I am cross posting Nicole Barde’s usual yeoman report on the highlights and lowlights of the most recent Storey County Commissioners Meeting held at the Courthouse with the Million Dollar Parking Lot on September 19th, 2017. I found this meeting remarkable on several counts. A Special Use Permit was approved …

I don’t always agree with Chuck Muth but I have a megaton of respect for what he does in calling out RINO’s and instances of Liberal ninnyism. I believe his article below hits the nail on the head. I married a woman from Mexico thirty years ago. Getting married was …

A film showcasing two of Storey County’s youngest movie stars will premiere in Reno at the Reno Tahoe International Film Festival (RTIFF.org) which runs from September 7th through the 10th. One of over 500 submissions in the 2017 version of the RTIFF, the short film So Much Yellow will showcase two Virginia City Highlands …

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, …

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”. …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …