“Service, Strength & the Silent Front: Evelyn Pacheco & Lara Laak Guard Nevada’s Future”
🎙️ Hosted by Garland Brinkey, Ph.D. & Patricia Brinkey, Esq.
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****SALUTE TO VETERANS****
This week’s show honors our veterans with two remarkable Nevada patriots who’ve dedicated their lives to service and leadership.
🪖Evelyn Pacheco, Army veteran and Nevada’s first Black female licensed plumber—founder of Nevada Women in Trades—joins us to talk about breaking barriers, uplifting underserved workers, and building safe, prosperous communities. Also with us is...
🪖 Lara Laak, Army veteran, nurse, educator, wife and mother with deep ties to Las Vegas—sharing her frontline experience in healthcare and how it intersects with community safety, policy, and youth empowerment.
📍 Topics Covered:
📌 Veteran-led community safety and reform in Nevada’s neighborhoods
📌 Workforce development, trades, education pathways & empowering women in blue-collar careers
📌 Healthcare, nursing, education and how service backgrounds inform policy
📌 Immigration, diversity and conservative values through the lens of military service
📌 The Nevada landscape: housing, jobs, trades, veteran opportunity & the conservative foundation
Music Credits:
🎵“Country Adventure” – Talk With A Conservative Main Theme by Sonican (Pixabay Music)
🎵 “War” by Edwin Starr – used under Fair Use for commentary and educational purposes
🎵 “Fortunate Son” by Creedence Clearwater Revival – used under Fair Use for commentary and educational purposes.
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Episode Transcript
Las Vegas, Nevada. It's time for straight talk and real solution.
Speaker 2 (00:06):
We're breaking down the issues that matter to you with
no spend, just the truth.
Speaker 1 (00:11):
From the strip to mainstream.
Speaker 2 (00:13):
We're keeping it real for hard working Americans.
Speaker 1 (00:16):
This is Talk with a Conservative, Open conversation, with an
intelligent explanation.
Speaker 2 (00:22):
Las Vegas and Nevada, let's talk.
Speaker 3 (00:28):
Welcome to Talk with a Conservative. I'm Garland Brinkley and
I ran for a semi District one in twenty twenty
two and again in twenty twenty four. I'm a retired
university professor and I taught economics and actually I also
taught epidemiology and biostatistics.
Speaker 1 (00:47):
And I'm Patricia Berkley and I ran for a Senate
District one in North Las Vegas in twenty twenty four,
and I am an attorney at law with over twenty
five years as a solo practitioner. And Welcome to season two,
episode ten of Talk with a Conservative. Our telephone number
is seven zero two two two one seven two eight three.
(01:10):
We'll be digging into big issues with insight, honesty, and
a conservative perspective.
Speaker 2 (01:16):
Let's get to it.
Speaker 1 (01:17):
If you're unable to get through on the telephone as
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