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A news release distribution service called Wall Street PR has issued a release for Tesla that takes the practice of converting nouns into verbs a step further.

The release quotes Tesla CEO Elon Musk defending the corporation from accusations that he exploited Nevada's hard times to get a good deal for his massive battery plant that will be built 17 miles east of Sparks in Storey County.

“Musk has rubbished allegations that he received cash from the state but acknowledged the company did receive a parcel of land from the state,” the release read.

“The CEO has also rubbished suggestions that the state didn't right [sic] the giant electric company a blank check.”

Musk's corporate blog carried an essay under his byline, headlined “The House Always Wins,” making the case that Nevada, not Tesla, came out on top—though in real life, it's probably Tesla, not Nevada, that is the house.

“Nevada is the entertainment capital of the world, home to the most sophisticated casinos on Earth,” Musk wrote. “As everyone knows, the money to build those resorts arises because the casino houses generally tend not to lose.”

Several publications, including the Washington Post and Fortune, have published in-depth reports on Musk's manipulating state governments to ratchet up the corporate welfare he was able to harvest by playing their officials off against each other while his celebrity mystique shielded Tesla from rigorous scrutiny.

Nevada won the factory with an incentives package crafted by the Sandoval administration. Estimates of its cost are all over the map, but the most commonly cited one says the state will ultimately pay $200,000 for each job generated.

This week, local Washoe governments heard from agency heads that Tesla's arrival will force acceleration of expansion or improvements of infrastructure like the sewage treatment plant. In addition, they were told that only importation will provide all the needed water for the region when Tesla is operating fully.

The Fortune article can be read at http://tinyurl.com/nmx8fmw. The Musk essay is at www.teslamotors.com/blog/house-always-wins.