Scott Ashjian, Nevada Senate Tea Party Candidate, Files For Bankruptcy Protection

(AP) - A company controlled by Nevada U.S. Senate candidate Jon Scott Ashjian has filed for bankruptcy protection in a bid to block foreclosure on a parcel of land in Las Vegas.

Bankruptcy Court offices were closed Monday when Ashjian Development LLC filed Chapter 11 bankruptcy electronically.

Ashjian's lawyer, Barry Levinson, tells the Las Vegas Sun the filing was made to block foreclosure of land in northwest Las Vegas that Ashjian and other investors want to develop into a mini-storage facility.

The bankruptcy filing puts company assets at less than $50,000. Nevada National Bank has asserted a claim of $750,000 for the land.

Ashjian is the Tea Party of Nevada candidate against Democratic Sen. Harry Reid.

Comments

[farmilyman]

03:35 PM on 06/02/2010

The tea party is a bad joke on America

[TXfemmom]

03:21 PM on 06/02/2010

Yeah, he would really do a grand job of controlling money in Washinton, when his own business affairs are in bankruptcy.

[booker52]

03:14 PM on 06/02/2010

Where does the teaparty find these sorry people to back for office?

[UnaBohemia]

02:04 PM on 06/02/2010

He should take a job with Dentyne Chewing Gum. I don't know... he just has "that look."

[Nutcase]

12:43 PM on 06/02/2010

See? The government is too big. It shouldn't be large enough to protect people from having to pay their debts.

[Ricardo01]

12:38 PM on 06/02/2010

That's OK. Taxpayers will bail him out.

[wildcinema]

12:26 PM on 06/02/2010

this should be the right crook for the tea baggers to elect , show your 2 brain cells and vote for him.

[Fattonecat]

12:25 PM on 06/02/2010

He can always do toothpaste commercials

[seal62]

12:00 PM on 06/02/2010

Fiscal conservative ?

[lea171]

11:41 AM on 06/02/2010

What huffpost failed to mention is that this guy has nothing to do with the TEA party movement. He was put up to run by someone who registered a party under the Tea Party name in order to split the Republican vote. It didn't work, the real TEA party members have had nothing to do with this guy, and are supporting the Republican candidate.

[jcd8822]

12:18 PM on 06/02/2010

His web site does claim that he is a member of the Tea Party movement. They may not lay claim to him, but he claims to be one of them on his web site.

[Nutcase]

12:47 PM on 06/02/2010

And just how does one distinguish a "real" tea party member from a "real" tea party member? Is a tea party registered anywhere? What are membership criteria? Was Obama to blame for trying to split the Republican vote? Has either Sarah or Rush issued a dictum?

[ktomas]

11:37 AM on 06/02/2010

Along with today's news about the Chicken Lady, is there anyone not corrupt left on the GOP side to run at all? Yes, I already know the answer to this one.

[SatinPanties]

10:47 AM on 06/02/2010

He should've invested in chickens. I've heard that in health care circles they are all the rave!

[SoCalNick]

10:12 AM on 06/02/2010

Acronym for TEABAGGER:

Totally

Enraged

About

Blacks

And

Gays

Getting

Equal

Rights

..............That is all.

[ladyearth]

10:00 AM on 06/02/2010

That good ol' government comes in handy, doesn't it?

[birdsdofly]

07:33 AM on 06/02/2010

The GOP's slow little brother picked up it's big brother's biggest trait: hypocrasy.