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 …
Read More »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. …
Read More »Open Letter to Governor Sandoval – Lacy J. Dalton
Dear Governor Sandoval, In light of the recent proposal by the Nevada Department of Agriculture to let an RFP for a private 501(c)3 to take ownership of our Virginia Range Horse herd, we are imploring you to stop this action immediately. The herd, which is arguably the largest contiguous herd …
Read More »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 …
Read More »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 …
Read More »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 …
Read More »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 …
Read More »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 …
Read More »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. …
Read More »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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