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Purge of Voter Rolls vs Purge of the Registrar of Voters

On Tuesday, October 15, 2024, CV24-02182 Citizen Outreach Foundation ET AL vs Carre-Ann Burgess, in her official capacity as the acting Registrar of Voters for Washoe County has a 9AM court date in the Second Judicial District Court, Department 3, with the Honorable Judge Tammy Riggs.

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Wrinkle-Gate, Will It Leave Seniors Steamed?

Reno News & Review has unleashed a political cartoon that's more "Golden Girls Gone Wild" than "respectful discourse." The paper, known sometimes for its biting satire, seems to have forgotten that even politicians come with an expiration date.

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Kristopher Dahir’s Great Paper Shuffle

Sparks City Councilmember Kristopher Dahir posted commenting on how much reading he needs to do because of the many boards he serves on due to being a council member, perhaps with a touch of self-validation. Serving as the chair of the Northern Nevada Public Health (NNPH) Board, Dahir paints a pictu

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Safe Embrace Should LOVE Their Neighbors

October is Domestic Violence Awareness Month and Picon has been watching a whole lot of Safe Embrace employees who have been on a media blitz - promoting the “Love Shouldn’t Hurt” event, and touting their “Love Should Be Sweet” fundraising event that was held at the Reno Public Market last night, Se

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No List! No Wunderbar!

In a whirlwind of bureaucratic bungles and technological terrors, the residents of Washoe County find themselves embroiled in a tale of data woe. What started as a simple request for a voter list has snowballed into a comedy of errors, with twists and turns that would make even the most seasoned pol

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Supreme Transparency

Everyone by now is bored with the fact Picon is overly interested in the Murdoch case in Washoe County. But, hey, SORRY we think it is inappropriate for a bunch of rich fat cats to not only use Nevada’s lack of income and inheritance taxes, as well as its confidentiality protections making it a top

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A Hoax or Not?

Picon just had this sent to us. It is 10:47PM as we post this and frankly, there is not an outlet where we can verify if this information is factual or not. We're going to go with post simply because the Washoe County, Nevada - Government Registrar of Voters is one of the most important positions

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Social Safety Net

Looks like we ruffled some feathers at Washoe County HQ. All we did was ask about these mystical "safety net services" they're fond of mentioning. Googled it. Nada. So, we did what any curious cat would do - filed a public records request.

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Reno has a case of the Willies. And it’s about time.

Is there anything they can't do? Reno's leading restaurant owners take on pasta Willies Pasta Shop recently opened at the corner of South Virginia and Arroyo streets in Midtown. But at one point, it seemed as if the baked ziti would never arrive. For almost six years, since fall 2018, a “Coming So

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Buffering at Washoe County Government

Oh, look who's fumbling the ball again. It's our old pals at Washoe County Government, the masters of the "Oopsie Daisy" defense. These folks, swimming in a pool of taxpayer cash deeper than Lake Tahoe, are still struggling with that pesky little thing called accountability. Commissioner

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Rumors …

Rumors might be a song by Fleetwood Mac, but they are also the tidbits that have started every journalism investigation since aliens were building the pyramids. However, recently, Picon has been getting a lot of pushbacks for our stories, with folks telling us that we are going too far picking on ca

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