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Our first three

months of this year have

been busy, busy, busy!

The activities of those

months are chronicled in

the photographs on the

following four pages.

The 2015 Nevada Legislature is in

full swing, but our Republican legisla-

tors are not getting much feedback from

us. We cannot assume the “mission ac-

complished” posture just because we got

them elected. We must stay on top of

them to make sure that they are doing

what we elected them to do. It is up to

us, the “grassroots,” to make sure that

our voices are heard loud and clear.

Communication with the legislature

is easy. Just go to the website: https://

www.leg.state.nv.us/. On the right side,

there is a list of options. At the bottom

of the list you will see, “Share Your

Opinion on Legislative Bills.” If you

click on that option, you can share your

opinion on any bill. Of course you can

also email or write letters and contact

information is also available on the

same website. It is important that you

make your communication short, clear

and respectful. Form letters and for-

warded emails get no respect, so make

your communications personal.

We have some fantastic speakers

scheduled for the coming months, so

please be sure to check out our calendar

on page 7. Our Ten-Year Anniversary

Party is scheduled for the evening of

July 25th. We are planning a very spe-

cial BBQ at Fernley’s Out of Town

Park. We will have music, speakers and

lots of fun. Mark your calendar and

watch for your invitation.

Anita Trone President

Spring 2015

Volume 10, Issue 2

Fernley Republican Women Elected and Appointed Officers

President

1st Vice President

2nd Vice President

Secretary

Treasurer

Chaplain

Historian

Parliamentarian

Past President

Anita Trone

Carol Franich

Kasey Soriano

Open

Peggy Gray

Peggy Zinski

Kasey Soriano

Karen Smyser

Connie Stevens

Paid for by Fernley Republican Women and not authorized by any candidate or candidate committee. The Right Side of FERNLEY

INSIDE THIS ISSUE

Message From The President

by Anita Trone 1

Introducing Kasey Soriano 1

Member Activities 2-3

LCRCC Lincoln Day Dinner 4-5

Julianne Colombe,

2014 Woman of the Year 5

Fernley Fair Share Committee 6

Calendar of Events 7

Membership Application 7

FRW’s Sponsor’s Pages 8-9

The Voice of the First Amend-

ment

by Orlis Trone

10

Kasey was elected as 2nd Vice

President at our March meeting to

replace Connie Stevens who resigned.

Kasey moved to Fernley in 1986

and graduated from Fernley High

School in 1988. She married her hus-

band, Rick, in 1990.

For most of her career, Kasey has

worked at RMAX in Fernley. She

started her employment there in

1993. She advanced up through the

ranks from production to Logistics

Manager, the title she held until leav-

ing the company in 2008. In 2012, she

was asked to return to RMAX as an

Account Executive.

Kasey learned a great deal during

her run for Fernley City Council in

2014. Although her run was unsuc-

cessful, she remains very involved in

the city of Fernley, serving currently

on the Planning Commission. She is

also very involved in the Fernley

Neighborhood Watch program.

Kasey told me that she is honored

to serve the FRW as its new 2nd Vice

President, along with her other duties

as Historian and Americanism Com-

mittee Chair.

Please join me in congratulating

Kasey Soriano, our new 2nd Vice

President. We all look forward to

working with her.

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Check out our website: fernleyrepublicanwomen.com

January 17, 2015 • NvFRW Leadership Training • Front: 2nd VP Connie Stevens, Secretary Shirley

Chandler and President Anita Trone • Back: Chaplain Peggy Zinski, Vida Keller, Judy Williams, 1st

VP Carol Franich and Treasurer Peggy Gray

January 20, 2015 • FRW meeting • Guest

speaker John Tyson with President Anita

Trone

January 20, 2015 • Kasey

Soriano receives a 2014

Certificate of Appreciation

February 12, 2015 • Republican Women of Reno

meeting • Heidi Smith receives a lifetime honorary

membership from FRW President Anita Trone

February 14, 2015 • Churchill County Lincoln Day Dinner • Front: Richard Gray, past LCRCC Chairman

and FRW Treasurer Peggy Gray, FRW President Anita Trone and Orlis Trone • Back: WRCC Chairman

Sam Kumar, Karla Kent, Dianne Hutchens and Lee Hutchens

February 17, 2015 • FRW • 1st VP Carol Franich,

Assemblywoman Robin Titus and President Anita Trone February 17, 2015 • FRW • 1st VP Carol Franich,

NPRI’s Victor Joecks and President Anita Trone February 17, 2015 • FRW •

Assemblywoman Robin Titus

February 17, 2015 • FRW •

NPRI’s Victor Joecks

March 17, 2015 • FRW • 1st VP Carol Franich, Lor-

en Spivack—The Free Market Warrior—and Presi-

dent Anita Trone

March 17, 2015 • FRW •

Loren Spivack—The Free

Market Warrior

March 17, 2015 • FRW • Loren Spivack—The Free Market War-

rior— autographing his books.

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March 17, 2015 • FRW • Betty Mayne, Tom Draughon from

the Northern Nevada Veterans Coalition (thanked the FRW

for our support) and Chaplain Peggy Zinski

March 17, 2015 • FRW • Haylei

Randall (our first junior member)

and Treasurer Peggy Gray

March 26, 2015 • NvFRW Dinner • FRW President Anita

Trone, NvFRW President Carol Del Carlo, Assemblywoman

Jill Dickman and FRW Treasurer Peggy Gray

March 26, 2015 • Nevada Federation of Republican Women (NvFRW) at the Nevada Supreme Court after our tour

March 28, 2015 • Nevada Republican Central Committee Meeting • Lyon County Delegation—LCRCC Treasurer

Anita Dayton, Ron Dayton, Elaine Bergstrom, Terry Bunkowski, LCRCC Chairman Richard Hardcastle, Vida

Keller, Stephen Wood, Anita Trone, past LCRCC Chairman Peggy Gray, Gary Simmons, Scott Keller

March 28, 2015 • NRCC closing dinner • past LCRCC Chair-

man Peggy Gray, Governor Mike Huckabee, Anita Trone and

past National Committeeman James Smack in the background


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Lynn Fierro, Commissioner Ray Fierro, Julianne Colombe and Shirley Chandler Past LCRCC Chairman Peggy Gray, Anita Trone, RNC’s Greg Bailor and Jane Lewis

Michael Carlson and Virgil Arellano

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Steve and Linda Carr Carol Franich and Russ Ferretto Orlis andAnita Trone

Assemblywoman

Robin Titus LCRCC Chairman Rich Hardcastle and past LCRCC

Chairman Peggy Gray

Vida and Scott Keller, with Commissioner Bob Hastings

Attorney General Adam

Laxalt and Jaime Laxalt

FRW President Anita Trone presents a

lifetime honorary Associate membership

award to former Assemblyman Tom Grady


Keith and Carol McKim Jesse and Brandi Jensen Cindy O’Toole and Mary Fimbres

Glen Chandler and Corrado De Gasperis,

President and CEO for Comstock Mining

U. S. Senator Dean Heller, former Assemblyman Tom

Grady and U. S. Representative Cresent Hardy Anita Trone and Karla Kent

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Amy Tarkanian, Assemblywoman Robin Titus,

past LCRCC Chairman Peggy Gray and Danny Tarkanian

Senator James

Settelmeyer

Former Assemblyman Tom Grady

and Connie Stevens

At the Lincoln Day Dinner on

February 7, 2015, Shirley Chandler

presented the winner of the FRW’s

2014 Woman of the Year award to

Julianne Colombe.

Julianne is chair of our Website/

Facebook Committee. She created

our new website that went live on

January 1, 2015. It is both informa-

tive and beautiful. She features the

sponsors of our newsletter on the

website and on our Facebook page,

giving them greater exposure, which

results in the sale of more ads.

Fernley Republican Women’s

2014 Woman of the Year

Julianne Colombe

Shirley Chandler presents the 2014 FRW Woman

of the Year award to Julianne Colombe

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Goal:

To obtain a one-time adjustment for inequitable past C-Tax allocations and a forward-looking readjustment of the C-Tax formula for a positive

outcome for the City of Fernley.

The heart of the situation:

The City of Fernley, its citizens and those in northern Nevada concerned with economic development have extreme concerns about the City’s

present and future sustainability because of the inequitable distribution of Nevada Consolidated Taxes under the current formula. We are asking

for relief in order to be able to support our current infrastructure, as well as the future growth created by Nevada’s recent boom in economic de-

velopment. We are concerned that the City just can’t support that in our current financial situation.

Details:

The C-Tax was implemented in 1997 to formulate the distribution of six different state levied taxes to local jurisdictions. Unfortunately, the

City of Fernley wasn’t incorporated in 1997, so we were struck with an inequitable formula for distributing C-Tax funds. For example, Fern-

ley is only receiving about $7 per man, woman and child vs. other cities our size such as Elko at $645 per citizen and Mesquite at $419 per

citizen. The State Department of Taxation has inequitably determined a structure for distribution that has penalized our fast growing city.

THE PRESENT IS CHALLENGING, BUT THE FUTURE IS DOWNRIGHT

FRIGHTENING FOR THE CITY OF FERNLEY IF NO RELIEF IS PROVIDED.

The current distribution has unfairly penalized our city and not allowed us to provide adequate resources for basic city functions such as

roads, parks, sewer, community, and most recently, support of economic development that is heading our way thanks to our proximity to

Reno/Sparks and the Tahoe Reno industrial park, the future home of Tesla.

The good news for northern Nevada is that economic development has been very successful recently and the outlook is excellent. The bad

news is that the City of Fernley has no resources or infrastructure to support new industry or residents.

What we are requesting is an understanding of the situation and its negative impact on our city and also on economic development in north-

ern Nevada. We are simply asking for a more equitable and fair treatment for the citizens of Fernley.

We have exhausted our process with the Department of Taxation and also requesting relief within Lyon County, which receives the first tier

of funding that then gets distributed to cities. We have also tried legislative relief in the past and most recently have filed a lawsuit for relief.

How can you help?

Commit to helping the Fernley Fair Share Committee financially at a

level that can help us fund our legal expenses, public opinion cam-

paign and other efforts needed to take this issue on and solve it. Make

checks payable to the Fernley Chamber of Commerce and note on

the check: Fernley Fair Share Committee.

Be a part of a group of volunteers ready to speak out on this topic to

various decisions makers (including state administrators and legisla-

tors).

Be a vocal champion. Get involved and get other people involved.

This issue impacts all of Fernley: every man, woman and child.

Get Involved:

Help solve the inequity that affects every citizen...current and future.

For more information contact:

Kelly Brye LeRoy Goodman 775-235-4747 775-772-8975

[email protected] [email protected]

Join us and help Fernley obtain

equitable treatment for Nevada’s

Consolidated Tax distribution!

Photo by Rick Norton

Norton Photography


Our meetings are always open to the public and are held at the Fernley High School Library, 1300 Highway 95A in

Fernley. At 6:00 p.m., we gather for a bite to eat and a little community chit-chat. Our program for the evening starts

promptly at 6:30 p.m. For more information about the FRW, contact President Anita Trone • 775-575-7810 •

[email protected].

April 21, 2015

FRW Meeting

Tim Dyhr, Nevada Copper — update

the Pumpkin Hollow Project

May 19, 2015

FRW Meeting

Dr. Donald Hendon, author of

"365 Powerful Ways to Influence" and

"Fractured Fairy Tails: Political Mon-

key Business" — a unique presentation

with audience participation

June 16, 2015

FRW Meeting

State Treasurer Dan Schwartz

(tentative) and State Controller Ron

Knecht (confirmed) Speaking on the

state budget negotiations.

July 4, 2015

Fernley 4th of July

Parade & Booth

July 21, 2015

No Meeting

July 25, 2015

Ten-year Anniversary Celebration

Fernley Out-of-Town Park

Guest Speaker to be announced

August 18, 2015

FRW Meeting

Speaker to be announced

September 10-13, 2015

NFRW Biennial Convention

JW Marriott Desert Ridge Resort and

Spa, Phoenix, Arizona

September 15, 2015

FRW Meeting

Jim DeGraffenreid, Vice Chairman of

the Nevada Republican Party — plans

from the RNC on winning in 2016

October 20, 2015

FRW Meeting

NvFRW's 1st VP Mendy Elliott will

speak on the purpose, structure and

brief history of the National Federation

of Republican Women.

November 17, 2015

FRW Meeting

Election of 2016 FRW Officers

December 15, 2015

FRW Installation Dinner/Christmas

Party—Location to be announced

Installation of 2016 FRW Officers

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FERNLEY REPUBLICAN WOMEN’S

MISSION STATEMENT

Fernley Republican Women is a group of women (and men as associate mem-

bers) who share similar conservative values and ideals, and who are dedicat-

ed to increasing the influence and effectiveness of women in the cause of good

government through political education and active political participation.


Volume 10, Issue 2

The mind is

the laboratory of

human thought,

wherein the di-

verse content of

one’s experience

is integrated to

form a body of knowledge.

Speech is the mind’s messenger.

It gives voice to the silent think-

ing carried on in every head and

makes the findings audible for all

the world to hear. If we did not

have speech with which to render

the conclusions of our thinking

available for public consumption,

we could never compile the

knowledge from which civiliza-

tion is advanced.

To grasp some measure of the

knowledge fitted together with

the bits and pieces of information

collected from the interactive in-

put of our social co-existence, we

need only to recall that just yes-

terday, so to speak, we were earth

-bound, cave-dwelling Neander-

thals in need of all the necessities

of self-preservation. The ultima-

tum imposed upon us by the law

of nature was unforgiving and

non-negotiable: Save yourselves

or perish. So, equipped with just

the head on our shoulders and a

stick with a sharp-edged stone

strapped to the end of it, we set

out to secure the means of our

continuance. Today, our foot-

prints are impressed upon the

surface of the moon, documenting

our arrival as interplanetary

travelers and certifying our com-

petence to succeed against the

odds.

In the interim – between get-

ting ourselves from the cave to

the moon – we improved every

aspect of living in “organized soci-

ety.” We figured out the science

of transforming the raw materi-

als of nature into the consumer-

serving products that have con-

tributed so significantly to the

betterment of a human lifetime.

We upgraded our cavern habitats

to marvelous architectural dwell-

ings. We captured lightning and

plugged the world into electricity.

We siphoned oily ooze up from

the belly of the earth and, with it,

gave the machinery we built the

power of locomotion. We trans-

planted organs from one person

into the body of another. We

mixed an endless combination of

medicinal compounds defensive

against disease and restorative of

good health. We kept the “horn

of plenty” overflowing with a sur-

plus of “consumer goods,” etcet-

era, etcetera, etcetera.

The power of open communi-

cation for good is demonstrated

everywhere around us. All of the

above achievements – including

the etceteras – are benefits of the

unfettered mind and its delivery

system, freedom of speech. None

of the society-advancing creations

itemized could have been brought

into existence during the ages

when speech was “officially re-

pressed.” When, “on pain of

death,” thinkers were forbidden

to advance any explanation con-

trary to the status quo, nothing

much different from the status

quo was accomplished. Thus, the

stagnation of sameness was re-

peated for hundreds of years –

and on.

Are we headed back to from

whence we came? Well, observe

that right now, in America, the

birthplace of the First Amend-

ment, freedom of speech is being

relentlessly vilified as “hate

speech.” The vocabulary cops

are everywhere, eavesdropping

on every word that rolls off the

tongue, listening for any opposing

opinion that they can deliberately

misrepresent as “politically incor-

rect.” Their menacing pressure

group tactics have succeeded in

intimidating many conservatives

who, out of fear of being branded

racist, sexist, homophobic, and

such, now hide their true opinion

in a hush of silence – an omen

that bodes ominous for the future

of freedom in America.

The motive for repressing

speech today is exactly the same

as in ages past – to bestow

“absolute power” upon the politi-

cal puppeteers of human behav-

ior. In the present case, those

puppeteers are the progressives

of the Democratic Party, whose

authoritarian mindset is spread-

ing across the political landscape

of America like a virus gone pan-

demic.

When, in 1791, America’s

forefathers ratified the First

Amendment, they empowered

every succeeding generation of

Americans with the most formi-

dable armament ever against the

totalitarians of absolute power –

the right of freedom of speech. It

is imperative that we deploy that

armament and not allow the pro-

gressives of the Democratic Party

to bridle our tongues. Opine out

loud, conservatives. Let us be the

voice of the First Amendment.

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