Politics is the art of preventing people from taking part in affairs which properly concern them.
— Paul Valery, French critic & poet (1871 - 1945)

Breaking News

Developers sue Washoe officials over Ballardini Ranch site
Reno Gazette-Journal 9-4-2008
Note: RGJ links usually go stale in seven days.

Money for last remaining sliver of Ballardini Ranch still in flux
Number One BLM priority, but many obstacles remain
Reno News & Review 3-27-2008

A lesson for our times from long ago What are they doing out there? Sometime back in the mists of American history (1846), Ralph Waldo Emerson was informed that his friend Henry David Thoreau had been jailed for an act of civil disobedience. (Thoreau had refused to pay a poll tax, a fee for the privilege of exercising one's right to vote — something long illegal in the U.S. but still practiced in various permutations in Georgia and parts of Florida.) "Henry, what are you doing in there?" exclaimed Emerson when he saw his incarcerated fellow philosopher. "Waldo, the question is what are you doing out there?" Thoreau shot back. Which side are you on?

 

Editor's Note: Many of the news links on this site are from Nevada dailies. In late 2006, the Reno Gannett-Journal began nuking much of its archive. If you encounter any broken links, I encourage you to contact them and send along a copy. Apologies for any inconvenience.

Washoe County Regional Planning Governing Board August 7, 2008, agenda Political cartoon copyright © 2007 Erik Holland Reproduced by permission; opinion is the artist's.

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