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Watch “Qanon Weekly update- [D5] No Deals!!!” on YouTube

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This is a very comprehensive report from a number of Anons talking about everything from Clinton operative arrest for child sex trafficking, numerous Clinton investigators found either murdered or or they’re saying they committed suicide. Talking about Coursey, Alex Jones and Stone trying to discredit the initial Q Anon reports as fake. I wonder if they ever repented of that?

Then they bring up the Comey, Lynch, Huber testimonies before Congress that are coming up next week, December 3rd 4th and 5th respectively.

Can FEMA handle all of the prisoners from the thousands upon thousands of arrest from the 16,000 federal indictments of pedophiles and Clinton Foundation criminals. Or whether they’ll be tried in military tribunals as traitors and sent to Guantanamo

Climate Priests Furious Over Report of Booming Polar Bear Population

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Thanks Bill M. for the link

Warner Todd Huston November 15, 2018
The high priests of climate change are furious over a new Canadian government report saying that the polar bear population is booming and is endangering the native Inuit peoples living in the great white north.

WCRA Christmas Party

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Washoe County Republican Assembly of Northern Nevada

DECEMBER 18, 2018 AT 1670 NO. VIRGINIA ST. RENO, NV.  KNPB COMMUNITY ROOM.

5:00 O’Clock PM.

Food, fun, and a white Elephant Santa Exchange.

 

Interesting theory from the Mayor of Livermore, California

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Thanks Roger!

This is an interesting theory. The mayor of Livermore California explains his theory on President Trump’s popularity and his success. This is perhaps the best explanation I’ve read.

Marshall Kamena is a registered Democrat and was elected mayor of Livermore, CA.  He ran on the democratic ticket because he knew the Bay Area city population would never vote for a Republican; however, he is as conservative as they come.  He recently wrote the following:

“Trump’s Lack of Decorum, Dignity, and Statesmanship”. By Marshall Kamena, Mayor of Livermore, CA.

My Leftist friends (as well as many ardent #NeverTrumpers) constantly ask me if I’m not bothered by Donald Trump’s lack of decorum. They ask if I don’t think his tweets are “beneath the dignity of the office.”

Here’s my answer; we Right-thinking people have tried “dignity”. There could not have been a man of more quiet dignity than George W. Bush, as he suffered the outrageous lies and politically motivated hatreds that undermined his presidency.

We tried “statesmanship”. Could there be another human being on this earth who so desperately prized “collegiality” as John McCain?

We tried “propriety” – has there ever been a nicer human being than Mitt Romney?

And the results were always the same. This is because, while we were playing by the rules of dignity, collegiality and propriety, the Left has been, for the past 60 years, engaged in a knife fight where the only rules are those of Saul Alinsky and the Chicago mob.

I don’t find anything “dignified,” “collegial” or “proper” about Barack Obama’s lying about what went down on the streets of Ferguson in order to ramp up racial hatreds because racial hatreds serve the Democratic Party.

I don’t see anything “dignified” in lying about the deaths of four Americans in Benghazi and imprisoning an innocent filmmaker to cover your tracks.

I don’t see anything “statesman-like” in weaponizing the IRS to be used to destroy your political opponents and any dissent.

Yes, Obama was “articulate” and “polished” but in no way was he in the least bit “dignified,” “collegial” or “proper.”

The Left has been engaged in a war against America since the rise of the Children of the ‘60s. To them, it has been an all-out war where nothing is held sacred and nothing is seen as beyond the pale. It has been a war they’ve fought with violence, the threat of violence, demagoguery and lies from day one – the violent take-over of the universities – till today.

The problem is that, through these years, the Left has been the only side fighting this war. While the Left has been taking a knife to anyone who stands in their way, the Right has continued to act with dignity, collegiality and propriety.

With Donald Trump, this all has come to an end. Donald Trump is America ’s first wartime president in the Culture War.

During wartime, things like “dignity” and “collegiality” simply aren’t the most essential qualities one looks for in their warriors. Ulysses Grant was a drunk whose behavior in peacetime might well have seen him drummed out of the Army for conduct unbecoming.

Had Abraham Lincoln applied the peacetime rules of propriety and booted Grant, the Democrats might well still be holding their slaves today.

Lincoln rightly recognized that, “I cannot spare this man. He fights.”

General George Patton was a vulgar-talking man. In peacetime, he might have been stripped of rank. But, had Franklin Roosevelt applied the normal rules of decorum then, Hitler and the Socialists would barely be five decades into their thousand-year Reich.

Trump is fighting. And what’s particularly delicious is that, like Patton standing over the battlefield as his tanks obliterated Rommel’s, he’s shouting, “You magnificent bastards, I read your book!”

That is just the icing on the cake, but it’s wonderful to see that not only is Trump fighting, he’s defeating the Left using their own tactics. That book is Saul Alinsky’s Rules for Radicals – a book so essential to the Liberals’ war against America that it is and was the playbook for the entire Obama administration and the subject of Hillary Clinton’s senior thesis.

It is a book of such pure evil, that, just as the rest of us would dedicate our book to those we most love or those to whom we are most indebted, Alinsky dedicated his book to Lucifer.

Trump’s tweets may seem rash and unconsidered but, in reality, he is doing exactly what Alinsky suggested his followers do. First, instead of going after “the fake media” — and they are so fake that they have literally gotten every single significant story of the past 60 years not just wrong, but diametrically opposed to the truth, from the Tet Offensive to Benghazi, to what really happened on the streets of Ferguson, Missouri — Trump isolated CNN. He made it personal.

Then, just as Alinsky suggests, he employs ridicule, which Alinsky described as “the most powerful weapon of all.”  Most importantly, Trump’s tweets have put CNN in an untenable and unwinnable position. They need to respond.

This leaves them with only two choices. They can either “go high” (as Hillary would disingenuously declare of herself and the fake news would disingenuously report as the truth) and begin to honestly and accurately report the news or they can double-down on their usual tactics and hope to defeat Trump with twice their usual hysteria and demagoguery. The problem for CNN (et al.) with the former is that, if they were to start honestly reporting the news, that would be the end of the Democratic Party they serve. It is nothing but the incessant use of fake news (read: propaganda) that keeps the Left alive.

Imagine, for example, if CNN had honestly and accurately reported then-candidate Barack Obama’s close ties to foreign terrorists (Rashid Khalidi), domestic terrorists (William Ayers & Bernardine Dohrn), the mafia (Tony Rezko) or the true evils of his spiritual mentor, Jeremiah Wright’s church.

Imagine if they had honestly and accurately conveyed the evils of the Obama administration’s weaponizing of the IRS to be used against their political opponents or his running of guns to the Mexican cartels or the truth about the murder of Ambassador Christopher Stevens and the Obama administration’s cover-up.

So, to my friends on the Left — and the #NeverTrumpers as well — do I wish we lived in a time when our president could be “collegial” and “dignified” and “proper”? Of course I do.

These aren’t those times though. This is war. And it’s a war that the Left has been fighting without opposition for the past 50 years.

So, say anything you want about this president – I get it – he can be vulgar, he can be crude, he can be undignified at times. I don’t care. I can’t spare this man. He fights for America!

Please pass this on…over and over, and again and again…

Who Took My Money?

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Thanks to member Roger

WHO TOOK MY MONEY?
Actually, Democrat President Kennedy and Sergeant Shriver were the first ones to misuse the Social Security account.  They used Social Security funds to start the Peace Corps.   Not the first or last time our money has been taken from American citizens and given to foreign nations.
Things every US citizen should know and remember about Social Security and changes made:
A History Lesson on Your Social Security Card . . . Just in case some of you young whippersnappers (& some older ones) didn’t know this.   It’s easy to check out, if you don’t believe it.   Be sure and show it to your family and friends.   They need a little history lesson on what’s what and it doesn’t matter whether you are Democrat or Republican . . .
Facts are Facts

Social Security Cards up until the 1980s expressly stated the number and card were not to be used for identification purposes.   Since nearly everyone in the United States now has a number, it became convenient to use it anyway and the message, NOT FOR IDENTIFICATION, was removed.
Franklin Roosevelt, a Democrat, introduced the Social Security (FICA) Program.
He promised:

1.) That participation in the Program would be Completely voluntary.
No longer Voluntary

2.) That the participants would only have to pay 1% of the first $1,400 of their annual Incomes into the Program.
Now 7.65% on the first $90,000.

3.) That the money the participants elected to put into the Program would be deductible from their income for tax purposes each year.
No longer tax deductible 

4.) That the money the participants put into the independent ‘Trust Fund’ rather than into the general operating fund, and therefore, would only be used to fund the Social Security Retirement Program, and no other Government program.
Under Democrat President Johnson the money was moved to the General Fund and Spent.

5.) That the annuity payments to the retirees would never be taxed as income.
Under Democrats Clinton & Gore Up to 85% of your Social Security can be Taxed.

Since many of us have paid into FICA for years and are now receiving a Social Security check every month and then finding that we are getting taxed on 85% of the money we paid to the Federal government to ‘put away’ — you may be interested in the following:

Q: Which Political Party took Social Security from the independent ‘Trust Fund’ and put it into the general fund so that Congress could spend it?
A: It was Lyndon Johnson and the democratically controlled House and Senate.
Q: Which Political Party eliminated the income tax deduction for Social Security (FICA) withholding?
A: The Democrat Party .
Q: Which Political Party started taxing Social Security annuities?
A: The Democratic Party, with Al Gore casting the ‘tie-breaking’ deciding vote as President of the Senate, while he was Vice President of the US 

Q: Which Political Party decided to start giving annuity payments to immigrants?
A: That’s right!   Jimmy Carter and the Democratic Party.   Immigrants moved into this country, and at age 65, began to receive Social Security payments!   The Democratic Party gave these payments to them, even though they never paid a dime into it!

Then, after violating the original contract (FICA), the Democrats turn around and tell you that the Republicans want to take your Social Security away!
And the worst part about it is uninformed citizens believe it!  If enough people receive this, maybe a seed of awareness will be planted and maybe changes will evolve.

But it’s worth a try.
How many people can YOU send this to?  Actions speak louder than bumper stickers.
PLEASE DO KEEP THIS ONE ROLLING ACROSS THE COUNTRY.
 
The only question I would pose is why haven’t the Republicans made the changes back to where they were now that they have control of both houses of Congress?   Wonder how they would answer that question.  Just saying.
 
 

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“God Bless America”
“One Flag, One Language, One Nation Under God”

From Jeff on the issues

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Concerned Citizens:

Last Day of Early Voting!  (today Friday Nov 2)

A lot of stuff depending on how much you want to scroll down or read. I appreciate you taking the time to at least read the heading.

I don’t spam so reply with remove if so desired.

WC1 PropertyTax: Vote No

Election Overpass banner party. 

A Couple Articles on City Debt and Donation Claims. A lot of claims about Reno debt and I analyze it. He said-she said….

Development Code input

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Myself and a few others plan to hit some overpasses at rush hour with banners supporting certain candidates or measures. Join us. If interested let me a know time that works. At this point looking at McCarran & I-580 (395) overpass north of I-80 and Sparks Blvd, maybe Valley Rd over I-80. Donuts or munchies provided. Not everyone’s idea of fun but a way to be involved without donating money. Bring any signs or banners of your favorite cause or candidate. Note: It’s legal but we cannot affix anything to the NDOT property.

Looking at Nov 5 & 6 time flexible.  Morning and mid day of 6th (Election day). I do have extra signs for myself, NO on WC1 or Eddie Lorton.

JEFF   renotaxrevolt@scbglobal.net  775-379-1324

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Who is OPPOSED TO WC1 Property Tax Increase:

City Council Schieve (Mayor) Opponent Lorton, Brekhus.

County Commission: Herman, Lucey (Republicans) , Jung (Democrat), Birkbigler.

Reportedly members of Sparks Council favor it as they get  $23 million in general fund money skimmed off the top.. I have not been able to get an answer from them. That’s about 5% of the total measure of $400 million!

I know of no other elected officials or candidate in favor on WC1!

Both the Democratic and Republican parties of Washoe refused to weigh in. They both took No position.

MINUTES Special Meeting  Reno City Council  April 7, 2017 : Council Member Jardon said that the primary role of all elected officials is the safety and security of property and people and, unlike WC1, it does not benefit or help secure all of the members of Washoe County, only a certain segment of them. I think our community is a little tax weary and I have concerns about asking people to fund something out of pocket that does benefit all.

Council Member McKenzie said that a ballot initiative that does not address regional flooding will probably not garner enough votes to pass in the 2018 election. If the bill is restricted to addressing the Truckee River then the majority of citizens in the county from south Reno all the way to Gerlach that were affected by flooding in 2017 will probably oppose paying the requisite taxes, especially when they were more heavily effected during this year’s flooding events than the people directly along the River. That was one of the reasons we asked to put the regional look in the bill.

Council Member Brekhus discussed her concern that the bill has been brought forward ostensibly in the name of the City of Reno even though they have not discussed it before now. I feel we are not on the ball if they are cooking up a tax initiative that has already had a hearing. Washoe County heard this in the summer and fall. We need to reel this in and have this discussion here. I am inclined not to support the bill or taxation in general whether it is sales or property tax. The tolerance is low. 

 

RENO DEBT SUMMARY: (I’d love to have someone fact check this!)

 

Lots of he – said she – said in political ads but in the attached Schieve ad I find so much questionable and outrageous info I had to respond. The #1 issue that I ask any expert to weigh in on is “What is Reno’s Debt?”  And “How much Debt was reduced since Ms. Schieve took office?”

 

And I clarify that Reno’s Moody Rating is NOT A+ but only A+ for “General Obligation Bonds”. Others go from that high down to BB (junk). Finally it simply cannot be said that “Hillary reduced the City Debt by $200 million.”  Reno has a weak Mayor system and her vote equal to any other council member (in spite of her attempts at the legislature). Any City actions are the result of a majority decision by the Council. Many of the Debts listed, like a car payment are planned and just because they continue to be made does not reflect any major action by the Council. Further research below seems to show, at best, debt was reduced by $80 million since 2013 and OPEB debt increased and about $80 in bond debt in forbearance/ no payments made as the interest increases. JEFF CHURCH  www.RenoTaxRevolt.com

 

Subject: Reno Debt

 

Note: I am not a fiscal expert and documents available on request. Have an expert do their own due diligence.

 

Like them or not RenoElections.org has claimed Reno has debt of over $900 million and many Reno Politicians claim less than half that. I’m trying to get to the bottom.

 

CUT TO THE CHASE CONCLUSION: Thus, it seems Reno “Debt” runs $442 million to over $1 billion with the $900 million claim being fair and I find no evidence that debt has been reduced in the last 4 years by $200 million. Perhaps since 2013 by $80 million. Page 75 of the 2017 Audit supports the $900 million claim.

 

Reno Debt is hard to define but includes debt (IOU), operating costs (yearly budget) and OPEBs (unfunded liabilities) and other liabilities (lawsuits, emergencies, etc.). Am I missing any?

 

In fact Reno has dodged the BK bullet and lowered IOU debt which they harp on. In 2015 report it was $534,028,483 , down from over $600,000,000.

 

2017:  Total long-term debt obligations   $ 462,275,496 (CAFR)

 

2018: $442,570,150

 

It seems deceptive to claim this as Reno’s debt. The CAFR further lists: Total liabilities  1,031,390,611

 

However a report from years ago by an expert Jeremy Aguero calling OPEBs unsustainable. (copy on request)  Most being unfunded healthcare costs- lifetime healthcare in some cases. Unfunded costs of sick and vacation time. For example a Police Lt retired and made $130,000 in one month. Another Police employee made @ $360,000 in 6 months!! Payout for sick, vacation, comp, etc. Now multiply that by hundreds of police & fore and other city employees. Reno again dodged the bullet – for now- due to the booming economy.

 

Another major OPEB is called Heart Lung for fire. Almost uncalculatable. Look it up.

 

I do caution, pension costs are borne by PERS not Reno but the % payment during employment is. For example a cop making $100,000 requires over $40,000 a year in PERS contributions and that % has consistently risen.

 

The City report lists OPEB liability (rounded at 000) as follows: $229,487,000 an increase, not decrease from (for example) 2015: $226,147,000. Then Workman’s Comp now: $50,323,000   2015: $43,068,000, another increase.

 

I’m forgetting some but debt is a combination of fiscal obligations but bonds/debt, unfunded liability OPEB/Heart Lung), maybe lawsuits (i.e. the Clinger lawsuit), operating costs, and similar.

 

The 2018 Report to the FAB lists about a $42 million reduction from 2013 in various Bonds listed as Total Governmental Activities and about another 38 million in other debt (Sewer and Agency Debt). So I don’t see close to a $200 million in bond debt reduction.

 

That report lists some of which ZERO was paid and I assume these have unlisted higher interest debt: $4 million, $12,690,000, $6,444,154, $9,567,453.

 

Then there are “new” bonds not listed in 2013, thus new debt: above eight totally over $276,000,000  in new debt? (If my quick math is right)

 

The OPED debt rose as the healthcare is Pay-Go and unfunded. I assume the same for Heart/Lung Workman’s comp and termination/retirement buy-outs.

 

Reno did address OPEB long term non-incurred debt by limiting retirement healthcare for new Police hires to Medicare age (still substantial) and tentative agreements to move retirees age 65 to a Medicare Supplement plan.

 

I do see a major reduction in “Long Term” debt from $545 million to $444 million, about $101 million but again offset in increases in OPEB and new bonding.

 

Also noteworthy Reno income greatly improved with major increases in Sales Tax,  Property Tax and other fees and taxes. Many Reno fees are much higher than other municipalities. Fee fee fee, tax tax tax. Reno sewer capacity is reportedly maxed and annual sewer fees are approx $460 yearly and have risen every year in memory. Higher than many locations.

 

Reno did raise taxes including room tax and with the creation and boundary expansion of the Downtown BID (incorporated and replaced the Police Tax District). Reno gave generous pay increase across the board including police and fire.

 

Based on my research as a non-professional ,not a fiscal expert, it seems that RenoElections is correct and our real debt of bonds, unfunded liabilities is over $1 billion as per CAFR. The debt reduction of bonds perhaps $80 million but OPEB debt increased. Much like buying a car on payments and making regular payments, the current council can hardly take credit for the standard pay off of these bonds.

 

A+ Rating?: Also to be fair claims of an A+ rating need explaining. The increase was only for “general obligation bond” rating from A- to A+. The rating system makes A+ fifth down on the scale and in the Medium Grade not Prime or High. Depending on the specific bonds looked at, Reno ratings go from that claimed high of A+ down to BB (Reno Redevelopment)

 

“If the company or bond is rated ‘BB’ or lower it is known as junk grade, in which case the probability that the company will repay its issued debt is deemed to be speculative.” ”Moody’s uses the following ratings: Aaa, Aa, A, Baa, Ba, B, Caa, Ca, and C. Numbers are added for intermediate designations, such as Baa1, Baa2, etc. Investment grade is considered to be Baa and above; anything below is considered speculative, or junk.” 31 May 2018

“New York, May 31, 2018 — Moody’s Investors Service has assigned an initial A3 rating to the City of Reno, Nevada’s First Lien Sales Tax Revenue Refunding Bonds (ReTRAC-Reno Transportation Rail Access Corridor Project) Series 2018A and an initial Baa2 rating to the Second Lien Sales Tax Revenue Refunding Bonds (ReTRAC-Reno Transportation Rail Access Corridor Project) Series 2018B.”

 

SUMMARY:  As a non expert I see maybe $80 million in debt reductions. However many loans appear in abeyance/ no payments being made which we assume means increased long term debt interest payments. Reno did raise taxes and seeing an increase in revenue. OPEBs/ Workman’s Comp debt did increase, not decrease due to Pay-Go financing. Reno’s bond debt is about: $442,570,150 and OPEB/Comp debt about $280,000,000. Those two totally over $700 million alone. Per the CAFR Total liabilities  $1,031,390,611. Unknown if the OPEB debt includes Heart-Lung and or retirement pay out or if the promised OPEB trust has been funded.

 

CONCLUSION: Thus, it seems Reno “Debt” runs $442 million to over $1 billion with the $900 million claim being fair and I find no evidence that debt has been reduced in the last 4 years by $200 million. Perhaps since 2013 by $80 million.

 

Thoughts?

 

 

Jeff Church

 

Sources: Reno CAFR

Reno FAB 2013 to 2018 (June 30) Comparison

City of Reno Debt Issuance Information October 2018

City of Reno Debt Spread sheets 1-2

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Eldorado, Silver Legacy contributions to Schieve exceed campaign finance limits

Anjeanette Damon, Reno Gazette Journal Published 12:02 p.m. PT Oct. 24, 2018 | Updated 3:25 p.m. PT Oct. 24, 2018

Reno Mayor Hillary Schieve appears to be in violation of state campaign finance laws after accepting more than $10,000 each from the Eldorado Hotel Casino and the Silver Legacy Resort.

The Nevada Secretary of State’s office notified Schieve’s campaign Wednesday of the apparent violation, asking for an explanation for why she accepted donations above the state limit.

Shortly after receiving the notice, Schieve said she returned the excess cash to the casinos.

Returning the cash can rectify the situation, said Deputy Secretary of State Wayne Thorley. Failure to do so could result in a felony charge, should investigators find the violation was willful.

“It is technically a crime, not just on the part of the candidate who receives the contribution, it is a crime on the part of the individual or entity who gives the contribution,” Thorley said. “But it has to be willful, which is extremely hard to prove.”

State law limits each contributor to a $5,000 donation to a primary election campaign and a $5,000 donation to a general election campaign. For the office of mayor, that’s a total of $10,000 during a single four-year term.

According to campaign finance documents, however, both the Eldorado and the Silver Legacy have contributed a total of $11,500 to Schieve’s campaign since 2015. Each casino made three separate contributions, giving $2,500 in October 2015; $4,000 in March 2016; and $5,000 in May 2017.

Schieve told the Reno Gazette Journal that she believed the contributions were made in two different election cycles.

“I was not aware that the amount exceeded the requirements for the current election cycle,” she said. “When brought to my attention the contribution was immediately returned.

Thorley said his office received an initial complaint in September that the Eldorado, Silver Legacy and Circus Circus had exceeded the limits by giving a combined $25,000. The three casinos are owned by the same parent company. However, under Nevada law each separate business entity can contribute up to $10,000 a piece.

This week, however, Reno lawyer Stephanie Rice called Thorley’s office on behalf of the woman who filed the initial complaint and asked that investigators take another look at Schieve’s contribution forms.

“We went back and looked, and, yep, it looks like each gave $11,500,” Thorley said. “We sent a letter to the mayor’s campaign this morning.”

Although Rice also represents Reno mayoral candidate Eddie Lorton on several issues, she said Wednesday she did not contact the Secretary of State’s Office about Schieve’s contributions on Lorton’s behalf. She represents the woman who filed the initial complaint in September, Linda Musselman.

Lorton and Schieve are locked in an increasingly contentious race. Lorton has repeatedly accused Schieve of being “in the pockets of downtown casinos.”

A spokeswoman for the Eldorado and Silver Legacy didn’t immediately return a reporter’s phone call.

Editor’s note: This is a breaking story and will be updated as more information becomes available.

Election Integrity Violation Notice

 

News Link: https://www.rgj.com/story/news/politics/2018/10/24/eldorado-silver-legacy-exceed-contribution-limit-schieve-campaign/1752486002/

 

FROM CANDIDATE MIKE CLARK, COUNTY ASSESSOR

Hello, I’m Mike Clark, your Washoe County Assessor!

*What Mike doesn’t say is that is opponent was able to get on the Primary ballot as “Chip” rather than his real name preventing voters to look  at his background and bankruptcy records. Shame on the County Registrar.
The role of the Washoe County assessor is to be the taxpayers’ representative tasked with ensuring that you are well-served both in terms of issues related to your assessments and that the office is well-managed on your behalf.

Not too long ago, there was a huge gap between my office, the public and the local business community.  Since 2015, I have worked to bridge that gap creating an open and trusting environment where taxpayers are always welcome to visit or call.

Anyone that I have worked with knows how my 40 years of real estate business experience has helped me provide fair and honest assessments in accordance with Nevada Revised Statutes and regulations of the Nevada Tax Commission.

My efforts are apparent as the number of taxpayer appeals during my administration have been the lowest for the office in 20 years. And, I have actual examples of how my office has helped the community through some tough assessment issues.  The downtown ball park, who’s owners hadn’t paid property taxes in more than six years, were trying to low-ball the stadium’s assessed value. In a contentious setting, I was able to set a fair value, much to the owner’s chagrin, using their own deed-of-sale documents as well as the appraisals of the stadium located in Sacramento, California. This effort will continue to bring money back into our county.

After the tragic Franktown fires, I created a dedicated team to make sure the homeowners were not unfairly assessed because of the lost value from this tragic event. The same protocol was used in Lemmon Valley after the flooding, so that the taxpayers would not be unfairly burdened with an inaccurate assessment during their recovery efforts.  My goal is and always will be fairness, honesty and leadership to assist Washoe County property owners.

Many of you may not know, but since taking office, the County is finally coming out of the mishandling of the valuations in Incline Village.  Previous administrations had failed to abide by the Legislature’s “taxable value” mandate; a system for assessing property, one that was designed to keep values at realistic levels. Through a lot of hard work in my office, I’m happy to say there are many smiling tax payers now in Incline Village.

The office of Assessor is more of an administrator’s job than a partisan position. Unfortunately, this election has been turned into a nasty political race, not one based on service, integrity and experience.

The office of assessor is too important to be used for on-the-job training;  I have the experience, the knowledge and the dedication to continue to bring leadership to the assessor’s office. Please give me your vote! I Thank You

WCSD School Costs: Promises Made, Promises Broken:

“District staff has worked to reduce expenditures in fiscal year 2016-17 and $10 million has been identified that can be used to reduce the $40 million deficit down  to $30 million. However, this use of savings to offset ongoing expenditures will result in the deficit continuing in the subsequent fiscal year. The major factors causing the deficit are: the depletion of savings or fund balance ($28 million); FY17 projected enrollment not materializing* along with a decrease to FY17 per pupil funding and Average Daily Enrollment (ADE) adjustments ($4.4 million); carryforward of prior year negotiated costs ($3.6 million); and a reduction of vacancy savings ($4 million).”….

“We estimate that costs will be $23 million for an elementary school, $55 million for a middle school, and $110 million for a high school.”  “Our estimates cover the entire cost of the entire process from when it becomes clear that a new school is needed all the way through to having students in class. This all-inclusive nature is different than cost estimates (or actual cost) numbers that other districts use, which may only include the cost of construction itself. WCSD believes our estimate to be the most honest and transparent, as it encompasses the entirety of the project, including land cost and water rights, planning and design by District project managers, architect fees, and permitting, all the way through to the purchase of supplies like lunch tables and books.”

How much do new schools cost?

Now the cost estimates for Wild Creek High School is $220 million, double the projection!

 

WC1 FloodTax, PropertyTax Increase:  YOURTAXPAYER DOLLARS SUPPORT A PRO-TAX PAC!

See www.TaxYourselfNotMe.com

two tabs address the legal actions (on hold if it should fail)

Local Govt supports the Pro-WC1 PAC indirectly. The PAC:

www.StopRiverFlooding.com  The Stop Truckee River Flooding PAC (see attached) is a Nevada PAC with donations of over $50,000. It is actively campaigning to support the WC1 Flood Property Tax.

EDAWN is a quasi governmental agency with appointed and/or elected GOVERNMENT officials that sit on it’s Board of Trustees, some as voting trustees!

VOTING BOARD OF TRUSTEES: Marily Mora, Reno-Tahoe Airport Authority;  Mark Foree, Truckee Meadows Water Authority; Jennifer Cunningham  Reno Sparks Convention & Visitors Authority

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DESIGNATED TRUSTEES (EX-OFFICIO) Heidi Gansert University of Nevada; Karin Hilgersom Truckee Meadows Community College; Cory Hunt Governor’s Office of Economic Development;  Marsha Berkbigler Washoe County Commissioner;  Pat Whitten Storey County;  Oscar Delgado City of Reno; Charlene Bybee City of Sparks; Roy Edgington City of Fernley; Traci Davis Washoe County School District;  Steve Driscoll City of Sparks.

EDAWN donated (so far as per records/ disclosures)  $3500 to the listed PAC.

In summary: Local govt provides EDAWN with hundreds of Thousands of Taxpayer dollars yearly including from: Reno, Sparks, Washoe and various Flood/ Airport/ RSCVA and other taxpayer Authorities. Government officials sit on the EDAWN board. EDAWN gives money to a PAC supporting a campaign issue and how any more PACc or candidates?

Based on below this should be or may be illegal!

Jeff Church

www.RenoTaxRevolt.com

A straw donor may contribute to a political campaign before being reimbursed by another, who is using that person as a conduit to exceed the limits on campaign contributions or otherwise violate Ethics and Election laws.

In federal elections in the United States, straw donor schemes are illegal under 52 U.S.C. § 30122.

In Nevada taxpayer dollars should not be used to support ballot measures, campaigns and similar. NRS 281A.

NRS 281A.520  Public officer or employee prohibited from requesting or otherwise causing governmental entity to incur expense or make expenditure to support or oppose ballot question or candidate in certain circumstances.

  1. Except as otherwise provided in subsections 4 and 5, a public officer or employee shall not request or otherwise cause a governmental entity to incur an expense or make an expenditure to support or oppose:    (a) A ballot question.

The Free Speech clauses of the federal and state Constitutions prohibit the use of governmentally compelled monetary contributions (including taxes) to support or oppose political campaigns since “[s]uch contributions are a form of speech, and compelled speech offends the First Amendment.” Smith v. U.C. Regents (1993) 4 Cal.4th 843, 852.

Moreover, “use of the public treasury to mount an election campaign which attempts to influence the resolution of issues which our Constitution leaves to the ‘free election’ of the people (see Const., art. II, § 2) … presents a serious threat to the integrity of the electoral process.” Stanson v. Mott (1976) 17 Cal.3d 206, 218.

Keller v. State Bar of Cal. (1990) 496 U.S. 1, 12-13), in the thirty years since Stanson v. Mott (1976) 17 Cal. 3d 206 As we explain, past decisions in both California and our sister states establish that, at least in the absence of clear and explicit legislative authorization, a public agency may not expend public funds to promote [17 Cal.3d 210] a partisan position in an election campaign;

Miller v. Miller (1978) 87 Cal.App.3d 762,764-766

See also Brennan v. Black (Del. 1954) 104 A.2d 777, 790-791; Citizens to Protect Pub. Funds v. Board of Education (1953) 13 N.J. 172 [98 A.2d 673, 676].) [17 Cal.3d 213]

Mines v. Del Valle (1927) 201 Cal. 273 [257 P. 530]. In Mines, the Los Angeles Board of Public Service Commissioners, the governing board of a municipally owned public utility, had expended more than $12,000 of public funds to promote the passage of a municipal bond issue aimed at raising funds for the expansion of the city’s municipal electrical generating system; as in the instant case, a taxpayer challenged the propriety of such expenditures, and the commissioners defended their actions on the basis of their broad authority, under the Los Angeles Charter, “‘[t]o construct, operate, maintain and extend … electric plants, works, systems and equipments ….'” (Italics added.) (201 Cal. at p. 281.)

The Mines court, however, rejected the commissioners’ contention and found the campaign expenditures improper. Pointing out that “the electors of said city opposing said bond issue had an equal right to and interest in the [public] funds … as those who favored said bonds,” the court reasoned that “[t]o use said public funds to advocate the adoption of a proposition which was opposed by a large number of said electors would be manifestly unfair and unjust to the rights of said last-named electors

Indeed, every court which has addressed the issue to date has found the use of public funds for partisan campaign purposes improper, either on the ground that such use was not explicitly authorized (see Porter v. Tiffany (1972) 11 Ore.App. 542 [502 P.2d 1385, 1387-1389]; Elsenau v. City of Chicago (1929) 334 Ill. 78 [165 N.E. 129, 130-131]; State v. Superior Court (1917) 93 Wash. 267 [160 P. 755, 756]) or on the broader ground that such expenditures are never appropriate. (See Stern v. Kramarsky (1975) 84 Misc.2d 447 [375 N.Y.S.2d 235, 239-240].) As in the instant case, the majority of these decisions related to expenditures in connection with bond elections.

Madison, The Federalist Papers, Nos. 52, 53; 10 Richardson, Messages and Papers of the Presidents (1899) pp. 98-99 (President Jefferson)); the selective use of public funds in election campaigns, of course, raises the specter of just such an improper distortion of the democratic electoral process. [17 Cal.3d 218]

Observing that “[a] fundamental goal of a democratic society is to attain the free and pure expression of the voters’ choice of candidates,” we concluded that “our state and federal Constitutions mandate that the government must, if possible, avoid any feature that might adulterate or, indeed, frustrate, that free and pure choice ….” (14 Cal.3d at p. 677.) (See Rees v. Layton (1970) 6 Cal.App.3d 815, 823 [86 Cal.Rptr. 268]; cf. CSC v. Letter Carriers (1973) 413 U.S. 548, 554-563 [37 L.Ed.2d 796, 802-808, 93 S.Ct. 2880]; Hoellen v. Annunzio (7th Cir. 1972) 468 F.2d 522, 526.) fn. 5

Supreme Court of California

Angelina Morfin VARGAS et al., Plaintiffs and Appellants, v. CITY OF SALINAS et al., Defendants and Respondents.No. S140911.    Decided: April 20, 2009

 

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Washoe County is looking for the public’s input on two potential Development Code Amendments relating to:

1)      To add a provision for addressing lot coverage requirements for detached accessory structures on lots which are nonconforming for parcel size based on the regulatory zone;

AND

2)      Updating requirements to modify a Special Use Permit

Who:             Community Services Department; Planning and Building Division

What:           Public Workshop about proposed amendments to Washoe County Chapter 110 (Development Code), Article 306 Accessory Uses and Structures, and Article 810 Special Use Permit

When:          Wednesday November 7, 2018, from 5:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m.

Where:        Human Resources Conference Room (Room A210); Second Floor, at the top of the stairs in  Building A, Washoe County Administration Complex, 1001 East Ninth Street, Reno

 

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Mon Bertolucci and the radio

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Host: Mon Bertolucci

 

Program: Good Government Forum

 

Byline: Promoting Responsible Government – One Issue At A Time

 

1180AM Radio (KCKQ), Reno, NV

Listen Online:  www.americamatters.us

 

Monday thru Friday: 830 to 900AM, PST

Thursday: 1000 to 1100AM, PST

 

Thanks

 

My Telephone #: 775.432.2138

 

Who is Chip Evans

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And the plot thickens: Jim and I have been investigating Mr. Evans for different reasons but have the same end in mind. We’ve had some late night discussions.

Chip Evans &

the Cleantech Con Artist

 

by Jim Rossi

 

 

 

Although I visit Reno and Tahoe frequently, I have never owned property or lived in Washoe County. The first I heard about the assessor’s race was on October 1, 2018 when a friend forwarded me an op-ed from the incumbent, Mike Clark. Clark alleged that his opponent Hugh Dudley “Chip” Evans had a history of suspicious and potentially fraudulent behavior.[i] My friend and I laughed – and then I called Clark. That’s because we know Chip Evans from his time at Cleantech Open from 2012-14 – where he also had a history of suspicious and potentially fraudulent behavior.

 

Let me explain – because it has become the subject of my first book, the upcoming Cleantech Con Artist: A True Vegas Caper.[ii]

 

In 2012-2013, when I first met Chip, I was pursuing a master’s in history and solar energy at UNLV. I worked as a graduate assistant and part-time at NIREC, the Nevada Institute for Renewable Energy Commercialization. Cleantech Open, which promises to “find, fund, and foster” the most promising clean energy technologies, did a presentation at Desert Research Institute.[iii] It sounded like a great potential opportunity for UNLV students. Cleantech Open’s new director for the Vegas Valley was a guy calling himself Xavier Cross. Xavier offered to do guest lectures at UNLV. His supervisors were Chip Evans, Nevada director of Cleantech Open, and Erik Steeb, their Western States director.

 

As part of my job, I performed due diligence on Xavier Cross. I reviewed his LinkedIn profile and began contacting his former employers and schools. One after another, they never heard of him. I warned Evans and Steeb in writing that “Xavier’s” LinkedIn was coming up phony. “I’m inclined to give him the benefit of the doubt,” Steeb replied.

 

“This is Las Vegas,” I told Steeb and Evans. “You need to vet people carefully here.”

 

For the next nine months, I repeatedly warned Evans, Steeb, and others at Cleantech Open, in writing, that “Xavier Cross” was not who he claimed to be. While “Xavier” continued to “mentor” entrepreneurs at Cleantech Open, appear on TV news programs, and even on Chip’s Reno radio show to promote Cleantech Open and his Vegas nonprofits, my friends and I gradually unraveled the mystery.

 

“Xavier Cross” was an alias, and we found out his real identity, which the FBI soon corroborated. “Xavier” was hiding from at least $2.3 million in civil judgments against him in his real name, for fraud and intellectual property theft. And according to the over 30 people I interviewed on the record, “Xavier” stole millions of dollars more than that, in what the FBI described as “an exceptionally complex” scheme based in Colorado around 2007 involving real estate Ponzi’s, phony trust funds, a phony video game company, and a sophisticated cyber hack. Two of “Xavier’s” close associates, lawyers Anthony L. Ciocchetti and Quyen T. Kiet, would plead guilty to their roles in real estate frauds and go to federal prison – Ciocchetti in 2008, Kiet in 2015. Kiet was working closely with “Xavier” during his time at Cleantech Open.

 

After I wrote and self-published an article summarizing these findings in late 2013 – weeks after sharing advance copies with law enforcement – I called Chip to make sure he read it. “So what are you going to do?” I asked.

 

“We’re sticking with Xavier,” Chip replied.

 

“You mean Alex?” I asked, incredulous, using “Xavier’s” real first name.

 

Chip repeated that Cleantech Open was sticking with their guy – a guy with a phony name and a long history of fraud.

 

“Chip Evans is dirty,” I muttered, hanging up the phone.

 

“Xavier Cross” shut down his nonprofits’ websites soon after I outed him and went into hiding. Weeks later, Cleantech Open’s chairman Marc Gottschalk asked me to brief him. After Gottschalk corroborated my findings, he finally dismissed “Xavier Cross” in early 2014. Chip Evans left later in 2014, and recently deleted his Cleantech Open experience from LinkedIn.

 

At Cleantech Open, Chip Evans had given “Xavier” an enormous platform to rip off people in my community – for nine months after I first warned him, until Gottschalk finally pulled the plug. Was Chip Evans negligent, or a criminal accomplice?

 

After coming to Reno to trade notes with Mike Clark and his friends, I am leaning toward criminal accomplice. Chip Evans’ shady real estate transactions look a helluva lot like the ones “Xavier,” Ciocchetti, and Quyen Kiet got busted for. Chip filed a $10.8 million bankruptcy in late 2011: he left the name “Chip” off the documents, stiffed his creditors, then discharged it in July 2013 – four months after I first warned Evans and Steeb about “Xavier.” In 2014, after filing a quitclaim deed, Chip Evans bought a house with money allegedly gifted by his wife’s family. Why did Chip and the rest of Cleantech Open blow off my warnings? Did “Xavier” help Chip get the money? Did Chip know “Xavier” back in Colorado under his real name? If so, Chip knew that “Xavier” was the alias for a professional con artist. That would make Chip Evans his accomplice, aiding and abetting a criminal conspiracy under USC Sec. II, Title 18 and potentially under RICO, the Racketeer Influence and Corrupt Organizations Act.

 

When I read about the recent alleged Facebook hack of Chip’s site by white supremacists, it sounded familiar.[iv] In Ryan Holiday’s classic nonfiction book Trust Me, I’m Lying: Confessions of a Media Manipulator, it’s literally the oldest trick in the book![v] Starting on the opening page, Holiday explains how a filmmaker paid him to deface his film’s own billboards around LA with hate speech. Why? To generate publicity and sympathy! This has become a standard tactic and I saw it up close at Berkeley. I have to ask: did Chip’s campaign stage this, especially with how they’ve been promoting it to get TV time in what is usually an extremely low-profile race?

 

[i] https://thisisreno.com/2018/08/clark-hugh-d-chip-evans-the-real-story-opinion/

[ii] https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/how-i-became-first-use-social-media-catch-con-artist-act-jim-rossi/

[iii] https://cleantechopen.org/

[iv]

https://www.kolotv.com/content/news/Election-cyberattacks-go-local-494443301.html

 

[v] https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/sowing-seeds-fake-news-uc-berkeley-jim-rossi/

 

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