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If 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 articleMemories of the 8 3rd Nevada Legislative Session came rushing back when we saw a notice for a Regional Fire Services Study meeting scheduled for March 19 . The meeting was pushed out by the City of Reno — which is interesting timing given the city is dealing with the ongoing issues surrounding
Read the articleWell golly. It appears former Washoe County Manager Eric Brown has been job-hunting for about six months now—with no takers. Are we surprised? Not even a little. Brown governed from an ivory tower, punching down on rank-and-file employees, rewarding his direct reports, while turning a blind eye to
Read the articleRemember the individual arrested who worked with the Karma Box Project — the same person listed as a supervisor at the Nevada Cares Campus Safe Camp? Yes, that one. Karma Box Project’s agreement with the Washoe County Human Services Agency requires background checks before employment. Whether that
Read the articleAt what point does Washoe County stop pretending everything is fine? Here we go again. Another mess tied to Karma Box Project, and somehow Washoe County still can’t seem to connect the dots. How many stumbles does one contractor get before the county finally admits the obvious: something is very, v
Read the articleThe Washoe County Republican Party might want to invest in a spreadsheet — or at least a group chat — because the 2026 ballot is shaping up to be one giant, red-tinted identity crisis. First, there’s the Reno mayor’s race. Two elephants, one chair: Councilmember Kathleen Taylor, who rode GOP backin
Read the articleEveryone Picon knows seems to be sprinting for cover, hoping to avoid catching what we’ve started calling “the Beadles bug.” It’s highly contagious and politically disfiguring — symptoms include sudden memory loss about past donations, rapid distancing statements, and an unexplained urge to say “no
Read the articleIt looks like the story of Dana Searcy’s quiet exit from Washoe County isn’t quite the tidy “career transition” narrative the county would like you to believe. Searcy, who served as Division Director for Housing and Homeless Services and ran the Nevada Cares Campus, reportedly went missing in act
Read the articleWe’ve been hearing chatter from sources who used to work at Our Place that Dana Searcy, once the captain of the Nevada Cares Campus, may have slipped out of Washoe County without so much as a goodbye wave. No announcement, no update — just silence.
Read the articleAt the State of the County, the seating chart looked less like leadership and more like a middle school lunchroom. On one end: Clara Andriola, Alexis Hill, and Mariluz Garcia. On the other: Mke Clark and Jeanne Herman. The divide wasn’t just visible — it was practically screaming for a caption.
Read the articleLet’s rewind the tape on a little episode of government dysfunction that Washoe County officials would now really prefer we forget — but we won’t. At center stage is Sober 24 Testing Services, the county-run operation that was supposed to ensure accountability in the courts but instead became a h
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