By Mark Waite
Incensed Pahrump Town Board member Harley Kulkin was forced to sit in the audience for the Pahrump Regional Planning Commission meeting a week ago, after the board, acting on an opinion by District Attorney Brian Kunzi, decided not to seat him until the Board of County Commissioners approves it.
Kulkin is the chairman of the town board and can make appointments. He voluntarily offered to sit as the RPC liaison, replacing Vicky Parker, who lost her bid for re-election.
“The town of Pahrump has a right to have a representative on this board that votes. You chose to follow the district attorney’s opinion to follow the bylaws, which have never been followed in the past. So now you’re robbing the town of a voice. I believe that this meeting is now illegal,” Kulkin said at the start of the RPC meeting.
Parker said she was appointed by former Pahrump Town Board Chairman Nichole Schupp but she had to skip the first RPC meeting until county commissioners voted on her appointment to take her seat.
Kulkin said someone was trying to try to find a way to keep him off the board.
“The county’s never to my knowledge in the last four and a half years, never approved an appointment by the town board,” Pahrump Town Manager Bill Kohbarger said.
The town missed one meeting, but Kohbarger said it’s no big deal, “a fly in the ointment.” The town board will make the official determination of Kulkin’s appointment Jan. 22 and it will be up for approval at the first county commission meeting in February, he said.
Deputy District Attorney Charles Watkins said after the meeting even if it was done differently in the past, “you can’t run the red light just because everybody’s done it in the past.”
District Attorney Brian Kunzi referred to Nye County Code Chapter 16.24.020 which states: “the appointment of the Pahrump Town Board position shall be made by the Board of County Commissioners after receipt of the recommendation of the Pahrump Town Board.”
Kulkin however did make his presence known from the audience, commenting on most agenda items. He indicated he’d support most every application on Wednesday’s agenda.
During a comment on an assisted living and senior living center, Kulkin said, “Our mission should be how to make this happen, not how to keep this from happening.”
Kulkin resigned on the RPC in May 2004 after he was accused of misconduct representing himself in a request for a boundary line adjustment on his property in Johnnie.
Kulkin said he’ll ask for the Pahrump Town Board to consider appointing the town board chairman to always be appointed as the RPC liaison in the future.
“Because we’re not incorporated, the chairman of our board is looked on as the mayor of Pahrump,” he said.
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- Mark Waite / Pahrump Valley Times – Harley Kulkin stews in the front row at last Wednesday’s Pahrump Regional Planning Commission meeting.
The “Opinions” of that offices incompetent boobs leads anyone with an IQ over 80 to think the OPPOSITE should have probably be done.
It’s funny that Vicky Parker states that “Parker said she was appointed by former Pahrump Town Board Chairman Nichole Schupp but she had to skip the first RPC meeting until county commissioners voted on her appointment to take her seat.” but our esteemed town Manager and “mayor” claim that “The county’s never to my knowledge in the last four and a half years, never approved an appointment by the town board,” Pahrump Town Manager Bill Kohbarger said.”
What a bunch of clowns.
My suggestion to the BCC is not to appoint this clown to the position.
Pahrump Town Board, Please, OH PLEASE, do not appoint Harley to the RPC. The guy is in love with his own voice and thinks his opinion is the only one that matters. Let’s limit his scope of influence to the Town Board and not beyond.
Once again, PLEASE, do not appoint him to the RPC.
Thank you.
Too late. They did appoint him. If the community feels strongly enough about it, the only thing left is to put pressure on the commissioners not to seat him.
Then this appeal goes to the BOCC, please do not appoint Harley to the RPC. We really don’t need him to drag his travelling circus to that venue where he can spout his silliness. The guy was on the RPC once before but was dumped because he tried to subvert the division of land rules on his property.
I implore all members to deny Harley a seat on the RPC and have them appoint someone with a fresh perspective that can add to the discussion and not continually degrade into something negative.
Please, PLEASE!!!
Wasn’t he already appointed to the RPC – some time ago, but was removed by the BOCC due to his lack of integrity? While he was on the RPC he submitted an application that wasn’t copasetic with the rules and regulations that he was appointed to uphold. I believe he was quoted as saying, “I’m not circumventing the RPC rules, I found a loophole and I am exploiting it”.
I am certain that one can search the RPC and BOCC meeting minutes and substantiate this matter.
So he didnt get the job, whats the big deal. Why does he have to make a scene out of the whole thing?
I’m confused. Where did the title “mayor” come in? And I think Kulkin is a blowhard! But the people keep electing him. Go figure…
The best and the brightest voters or people do not live in Pahrump or Nye County. It is just amazing that Kulkin is a town board member. But as you say, the people voted him in. And that’s the problem with Pahrump. There are too many of “them” and not enough intelligent voters.
I can’t wait until the TB is an advisory position only.
“Imagine how stupid the average American is and then realize that half of them are even dumber than that.” ………….George Carlin
It amazes me that a person who voted to limit free speech in the TB meetings then gets so upset that his free speech is limited in another meeting. This clown has no business on a board that he already had to resign from because of inopropriaties. BOCC, please do not allow this man to be on any other boards that you can stop him.