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So Many Questions

If you read the comments from Kimberly Koschmann, she had heard of a “higher-up” with Washoe County named Dana who is telling people at staff meetings that the rumors about the Executive Director of Karma Box Project are false. We’re not sure what Dana this is but in reading Our Town Reno’s article

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Who’s Knocking at My Door?

If it isn't the bumbling buffalo herd of Sparks City Councilmen preening and pawing at new lows of small-town campaign shenanigans. This sordid video exposition lays bare the cringeworthy politics we've come to expect from Mayor Lawson’s coterie of credibility-bereft male council members.

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June = Library Trustee Time at Washoe County

Remember back on June 20, 2023, when there were twenty applicants for the appointment of a Washoe County Library Board Trustee. After having to hear Appointed Commissioner Clara Andriola drone on about how she contacted each applicant we were close to a boredom included coma.

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Dumb Luck

Picon believes in dumb luck do you? Dumb Luck is something good that happens in an unexpected way, especially when it is not deserved, you know, it was just dumb luck. We published an article on May 27, 2024, and used a photo of City of Reno Appointed City Councilmember Kathleen Taylor and the

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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 t

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