This image is from the Nevada Globe, which Robert Beadles now owns

Politically prominent Northern Nevada GOP activist and donor Robert Beadles has taken credit for hiring a private investigator who tracked Reno Mayor Hillary Schieve three years ago, ending a yearslong legal saga to unmask him as the client despite his attempts to remain anonymous.

Schieve and former Washoe County Commissioner Vaughn Hartung sued over the matter, alleging that tracking devices placed on their cars were an invasion of privacy. Beadles said in a statement Monday to The Nevada Independent and other media outlets that he did not tell private investigator David McNeely to track or follow anyone, but to verify allegations made against them.

I decided to source Deuce Ralston’s Publication because at least it is not full of ads and a paywall lol.

Everyone in Washoe County with a brain knew it was Beadles. What was not known is if Beadles would have used someone like an Eddie Lorton to front the operation. I guess he didn’t.

“I didn’t direct the investigator’s methods, and no laws were broken by me or the investigator,” Beadles said. “I’m being painted as the villain for believing public officials should be accountable to the people they serve. I stand by that principle, and I won’t apologize for seeking the truth.”

Beadles has touted election fraud conspiracies, used his money to sow doubts about the election system in Nevada’s most significant battleground county and funded efforts to remove from power officials who disagree with his worldview while boosting hand-selected candidates who openly questioned the results of the 2020 election.

His statement comes after the U.S. Supreme Court declined to hear an appeal of decisions from the Washoe County District Court and the Nevada Supreme Court that required the “John Doe” who paid for the GPS tracking of Schieve and other elected Northern Nevada officials to identify himself or herself.

Here’s the bottom line – Robert Beadles in my opinion is a freak. I have known him since 2009 when he ran for congress in San Joaquin County catering to the Alex Jones crowd. He has lost more than a few lawsuits based on impossible to prove conspiracy theories that he ferverently believes with all his heart. He took over the Washoe GOP with a crew of people dedicated to the same belief system. It is my opinion that Republicans in Washoe County running for office are at a severe disadvantage because of the generalized insanity of these people – and I have lived it in several campaigns I have worked on the ground.

I guess Robert Beadles can claim to have caused a change in Nevada State Law:

A joint investigation between The Nevada Independent, KUNR and APM Reports indicated that at least three politicians were investigated by private detectives in 2022: Schieve, Hartung and Washoe County Commissioner Mariluz Garcia.

At the time, Nevada law did not specifically forbid the use of a GPS tracker, but the Legislature later changed that, making it a misdemeanor to unlawfully install a mobile tracking device on a vehicle. The measure passed without opposition in the 2023 legislative session.

Bill sponsor Assm. Jill Dickman (R-Sparks) said it came in response to Schieve’s discovery of the tracker.

“Everyone I talked to was shocked that it wasn’t already illegal,” Dickman said at the time.

I also remember when the Washoe GOP crew raged on Dickman for doing what she did. Good for her, she did the right thing.

Now that Beadles has lost a multi year fight to hide like a coward, he is going to have to stand up and fight to defend what he did. My guess is Hartung and Schieve are going to end up with a payday eventually. Frankly, I hope they bankrupt Beadles… they would be saving the Washoe GOP from itself.

To be continued…

P.S. For attribution the source article from John Deuce Ralston’s publication is linked here