What do you do with a rogue government agency that spends billions in taxpayer dollars but constantly dissembles, denies, deceives, dodges and dithers to avoid public scrutiny and does so by spending still more taxpayer money? For years the Nevada Public Employees’ Retirement System (PERS) has attempted to conceal from the public any specifics about the amount of public … [Read more...]
Last of the dinosaurs: Grease for corporate gears
I attended last Wednesday’s retirement reception for longtime Reno Gazette-Journal reporters Bill O’Driscoll, Ray Hagar, Susan Skorupa and Jeff DeLong, last of the dinosaurs. The latter is former reporter Sue Voyles’ term for journalists who came to the paper before the dawn of the Internet. Other endangered species in attendance included Marilyn Newton, Allan Risdon, Lenita … [Read more...]