Clark County Commission members recently filled the two vacancies in Nevada’s Legislature with a University of Maryland postgraduate, plus a person who championed the disabled’s rights.
The state legislation would give the commissioners the power to appoint their party’s members to the seats if these are vacant before the term of an elected representative completes.
Senator Yvanna Cancela of Nevada resigned back in January 2021 for a job in the US Department of Health and Human Services under the new President Joe Biden. The legislative assembly member Arthur Assefa quit a day afterward in the middle of a probe into Assefa’s campaign filings, which included whether his main house was situated in the US district that he represented.
Assefa stated that he first misunderstood the legislation, but found that his residency breached the law after deeper analysis. Assefa has not yet addressed the issue related to campaign finance. There were no charges filed against him as of February 02, 2021.
The 24-year-old Fabian Donate from Las Vegas would succeed Yvanna Cancela in Nevada State Senate District 10, covering part of South Las Vegas Boulevard’s stretch. Donate passed out as a UNLV graduate three years ago. Besides, he recently got a master’s degree certification in healthcare administration course at the University of Maryland. Donate also worked as part of fundraising in that university. Last year, he became the Joe Biden campaign’s health policy committee’s volunteer member.
After his appointment, the experience in aiding his father in navigating adult-onset diabetes and his public health background would inform Donate’s work in Nevada’s Carson City.
Donate wrote in his job application to the commission that his dad was the Culinary Workers Union Local 226’s lifelong member. That local union represents many resort and casino employees from the district. Geoconda Argüello-Kline, the Secretary-Treasurer for the union, termed Donate’s appointment the right one.
The 53-year-old Tracy Brown-May would succeed Arthur Assefa in Nevada State Assembly District 42, containing Spring Valley. Brown-May is the leader of the Las Vegas charity Opportunity Village’s advocacy endeavors. That nonprofit organization offers support and resources to individuals who have intellectual disabilities.
Brown-May also found the A-Team NV advocacy group, which works on housing, civil rights, and employment-related matters of individuals with disabilities. Brown-May registered as both Carson City-based nonprofit organizations’ lobbyists in 2019. In a recent statement, Brown-May expressed her willingness to put her vast experience in advocating for those individuals to work instantly.
The employment terms of these two appointees will complete next year.
