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In a political leap worthy of a track meet, Trista Gomez has frog-leaped from the Washoe County District 3 Commission race and resurfaced as a candidate for State Assembly District 30. That puts her squarely against hometown favorite N atha Anderson, widely regarded as one of the more approachable
Read the articleWashoe County seems to have cracked the code on “senior engagement.” Spoiler alert: it’s called volunteerism. Yep — somewhere in the Human Services Division, someone must have decided that seniors don’t need fun, stimulation, or community. Nope. What they really need is to stuff envelopes, run erra
Read the articleIf you’ve ever tuned into a Washoe County Commission meeting, you know the drill: Commissioners Clara Andriola, Alexis Hill, and Mariluz Garcia take turns singing the praises of county staff like they’re nominating them for sainthood. Not to say Commissioners Herman and Clark don’t heap on some comp
Read the articleIn a rare display of unified resistance, Washoe County's independently elected officials have issued a pointed letter to the Board of County Commissioners expressing serious concerns about proposed budget reductions. The April 22nd letter—representing the County Clerk, Recorder, Treasurer, Public Ad
Read the articleThe plot thickens at Washoe County, where Manager Eric Brown seems awfully eager to defend his CIO's unusual work arrangement. But why rush to defend if there's nothing to hide? Let's follow the breadcrumbs: Someone "prompted" Greater Reno/Mark Robison to look into Behzad Zamanian's hybri
Read the articleTurns out Washoe County forgot one teensy detail while shutting down the 9th Street kitchen - actually getting permits for the backup plan. Yes, folks, in a building that LITERALLY HOUSES the Northern Nevada Public Health Department, they couldn't get their permitting ducks in a row. You can't make
Read the articleOh, 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 (
Read the articleAKA: Washoe County Standard Operating Shenanigans In the midst of what should have been a period of calm and efficiency, Washoe County finds itself embroiled in a whirlwind of controversy and intrigue. The recent episodes involving key personnel such as Interim Registrar of Voters Cari-Ann Burges
Read the articleOh, look who's fumbling the ball again. It's our old pals at Washoe County Government, the masters of the "Oopsie Daisy" defense. These folks, swimming in a pool of taxpayer cash deeper than Lake Tahoe, are still struggling with that pesky little thing called accountability. Commissioner
Read the articleAlexis Hill doesn’t care about free speech, and over the last year she’s proven it monthly with her gavel, however no more so than this last month with the dustup over $10,000 and an alleged swastika. The people Hill decided to chastise have now turned against her and are supporting her opponent. Is
Read the articleWow! Commissioner Clara Andriola became a Republican for less than 24-hours on July 9, 2024. Andriola has asked for Agenda Item #22 to be placed back on the July 16, 2024, Washoe County Board of Commission Agenda, guess she’s had a change of heart, and now wants to certify the two recounts as the De
Read the articlePicon calls upon others to be transparent, so we attempt to always be so. We seem to have gotten it wrong with our Parting of the Red Sea article on June 9, 2024.
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