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County Manager Brown - Where's the Accountability for Allowing the Public to be Mislead?
Remember all those Board of County Commissioner meetings where we were told no staff time was being used for Drag Story Hour? Well, a 2023 public record from the Washoe County Library just blew that story wide open.
The Smoking Gun: Library Executive Director Jeff Scott's public records show "Comp time/staff reassignments" for these events. Let's be clear - comp time is still staff time, and staff time is still paid for by taxpayer dollars.
Library Tax Fail: When Overconfidence Meets Underwhelming Effort
Oh, the delicious irony of a library measure that turned into a master class in "How Not to Run a Campaign 101."
Let's unpack this comedy of errors, shall we? WC-1's failure has everyone pointing fingers faster than a speed-reading contest. Some blame the "poorly written" bill (though apparently three passionate experts crafted it). Others are convinced the Washoe County Republican Party's "new tax" warning was the killer blow - though giving Bruce Parks that much strategic credit is like assuming a cat pretending that face-plant into the coffee table was totally intentional.