(Annie Black) – On Friday, a divided U.S. Supreme Court, in a 5-4 decision, refused to force Nevada Gov. Steve Sisolak to treat the state’s churches the same way it treats various non-religious businesses under his authoritarian “emergency” orders. As has been the case in all too many recent and important decisions, Chief Justice John […]
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(Annie Black) – It’s not just the failure of Gov. Steve Sisolak’s Department of Employment, Training & Rehabilitation (DETR) to process the unemployment claims from his shutdown orders that’s causing so much pain and suffering for Nevadans. His administration’s Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) is adding even more stress and aggravation to the everyday lives
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(Annie Black) – The Nevada Legislature continues to fiddle around with finding a way to fill the $1.2 billion budget hole created by the #SisolakShutdown without doing what those of us in the private sector have been doing for four months now… Cutting non-essential spending and laying off non-essential workers. To avoid necessary spending cuts,
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(Annie Black) – Some folks have expressed concern that I might “go native” and “drink the Kool-Aid” once I get to Carson City. They worry I might abandon my fighting independence and become a wishy-washy “team player” like so many conservatives before me. An understandable concern. So let’s talk about it… As an incoming freshman
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(Annie Black) – As Nevada Gov. Steve Sisolak has issued one “emergency” shutdown order after another, torching the state’s economy and civil liberties in the process, the Nevada Legislature – 63 individuals elected to represent “the people” in Carson City – has stood on the sidewalk and watched it burn. And with his unilateral decision
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(Annie Black) – As we await Nevada Gov. Steve Sisolak’s official call for a special session of the Legislature to deal with the estimated $1.3 billion budget hole his #SisolakShutdown has created, now might be a good time to grab your wallet and head for the hills because… The Tax Man Cometh! Government employees are
Warning: Here Come the Tax Hikes! Read More »
(Annie Black) – Over the past couple of days since winning the Nevada Assembly District 19 election, I’ve been attacked on social media by an arrogant liberal blogger, a liberal Democrat assemblyman and a liberal Democrat activist group. I must be doing something right! I guess I’m now supposed to wither under the assault, retreat,
CRITICAL BATTLE: Whose Side are You On? Read More »
(Annie Black) – Malcolm X once said, “If you have no critics, you’ll likely have no success.” Well then, I guess I’m on the right path! Here’s the latest… On Tuesday, Kristyn Leonard of the Nevada Independent wrote a story about Nevada’s all-mail primary election. In it she noted that 32 people in Clark County
Uh-oh, Now I Done Gone and Did It! Read More »
(Annie Black) – Ten agonizing days after Election Day, the Clark County Commission made the results in our race for Assembly District 19 official on Friday. The final numbers… Annie Black: 3,803 (61%) Chris Edwards: 2,428 (39%) Here’s what Las Vegas Review-Journal columnist Steve Sebelius wrote about the race in this morning’s paper… “No incumbent is
WOW, What a Ride! Here’s What’s Next… Read More »
(Vernon Robison) – Mesquite City Councilwoman Annie Black appears to have pulled off an upset in the GOP primary race for Assembly District 19 which includes Overton, Mesquite and a small slice of the Las Vegas valley. Black was carrying over 60 percent of the vote by Monday night, staging and apparent win over the incumbent
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