Mideast Assembly Thread

[Franzl]

Resolution regarding office holding
*The Mideast Assembly notes that it has 6 positions of government within the Regional Government.
*The Assembly also notes that Mideast citizens hold the Vice Presidency, one Cabinet Secretariate, two Senate seats and one seat on the Supreme Court at present.
*The Assembly thus resolves that because a mere 11 of its 17 total citizens hold governmental office, that it feels compelled to create offices for the remaining six citizens.
*The Assembly hereby directs the Governor to investigate the creation of new offices for these citizens, and to duly appoint them to these offices.

Motion to end discusssion and bring to a vote.

On Peter's bill?

[Franzl]

I also must announce my opposition to your resolution.

[Franzl]

I fully agree with Inks for the same reasons.

[Franzl]

I guess I agree...now that the assembly exists, I see some potential. It seems like a fun idea...we might as well try it out for a bit?

[Franzl]

The Mideast Education Opportunity Act of 2008:
Section I:
1.   Because the number of college graduates in the Mideast has declined in recent years,
2.   And because the economic difficulties have further impacted the ability to pay for college,
3.   The Mideast has resolved to pass legislation that will ameliorate the financial difficulties of paying for college.
4.             Section I/4: The Mideast will fund the above mentioned program by an increase of the regional income tax.

Section II:
Potential student's eligibility will be determined by their GPA and SAT/ACT scores. The required level will be determined annually based on overall supply and demand of government support. No candidate whose family's yearly income is greater than $125,000 will be considered.

Section III:
1.   In addition to the requirements set out in Section II, the recipient must sign a pledge to attend, for all 4 years, a school in the Mideast.
2.   If the student chooses, sometime after receiving their scholarship, to attend a school not in the Mideast, then the scholarship shall be revoked.

[Franzl]

That was my understanding of our compromise...and since there has been no debate in the last couple of days, I'd like to call the vote.

Please vote AYE or NAY within the next 24 hours.

[Franzl]

I'd like to make one amendment.  I'd like to amend Section I. Clause 4 to read:

4.             Section I/4: The Mideast will fund the above mentioned program by an increase of the regional income tax.

I agree to that.

My vote is AYE on the revised proposition.

[Franzl]

Aye: 2 (Franzl, Inks)
Nay: 0 (-)
not voting: 1 (Peter)


The resolution is approved.

[Franzl]

Resolution regarding office holding
*The Mideast Assembly notes that it has 6 positions of government within the Regional Government.
*The Assembly also notes that Mideast citizens hold the Vice Presidency, one Cabinet Secretariate, two Senate seats and one seat on the Supreme Court at present.
*The Assembly thus resolves that because a mere 11 of its 17 total citizens hold governmental office, that it feels compelled to create offices for the remaining six citizens.
*The Assembly hereby directs the Governor to investigate the creation of new offices for these citizens, and to duly appoint them to these offices.

you mean this resolution?

At Peter's request, please vote AYE or NAY within the next 24 hours.

[Franzl]

NAY

[Franzl]

Aye: 1 (Peter)
Nay: 2 (Franzl, Inks)

The resolution has failed.

[Franzl]

I, as speaker, move to protest against Governor Constine's proposal to fly Mideast flags at half-mast due to the alleged death of King of the Bench Press....regardless of whether that death really happened.

This motion is not about whether the above mentioned event actually happened, just whether to keep the Governor from lowering our flags. I urge my colleagues to support this motion.

If true...this would be a tragic event....but we shouldn't be willing to mourn if we are not even sure of the circumstances....and especially considering this person has NO ties to the Mideast.

Please vote! (AYE= order flags to be flown normally. NAY= obey Constine's order to fly them at half-mast for 3 days)

I vote AYE.

[Franzl]

I personally agree with Hashemite, but I would rather base this initiative on KoB's lack of any ties to the region...and of course...the fact that we have no evidence of his death...

Of course, I share your sentiments, Hash

[Franzl]

A majority against lowering the flags has been reached. Thank you, Inks.

And thank you Governor for complying with this resolution.

[Franzl]

Maybe a celebration could be held in honour of Kotb's departure?

I'll try!

Motion to declare tomorrow, December 12, "bye bye Bench Press" day...

As part of the official celebration, there wil be fireworks in front of the Mideast Capitol!

Please vote!

________________________

AYE

[Franzl]

The resolution declaring today to be "bye bye Bench Press Day" has failed 2-1, with Peter and Inks voting against the Speaker's resolution.

[Franzl]

I agree, Peter. The governor has clearly not done his job, constitutionally speaking.

[Franzl]

vote to censure Governor Constine:

AYE

[Franzl]

The change has been made, for the record.  I also feel a censure is not necessary.

Well of course you feel that way

[Franzl]

The Assembly hereby censures Governor Constine for failing to fulfill his duties.

[Franzl]

Untill I find out what the purpose of a constitutional convention would be....I must remain opposed to the idea. Sounds like a great way to create lots of chaos.

If any supporters want my support....they should clearly define their motives and goals.

[Franzl]

Besides, chaos is what this game is all about.

Actually, that's a legitimate position.

I need to think about it more, but I'm starting to like the idea.

[Franzl]

Alright, so I'd like to open debate on a federeal constitutional convention (since I'm now pretty sure that's what Hashemite was referring to).  Citizens, supporters, opponents, make your arguments to me.

I'm leaning towards supporting the convention. I think Xahar is right. The whole purpose of this game is to encourage active participation and make it fun. How do we do that? By going through a process that makes people interested in Atlasia. I certainly think reforming certain parts of the government would provide a healthy boost to the whole thing.

And it would provide us with a topic to actually discuss and debate.

[Franzl]

The Mideast does not run smoothly, lol.

But I'm not sure reducing the number of regions would make regional governments more efficient. And still...just because our state government doesn't work, doesn't mean we should force others to integrate.

Still, these things could be discussed properly in a constitutional convention...and if that's the will of the people, than so be it.

[Franzl]

The Mideast does not run smoothly, lol.

But I'm not sure reducing the number of regions would make regional governments more efficient.

But at least we might have competitive elections instead of a situation where 11 out of 17 registered voters hold office of some kind.

Sure, and all these matters could be debated. I think reducing the regions would make things more competititive, and that would lead to more competent leadership.

That's basically why I think the convention is a pretty good idea. Gives everyone a chance to talk about these issues.