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Mike 03

(16,811 posts) Tue Jan 12, 2021, 01:17 PM Jan 2021

Anybody know what this is about? Newly re-elected Dem assemblyman resigns.

KTNV
By: Joyce Lupiani
Posted at 10:02 AM, Jan 12, 2021 and last updated 11:05 AM, Jan 12, 2021

Las Vegas Assemblyman Alex Assefa resigns, governor will appoint a successor

Assefa represented District 42

LAS VEGAS (KTNV) — Alex Assefa, who was the first Ethiopian-American elected to public office in the United States and represented District 42 in Las Vegas, has resigned.

Gov. Sisolak’s office sent the following statement to local media on Tuesday morning:

The Governor's Office is in receipt of Assemblyman Assefa's resignation letter. The Governor’s Office will process and submit a declaration of vacancy to the Clark County Commission which will appoint a successor to Assembly District 42, per statute.

Asefa, who is a Democrat, assumed the office on Nov. 7, 2018. He won re-election in November 2020, His term was set to end on Nov. 9 2022.

https://www.ktnv.com/news/las-vegas-assemblyman-alex-assefa-resigns

There doesn't seem to be an explanation in the article.

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Anybody know what this is about? Newly re-elected Dem assemblyman resigns. (Original Post) Mike 03 Jan 2021 OP

He may have misused campaign funds and not resided in his district . . . Journeyman Jan 2021 #1

Thank you. I had no idea. Mike 03 Jan 2021 #3

Could it be this?-Police probe Las Vegas assemblyman's use of campaign funds, residency tirebiter Jan 2021 #2

Thank you. Mike 03 Jan 2021 #4

Why feel bad? If the man's a crook, he should be exposed as one . . . Journeyman Jan 2021 #5

Journeyman

(15,145 posts)

1. He may have misused campaign funds and not resided in his district . . .

Reply to Mike 03 (Original post)

Tue Jan 12, 2021, 01:35 PM

Jan 2021

https://www.reviewjournal.com/investigations/police-probe-las-vegas-assemblymans-use-of-campaign-funds-residency-2163234/

From October 27, 2020:

Police are conducting a criminal investigation into allegations that a Las Vegas assemblyman misused campaign funds and failed to live in his district, the Review-Journal has learned.

Intelligence detectives executed search warrants signed by a district court judge this year seeking campaign and personal banking records of Assemblyman Alexander Assefa, a Democrat running for a second term in District 42.

Detectives also sought public documents Assefa filed under oath indicating that he lived in the Spring Valley district, as well as records and personal belongings that showed he actually was staying at a North Las Vegas home owned by his wife, Zenash Mebratu.

Assefa, 37, who did not respond to requests for comment, lists Mebratu as his wife on the Nevada Legislature’s website, and Clark County property records show she has owned the two-story North Las Vegas home since August 2015.

Mike 03

(16,811 posts)

3. Thank you. I had no idea.

Reply to Journeyman (Reply #1)

Tue Jan 12, 2021, 01:47 PM

Jan 2021

I was wondering if he had been harrassed, received threats etc...

tirebiter

(2,587 posts)

2. Could it be this?-Police probe Las Vegas assemblyman's use of campaign funds, residency

Reply to Mike 03 (Original post)

Tue Jan 12, 2021, 01:35 PM

Jan 2021

https://www.reviewjournal.com/

Sorry for the Xpost.

Mike 03

(16,811 posts)

4. Thank you.

Reply to tirebiter (Reply #2)

Tue Jan 12, 2021, 01:48 PM

Jan 2021

I feel bad that I posted this, not knowing the reason.

I thought maybe he was being harassed by Trumpsters or something like that.

Journeyman

(15,145 posts)

5. Why feel bad? If the man's a crook, he should be exposed as one . . .

Reply to Mike 03 (Reply #4)

Tue Jan 12, 2021, 02:50 PM

Jan 2021

He may have misused monies provided by hard-working Democrats to help him get elected. And he may have falsely claimed a residency he didn't have, thus depriving another, more worthy Democrat of the opportunity to represent his true neighbors and constituents. I've no tolerance for such abuse of our trust. Besides, it's hard to hold others to a standard we won't evenly apply to our own.

And besides, the original article you posted only showed that a local politician tendered his resignation for reasons unknown. That's newsworthy enough no matter what his reasons.

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