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Mariluz Garcia just threw herself a fundraiser, and it was the who’s who of Northern Nevada’s usual suspects. The room was filled with people who like to look important—and for good reason. Many of them wrote checks as big as $5,000 to keep Garcia in office. Heroes, right?
Read the articleIt’s that time again—campaign season—when local Republicans start the age-old tradition of cannibalizing their own, and the Republican women’s clubs happily set the table. This article’s entertainment came via a cheery little email announcing a brand-new rule: no more showing up to meetings and buy
Read the articleDeals, deferrals, and the appearance of justice is what Devon Reese’s ethics files cause us to ponder, after reading the opinion penned in the Reno Gazette Journal by Reese’s attorney and a failed judicial candidate who both used to serve in different capacities with the Nevada Commission on Ethic
Read the articleOctober is Domestic Violence Awareness Month—a cause worth elevating. But is Washoe County District Attorney Chris Hicks elevating the cause, or elevating himself? Below is what Hick’s office posted a far cry from this year’s post featuring Hicks.
Read the articleIf you’re not following Shaun Mullin on social media—especially Nextdoor—you’re missing out on some of the sharpest satire Reno has seen since… well, since Reno thought the Lear Theater was a good idea. Mullin has made an art form out of skewering the Reno City Council, a collection of politicians s
Read the articleThe City of Sparks has quietly settled the case of firefighter Timothy Egan, accused of assaulting 84-year-old Maureen Hvegholm over the crime of feeding stray cats. The 2022 incident drew statewide outrage—but here we are in 2025, and Egan is still drawing a taxpayer-funded paycheck. So let’s ask
Read the articleSun Valley doesn’t just have a grocery problem—it has a leadership problem. While residents watched their only supermarket circle the drain, Commissioner Mariluz Garcia somehow missed the smell. Maybe she didn’t notice the bare shelves. Maybe she never set foot in her own neighborhood store. Or mayb
Read the articlePicon readers called us out - District Attorney Chris Hicks was spotted at Joe Lombardo’s governor kickoff at Western Nevada Supply. Sure, it makes for a good photo op — but we’re left to wonder: was Hicks there on his own dime, or was this yet another taxpayer-funded field trip?
Read the articleHold on tight, Reno. City Councilman Devon Reese is suddenly in the business of apologies — and we’re supposed to buy it. He offered up a half-hearted “sorry” over the Lear Theatre flap, but let’s be real: this isn’t remorse, it’s rehearsal. Reese isn’t apologizing to fix his behavior — he’s auditio
Read the articleTraffic, Grown Kids, and the Ghosts of Elections Past … So apparently Trista Gomez is unhappy with Picon. We’ll just go ahead and say it — we’re fine with that. Now, at a meeting last night, Gomez explained why she moved: too much traffic, wanted to be closer to her kids… except, small detail, her
Read the articleI’ve said it before, and we’ll say it again—why does the Nevada Commission on Ethics even exist? Yesterday’s meeting was nothing more than a backroom deal factory, where everything is conveniently confidential . Translation: citizens are kept in the dark while politicians cut themselves sweethear
Read the articleIt’s back. The one-acre rezoning that even the Reno Planning Commission couldn’t muster support for is rolling along — because in Reno politics, a tie vote is just a technicality, not a stop sign. The developer’s advocate, Brook Oswald, spun it as “unique” — because, apparently, one acre of dirt
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