The Grassroot
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June 25, 2025
Pahrump, NV
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ABOUT THE INDEPENDENT AUTHORS
Matt Sadler is a small business owner and proprietor of A Hope Bonds in Pahrump. He is a
recovering politician who reveres the 1st Amendment. He is a Christian, lucky husband of one,
and father of 3 terrific kids. He is also a reluctant owner of a sheepadoodle and
founder/chairman of Grassroots Conservatives of Nevada. He is also editor-in-chief at The
Grassroot Conservative™.
Colonel Patrick Nary (Ret.) is a mainstay of the Pahrump community (even while living in
Las Vegas) who is actively involved in any worthy cause you can ponder. He is a charitable,
no-nonsense man and The Grassroot Conservative is lucky to have his contributions.
Barry Lindemann holds an MBA, is a former United States Senate Candidate in Nevada, and
is a successful entrepreneur in Southern Nevada. He is a strong voice for common sense and
fiscal accountability.
Jerry Hashimura is a life-long conservative who spent 24 years as an active-duty Army
officer followed by 23 years as the head of a corporate legal department. He is happily married
for nearly 50 years.
America First
Imagine a President that says”
I’m going to put America first”,
and people fighting it!
He says, “I’m going to put tariffs
on countries” and we hear
politicians say “Tariffs don’t
work! Yet tariffs are imposed on
the U.S. by more than 150
countries! Some are minimal
and non-consequential, but
some are major. The Left goes
in an uproar and before it gets
traction, countries are coming
to the White House to ‘WORK”
it out. In May the U.S. Customs
and Border Protection
identified $26.6 BILLION to be
collected by the US. I guess
tariffs work. (If these numbers
keep up that’s a minimum of a
quarter of a trillion dollars or
more, just on tariffs!
Then we look at immigration
and Trump ran on “I’ll close the
border and send Illegals home.”
He won on that and here we sit
watching the Left fight it! Why?
They say it couldn’t be done,
and it has been done! In May
we had ZERO border
crossings! Why does the Left
fight this issue? You have
politicians at all levels Aiding
fugitives to escape! American
First, should resonate amongst
ALL Americans, but the liberal
politicians and media keep
pushing “They have rights!” No,
they came here Illegally and
violated OUR Laws! 97% of
Americans support getting rid of
the violent illegals! Only 32%
support getting rid of ALL
Illegals! America cannot
sustain paying for illegals!
Depending on who you believe,
the House Committee on
Homeland Security estimated it
cost $500 Billion a year. While
the Foundation for Immigration
Reform estimated the yearly
cost at $150.7 Billion!
Remember this is Taxpayer
Monies! We, the American
people are footing this bill!
Currently with the US deficit at
$36.2 Trillion each taxpayer
owes $200,000! I want a say
where my taxpayer money
goes, and it sure isn’t for
illegals here ILLEGALY! I want
it to go to our military, police,
emergency responders and our
homeless veterans.
Then we hear “No men in
women’s sports!”, and the Left
fights it! The American People
support “No men in women’s
sports” at 72%! As a father and
grandfather, I don’t want men in
female sports for their sake!
Look how long it took to get
women to be recognized in their
own sports! Title IX passed in
1972 and gave them the rights.
Yet here we are with Democrat
states and Democrat politicians
fighting a federal law! It simply
boggles my mind how anyone
can be against these issues.
America is the most divided
country currently, and it’s
because the Left hates one
man that is running America like
a business! He can’t be bought
and is fighting for the American
people! Imagine if you will if
Democrats would Stop fighting
the issues the American people
support and voted for in 2024!
They work with the Republicans
to remove Illegals from the
country, no men in Women’s
Sports and putting Americans
first!
It amazes me when someone
says, “I’m a Democrat”, HOW?
They lied to you for four years
about Biden, they put Kamala in
place without running a primary
(Talk about NO KINGS, perfect
example), about COVID, and
about who was running the
country! Then I hear ‘Well I’m a
moderate democrat.” I’m sorry
the party was taken over by
extremist Socialist ideology.
There is no moderate Democrat
anymore. They are the ones
pushing the FAR-LEFT
AGENDA and anyone else in
the party that doesn’t agree
with them is kicked out, shut
down or they commit suicide
with 3 shots to the back of the
head! Bernie Sanders a
KNOWN Socialist Democrat
and AOC are the new faces of
the party! Both of them are
pushing Socialism!
The man has pushed for
Socialism for every year (20+)
he has been in Congress while
making MILLIONS! He is
currently worth between $3-$5
million while owning three
homes! His paycheck is only
$174,000 a year. You don’t
think there’s something wrong
with that or with any other
politician in Congress that is
worth millions? I do! Time to
follow the money on ALL
politicians!
America FIRST should resound
with every American! For far too
long, We the American people
have been put on a back burner
while we send $Billions around
the world and American
taxpayers fund all of this! In
2023 we spent over $80 Billion
on foreign aid!
We should be investing in
America before we invest in
other countries. Especially
since every foreigner want to
come to America, either legally
or illegally! Imagine if you will
the US having $80 Billion to
spend on infrastructure. Maybe
our air traffic controllers
wouldn’t be using a system that
is 50 years OLD! Maybe we
would not have bridges
collapsing. Just imagine.
Trump is bringing back
manufacturing, The Left said it
couldn’t be done! Trump is
bringing back the Coal industry,
The best in the world! Trump is
bringing back Tech companies
and Investors into America,
while the Left said it could be
done! Remember when Obama
said, “What magic wand does
he have to bring manufacturing
back to America? (in 2016)”
Well Barry he had business
savvy, something you were
lacking and the world got to see
it on full display! Countries are
pledged to invest more in the
US. In 2023 four countries
alone invested $5.4 trillion into
the US.
Instead of Fighting Trump every
step of the way, work with him
and the Republican party.
Unfortunately for American
Citizens, the LEFT wants
Trump to fail and they will put
the country last in the hope he
fails! Remember this when you
go to the polls this year and
next year during elections. If
you want America to look like
Los Angeles, or Chicago go
ahead and vote Democrat!
While you’re doing that look at
your children and grandchildren
and tell them why you are
saddling them with Socialism.
America First should be what
every politician should be
fighting for! Unfortunately,
Democrats are fighting for
Illegals and n ot
Americans!
How many more of our children
must die due to illegal drugs or
rape and murder at the hands
of Illegals? I’m sorry to say but
unless it happens to a
prominent liberal politician, they
will keep fighting Americans
and supporting Illegals and the
demise of the “American Way of
life.”
Patrick Nary
LTC, (R) US Army
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Alzheimer’s: One person’s
perspective that might help
you one day
I wanted to take a little bit of
your time to talk about
something that respects no
political party lines, doesn’t care
about your religion of choice or
how much money you have in
the bank, and it takes no
prisoners. Many of us have a
loved one or close friend
suffering from Alzheimer’s or
dementia today or might in the
future. It’s been almost two
years since my older brother
(by eighteen months) died
because of this disease and I
find I can now write about it in
the hopes it might help you or
someone you know in the early
stages of Alzheimer’s or
suffering from it full on. I am
hopeful that some of these
anecdotes and incidents might
assist you in identifying when
someone close to you might be
exhibiting symptoms of
Alzheimer’s or dementia.
Many of the articles I’ve had the
privilege of sending to Matt
Sadler for publication in this
eMagazine have been fun to
write and, surprisingly, I found it
cathartic at times – this is one
of those times and I thank Matt
for the opportunity to write.
Even if it never makes it to
publication, I find some
measure of peace in putting
these words to paper.
While on active-duty in the
Army, and as part of my
continuing education on being a
better leader, I was exposed to
Morris Massey’s “you are what
you were way back when” – his
theory that people’s core values
are formed during their early
years. I say this to say that my
brother and I had core values
and a way of looking at the
world that were formed when
we were younger and were very
similar, if not the same. We
had a shared upbringing and
shared experiences that formed
who we became because of
what we were way back when.
We laughed and enjoyed many
of the same things. It was
heartbreaking to see how this
disease changed him into a
shell of his former self. My only
regret for my 24-years of active-
duty service is that I served 18
of those 24 years overseas, so I
was separated from my mother,
father, and brother, and could
not easily visit with them than if
I had stayed in the area – or
even in the United States.
There were signs my brother
was suffering from Alzheimer’s
that I just plain missed. My wife
saw them and thinks it may
have just been avoidance on
my part…who wants to say out
loud that a loved one has
Alzheimer’s. When I retired
from the Army and relocated to
California, I saw my brother
most frequently when we
shared a meal. I would drive
out to see him and many times
we’d go to his favorite breakfast
place. The last time we went
there, the gentlemen who
seated us asked for our drink
order. My brother, Larry,
ordered iced tea and I ordered
Diet Coke…and yes, my
parents named us Larry and
Jerry. After a few minutes, the
waitress came to take our
order, saw we had no drinks,
and asked us what we would
like to drink. I said a Diet Coke
and my brother said a cup of
coffee. After she left, I joked
that, “You know you ordered
iced tea before?” He smiled
and responded that he knew
that but he often orders both. I
chuckled but didn’t think
anything of it. My later
research into the disease
revealed that people suffering
from Alzheimer's are very clever
in covering any deficiency…
they talk a good game to hide
what is really going on. There
were more than a few other
similar instances that I just
didn’t fully appreciate. I fully
retired and moved to Nevada in
2019. During the times I spoke
to my brother on the telephone
or had a meal with him when
we went to California or he
visited Las Vegas, he painted a
rosy picture of how things were
going and we joked about
movies or TV shows from the
past. I could see, though, that
neither he nor his wife were
getting any medical care and I
asked about it but he just joked
it off. Cut to January of 2022. I
called his cell phone and
landline telephone and heard
recordings you typically hear
when a line has been
disconnected. My wife and I
drove to California to see what
was going on. Long story short,
we discovered that many of
their bills, cellphones, landline,
and cable TV included, were
unpaid for many months.
Incoming mail was in large
stacks throughout their living
area and I found more than a
few bills with payment checks
attached but unmailed. We
caught them up on their bills
and I established a simple
system of two baskets –
incoming and unpaid bills as
they came in one basket that
were moved to the other after
being paid. I also was able to
turn his cell phone on remotely
and put the bill on my credit
card; thinking I could always get
ahold of him but not realizing he
had a disease that would cause
him to simply forget to plug it in.
It's now August of 2022, a short
eight months since my last visit.
I received a call from a
neighbor that caused me to
race again to California. In
those short eight months, the
change was startling enough to
finally get through to me. The
living conditions were
absolutely horrible, stained
carpets, pizza boxes stacked in
the kitchen and garage, every
single dish, pot, and pan was
dirty and stacked in the sink
and on every flat surface, and
shockingly, their water had
been turned off. I documented
their living conditions with
pictures on my cell phone. I
would recommend you do the
same if you’re in a similar
situation. If you need court
intervention or social worker
assistance to get them help,
this photographic evidence is
essential. I gathered the piles
of mail into large trash bags
and packed the bags and my
brother and his wife into my car
and took them to our home in
Pahrump. In another long story
cut short, we discovered that
the bills had not been paid
since our previous visit in
January and the water had
been cut off for two months
before I arrived there. It was
frightening and especially so
since they did not realize the
conditions they were living in.
Our home has the master suite
at one end of the house and
two guest bedrooms and an
office at the opposite end. The
living room and kitchen are in
between. What emphasized to
me how badly my brother’s
brain was compromised was
that every morning when I
came out of our master
bedroom into the living room,
I’d find my brother sleeping
naked on our couch.
Something he would never
have done a year before. He
was also incontinent so there
was typically urine down the
hallway from the guest
bedroom to the living room. He
was also unable to bathe
himself so I found myself
having to bathe him and my
wife usually had a fight bathing
my brother’s wife. I also
learned in my research of
Alzheimer’s that many suffering
from the disease find the water
from a shower painful – who
knew. We would talk with them
several times a day, usually
during mealtimes, about how
scared we were to have them
living by themselves in those
conditions. They denied there
were any problems and said
they were fine living by
themselves and could I take
them home. I didn’t fully
understand the best way to talk
to them, despite my research,
and I’m sure I could have
handled it better. They did not
remember our conversations
from the day before and, many
times, from that same day.
After two weeks in our home,
my wife and I were exhausted.
We couldn’t leave them alone
and full-time care of them was
challenging, at best. My hat
goes off to the thousands of
people caring for loved ones at
home. I don’t know how you do
it; you are true heroes.
After two weeks and multiple
daily conversations, I told my
brother and his wife that I would
take them home the next day. I
had arranged to have a social
worker meet us the morning
after I took them home. I
planned it so that we would
arrive after I fed them dinner
since they had no water. When
we arrived at their house and
my brother realized they had no
water, he said to his wife that
they can’t live like this; but the
next morning, when I came to
take him to breakfast (his wife
never left the house), they both
said they were fine living there.
The social worker was great
but, ultimately, he called
another agency since his
powers were limited. They
came out and they were
excellent. As a side note, when
my brother was asked by them
what year it was, he answered
it was 1999 and neither knew
the water was turned off. My
brother and his wife were taken
to the hospital that same day
and the journey for both them
and us began.
My best advice to you is not to
ignore the early signs of
Alzheimer’s or dementia. There
is medication now available that
could lessen the symptoms
and/or delay full on-set. My
other piece of advice is to get
court assistance, if needed. I
was my brother and his wife’s
court-appointed Conservator (to
which they agreed) so I could
make all decisions concerning
their persons and property. I
would also caution those who
decide to become the
Conservator over a loved one
that you will question and
second-guess every medical
decision you will have to make
on their behalf. I probably
spent more than a thousand
hours on Conservator-related
tasks. There was a lot to do
from establishing
Conservatorship bank accounts
to becoming their
representative with Social
Security, to hundreds of small
and large things we take for
granted in our everyday life.
We ended up having to get
them into a memory care
facility, which is different than
assisted living, as memory care
facilities are locked and
secured while assisted living
facilities allow you the freedom
to go in and out. Their mental
state required them to be in a
secure facility. This is an
expensive, expensive
proposition no matter how you
look at it – from getting the
Conservatorship to finding a
good memory care facility.
I would add here that my wife
and I were happy that my
brother and his wife never
forgot who we were (this is not
always the case with
Alzheimer’s). They were
genuinely happy to see us each
and every time we visited them.
I talked to my brother about old
times, things we did as kids,
movies and TV shows we liked,
and a lot of other things he
probably didn’t really remember
but seemed to enjoy talking
about them with me. Before
they moved into the memory
care facility, we bought higher
end beds so they would be
more comfortable and
decorated their room with
pictures from when they were
children on through the years.
My research indicated they
would find comfort in this and I
hope he did.
As a final note, my brother
passed away in September of
2023. He had heart surgery
that he passed with flying colors
but, while in rehab, he simply
quit eating. I brought him his
favorite food and stayed with
him but he simply would not
eat. I learned that this is not
uncommon for those with
Alzheimer’s. I miss him every
day. I’m not ashamed to say I
cried writing this article and
remembering him in better
times.
Jerry Hashimura
Pahrump, NV
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Illegal Immigrants in The
People’s Republic of
California
I said to myself, “Self, you
already wrote about your
feelings on immigration in Issue
3, do you need to do it again?”
From my perspective, the two
sides of the coin are simply, I’m
for legal immigration and
welcome you to this great
country when done right — I’m
against illegal immigration,
you’ve broken the law. I kept
telling myself that there wasn’t
much to add on the subject
from my point of view but Mr.
Lindemann’s sage words in the
last issue inspired me and,
alas, I keep tuning into the
news and reading on-line news
feeds and it gets my blood
boiling all over again. (Sorry,
how often can you use the word
“alas,” I just had to...) Let me
take a few minutes of your time
and vent.
I won’t address the riots
occurring in Los Angeles and
reported in the news every
single day; Mr. Lindemann
covered that very well in the
last issue. I would only add
some additional context of what
is currently going on in The
People’s Republic of California.
Gavin Newsom responds to
ICE’s deportation efforts by
excusing these law-breaking
illegal immigrants and saying
they just want to live their lives
and they’ve been here for ten
years. So, you’re telling me
that in ten years, they couldn’t
take care of their immigration
status and do it right? Aside
from my grandparents lawfully
immigrating two generations
ago, my wife legally immigrated
and became a proud American
citizen six years after getting
her first Green Card. It can be
done. Newsom says these
illegal immigrants want “to live
their lives” but obviously doesn’t
give a rat’s a$$ about the
millions of legal California
citizens struggling to make
ends meet just “to live their
lives” while illegal immigrants
are handed free benefit after
benefit after benefit.
LA Mayor Karen Bass tweeted
that, “There are entire sectors
of the economy in Los Angeles
that depend on immigrant labor”
and Newsom stated that the
California economy would be
devastated if illegal immigrants
were deported. Well, whose
fault is that? Democrats from
California to New York are
blitzing the media with a PR
campaign arguing that millions
of illegal immigrants hired by
employers should be exempt
from deportation laws. They
want the Government to
endorse these illegal
immigrants and give them a
free pass literally forever. I’m
sorry, laws must be enforced
equally; it’s not a game of pick
and choose who you want to
prosecute or deport. Come on
already!
New York Governor Kathy
Hochul said she would help get
criminal illegal immigrants
deported but people who work
in restaurants and hospitality
should be exempt – I guess
until they commit a violent
crime. Trump’s immigration
czar, Stephen Miller, responded
that if “we can only deport
illegals after they violently
attack a citizen then you’re
saying we have no border at all.
Zero rules. Zero restrictions.
No limits. Anyone can come.
Anyone can overstay a visa.
Anyone can stay forever…This
open border view also means
instead of removing unvetted
illegals before a potential rape,
assault, or murder, you have to
wait until after an innocent
American has been brutalized.”
Mayor Karen Bass also said,
“We are gonna (sic) fight for all
Angelenos regardless of when
they got here, whether they
have papers or not; we are a
city of immigrants and this
impacts hundreds of thousands
of Angelenos.” Well, when are
you going to start fighting for
the millions of legal Angelenos
and Californians making hard
decisions on whether to buy
food for their family or pay the
rent because they can’t afford
to do both. When? Please tell
me, Mayor Bass.
California continues to fund free
healthcare for illegal immigrants
instead of offering it to law-
abiding Americans in California.
Newsom’s next budget includes
$12,100,000,000 (that’s billions
with a “b”) for illegal immigrant
healthcare, while countless
legal citizens cannot afford
healthcare of any kind. They
are having to roll the dice that a
medical condition won’t turn
serious (or fatal) because they
don’t have any or insufficient
healthcare to see a doctor.
How about prioritizing their
health over the health of an
illegal immigrant? The LA
Times reported that California’s
Medi-Cal costs for
undocumented immigrants this
year is about $8,500,000,000
(again, billions) while another
news outlet reports California is
spending $9,500,000,000 (hey,
a billion here, a billion there—
it’s not Newsom’s money; he’s
funding it on the backs of
hardworking legal California
citizens). Doing the complex
math in my head, it seems that
California could have saved
$20 billion dollars if they didn’t
fund illegal immigrant
healthcare this year and next.
And I know there are billions of
other dollars spent by California
on illegal immigrants that could
be saved but for the California
politicians. I may not be the
sharpest knife in the drawer but
it seems to me this money
could (and should) be better
spent on California’s legal
citizenry.
Gavin Newsom also
complained that President
Trump is spending $134 million
for federal troops in California
while California is spending $9
billion this year alone for illegal
immigrant healthcare. Again,
maybe I’m math-challenged,
but does anyone here see the
hypocrisy?
California has opened up
government programs to illegal
immigrants more than any state
in the nation. Among many
other things, they issue driver’s
licenses, provide college
scholarships, low-income tax
credits, Medi-Cal health
coverage, and during the
COVID pandemic, gave direct
cash aid. During Newsom’s
COVID lockdown, many, many
law-abiding business owners
and employees were out of
work while he doled out
$75,000,000 in taxpayer dollars
to illegal immigrants. That’s
right, the out-of-work
Californians’ tax dollars were
spent helping illegal immigrants
during the pandemic.
In 2023, California spent an
average of $13,686 per illegal
immigrant student (or $3.4
billion) to fund their schooling in
grades K-12 (and this does not
account for the massive cost of
nearly 100,000 illegal
immigrants enrolled in
California’s public colleges and
universities receiving taxpayer
paid benefits). So, if you were
a college-bound student living
in Arizona, who wished to
attend college in California, you
would be forced to pay an extra
$30,000 per year at a public
university or an extra $45,000
per year for a private university,
while an illegal immigrant
student would not. I would
have suggested you enter
California through Mexico,
declare yourself illegal, and get
in-state tuition but I guess
President Trump has ruined
that plan by essentially closing
the border (this sounds like a
very convenient college-level
protest against Trump; I can
see your protest slogans now:
“Trump is against higher
education.” “Trump stole
$120,000 from my college
education fund.” “Trump closed
the border and now I can’t be
an illegal immigrant.” Please,
just don’t burn any cars or
throw rocks at law enforcement
during your protest!).
In the end, I still think a big
motivation for fighting
deportation of illegal immigrants
in California, other sanctuary
cities and states, and other blue
states is what I detailed in Issue
5 relative to sanctuary cities. It
is directly tied to the census
and the fact that everyone is
counted by the census
regardless of immigration status
or legal residency. And the
census numbers are what is
used to allocate seats in the
U.S. House of Representatives,
the number of electoral college
votes for each state (which
determines who will or will not
be the next president), and to
distribute billions of dollars in
federal funds to states and local
municipalities. I guess if you’re
going to spend billions on illegal
immigrants, you do not want to
lose access to billions in federal
funds. I haven’t fully
researched it but I saw a
statistic that over 2 million U.S.
citizens in California live with at
least one illegal immigrant
family member (and I would
guess the number is much
higher). You don’t need a
crystal ball to predict how or for
whom they would vote for
governor or mayor – and I can
guarantee you they aren’t
voting for the person who will
support deporting their family
member(s) or cutting off their
access to healthcare and other
benefits. It’s no wonder why
Newsom and Bass do not want
these illegal immigrants
deported – they might lose an
election.
As Mr. Lindemann urges, make
your voice heard in the
upcoming election cycle and
“vote a straight Republican
ticket. That’s our protest.”
Wise words, indeed.
Jerry Hashimura
Pahrump, NV
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