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CARSON CITY, Nev. – Nevada will soon receive 60 percent of its allocated settlement amount of more than $1 billion to be used by the Nevada Division of Environmental Protection for contaminant cleanup efforts in Nevada.

In 2003 William M. Hawkins, III filed Chapter 11 (reorganization) Bankruptcy Petition that (as usual) was later converted to a Chapter 7 (full discharge) Bankruptcy. The District Court affirmed the Bankruptcy Court holding that as to Mr. Hawkins the tax debts were not discharged by the bankruptcy, but the tax debts of Mrs. Lisa Hawkins (his second wife) were discharged. He appealed the ruling.

FREE LEGAL AID FAIR will be on Saturday, October 18, 2014, from 9am to 4pm at the Carson City Community Center, Sierra Room, 851 E. William Street.

Ask an attorney about your legal problem. Find out what legal resources are available to help you. Attorneys will be available to talk to you concerning: General Civil Law (non-criminal), Family Law (divorce, custody, guardianship), Bankruptcy Wills and Estates, Foreclosure and Other Real Property Matters, Landlord/Tenant, Debt Collection. Government Benefits, Employment, Immigration And MORE...For more information call VARN at (775) 883-8278.

If Our Founding Fathers Were Alive Today…

“If the Founding Fathers were alive to today they would”… (Insert your non-substantiated belief here: ______________ to complete your specious argument.)

“The Founding Fathers believed…” (Insert what your non-substantiated belief here: ________as to what the Founding Fathers’ believed to prove your specious argument.)

Silver Oak Golf Course owner Garth Richards has taken steps to buy the struggling Empire Ranch Golf Course, according to documents submitted this week to the Carson City Assessor's Office.

GSR Investments, a company connected with Richards, owner of Silver Oak Golf Course, has bought the deed of trust to the struggling 27-hole Empire Ranch Golf Course and has paid outstanding taxes owed to the city.

Nevada Attorney General Catherine Cortez Masto announced this week a $550 million joint state-federal settlement with mortgage lender and servicer SunTrust Mortgage Inc. to address mortgage origination, servicing, and foreclosure abuses. It is estimated that eligible Nevada homeowner’s will receive approximately $2.8 million in loan modifications as part of the settlement.

Catherine, a resident of Fernley, Nevada, is someone you quickly realize after the first few moments of conversation, has lived an extraordinary life — one most of us only dream of.

CARSON CITY, Nev. — The Nevada Division of Environmental Protection’s efforts to secure funds from the company responsible for perchlorate entering Lake Mead has ended with a settlement of approximately $1 billion to support cleanup efforts in Nevada.

The long-awaited Sportsman’s Warehouse is going to hold a really big ribbon cutting this Saturday morning to “officially” open their new store located in the Carson Mall.

Though they have had a “soft” opening this past week, the official opening is on April 5. Executives from Sportsman’s corporate and the Carson City Board of Supervisors will be attending the event coordinated by the Carson City Chamber of Commerce beginning at 8:30 a.m. Also in attendance will be the following beauty queens:

Karen Abowd, Carson City Supervisor, Ward 1, hosts her monthly walkabout Friday, March 14 from noon to 1 p.m. at Mills Park. Everyone is invited to attend the event, which takes place the second Friday of each month.

“This gives the people an opportunity to openly discuss their concerns and ideas about a variety of topics impacting Carson City,” Abowd said. “More importantly, it keeps me in touch with where our constituency is coming down on these issues.”

There is a lot of misinformation circulating regarding Carson City’s possible future involvement with the Empire Ranch Golf Course. I have heard and read many inaccurate statements regarding what actions, if any, the city might take in regards to the course. I want to help clear that up, and address the facts as I understand them.

Karen Abowd on Tuesday announced her second run as Carson City Supervisor Ward I, citing her desire to see through many projects currently in process, as well as her commitment to the future of Nevada’s Capital City.

“Carson City has gone through some tough economic times and continues to,” Abowd said. “We have needed to be careful in our planning and how we spend available dollars in order to create sustainable, relevant opportunities that have immediate positive impacts, and build a future we can be proud to leave our children and grandchildren.”

Read the full text of Carson City Mayor Bob Crowell's State of the City speech, after the jump.

When it comes to bankruptcy, the Nevada Supreme Court says a debtor must actually live in a residence to claim homestead protection.

Volunteer Attorneys for Rural Nevadans, also known as VARN, will host a free legal aid fair at the Carson City Community Center on Saturday, Nov. 2.

Volunteer attorneys will be on-site to answer civil legal questions in a variety of areas including, but not limited to, family law, bankruptcy, wills and estates, foreclosure and other real property matters, landlord/tenant issues, debt collection, government benefits, and immigration.

VARN will be hosting a free legal aid fair in Carson City on Saturday, November 2 from 9am to 4pm at the Carson City Community Center, 851 E. William St., in the Sierra Room. Ask a lawyer about a legal problem and find out what legal resources are available to help you. Attorneys and/or paralegals will be available to talk to you concerning:General Civil LawFamily LawBankruptcyWills & EstatesForeclosure & Other Real Property MattersLandlord/TenantDebt CollectionGovernment BenefitsImmigration

The Carson City Library and Nevada Legal Services continue to provide free legal education clinics and workshops every 4th Thursday of each month.

This month, Thursday, March 28, the Self Help Forms Completion Clinic will begin at 1:30 p.m. This workshop will provide general instructions and assistance regarding the completion of self-help forms for those who are self-represented litigants. A Notary Public will also be available.

March’s Education Clinic will begin at 3:30 p.m. Bankruptcy Education is the topic for the Education Clinic.

Carson City will offer four classes, the first beginning Feb. 25, presented by the Financial Guidance Center. The classes will focus on financial literacy and education. All classes are free and will be held in the BRIC Conference Room A at 108 E. Proctor Street from noon to 1:30 p.m.
The following topics will be discussed:

The 2012 education PISA* rankings indicate that the USA came in at 25th for math, 14th for reading and 17th for science out of 30 countries with only three of those countries spending slightly more money per pupil than America. Yet the mantra for more money, benefits and taxes for education continue just as it has for the last sixty years. If more money will solve the education problem then why hasn't it ever worked in the last sixty years?

Sometimes it takes a while to get the big picture, to see things coming into focus. Now, I am not much for conspiracy theories, but if anything looks like it is being driven by design, this is one. The theories driving it were formulated many lifetimes ago. The people whose sick minds spawned them are long dead. For the life of me I do not understand how any egomaniac could possibly get his jollies from a trend he might have started but maybe not even his great-grandson might see coming to fruition. But there it is, a hundred year timeline on several fronts.

Destruction of money


Now here is a story that SHOULD make your blood boil, especially because for some reason the story “hit” on Christmas Eve.

Pension Politics: California system plays hard ball in court – Opinion – ReviewJournal.com
http://www.reviewjournal.com/opinion/pension-politics-california-system-...

“It is my heart-warm and world-embracing Christmas hope and aspiration that all of us-the high, the low, the rich, the poor, the admired, the despised, the loved, the hated, the civilized, the savage-may-eventually be gathered together in heaven of everlasting rest and peace and bliss-except the inventor of the telephone.”
— Mark Twain, Hardford, Ct. Dec. 23, 1890

Nevada Fire Safe Council filed a voluntary Chapter 7 petition this week, seeking to liquidate debt and essentially end operations. Documents list liabilities of up to $10 million and assets of anywhere from zero to $50,000.
The council established in 1999 shut down last spring after a federal audit released in February revealed irregularities in how it handled grants, the Nevada Appeal reports.

Hostess Brands Inc.’s outlets in Carson City and Reno will close at 5 p.m. Tuesday as part of the company’s announced intent Friday to wind down operations after struggling to keep up with rising labor costs and the ever-changing tastes of Americans.
The company, whose roster of brands dating as far back as 1888 including iconic childhood treats such as Twinkies, Ding Dongs, Wonder Bread and Drakes, filed a motion to liquidate Friday in U.S. Bankruptcy Court after striking workers across the country crippled its ability to maintain production.

I appreciate the opportunity to write a commentary regarding Carson City Question 1 (CC#1) because I hope I might reach those people who are undecided on CC1 because of all the fearful information being circulated.
To make my point, a fairly large ad appeared in the Saturday, October 20th edition of the NV Appeal which had a picture of two older people and a young child and it said “Loving grandparents leave no debts for their grandchildren, vote no on CC#1”.

Dating back to Republican President Theodore Roosevelt (1904) he and every president since has toyed with some kind of a health care plan, but none have had the appetite to place their political careers on the line for it with the exception of President Barrack Obama.

One of the biggest, once-in-a-lifetime thrills this writer experienced was first-time voting eligibility in local, state and national elections. What a privilege to have my official opinion added in to the larger community, with an impact on public decisions going forward. Much can be learned from the morning-after election results, which chronicle where we are as a community at a given moment. . .a snapshot of what's on people's collective minds, or at least those who choose to exercise their voting rights.

CARSON CITY – While Mitt Romney and Barack Obama were campaigning elsewhere today, Nevada Democrats and Republicans took up the battle for the presidency on their behalf.

Rep. Joe Heck, R-Nev., held a telephone conference call to talk up Romney’s credentials as a “turnaround specialist” who will get the country back on track. He also criticized Obama for failing to get spending or the national deficit under control as he promised early on in his presidency.

CARSON CITY – The state Board of Finance was told today that Nevada now expects to receive between 30 and 33 cents on the dollar in recovery from a $50 million investment loss when Lehman Brothers unexpectedly filed for bankruptcy in September 2008.

Nevada state Treasurer Kate Marshall said the state initially expected only 10 to 11 cents on the dollar when the firm filed for bankruptcy protection during the height of the nation’s financial crisis.