts and break them down so that they can be easily understood. I understand the root causes of the challenges facing the people of my district and possess the cultural competency to address their concerns. I am a team player but not afraid to take the lead. I am able to communicate on both sides of the aisle as a Juneteenth Republican with strong family values.

What do you believe are the core responsibilities for someone elected to this office?

To listen to and to respond to an organized group of residents, business, churches, landowners, and schools who work together for common goals in the community.

What legacy would you like to leave?

I want to help realize Dr. King's dream of getting freed American slaves to the promised land.

What is the first historical event that happened in your lifetime that you remember? How old were you at the time?

Dr. King's assassination. I was 13 years old.

What was your very first job? How long did you have it?

I carried water to the cotton choppers on JR Peterson's Plantation in Snow Lake, Arkansas from age 10 to 14.

What is your favorite book? Why?

Divine Principles, to keep me focused.

If you could be any fictional character, who would you want to be?

Wonder Woman

What was the last song that got stuck in your head?

Feeling Good by Nina Simone

What is something that has been a struggle in your life?

Racism

Every state besides Nebraska has two legislative chambers. What do you consider the most important differences between the legislative chambers in your state?

The Assembly is more diverse that the Senate. The Senate is more conservative.

Do you believe that it’s beneficial for state legislators to have previous experience in government or politics?

Yes.

What do you perceive to be your state’s greatest challenges over the next decade?

Criminal Justice

Transportation

Budget challenges brought on by health care crisis

What do you believe is the ideal relationship between the governor and the state legislature?

A check and balance.

Do you believe it’s beneficial to build relationships with other legislators? Please explain your answer.

Absolutely. Consensus and teamwork are ideal.

If you are not a current legislator, are there certain committees that you would want to be a part of?

Transportation

Economic Development

Environment

If you are not currently a member of your party’s leadership in the legislature, would you be interested in joining the leadership? If so, in what role?

As a junior legislator, I will need to work alongside the leadership in a supporting role.

Is there a particular legislator, past or present, whom you want to model yourself after?

Senator Edward Brooks, Massachusetts

Are you interested in running for a different political office (for example, the U.S. Congress or governor) in the future?

No.

Both sitting legislators and candidates for office hear many personal stories from the residents of their district. Is there a story that you’ve heard that you found particularly touching, memorable, or impactful?

When I din't win the Las Vegas City Council race, I got a phone call from a young lady who had voted for me. She asked me why I had not delivered on my campaign promises. I explained to her that I didn't win the seat and she told me that it didn't matter. She said, "I voted for you. I don't care that you didn't win. You need to do what you said you would do. Don't make me feel like I threw away my vote." From that moment I went to work to represent the people who voted for me in every race that I've run.