U.S. District Judge Philip Pro dismissed Nevada’s class action suit regarding the enforcement of mandatory helmet use. Pro wrote in his dismissal order, “Defendants correctly argue that plaintiff’s complaint is void of factual allegations of specific conduct by particular defendants, but is instead a conglomeration of generalized allegations of legal violations, without specific allegations of a single event, on any identified date, in any jurisdiction, by any named defendant.” The committee of individuals in Las Vegas that filed this suit are appealing and activating “Class Action 2” with assistance from California legal counsel that has experience with the 9th District Court.

ABATE of Northern Nevada member Janine Hansen, Independent American, and Editor of Nevada Families Eagle Form, filed for State Senate District 19 which includes our Northern ABATE home of Elko Nevada. She was selected to run at the Independent American Party’s State Convention. Janine is one of the most aggressive and passionate freedom fighters I know. We are proud that she is a Northern Nevada ABATE member. Janine does not ride motorcycles but each legislative session she aggressively lobbies and testifies to change Nevada’s motorcycle helmet law to allow freedom of choice. Janine is a staunch believer in individual freedoms and limited government no matter what the issue is. You can contact Janine at 775-397-6859 director@nevadafamilies.org

For many years ABATE of Northern Nevada has held an annual May Run to the Southern end of the state for our first spring ride in search for warmer temperatures. Most of us will be leaving Elko Thursday the 17th, 6:00 p.m. after work. The tradition has been to stay in Eureka that evening for a “night on the town”. Call and make your reservation in Eureka for Thursday night 775-237-5334. We’ll have a late breakfast Friday morning in Eureka and then ride down to Beatty. Beatty is about 30 minutes from Furnace Creek, Death Valley National Park for those who want to ride a little further and get even warmer. We will ride back to Elko on Sunday the 20th. This year’s Beatty Run is gearing up to be more than just the annual ride. During last week’s Helmet Class Action Suit conference call we talked about everyone meeting up someplace in the future. I told them about our annual ride to Beatty May 19th; the Helmet Class Action Steering Committee, ABATE of Southern Nevada, Bolt and members from the Confederation of Clubs are talking about joining us in Beatty and making it a Nevada Motorcycle Rights get-together this year. Everyone is welcome to join in this one day, one evening poolside get-together. Dave Stillwell and Travis Barrack will share their knowledge about your rights when dealing with questionable/excessive laws and enforcement. We will be meeting May 19th in Beatty NV at Stagecoach Hotel and Casino, for reservations call 1-800-424-4946. For more information about this event call me at 775-744-4570. Put May 17th-20th Beatty Run on your calendars, I promise this year is going to be one you won’t want to miss!

We have too many ABATE members that have not paid their annual membership dues, some are years delinquent. I have sent out the pink renewal reminders many times to these individuals but still no response. Postage is too expensive to keep sending out the reminders month after month. I am at my wits end! We are always working to increase our membership, I hate to drop members because they haven’t paid their dues for one reason or another but it’s not fair that the non-paying members are getting the same benefits of the paying members. Don’t be a postage burden to ABATE, please mail your annual ABATE membership dues to: PO Box 1566 Elko NV 89803, singles $25 couples $50. Please let me know if you are not interested in keeping your ABATE membership active and I will, against my desire, remove you from ABATE membership.

John Bland, President ABATE of Northern Nevada – MRF state rep.

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