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Is a PAC Picking the Washoe County District 4 Candidate?

The political primary season has reached a level of desperation rarely seen, and the delightful spectacle is one to behold. The air is filled with the scent of desperation emanating from the candidate’s seeking reelection, creating an atmosphere of questionable and yet brilliant maneuvers.

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How Low Will Kris Go?

Councilman Kristopher Dahir seems to be reduced to wince-inducingly juvenile lows in his desperation against challenger Washoe County School Board Trustee Joe Rodriguez.

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Hand Sheriff Balaam a Screwdriver

It seems the powers that be in Washoe County and the City of Sparks have backed themselves into another deliciously cringeworthy corner regarding senior safety and political shenanigans at the Sparks Senior Center

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Why Did We Burn Our Bras?

At the Washoe County Commission meeting, Mariluz Garcia stated yesterday she had received a curveball regarding Agenda Item 10, the approval of agreements with RISE, Volunteers of America, and Karma Box Project at the Nevada Cares Campus.

We sort of think Garcia threw a curveball right back at the residents of Washoe County, when she supported the three agreements being approved after allegations regarding Karma Box Project.

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Renown Health's Outsourcing Woes: A Community Left Adrift

Renown Health has faced significant upheaval over the past five years, marked by multiple waves of layoffs and outsourcing. This trend has not only impacted the hospital's workforce but has also raised serious concerns about the hospital's commitment to the community it serves.

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Eric Brown Hedging His Bets?

We received a delicious little dossier of candid snaps and pondered what to do with them. Once we heard the KRNV interview with Washoe County Government Commissioner Ward 1 candidate Marsha Berkbigler we knew what to do, publish ‘em.

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Gordon Ramsay Didn’t Bother to Cut the Ribbon, Fishy

As I kid, I remembered cooking shows, travel shows, the evening news, showing Brits stopping at their fish and chippy shop, chowing down a traditional cheap meal in England. When I finally made it to London in 2022, what finned me was a price of £12 about $15US for my fish and chip meal, but the malt vinegar made the experience delicious. Where were the cheap prices that kept the working class of London getting fish, chips, and a pint?

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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 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 called out “all hands-on deck,” because he can’t risk Clara losing to any of the rag-tag group of Republican opponents, including a fired Sparks Fire Chief - Mark Lawson, CBS News Election Denier - Tracey Hilton-Thoms, and a couple of other Republican candidates in the race.

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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 reelection campaign pitch.

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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 the Sparks Senior Center.

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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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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 efficiency, it has raised serious concerns about patient privacy and the security of medical records.

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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 and an expensive Republican dinner.

Councilmember Kristopher Dahir has been in a public social media battle with Commissioner Mike Clark about the Nevada Cares Campus and Community Homeless Advisory Board meetings. Dahir who expounds on how he understands the plight of the homeless might think about a ‘$500 per plate dinner’ vs ‘champion of the homeless’ optics.

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