"We're really worried that this is heading in the wrong direction and we'll be ready to fight if it does turn out that people are paying more money," Spotleson said.

— KTNV Story on NV Energy Rate Changes 9/23/25

“There simply isn’t enough groundwater in Primm to have a whole commercial airport, and the fact that it’s being built on a dry lakebed also presents a myriad of engineering challenges,” Spotleson says. 

— Las Vegas Weekly Article on proposed supplemental airport in Primm 8/14/25

“I don’t think we should have any urban development past the M Resort… There is a huge amount of climate pollution created by this airport, there would be horrible impacts to wildlife especially the desert tortoise this is a key migration corridor, and the biggest question of all is where is the water going to come from?” Spotleson questioned. 

— Fox 5 News on proposed supplemental airport in Primm 7/31/2025

“What it proposed to do was sell off more than 100,000 acres of Nevada’s land to help balance the budget,” Sierra Club Toiyabe Chapter Volunteer Chair Vinny Spotleson said at the town hall. “This was without the consent of the other congressional members and without the local governments.”

— People’s Tribune article on Town Hall over sprawl proposals in Southern Nevada 6/5/25

"There is plenty of land in the valley. Every time you drive down a street, almost anywhere in Las Vegas, you see vacant desert lots. Those should be developed first," he said.

— News 3 Las Vegas on proposed sprawl to Jean 6/3/25

“The largest source of air pollution in our valley are cars and trucks. The more you stretch a city’s boundaries out, the more pollution comes into the valley. If we build for density, we can make it possible for people to not even own a car.”

— Vinny Spotleson on KNPR State of Nevada 3/18/25

“Everybody recognizes that there is an affordable housing crisis… even more expensive for a single family home miles outside the city center.” 

— Vinny Spotleson as a guest on City Cast Las Vegas 9/23/24

“Las Vegas is going to continue to grow. But that doesn’t have to happen in a way that endangers those of us who already live here. We can develop our city without more pollution and traffic. We can build housing and protect our desert without over burdening our water supplies. All it takes is a different and evidence-based approach.” 

— Opinion-Editorial Published in Las Vegas Review-Journal 9/21/24