This Week In Comstock History – February 18th 2011 The Comstock Chronicle wasn’t always known to locals as the Comstock Comical. Angela and Richard Mann owned the paper for 9 years and ran it as a serious local news venture. Angela went to all the meetings (Commissioner, VCTC, School Board …
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Coverage of Pipeline Deal in Local Media Outlets On August 7th, the Storey County Commissioners voted to move forward on the proposed Pipeline Project at TRIC. Four places wrote about the meeting; the Comstock Chronicle, Storey County, bardeblog.com and The Storey Teller. In this article will compare and contrast that …
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Storey County Commission Candidates – Compare and Contrast In considering a candidate, there are voters who look for experience and performance. Others voters relate to personality and likeability. Still others look for knowledge and a sharp mind. Then there are the ones who only vote for the D or the …
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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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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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respect |rəˈspekt| noun a feeling of deep admiration for someone or something elicited by their abilities, qualities, or achievements: the director had a lot of respect for Douglas as an actor. the state of being admired or respected: his first chance in over fifteen years to regain respect in the …
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In this episode of The Storey Teller Podcast, I respond to an editorial on the topic of men’s attitudes toward women appearing in the latest episode of The Comstock Chronicle. Departing from her normal accurate reporting, Karen Woodmansee elected to misquote a statement I made from the December 5th Commissioner …
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If you were to believe the press releases festooning the otherwise vacous pages of the Comstock Chronicle, you would think that Comstock Mining Incorporated (CMI) was making millions while employing thousands here in the “Richest Place On Earth”. The CMI cheerleaders at the Comstock Chronicle (deemed the Comstock Comical by …
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Editors note: I am sure most folks are weary of the CMI story; I know I am. However, I simply cannot allow it to be swept under the rug while CMI principals walk C Street as if they are somehow without reproach. Many folks consider them hucksters of the highest …
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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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