Monday, April 22, 1996 | 11:59 a.m.
SUN STAFF REPORTS
It's not easy being Green.
That's because minor political organizations like the Green Party have difficulty winning election to major offices.
But that hasn't deterred the Green Party of Nevada from filing to put consumer advocate Ralph Nader on the presidential ballot.
The party last week submitted its notice to file with the secretary of state's office and must collect 3,761 signatures -- 1 percent of the statewide vote in 1994 congressional races -- by July 11 to qualify for the November ballot.
The Green Party's platform includes environmental protection, nonviolence, social justice and cultural diversity.
Registration battle
Nevada Republicans have increased their registration lead over Democrats to 5,747.
The Republicans' voting edge has been increasing every month since October, when the GOP achieved an 855-vote margin over Democrats due to a big voter registration effort.
When Bill Clinton was elected president in 1992, Democrats outnumbered Republicans in Nevada by more than 40,000 voters, said Nevada GOP Chairman John Mason.
By March 31, 283,729 Republicans and 277,983 Democrats were registered. Nonpartisans numbered 86,244.
Dini dinner
Assembly Co-Speaker Joe Dini, D-Yerington, is being honored at a $250-a-plate dinner May 8 in Reno.
Proceeds are expected to go toward Dini's re-election and to fund other Democratic Assembly candidates. Republicans and Democrats each had 21 members in the Assembly during the 1995 session. Five Republicans and one Democrat have said they won't seek re-election.
The return address on the invitation to Dini's tribute is the Northern Nevada office of R&R Advertising, which ran Gov. Bob Miller's 1994 re-election and lobbies for the Nevada casino industry.
Campaign signs
Gary Davis' mobile campaign signs will remain in place at least until the end of April.
North Las Vegas City Attorney Richard Maurer said the city will not seek fines until a revised ordinance takes effect, possibly in May.
Davis, a candidate for Clark County Commission, has been warned that his trailer signs may exceed city and county size guidelines.
Davis, a former North Las Vegas municipal judge removed from office for alleged ethical breaches, says his signs are legal.
Non-union bill
Steve Bartlett, former Dallas mayor and an ex-congressman, was in Las Vegas recently enlisting support for legislation to allow non-union workers to form "teams" to discuss work conditions with management.
Bartlett, who co-chairs Teamwork for America Initiative, a committee urging passage of the bill, says more than 80 percent of American workers don't belong to unions but are prohibited by law from meeting as a group with management.
D. Taylor, spokesman for Las Vegas Culinary Local 226, says the bill is an attempt to undermine legal unions.
The legislation has passed the House and is awaiting a vote in the Senate. Vice President Al Gore has said Clinton will veto the bill.
Whistleblower files
A 34-year-old former state employee who received attention as a "whistleblower" has filed to run against Assembly Co-Majority Leader Pete Ernaut, R-Reno.
Raymond May, 34, a Republican who will face Ernaut in the Sept. 3 primary election, was fired from his job as a chemist in the Health Division in 1993 after complaining about water testing and other procedures. He has appealed his dismissal.
May was convicted two years ago on a misdemeanor charge of disturbing the peace after an incident in the secretary of state's office.
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