I wondered whether Greer had approached the investment company that had bought the motel and put some sort of proposition to them? As in, 'If I can persuade the Winnemucca Council to re-zone your property to allow prostitution, will you give me a job sluicing out the bidets?'
Greer was in Winnemucca making representations to the council on the same day as representatives from Lithium Investments seemed to be in town to do some sort of community engagement/consultation exercise. Perhaps allowing a brothel on the site of an old motel would significantly increase the value of the property? It couldn't hurt, could it? But I'm guessing they wanted some sort of plausible deniability when they talked to the community.
"What, plans to open a brothel in town? Us? No idea what you're talking about. We want to see a safe and thriving Winnemucca where families don't have to dodge drunken whoremongers propositioning their daughters while we profit off the sale of teenage gash to lechers."
"Oh, that wasn't us. Russell Greer? Who's that? Never heard of him. I've no idea why he'd be seeking to rezone our newly purchased motel."
The whole business is intriguing.