Max Lord is throwing his hard hat into the Boulder City Council race.

Lord, 32, owns the residential and commercial construction company Hammer and Driver. After attending council meetings, Lord realized he would be qualified to serve on the council and that his perspective as a builder would help guide the city on infrastructure matters.

Chief among those is what he says is too much red tape in the city’s land use code.

“Can we use vacant retail space on the northeastern side of town and flip that into a child care facility?” said Lord, who also thinks his background will help the city with wildfire protection measures. “The land use code is going to subject you to a long list of permits and what might take years in order for you to get that business going.”

Lord, who is from the Fing

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