Esmeralda County, Nevada

From Sunshine Review

Esmeralda County is one of 16 counties in Nevada. Its county seat is Goldfield. Its 2000 census population was officially 971 persons. At that time its population density of 0.1045 inhabitants/km² (0.2706/sq mi) was the second-lowest (to Loving County, Texas) of any county-equivalent outside of Alaska. As of 2007, the population had decreased to 695 people. Its school district has no high school.

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[edit] Website evaluation

[edit] The good

• The website has information on elected and administrative officials.
• The website has county commission meeting agendas. ^[1]
• The website has archived meeting agendas. ^[2]
• The website has county commission meeting minutes. ^[3]
• The website has archived meeting minutes. ^[4]

[edit] The bad

• No information on how to file for public records.
• No county audits, credit card receipts, or checkbook register information available online.
• Does not disclose whether it belongs to taxpayer-funded lobbying associations.
• Does not have information on local taxes.

[edit] Lobbying

Main article: Nevada taxpayer-funded lobbying

Esmeralda County has one registered lobbyist.^[5]

[edit] External links

• Esmeralda County Website
• Esmeralda County on E-Reference
• Public Records Directory - Esmeralda County

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