Of the many people who were born and raised in Churchill County, Mick Casey may be more familiar with all aspects of the county than almost anyone. From a young age he hunted and trapped throughout the county and still does. These are activities that create an intimacy with the hidden places in the geography of a community. As a young cowboy he moved cattle to fresh feed on the vast range lands of the family ranch. He says he is not a good farmer but has farmed in several locations in the Lahontan Valley and in Dixie Valley.
As a keen observer of what is happening with the land, the community, and the people, he is full of interesting observations that show a wealth of knowledge of the history and the changes in the county that he hopes to bring to the community as a county commissioner.
He and his wife, Claudia have raised their own family, and now have grandchildren. They mixed home schooling with public schooling to give their children the best of both opportunities and started their own community church. Casey has a great appreciation for, and involvement in, social and religious issues. He has empathy in dealing closely with both the young and the elder, the in-between and the down-and-out who have lost hope.
Casey has never lost hope in Churchill County, he thinks well of the two commissioners who will likely continue to serve and the county administration as a whole. His concern is losing the institutional memory of the community and the issues that are handled by the county government leadership.
Mick has been on the private side of industry for more than five decades, doing business and leading a life that to one degree or another is controlled or affected by county government. Now he is ready to offer to serve the county as a whole, bringing to the county his experience gained through the many years of his life and the many things that he has done and accomplished, dealing with nearly every issue in which the county commission may be involved.
He has subdivided land and created streets, many named for family members. He has had successful mobile home sales lots, built homes, as well as owned and lived in many homes throughout the county. He is intimate with water rights; underground, springs and creeks, surface water with TCID, water transfers from both rivers, the issues with tribal water rights, and U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service purchasing water rights from land. He has also been involved in the creation of the county water and sewer systems and is familiar with those issues as well.
The presence of the federal government agencies in Churchill County has been a constant part of Casey’s life. Having grown up on the family ranch and still the owner of several grazing allotments managed by the Bureau of Land Management; having sold land to the Navy and dealt with Navy conservation easements; owning land in the checkerboard pattern and running cattle on Bureau of Reclamation land; dealing with endangered species, water and land with the United States Fish and Wildlife Service (and also running cattle there ?); and maintaining a relationship with the Fallon Tribe, has given Casey a life time of experience dealing with federal government. Other involvements with the BLM include prospecting up the canyons, mine ownership, recreation, keeping the off-roader on the trails, Navy ground exercises, wild fires, and wild horses. Mick has a healthy respect for our public lands and likes people to be able to enjoy them as much as he does.
Mick has very definite ideas of American government and the role of public servants with the people they serve; not to take care of them but to assure the freedom for them to take care of themselves. County and local government, being closest to the people, have special functions they can perform better and should not allow the overwhelming federal governments presence in Churchill County do what the county should do.
Having lived through many growth surges and slowdowns over the years and in spite of the great economy that this pandemic has interrupted, Mick Casey foresees a bright and healthy future for all the residents of Churchill County.
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