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11 articles filed under Kate Thomas
Apparently the hottest tourism gig in Washoe County is no longer Lake Tahoe, Burning Man, or the casinos. It is giving VIP tours of the Nevada Cares Campus. Former Reno “thinking about it” mayoral and realtor Pat Cashell has reportedly been retained by Kate Thomas to escort specially selected VIP
Read the articleIf you ever wondered how far failure can take you in Washoe County, allow us to present Exhibit A: Eric Brown. Because apparently, running the county during a time when homelessness wasn’t exactly being solved is no barrier to your next big opportunity. Running the Cares Campus were you failed th
Read the articleGadzooks, Washoe County — it’s getting weird out there. One moment, Cari-Ann Burgess, the former Interim Registrar of Voters for Washoe County, was the golden child of elections. Handpicked, praised, and defended at public meetings with the kind of confidence usually reserved for utility heroes and
Read the articleA Department of Justice (DOJ) letter gets mentioned during public comment by Penny Brock — one of those rare unicorns who both speaks at meetings and actually reads government documents. Following Brock’s comment, someone somewhere inside the county apparently freaked out just enough to send out an
Read the articleWatch in amazement as the City of Reno's "Gang of Seven" performs their most spectacular illusion yet - making developer deals vanish before elections, only to reappear like magic in 2025. What's that behind your ear? Oh, just another zoning change. Renoites start paying attention to
Read the articleEarlier this week Picon spoke with County Commissioner Mike Clark regarding the Point In Time (PIT) Count. After he read our article, he gave us a call about public records in his possession regarding the Wall Street Journal article we commented on. He shared the emails with us, saying, “maybe you c
Read the articleThere are some good things and bad things about this. One example could be a civil servant, such as a registrar of voters, is harassed or threatened by members of the public for doing their job. Maybe paying for a deputy or private security to sit outside…
Read the articleThe proposal gives an annual budget of $150,000 for this program. It is implied that this could pay for attorneys, security, therapy, etc., for employees that meet the qualifications of this program. On the surface it actually seems…
Read the articleAs the Northern Nevada community knows by now, Mike Clark can be quite a polarizing figure. Many members of the community are fond of him and the educational material he sends out in his role as the Washoe County Assessor; many members…
Read the articleThe suit, filed May 31, 2022, in District Court alleges among other issues that Kate Thomas lied when she testified about a bikini photo at the center of a yearlong dispute between…
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