Tea Party Congressional Candidate Closes Home Health Business After Losing License
Source: thinkprogress.org
by Josh Israel Nov 7, 2015 12:11pm
It’s been a busy week for Nevada Assemblywoman Michele Fiore (R).
First, she filed as a Congressional candidate last Friday with the Federal Election Commission for the seat being left vacant by Republican Senate candidate Joe Heck (though she has said she is not certain if she will actually run).
On Monday, she released a “2016 Walk the Talk Second Amendment Calendar” featuring pictures of herself with large guns. A sample page shows her decked out in a white dress, diamonds, and holding an semi-automatic AR pistol, with the caption “Diamonds aren’t a girl’s only best friend.”
And on Tuesday, she announced she had terminated her home health care business due to a “never-ending barrage of government red tape and regulations” — after state Bureau of Health Care Quality and Compliance officials informed her that they were administratively closing her agency license as they had found her business closed during routine inspections. Fiore blamed “the army of regulators, bureaucrats, and inspectors, followed by the ever-increasing array of taxes and fees.” She previously chaired the assembly’s taxation committee.
Fiore, who was selected Assembly Majority leader last year but was removed over allegations of more than $1 million in tax liens, has previously made national news for her unique views:
In February, Fiore told the New York Times that “hot little girls on campus” need to be armed with guns to prevent themselves from being raped and every citizen should “have the right to defend him or herself from sexual assault.” She was defending her bill to allow college students to carry concealed fire arms on campus.......................
Read more: http://thinkprogress.org/politics/2015/11/07/3720264/nevada-michele-fiore-loses-license/
CREDIT: VoteFiore.com
Michele Fiore's 2016 calendar
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