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Does a “Done Deal” Still Need Political Contributions

Picon is scratching its collective head over next week’s Reno City Council vote on increasing Waste Management’s franchise fee. Let’s be honest — at this stage most observers consider the fee increase a foregone conclusion. The logistics alone of transitioning an entire city’s waste system to a new

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Who’s Actually Checking the Money?

As we head toward the January 15, 2026 deadline—when campaign Contribution and Expense reports will finally reveal just how much money our elected officials have been collecting—one uncomfortable question keeps coming up: Who’s checking any of this? What we’ve learned is discouraging. Despite th

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The Wit Reno Deserves (and the Politicians Can’t Handle)

If you’re not following Shaun Mullin on social media—especially Nextdoor—you’re missing out on some of the sharpest satire Reno has seen since… well, since Reno thought the Lear Theater was a good idea. Mullin has made an art form out of skewering the Reno City Council, a collection of politicians s

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Duerr is a “Do-er” For Some

We’re always amused when elected officials think the public is either daft or foolish and won’t remember or follow-up. They do. Our readers are very sleuth-like, and we had a reader send us some links, and a political fundraising invitation. It intrigued us because we didn’t realize a person who spo

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Justice is blind… to Campaign Contributions.

Justice in our community and our country is intimately tied to judges, members of our community who are supposed to remain impartial at all levels. The impartiality of our entire justice system has been in question since the Supreme Court started…

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