Storey County February Political Mixer

Political Social Mixer at Red Dog – January 25th

The Libertarian Party of Nevada is pleased to announce they are hosting what will be a monthly event to discuss Storey County Politics. This event is open to people of all political spots and stripes. We want to learn from you what is important to you as we head into …

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Patricia Ackerman Candidate For District 39- Episode 11

In this eleventh episode of the Storey Teller Podcast, we interview Patricia Ackerman. Ms. Ackerman, a Democrat from Minden, is running for Nevada Assembly District 37 and will oppose Jim Wheeler. We had a chance to meet after a fundraiser held at a home in Silver City last week.  Ms. …

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Barde Blog

January 16 Commissioner Meeting Recap – BardeBlog

Nicole Barde of The BardeBlog has her usual on point recap of the latest episode of the Storey County Commissioners meeting held on January 16th. Many of the items were perfunctory and thus boring. What was interesting to me was the discussion of the County Manager’s Job Description. There continues …

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A Public Apology To Scott Jolcover

On January 13th I wrote a preamble to the Nicole Barde’s VCTC Meeting Report which you can read here. In that preamble I wrote the following paragraph: My sources tell me that Jolcover’s replacement was necessary because the Storey County District Attorney’s office has (finally) acted on the blatant conflict …

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Wild Horses

Wild Horse Fundraiser January 27th At Silverland Inn

The good people at the Silverland Inn & Suites are raising funds to help protect the Virginia Range Wild Horse Herd. The event includes a Catered Pig Roast Buffet provided by the always food artists from the Cider Factory and a dip in the pool (inside, of course). Live Music …

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2018 Political Season Starts – Herrington To Run Unopposed

  Filing for Judicial candidates ended at 5:00 on Friday, January 12th and races around the state will offer some excitement this year. Storey County’s Justice of the Peace Eileen Herrington learned at 5:01 this past Friday she will not face an opponent in the primaries this June. “I am …

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Biasness – Sunday Word Of The Day Essay

 biasness* | ˈbīəsnes | noun 1 prejudice in favor of or against one thing, person, or group compared with another, usually in a way considered to be unfair: there was evidence of bias against foreign applicants | the bias toward younger people in recruitment | [in singular]: a systematic bias …

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Comstock Chronicle – Letter To The Editor

The Teller received this Letter to the Editor regarding the Comstock Chronicle and was asked to post it anonymously. We reserve the right to publish letters where the author wishes to remain unknown. Here in Storey County vindictive actions have been known to cost people their jobs among other things. …

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VCTC – Losing Money is an Investment.

Nicole Barde posted her synopsis of the recent VCTC meeting (which you can read here). It’s excellent and I suggest you give it a read. Corrado de Gasparis CFO (Chief Flimflam Officer) of Comstock Mining took his seat replacing the departed Scott Jolcover (also of Comstock Mining) as Deny Dotson …

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