Termed out 2022 Mayoral Hopefuls?

A common refrain at recent City Council meetings has been councilwoman Jenny Brekhus critiquing and opposing, and Mayor Hillary Schieve swiftly coming back at her, critiquing her critique and defending whatever is being proposed, from another yes to Jacobs, to banning whips or renaming a street, the list goes on and on. Some have said this could be posturing ahead of a possible electoral 2022 showdown.

This item above can be found on the Reno official page, indicating a limit to “3 Terms for Lifetime.” One local political operative told Our Town Reno this could be tested legally if both decide to run, as both are already in their third City Council terms. This already played out in 2014, when the Nevada Supreme Court denied former Councilwoman Jessica Sferrazza's request to reconsider a 5-2 opinion barring term-limited council members from running for mayor. The lawsuit had originally come from repeated also-ran candidate Eddie Lorton, who did get that as a victory.

Our stories this week highlighted the work of rehabilitative local special courts and Henry Sotelo, as well as Karen Foster, a reverend and member of the outreach group Reno Posse. Our podcast episode is with the founder of that group, Jane Dunn.

We also had a story about a new “Trust Your Power” Colin Kaepernick mural at UNR and the artist behind it, Joshua Chang. For your Friday night we strongly recommend supporting the event in poster below, for which we previously had a citizen’s forum contribution.