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Picon Ponders: Was the Fourth on the Fourth Parade Really About Patriotism... or Just Marketing? Picon ponders whether this entire 4th on Fourth parade saga was really about celebrating America—or whether patriotism was simply the backdrop for one giant marketing campaign.
Read the articleAccording rumblings from Landon Miller with the City of Reno, Mayor Hillary Schieve is expected to serve as Grand Marshal for the 4th of July parade. We don’t know. Some had floated the idea that Eddie Lorton should get the honor after publicly saying he would pay whatever the City couldn't rai
Read the articleWhen Eddie Lorton pushed the City of Reno to support a Fourth of July parade celebrating America's 250th anniversary, he presented it as a community event that deserved city backing. The Reno City Council agreed to support the concept, and Lorton publicly stated that if fundraising fell short, he wo
Read the articleThat familiar rat-a-tat-tat has returned to the Reno City Council meetings. Once again, Eddie Lorton has been showing up during public comment demanding that a Fourth of July parade be placed on a future council agenda. Now Lorton says he’ll personally cover the $25,000 cost to make it happen.
Read the articleWe couldn’t help but notice those matching shirts the Reno City Council members wore at the Veterans Day Parade — very coordinated, very official-looking. Cool City of Reno swag. Here’s our question: did taxpayers pick up the tab for those?
Read the articlePicon had been told by an employee inside City of Reno Government the announcement there would be employee layoffs would be coming in early July 2025 - sure enough our intel was correct and the press release was issued yesterday regarding eight city employees positions being cut. Our inside intel sa
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