Saturday, December 20, 2014

SILVER STATE CONFIDENTIAL 12/20/2014

DON’T GO WOBBLY, CONSERVATIVES!

In his first inaugural address, President Ronald Reagan said…

“As for the enemies of freedom, those who are potential adversaries, they will be reminded that peace is the highest aspiration of the American people. We will negotiate for it, sacrifice for it; we will not surrender for it--now or ever.”

I mention that quote because in any protracted struggle, it’s natural for some people to tire of the fight and seek peace at any and all costs.  Indeed, that’s exactly how Obama lost Iraq.


And because of the protracted leadership fight between conservative Assembly Majority Leader Michele Fiore and moderate Assemblyman Paul Anderson within the Republican Assembly Caucus, some conservatives – and I hate to say this – reportedly may be prepared to abandon Fiore and surrender the fight for the sake of peace.

To quote another great conservative, Margaret Thatcher, “This is no time to go wobbly.”

Conservatives should and do want peace within the Assembly caucus with the moderates.  And we should be willing to negotiate for it, as long as the deal is a win-win for both sides.  And we should be willing to sacrifice for it, including putting up with a lot of hostile media reports by liberals who would love to see the moderates win.

But conservatives shouldn’t surrender.  They shouldn’t quit the fight.  And they should no more abandon Fiore now than they did Assemblyman Jim Wheeler when he caused a media firestorm last year over his slavery comments that were taken out of context and blown completely out of proportion by the media.

Indeed, this is no time for conservative members of the Nevada Republican Assembly Caucus to go wobbly.  It ain’t over ‘til it’s over.

FIORE FURY NOT DYING DOWN

If Speaker-of-the-Weak John Hambrick thought removing Fiore as Majority Leader and Taxation Committee chair would end the divide in the caucus and unite the warring clans…well, he must’ve been smoking crack.

Here’s the email that conservative freshman Assemblyman Brent Jones sent to Hambrick shortly after Hambrick’s unilateral action was disclosed to both caucus members and the media…

“John, as we discussed earlier today, I am deeply disappointed in your decision to unilaterally remove Michele as Majority Leader and as Chair of Taxation.  We voted as a caucus and these issues were settled.  Now we are back-peddling once again and distracting from the required business to help move Nevada in a positive direction. 

“The people of Nevada overwhelmingly spoke in this last election cycle.  They are tired of the status quo and are demanding fiscally conservative representation.  The moderates actively campaigned against the conservatives in both the primary and general elections and yet the people of Nevada convincingly voted for the conservatives.  I believed you to be one of the conservatives.

“Now, you have taken it upon yourself to remove a Michele as Majority Leader when we as a group voted her into that position.  I strongly disagree with this action and I am not certain that it is even proper under the procedural rules.  You have also removed her from the Taxation Committee. 

“As a signer of the Taxpayer Protection Pledge, I cannot remain on the Taxation Committee if you are inserting a chair who will most assuredly push through proposed tax increases.  It goes against all that I represented to the people of Nevada during my campaign.  I am going to remain true to my philosophical beliefs and will NOT change course with mere threats by those who go against my core beliefs.  As a businessman who actually creates jobs, I know that raising taxes is not the solution.  Accordingly, if you are in fact moving forward with these changes, I also wish to be removed from the taxation committee.”

Wouldn’t it be better to just remove Hambrick as Speaker-of-the-Weak?

DEAR JOHN: LETTERS TO HAMBRICK I

From Stephen (Steve) Dennis…

Mr. Hambrick,

If you truly “want my feedback so you can best represent me in the legislature,” then here it is.  Resign your position.  Now.  Nothing has given you the authority to single-handedly overturn a legitimate election to appoint whomever you wish to positions in the Nevada legislature.  Your almost daily equivocating has shown every Nevadan with any common sense whatsoever that you have no idea of how to lead anything.  You should be ashamed of what you’ve already done, and undone and redone. 

The people of Nevada chose to elect conservatives to our legislature.  We did not choose “moderates,” nor did we choose the handpicked candidates of the RINO Sandoval and his cabal.

We made that choice, and we can undo it, as well.  Recalls may be messy, but they are there for us to choose when those we elect have lied to us about their positions during the election cycle.  It would be good for you to remember that, before you find yourself on the outside looking in!

DEAR JOHN: LETTERS TO HAMBRICK II

From Carol Fineberg…

Assemblyman Hambrick,

Words cannot convey the extreme disappointment I have in your decision to remove Michele Fiore as Caucus Leader and Chair of the Taxation Committee and Victoria Seaman from the Taxation Committee.

Just under a year ago, you spoke to those of us on the Caribbean cruise with the Mount Rose Republican Women.  You said several times that we need to elect "solidly Conservative" people to serve in the State Legislature. So we handed you a hard-fought victory of solid Conservatives and you just shoved them under the bus.

I know you are being pressured by Governor BS and the RINO members of the caucus, but you have shown yourself to be weak and not a leader with this latest move.  You have shown yourself incapable of standing up to pressure by caving in to inappropriate demands. 

WE DO NOT WANT TAX INCREASES WITHOUT COMMENSURATE SPENDING CUTS. We, the People, have spoken. That's why we elected Conservatives. That's why I applauded your election as Speaker. You have betrayed that trust.  You have further divided the Caucus.  You have made the entire Republican Caucus the laughing stock of the Democrats, who thought they might have a difficult time in Carson this year getting their agenda passed. Unfortunately, with you at the helm, that will be a walk in the park.

There will be a price to pay for your betrayal. At a very minimum, you need to restore Michele Fiore as Caucus Leader and as Chair of the Taxation Committee.  She was duly elected by the caucus. Who made you emperor to unilaterally unseat a duly elected leader, especially one who worked to help you win as Speaker? 

If you will not do that, then urge the Taxation Committee, led by the still-wet-behind-the-ears-with-no-experience-whatsoever Derek Armstrong, and the entire Caucus, led by the incompetent RINO Paul Anderson, to cut spending in other areas to affect a zero net increase on Nevada taxpayers.

Or, you can step down and let the Speaker FIRST duly elected by the caucus, Ira Hansen, lead this rag-tag band of bandits. Unlike you, Ira will be able to stand up to the tax hikes Gov BS has in store for us, which is why, I am convinced, he was ousted as well.

Or, you can just go along your merry way and wait for a true Conservative to primary you in 2016.

I represent a group of 400+ Conservatives in northern NV.  We are not happy with this latest move and we are watching you.

DEAR JOHN: LETTERS TO HAMBRICK III

From Tom Tighe…

Hey Pretender,

Please resign. You have severely embarrassed the Republican Party in NV by showing we have no integrity and all we can do is fight internally.  You have proven you are not a leader, but a follower who can't make a decision (or stick to a decision you have preciously made). What are you afraid of?

You should not be in the most important leadership position in the first NV Republican Majority in years. The Voters have spoken. We want conservatives.

Not wishy-washy pretenders like you. You will only do harm, not good, and definitely not the job constituents elected you for... lower taxes and smaller government.

DEAR JOHN: LETTERS TO HAMBRICK IV

From Lee & Michele Mueller…

“Mr. Hambrick:  With respect to the current machinations and internal manipulation attendant to selecting the Republican leadership of the new Nevada State Assembly we implore you to rethink the influence and pressure being waged upon you by the mendacious merchants of political sophistry who confuse their latent Socialist beliefs and the manifestations of their egotistical personalities with the proper and honorable function of decision making as legislators who were entrusted with the power to implement the will of the Conservative and Libertarian electorate that have so recently created a Republican majority.  Please do not succumb to the disreputable desires and agenda of those miscreants who seek to betray the fiscally responsible intent of this most recent election.  And if nothing else, be reminded that a coward dies a thousand deaths, a hero, but one.”

COLLABORATOR CAUCUS UPDATE

I ran into Assemblyman Erv Nelson at a fundraising event for conservative Assemblywoman Shelly Shelton hosted by former State Sen. Sue Lowden last night.  He assured me, in no uncertain terms, that he will support for Speaker whomever is chosen by the Republican Assembly Caucus.

Why can’t the rest of these guys below be as direct and forthcoming?

Derek Armstrong - derekarmstrong@arlintlaw.com
Randy Kirner - randy.kirner@gmail.com
Lynn Stewart - lynnstewart@cox.net
Melissa Woodbury - woodmlw@yahoo.com
Stephen Silberkraus - stephen@silberkraus.com
Glenn Trowbridge – ?

By the way, for those who still have their heads in the sand (or where they can see their own pancreas) and don’t believe there have been efforts to coordinate a “nuclear option” with Democrats, Assemblyman Nelson did confirm to me, first hand, that he was approached to join such an effort, but turned them down. 

He didn’t say who approached him, and I didn’t ask.  It’s enough to know such treachery has been and probably continues to be afoot.

FAMOUS LAST WORDS

"I met (Assemblywoman John) Hambrick at the December First Friday and asked him if he would work to end Common Core. His evasive response was ‘Well, that would be a real battle.’  I didn't think of it at the time, but I e-mailed him yesterday and told him you can't win a battle unless you get in the fight. I knew after his response that he wasn't trustworthy....typical lying, self-serving politician!! They might as well call themselves what they really are.....DEMOCRATS!” - Rose Gilbert


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