Water Rate Issue Set For Trial
Authors note: The four-year, five-month-old civil Case filed by the owners of Paradise Canyon (DBA the Wolf Creek Golf Course of Mesquite, NV. vs. the local Virgin Valley Water District…
What A Peacefull Protest Looks Like
https://youtu.be/udmZhrl98VI Mesquite, Nevada is the latest town to have a Black Lives Matter protest. In the searing 106 degree heat, over 150 protesters marched for justice following the memorial service…
Mesquite (NV) Local News “Reporter” Stirs Cauldron of Deceit
Barbara Ellestad’s November 20th article claiming that Judge Timothy Williams has ruled against the owners of the Wolf Creek Golf Course three times is, as usual, disingenuous and cynical. Ellestad…
“Have You No Sense of Decency”? How Low Can They Go?
Las Vegas, NV. “Have you no sense of decency”? [i]The question ran through my mind while listening to Clifford Gravett defend an attorneys rights to use yellow journalism to advance…
Battle Born Media Reporter On Rampage Against Mesquite Golf Course (Part 1 of 6)
When Barbara Ellestad, the “reporter” for the Mesquite (NV) Local News (MLN) left her position as an elected official on the Virgin River Water Board (VVWB), she immediately launched into acerbic attacks on the owners Paradise Canyon and their business Wolf Creek Golf Course. Supporting Ellestad is Kirk Kern, the Battle Born Media publisher for MLN. He has been advised that much of what Ellestad says is misleading, filled with innuendos and could be libelous. Once or twice Kern has published opinions questioning Ellestad’s “yellow journalist” approach to the truth. Unfortunately, he most often lets her questionable work stand without opposition. Now she has decided, and Kern apparently approves, to launch 5-part series casting aspersions against the owners of Wolf Creek and their supporters in a desperate attempt to hide from the public the questionable behavior of the majority on the VVWB and their attorney over time. Nevada-today will supplement her articles with additional information that puts what she says into a context that is more suitable for an open and honest exchange of ideas.
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Update: Pre-Trial Conference Set in Case Against Virgin Valley Water Board
Update: At 10:30 a.m. October 16th, Judge Timothy C. Williams will hold a mandatory rule 16 pre-trial conference in the Eighth Judicial Court, Las Vegas. The Judge will hear the…
Water Rates Should Be Decided in Court Not in The Press
Mesquite, NV Aug. 27, 2018. Here we go again. More disparaging remarks from local hack writer Barbara Ellestad about one of the nations top rate golf courses located in Mesquite.…
Virgin Valley Water Board Public Trust Behavior Questioned
Mesquite, NV April 29, 2018 The Virgin Valley Board (VVWB) is moving aggressively to end the golf industry in the Mesquite area through monopolistic-anti-trust activities designed to advantage shareholders of…
Water Boards Push Golf Course Owners To The Financial Edge
Clark County (NV.) Golf’s top officials identified scarce and expensive water as their biggest threat. That golf industry in Clark County depends on the Southern Nevada Water Authority (SNWA) Board…
