Alexis Hill Archives - Page 4 of 5

Homelessness Thrives On The Backs Of Senior Citizens And Taxpayers

October 26, 2023 6:44 pmNovember 6, 2023 10:17 am

Homelessness, or the “unhoused” if you’re a housing activist or activist politician, has grown into a multi-billion dollar business that hasn’t fulfilled its promise to end this growing societal problem. In fact, homelessness has metastasized, in part, due to government inefficiency, government handouts, the economy, pandemic lockdowns, and the drug/mental...

Washoe County Staff Guts Election Citizen Advisory Board Plan To An ‘Abomination’

August 16, 2023 4:07 pmAugust 24, 2023 12:45 pm

Washoe County Commissioner and Vice Chair Jeanne Herman did not hold back during yesterday’s county meeting when she learned that her election citizen advisory board plan had been edited by county staff to an “abomination” resulting in Chair Alexis Hill removing the agenda item. According to a report by The...

The Washoe County Audit Committee Is Violating County Ordinance

August 3, 2023 9:36 am

I read with some dismay the article penned by Mark Robison of the Reno Gazette Journal (RGJ) concerning the Washoe County Audit Committee that met on August 1. Robison has since updated the article to reflect that Commissioner Herman is not, in fact, the Chair of the Audit Committee but...

Commissioner Alexis Hill Proposes User Tax on Tahoe Basin Drivers

July 25, 2023 1:48 pmAugust 1, 2023 12:35 pm

What happens when federal and local government agencies build a billion dollar, concrete tourist attraction in North Lake Tahoe, without adequate parking, and that hugs a narrow, two-lane highway? If you guessed traffic congestion, you must have been graced with a little common sense–or, you’re unfortunate enough to have been...

Washoe Commissioners Extinguish Cannabis Lounges

July 12, 2023 10:36 am

On a party line vote, cannabis lounges went “up in smoke” at Tuesday’s Washoe County Commission meeting with Republican Commissioners Jeanne Herman, Mike Clark and Clara Andriola voted to reject lounges, while Democratic commissioners Alexis Hill and Mariluz Garcia voted in support of lounges. According to Channel 4: Cannabis lounges...

Washoe County Prepares to Overhaul Election Processes

June 26, 2023 11:47 amAugust 16, 2023 3:52 pm

After an audit found that Washoe County election processes were “error prone and confusing,” County Manager Eric Brown and Registrar of Voters Jamie Rodriguez gave a presentation to the commissioners and explained the need for a massive overhaul of the county’s election system. According to the RGJ, Brown remembers telling...

The Homeless Crisis in Washoe County, Millions of Dollars In Grant Funds, and the CARES Campus

May 1, 2023 10:29 amMay 2, 2023 11:25 am

There is an overwhelming lack of data Washoe County is using in order to justify the County receiving millions of dollars in federal grants. The lack of experience of County staff and questionable decisions has caused costly missteps at the expense of taxpayers and the public for the CARES Campus in...