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Washoe County Admits Elections Need ‘Major Overhaul’ After Judge Quickly Dismisses Election Lawsuit

October 30, 2023 3:15 pmNovember 21, 2023 11:00 am

In December 2020, The Record Courier published an article regarding the 2020 General Election, after President Trump’s attorney Jesse Binnall filed a lawsuit challenging the results of the 2020 general election in Nevada. The article outlined how District Court Judge James T. Russell dismissed concrete concerns presented in court which...

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...

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...

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...

Washoe County Commissioners Consider 600K Contract to ‘Non-Partisan’ Elections Group

March 27, 2023 1:34 pmMarch 27, 2023 4:59 pm

The agenda of the Washoe County Commission meeting, scheduled for tomorrow, includes a vote to approve a $600,000 contract for the Elections Group who was selected to “conduct an operational review of the 2022 election processes and staffing and make recommendations to the County Manager to improve the operational effectiveness...

Washoe County Commissioners To Vote On Massive Pay Raises For County Manager and Support Staff

December 12, 2022 11:54 amDecember 20, 2022 12:05 pm

Washoe County Manager Eric Brown and his support staff are likely to receive significant pay raises should the county commissioners approve a consultant agency’s recommendations during tomorrow’s meeting, the last meeting of the year. Brown is also lobbying for six months in additional severance pay. The total annual fiscal impact...