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The Democrats’ unofficial national slogan is, “Never let a crisis go to waste.”

And they wasted no time using the COVID crisis to assume dictatorial powers that would make the mullahs in Iran blush.

They shut down your jobs.

They shut down your businesses.

They shut down your schools.

They shut down your playgrounds.

They shut down your churches.

They imposed travel bans and curfews.

They confined you to your homes.

They forced you to cancel weddings, birthday parties and even Thanksgiving dinner.

They banned play dates and sleep-overs.

And they forced you to wear a cloth mask over your face that many health experts compare to trying to stop mosquitoes with a chainlink fence.

All without due process.

All without equal protection.

And usually without legislative approval.

And if you spoke up in opposition, you were shouted down and accused of trying to kill you’re your grandmother.

The 15 days to flatten the curve has turned into 15 months of flattening your freedoms, your liberty and your constitutional rights.

And these power-hungry socialists aren’t finished yet.

Now they’re trying to coerce you into getting an experimental vaccine that’s only received emergency approval by the FDA or wear a mask until you do.

That’s not hype. That’s what Joe Biden himself flat out said.

“The rule is very simple,” he declared on May 13th. “Get vaccinated or wear a mask until you do.

This isn’t about the science.

This is about compliance.

Look, if you want to risk catching the coronavirus by not wearing a mask, that should be YOUR choice.

If you want to risk taking the coronavirus vaccine, that should be YOUR choice, as well.

And no politician, government bureaucrat or even private business should be allowed to force you to prove whether you’ve been vaxxed or not.

I’m Nevada State Assemblywoman Annie Black.

I’ve been fighting against these socialist bullies and tin-pot tyrants from Day One.

In retaliation, the Democrats voted to strip my right to vote or speak from the floor of the House Chamber unless I put on a mask or produce proof I’d received the vaccine.

I refused. Read my lips…

NO VACCINE PASSPORT.

That’s my story. But I want to hear yours.

Have you been harassed, bullied, threatened or discriminated against because you refuse to wear a mask or prove you got the COVID vaccine?

Click on this link to share your story.

https://electannieblack.com/share-your-story/ 

Taking a stand for freedom & dignity, Assemblywoman Annie Black, a Nevada state legislator, is BARRED from the House floor for refusing to wear a mask or provide a vaccine passport

Without evidence or even an opportunity to respond to the accusation, Democrats in the Nevada State Assembly voted to strip me of my right to vote on bills or speak from the floor for not wearing a mask or producing a “vaccine passport.”

In light of the CDC’s revised guidelines on wearing masks indoors, I called on the Democrats to do the same for people in the Legislature.

Mr. Speaker,

In March 2020, the governor over-reacted to the COVID pandemic and shut down the state without consulting with, let alone getting approval from, the Nevada Legislature.

Because of the budget hole the governor’s shutdown orders created in our budget, this body convened in a special session last July, drained our Rainy-Day fund, and approved various spending cuts.

Since that time, legislators have found some extra money in the sofa cushions and it’s burning a hole in their pockets.

So instead of first replenishing the Rainy-Day fund, there’s a rush to spend the money on restoring cuts that were deemed non-essential last July.

When you add all these items up – a penny here and penny there – we’re talking some real money.  By my calculation, over $155 million in total spending.

This is fiscally reckless, especially in light of today’s ruling by the Nevada Supreme Court that the 2019 Legislature unlawfully imposed around $100 million dollars in tax hikes that now must be returned to taxpayers.

Most of these appropriations are included in next year’s budget.  Instead of spending the money this year, we should do the fiscally responsible thing and use this money to replenish the Rainy-Day fund that was drained last summer or use the money to cover the loss because of the Nevada Supreme Court’s decision.

As such, I will be voting against all appropriation requests and encourage my colleagues to do the same.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

Here’s my contentious three-part Q&A with Nevada State Sen. Dina Neal over her bill (SB254) that would force private landlords to rent to ex-felons…

Here’s my floor statement on the “windfall” revenue projection predicted on Wednesday by the Economic Forum…

Transcript:

Mr. Speaker,

On Wednesday the Economic Forum predicted the state will have an additional half-billion dollars in revenue over the next two years.

And many in this building are already rushing to spend it like a kid in the candy store on allowance day.

Instead, at least some of that money should be used to give our battered business community a little help in recovering from the devastation brought on them by the governor’s year-long shutdown orders.

Nevada is one of only five states that require a state business license, in addition to all the licenses and permits they’re required to obtain at the local level.

It also charges the highest fee.

Repealing the state business license would not only provide our small business community with a little tax relief, but would eliminate a totally unnecessary paperwork burden so they can focus on rebuilding their business and creating new jobs.

I understand this windfall is burning a hole in the pockets of many of my colleagues who want to spend it on pet projects and non-essential government programs.

But that would be fiscally irresponsible.

Instead, we should eliminate the state business license fee altogether and use the rest of the money to replenish the rainy day fund the governor and the Legislature drained last year.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

Here’s the “utterly ridiculous” reason why you won’t see me in this year’s “class photo” for the Assembly.

This “Mask Madness” – which has no basis in science – needs to end. Enough is enough!

The Great Disrupter strikes again!

Mr. Speaker, I rise in opposition to Assembly Bill 109.

As originally introduced, the bill was horrible.  As amended, it is merely terrible.

The purpose of this bill is to help the teachers’ unions, not help our kids.  It seeks to hamstring public charter schools by restricting who they may hire as classroom teachers.

Such bureaucratic interference in school management is one of the reasons our traditional public schools perform so badly and why so many parents choose the innovative charter school option in the first place.

And “choose” is the important word here.

No one is forcing parents to put their kids in charter schools.  Parents who choose charter schools for their children are fully aware that their operation is very different from our traditional, union-run public schools.  And the inconvenient truth is, there’s a waiting list to get into a number of them.

Instead of trying to force charter schools to operate more like so many of our failing traditional public schools, we should be trying to force our failing traditional public schools to operate more like charter schools.

And make no mistake.  Simply pumping more money into our failing traditional public schools is not the answer.  If a car has a blown engine, giving it an expensive new paint job isn’t going to fix the problem.

Charter schools work.  And when something works, don’t fix it.  I urge my colleagues to oppose this bill and instead focus on REAL institutional changes to our traditional public schools rather than simply throwing more good money after bad.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

Mr. Speaker,

Tens of thousands of Nevadans have been out of work for over a year now due to the governor’s shutdown.  Inexcusably, many STILL have not received their unemployment benefits.

I received an email on Monday from a constituent who reports that it took her over an hour for DETR to accept her documents and selfie online so she could file her claim.

However, DETR is STILL not accepting her husband’s claim even though he has provided scanned and uploaded photo-copies of his driver’s license and passport through ID.me.

It’s bad enough that tech-savvy Nevadans are STILL having these problems.

But what about senior citizens and low-income Nevadans who don’t have computers or cell phones that can scan documents and provide selfies?

As the constituent wrote to me – quote – “DETR has had over a year to get their act together and failed.  They only succeeded in making it harder for eligible claimants to get their benefits.  What a disgrace.”

I agree.

When will this body stop accepting the mountain of excuses DETR keeps giving us for this inexcusable failure and hold someone accountable to the pain and misery it’s causing so many Nevadans who are suffering through no fault of their own?

Thank you, Mr. Speaker.