Yearly Archives: 2017

Budgets, Taxes, Deficits and Debt

Budgets, Taxes, Deficits and Debt by Thomas L. Knapp “What you see in this budget is exactly what the president ran on,” US Office of Management and Budget director Mick Mulvaney told George Stephanopoulos on ABC’s “Good Morning America” in late February. The president’s overall budget proposal is still under …

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Recall Update – What’s Next?

Yesterday we traveled to the Storey County Clerks Office in Virginia City and down to interview officials in the Secretary of State’s Office in Carson City to provide an update to the Special Election process. Here’s what we learned: Vanessa Stephens advised thestoreyteller.online her office is moving forward in anticipation …

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Long Live The King

This piece was submitted by a resident of Storey County who wishes to remain anonymous. If you would like to submit a piece and post with or without revealing your identity, please email to editor@thestoreyteller.online or annie.mouse@thestoreyteller.online. Why sit on your hands when using them to type your mind is …

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Papers Collide

Papers Collide As if we needed another illustration of the mob-GOB-sters* flexing their Jackboot of Tyranny to crush the larynx of free speech in Storey County, Pat Whitten gleefully announced that The (unreadable) Virginia City News and The (cheerleaders of Team Gilman and Team CMI) Comstock Chronicle have joined farces. A combined paper will emerge …

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Secretary of State approves Recall Petition

On Friday, February 24th the Nevada Secretary of State approved the signature verification and count conducted by Storey County Clerk Vanessa Stephens. Sheriff Antinoro has until Friday March 3rd to file a legal challenge to the findings. Click here to learn more about the appeal process. Should the appeal be …

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An interview with Sheriff Antinoro

This interview was conducted in mid-November and is reposted here for those who may have missed it when it first ran. ST: On the 9th of November it was announced that a PAC was formed with the express purpose of recalling you from office. What is your perspective on this …

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Painting of Silver City at the Nevada Legislature

Artwork by Sophie Scott of New Zealand will be on display at the Nevada State Legislative Building in Carson City during the 2017 Legislative session. Look for it on the third floor near Ways and Means. Sophie’s painting, based on an 1860s photograph of Silver City, was created while she …

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Recall Signatures verified by the Storey County Clerk.

At 3:00 pm on February 23rd, Storey County Clerk-Treasurer Vanessa Stephens certified the findings of the Recall petition circulated by Team Gilman to the Nevada Secretary of State. The Clerk’s Office verified 411 signatures and rejected 89 concluding that the effort collected (by extrapolation) 491 signatures. The recall effort needed …

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“Team Storey”

When you review the minutes of Storey County’s Commission meetings, you will find the record peppered with the phrase Team Storey. This phrase is typically surrounded by the flowery praise of a county employee or department whose exemplary service requires attention as they pat themselves on the back for conducting …

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