Nevada Assembly speaker rebukes Fiore for power move

http://www.reviewjournal.com ^ | Updated January 3, 2015 - 6:39pm | By LAURA MYERS

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Moving to quash a conservative GOP insurrection, Assembly Speaker-designee John Hambrick on Saturday harshly rebuked Assemblywoman Michelle Fiore, telling her to stop playing “childish games” and undermining him by insisting she’s still Republican majority leader.

Hambrick said in an email to Fiore that he had full authority as the elected leader of the Assembly Republican Caucus to remove her as majority leader and as chair of the Assembly Taxation Committee.

He said he removed her last month for insubordination and for how she’s handling a dispute with the Internal Revenue Service over unpaid payroll taxes for her home health care business. The IRS has $1 million in liens against Fiore or her company.

“Instead of explaining your IRS issues publicly like you had agreed to do you squandered the opportunity by maliciously attacking two respected consultants and a caucus donor,” Hambrick wrote.

Hambrick named Assemblyman Paul Anderson, R-Las Vegas, majority leader.

In his email, Hambrick also told Fiore she has no authority to call a meeting of the Assembly Republican Caucus, which she did for Monday afternoon in Carson City to air differences and hold another leadership vote.