Colleagues and Cocktails
Ever wonder what the City of Reno is spending your hard-earned taxpayer dollars on. Legal stuff. Lots and lots of legal stuff…
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$139,759.77 Per Year Demands Transparency
Are you making $139,759,77 in total pay and benefits per year? We’re not either, but reportedly Councilmember Devon Reese is according to Transparent Nevada. This raises questions about the transparency of city officials and the availability of public records. It also answers our question as to why
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Clara Finds Her Voice, Quietly
During the March 26, 2024, Washoe County Board of Commissioners meeting there was an odd exchange between Commission Chair Alexis Hill and Appointed Commissioner Clara Andriola which we continue to be perplexed by. The exchange was all but whispered by Commissioner Andriola as if she would be in ‘tr
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Read ‘Em and Weep
Public records from a citizen’s request regarding the Washoe County Library.
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Stretching the Truth
Ah, we’ve all encountered a self-proclaimed expert. We often enjoy a politician/candidate who decides to crown themselves an expert. Picon would urge against taking the crown because it might slip. Why would a candidate proclaim to be an expert when public records prove the opposite?
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Inexperience on the serpent's tongue
Inexperience, coverups and journalistic gymnastics. The saga of the Washoe County ROV from records you have never seen…
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There will be no resolution, despite the need to take it down to the studs…
Despite the efforts of two commissioners, an election resolution seems to be stalled out. Read about the public records surrounding the efforts to keep this off the agenda…
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The Kate Marshall Factor
Picon read Eddie Lorton’s opinion in the Reno Gazette Journal and were hit with the age-old issue of power going to people’s heads. And we don’t mean Eddie’s. When a mayor and councilmember start thinking they’re untouchable, it’s definitely a problem. As the City of Reno Mayor’s term gets nearer to
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The Good Stuff is at the Bottom…
The Nevada Globe reported on November 2, 2023, the recall of two elected Trustees from the IVGID/Incline Village General Improvement District both failed to get the numbers of signatures needed for a special election. It was close, but there is no cigars in recall attempts. The petition lacked 75 si
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Broccoli Stems
We’ve been reading about the cost of groceries in Nevada. The Hill on January 16, 2024, reported residents in the Silver State fork over roughly $294.76 at the grocery store, enough to rank second in the nation. In February 2024, the news was bad for egg eaters, with prices on the rise yet again. Ho
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Just the Facts, Chair Hill
At the Special Meeting of the Washoe County Commission, the Washoe County Canvass of the Vote on Friday, February 16, 2024, we were surprised that there was no ‘early’ public comment on the agenda at the start of the meeting.
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