Observation Point: An Outsider's Look Inside Northern Nevada

by Frank Partlow

Partlow's Observation Point affords up-close view on northern Nevada's most pressing public issues. Since 1991, Frank Partlow's newspaper columns have dissected the touchiest and thorniest public policy issues in northern Nevada - from growth, taxes and water conservation, to the smaller ones that never seem to go away, such as potholes. Some readers find his opinions informative - others take them as infuriating. Yet Partlow backs up his biweekly writings with a thorough knowledge of the inner-workings of local government and an understanding of the issues gleaned the hard by sitting through endless board and council meetings, and poring over hundreds of staff reports. Now, Partlow has collected a selection of his Reno Gazette-Journal columns and other essays into a book that serves as a quick yet concise primer on the issues and public decision-making that affect the quality of life of all who call the Truckee Meadows home.

152 pages, Paperback

First published September 1, 2001