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Northern Nevada is siphoning Californians, their businesses

by 609venezia on 2/24/23, 1:41 AM with 5 comments

  • by 609venezia on 2/24/23, 1:52 AM

    It's not your typical "people are leaving CA" story--we have colorful characters like Lance Gilman--a septuagenarian brothel owner spearheading the development, in the desert, of the world's largest industrial park

    > The park’s co-developer and lead salesman, Lance Gilman, lives and works out of the famous bordello, a modest set of rust-colored buildings just outside the park’s gates. > > Gilman, 78, wields tremendous power in Storey County. Not only does he run the county’s main business development, but he also serves on the county commission that governs it. He won some of the country’s largest tax breaks for his tenants and also persuaded the state to reimburse him and his partner, Roger Norman, tens of millions of dollars to purchase and complete the USA Parkway, a large road that connects the industrial park to Interstate 80.

  • by egberts1 on 2/24/23, 3:19 PM

    Pffffft. What a misleading title.

    How about “Businesses flee onerous California laws; N. Nevada welcomes them”

  • by jdhn on 2/24/23, 3:56 AM

    Not surprising. If you can work remotely and are fed up with local/state/both parts of California government, why not move to the Tahoe/Reno area and enjoy zero income tax, lower sales tax, and potentially cheaper housing prices and the corresponding lower property taxes? I last lived in Northern Nevada in 2016 and the stream of California "refugees" was always a constant topic.