Editors Note: The Teller welcomes guest articles. If you would like to submit one, send it to editor@thestoreyteller.online. The views expressed by Mr. Knecht are his alone but are shared by The Teller. By Ron Knecht – 13 August 2019 In last week’s column, I showed things really are much …
Read More »Nevada Public Employee Retirement System Problems
And, Will Storey County have a new County Manager seated on July 1, 2019? Storey County Manager candidate Ron Knecht has another piece about Nevada’s Economy. This time he covers the PERS system and how Nevada taxpayers should be concerned about the fund itself and how it is managed. We …
Read More »Ron Knecht Has Been Where We Are Headed
Storey County announced the finalists to replace outgoing County Manager Pat Whitten yesterday. The list is made up of four qualified candidates, among the list was former Nevada Controller Ron Knecht. Gentle readers of The Teller will recognize the name Ron Knecht. Ron has submitted dozens of guest editorials and …
Read More »State Health Care Spending: The 900 Pound Gorilla
State Health Care Spending: The 900 Pound Gorilla Guest Column by Ron Knecht This is the third in a series of columns summarizing my Controller’s Annual Report (CAR) for the fiscal year 2018 (FY18). The first two columns (click here for the first and here for the second) showed that …
Read More »Key Facts on Nevada State Taxes and Other Revenues
Key Facts on Nevada State Taxes Guest column gracefully written by former Nevada Controller Ron Knecht. This is the second in a series of columns summarizing my Controller’s Annual Report (CAR) for fiscal year 2018 (FY18). Based on the state’s official books and records, the CAR provides Nevada citizens, officials …
Read More »Key Facts on Nevada’s Spending Problems
A Guest Editorial from Ron Knecht This is the first of a series of columns summarizing my Controller’s Annual Report (CAR) for fiscal year 2018 (FY18). Based on the state’s official books and records, the CAR provides Nevada citizens, officials and others a summary of key facts, data, analysis and …
Read More »More Good News from the Nevada Controller’s Office
More Good News from the Nevada Controller’s Office By Ron Knecht and James Smack In 2016, we reported that we cut Controller’s office spending by 13 percent from the budget we inherited from the Legislature and Governor based on the request of the previous Controller. So, we were able to …
Read More »Meet The Candidates BBQ In The Highlands
Candidates running for office in 2018 will gather in the Virginia City Highlands on October 14th at 1:00. As in years past, Breck Greninger has invited Storey County neighbours to meet and greet elected Nevada State Officers and Candidates. The Storey Teller invites any politically inclined Storey County resident to come …
Read More »Nevada State Controllers Update
From the Editor: Nevada State Controller and Ron Knecht and Deputy Controller James Smack are great examples of how principled conservative elected officials conduct business. Too bad we don’t have any in Storey County. Our thundering herd of elected RINO’s in Storey County should take notes before the next election. …
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 …
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