NEVADA WILD HORSE ADVOCATES TO DELIVER 300,000 PETITION SIGNATURES URGING REP. AMODEI TO OPPOSE KILLING AMERICA’S WILD HORSES RENO, NEVADA (August 21, 2017) – Continuing to urge Nevada Rep. Mark Amodei to oppose the wholesale destruction of tens of thousands of wild horses and burros in holding facilities and on the range, …
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Blatant abuse? – the last grasp for power? – Letter to the Editor
Robert Maccario of the Virginia City Highlands submitted this Letter to the Editor. He suggests that If the Commissioners give TRIC our money to directly improve the profitability of the Park and it’s clients with zero direct benefit and they approve “Item 13” then it’s time to “Recall them All”. …
Read More »VCH “Town Hall” Learns About TRIC Pipeline Proposal
Virginia City Highlands resident Jay Carmona organized a meeting at the Firehouse to learn more about the TRIC Pipeline Proposal that will use county tax revenue to repay over 29 years. The Governers Office of Economic Development is working with Storey County Commissioners, TRIC landowners and TRIC itself to take …
Read More »Nevada State Controller Ron Knecht Discusses The Role Of The Media
As I reported in a previous post, on of my guiding lights in Economic Theory is Austrian Economist and Nobel Prize winner F.A. Hayek. I was floored to learn of a group of people who regularly meet to discuss things relating to the Economy of Northern Nevada. I didn’t think …
Read More »The Teller Responds To Accusations Of Lying
In a recent tirade on the Virginia City Highlands Chat Group, TRIC Employee Kris Thompson accused me of lying in an article (which you can read here) that took TRIC to task on requesting the good people of Storey County to underwrite a $35 Million Dollar effluent pipeline that will …
Read More »Storey County Taxpayer’s Investment in TRIC Tops $100 Million Dollars With Latest Pipeline Deal
Effluent Pipeline Deal Could Cost Storey County Taxpayers up to $60 Million The August 1st Commissioners Meeting agenda included a proposal for Storey County Taxpayers to borrow $35 Million Dollars to purchase 19 miles of pipeline for the TRIC General Improvement District to transfer effluent purchased from Washoe County. TRIC …
Read More »St. Mary’s Imaginations Childrens Art Program August 5th.
St. Mary’s Art center has a great day lined up for August 5th from 9:30 to Noon. Third in a series of art classes designed to introduce children to new concepts of creative artistic processes. This month’s theme is drawing wildlife and botanical subjects using subjects collected from around the …
Read More »National Night Out a Sweltering Success
Lockwood residents, Community service organizations, Storey County Fire and Sheriffs Departments as well as our local representatives all turned out in the 102 degree heat at Louise Peri Park in Lockwood to make last night’s National Night Out ( NNO) a sweltering success. National Night Out is a national community …
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