OIS Report Released
The Washoe County District Attorney's Office has released the OIS Report detailing the findings of the July 26, 2020 Officer Involved Shooting Incident of Christopher Sheahan
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The Neighborhood Knocking Nightmare, “Meet Me in the Middle, Kathleen Taylor”
The joys of campaigning door-to-door as an appointed incumbent - that special blend of quizzical looks and backhanded compliments that makes grassroots politics so wildly entertaining.
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The Prospectors’ Club Tumbles to a New Location
The first gentlemen’s clubs, most established in London from the late 17th century onwards, were highly exclusive, offering aristocratic and wealthy men a refuge from work and family. The eligibility of potential members depended on their class and genders, with women banned…
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Double Cross
Well, well, if it isn't Commissioner Mike Clark playing Johnny Political Narc again, this time blowing the whistle on a shadowy Las Vegas PAC slipping shady support to Appointed Commissioner Clara Andriola's reelection bid. Who isn’t helping Andriola in this zany primary. Governor Joe Lombardo has c
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Renown Health: Executives Abandon Ship Amid Outsourcing Waves
Renown Health has been facing a turbulent period as numerous top executives have left the organization since 2021. This exodus has drawn comparisons to the sinking of the Titanic, with many wondering what conditions at Renown Health are driving these leaders to abandon ship.
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Did RTC Pay for Dahir’s Campaign Mailer?
Our inbox was flooded with copies of Sparks City Councilmember Ward 5 Kristopher Dahir's campaign mailer, raising suspicions that the Regional Transportation Commission bankrolled this bad boy. While we're sure they kept their hands clean, the mailer reads more like a RTC infomercial than a council
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Sparks Seniors, Are You Being Surveilled? Who knows?
The recent incident involving a political sign at the Sparks Senior Center has sparked widespread attention. Many media outlets have covered the story, shedding light on the removal of Chris Garvey’s sign from a private resident’s fence and its subsequent destruction by a Washoe County employee at t
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Watch It and Weep
Okay, we got called out again and many supporters, three, of Appointed Commissioner Clara Andriola called Picon out. They said, what we said, Andriola said was untrue…
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Copycat Clara & Clark Wants the Truth
Picon was watching the Tuesday, May 14, 2024, Washoe County Commission Meeting, and two items struck us…
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The Boy Wonder of Sparks
Councilman Donald Abbott reminds everyone and anyone within listening distance he was the youngest person ever elected to the Sparks City Council. Who do we blame for that, you the voter, who seem to have been sold a bill of goods by “The Donald.”
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Who’s Reading Your Medical Records???Renown Health's Decision to Outsource IT Sparks Privacy Concerns
Renown Health, a leading healthcare provider based in northern Nevada, with sites across northern Nevada, made a controversial decision in 2023 to outsource its most of its IT department to R4 Solutions Inc., a company based out of India. While the move is aimed at cutting costs and improving effici
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Hack; a rough cut, blow, or stroke
Monday, May 13, 2024, will be the first Community Homeless Advisory Board Meeting since September 11, 2023. When we were sent these photos from a Nevada Wins Pac Gala $500 per seat dinner, with the keynote speaker being none other than Congressman Mark Amodei we were struct with the idea of homeless
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