Francis Allen

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Wally is disappointed in you.

I know that by our very nature, politicos are not the most stable sandwiches at the picnic. But this has gone a step too far.

As a joke, I added the tag "steak knife" to any story about Asy. Francis O. Allen (R-Las Vegas) and the alleged stabbing of her husband with a steak knife. The charges were later dropped, but thanks to that First Amendment thing we can write about it all the way up to the election.

GOP Executive Director Zac Moyle and State Chairperson Sue Lowden have to wake up every day with overwhelming fear as they click through the morning news outlets to find out how the state GOP has collapsed that day.

And the irony is that the collapse has almost nothing to do with the two of them.

Just as Ron Paul Republicans are getting their way, the political future of Assemblywoman Francis Allen looks dim. Check out Nevada's weekly Winners & Losers for May 23, 2008.

Assemblywoman Francis Allen (R-Las Vegas).LAS VEGAS-Despite a weekend arrest on charges of battery with a deadly weapon, Assemblywoman Francis Allen was back to work today, attending a meeting of the legislature's Information Technology Subcommittee in Las Vegas.

"She looked okay," said state Sen. Bob Coffin (D-Las Vegas).  "She didn't look like she had been through anything."

"She got there early and jumped right into it all.  She did ask questions and participated."

Assemblywoman Francis Allen (R-Las Vegas).LAS VEGAS-Assemblywoman Francis Allen was arrested this weekend for stabbing her husband in the arm with a steak knife, according to a Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department report. She was booked for one count of battery with a deadly weapon, one count of domestic violence and one count of battery domestic violence. The most serious charge holds a potential penalty of 2 to 10 years in prison and a fine of not more than $10,000.

Kudos to Jon Ralston who flashed about the incident about an hour ago.

4th District Assembly candidate Richard McArthur speaks with Spring Mountain Republican Women treasurer Sharon Whittle Thursday.: Asked if she believes her group will support Republican Assemblywoman Francis Allen for reelection, Whittle replied "Oh God, no."LAS VEGAS-Once again this year, it appears that Assemblywoman Francis Allen (R-Las Vegas) will have to fend off a challenge from the right.  Richard McArthur, a retired FBI agent who ran against Allen in her first race in 2004, is challenging her again this year, arguing that he, and not Allen, is a true conservative.

"She's not conservative enough," said McArthur Thursday.  "She votes with the Democrats most of the time and she's had those other issues." 

The other issues McArthur referred to included Allen accepting free tickets to a Rolling Stones concert in 2005 from national mortgage lending company Ameriquest without either reporting the tickets on campaign finance forms or compensating Ameriquest, and a more recent incident in which Allen ordered approximately $8,000 worth of flowers from a Las Vegas florist only to later stop payment on the check.

"People are not real happy, I guess you could say, with her judgment," said McArthur.