Northeast Assembly Thread

[IDS Legislator Alfred F. Jones]

Hi Jersey! Welcome to the Assembly.

[Jerseyrules]

Hi Jersey! Welcome to the Assembly.

Thanks man! 

Should I be sworn in or is that only for assemblymen serving full terms?

[Governor Scott]

Hi Jersey! Welcome to the Assembly.

Thanks man! 

Should I be sworn in or is that only for assemblymen serving full terms?

You can go ahead and swear in.

[Governor Scott]

Well we can't reappoint Belgiansocialist even though he has done a good job. It would only interfere with the Liberal powergrab.

Never fear, Mr. President. I am sure that Senator Scott will fill the position with some Liberal patsy who owes his entire career to our cadre.

In all seriousness: Belgian has done a fine job as CJO. If his term were to expire during my time as Governor, I would re-appoint him.

Mwahahaha...

Yeah, I think Belgian's done an all right job since the Tweed debacle.  I just wanted to make sure we're on schedule with everything.

[Jerseyrules]

I, Jerseyrules, do solemnly swear that I will faithfully execute the office of Northeast Assemblyman, and will to the best of my ability, preserve, protect and defend the Constitution of the Republic of Atlasia, so help me Dave.

[Jerseyrules]

I hereby submit the Aerospace Commission Act of 2012, which will:
- create a 5-member board, appointed by the NE governor and subject to confirmation by the NE legislature
- eliminate sales and property taxes on any aerospace corporation based in the NE
- give incentive in the form of tax credits and grants to any corporation achieving certain goals established by the board within a certain amount of time, (ex. Launching a solar-sail powered spacecraft by 2015, landing on Mars by 2026, creating an ultra lightweight solar panel which can be used to power a solar sail, etc), all of which must be approved by a majority of the legislature and the governor

[Governor Scott]

I, Jerseyrules, do solemnly swear that I will faithfully execute the office of Northeast Assemblyman, and will to the best of my ability, preserve, protect and defend the Constitution of the Republic of Atlasia, so help me Dave.

In here.

New legislation is introduced in here.

[Jerseyrules]

I, Jerseyrules, do solemnly swear that I will faithfully execute the office of Northeast Assemblyman, and will to the best of my ability, preserve, protect and defend the Constitution of the Republic of Atlasia, so help me Dave.

In here.

New legislation is introduced in here.

Thanks man .  I guess this must be since I've left; a lot happens in six months.

[Ѕenator Αverroës]

You can catch up on what's happened over the past three sessions here.

For updated rules on Assembly procedure, you can read the new SOAP, adopted shortly after you last left office, here.

[Jerseyrules]

You can catch up on what's happened over the past three sessions here.

For updated rules on Assembly procedure, you can read the new SOAP, adopted shortly after you last left office, here.

Thanks Governor

[IDS Legislator Alfred F. Jones]

With Simfan gone, nobody does much around here.

[Ѕenator Αverroës]

With Simfan gone, nobody does much around here.

Any ideas, Mr. Speaker?

[Jerseyrules]

Tax Relief For the Northeast Act
An act which will:
Reduce the state income tax for all tax brackets by 25% for FY 2013.

[IDS Legislator Alfred F. Jones]

With Simfan gone, nobody does much around here.

Any ideas, Mr. Speaker?

And this is where my job gets hard.

In the space of a few months, we have lost almost all of the old contingent of our Assembly. I've only been at this for two or three months, and I'm the most senior Representative. There appears to be a lack of active voters and active candidates in the region, as evidenced by our recent election in which we all know the highest vote total anyone received was three. I think we need to procure an active voter base, which I believe will lift our region up. How we can do that, however, I don't really know. But I do know that we're going to have to work for it.

Also, y'all should debate and vote on our bills. That goes double for you, Funky.

[IDS Legislator Alfred F. Jones]

Bore, you haven't introduced any bills.

OK, now you have.

[Northeast Representative Goldwater]

I've just noticed that Comrade Funk has missed three consecutive votes (The Capital Act of 2012, The Fair Property Tax and Homeowner Relief Initiative, & The Education Act). Does this mean his seat is now vacant?

[Ѕenator Αverroës]

It does. Good-bye, Comrade Funk.

[Governor Scott]

Should I assume that Alfred will be taking over as Governor until Nix returns?  We need someone to open the NE voting booth on the ERA.

EDIT: Wait, I just remembered that Goldwater is our LtG, not Alfred...

[IDS Legislator Alfred F. Jones]

Should I assume that Alfred will be taking over as Governor until Nix returns?  We need someone to open the NE voting booth on the ERA.

EDIT: Wait, I just remembered that Goldwater is our LtG, not Alfred...

He should be, yes, but for now I am. I'll open the vote soon.

[IDS Legislator Alfred F. Jones]

Welcome back, Simfan! Also, RIP leftist majority.

[Ѕenator Αverroës]

Should I assume that Alfred will be taking over as Governor until Nix returns?  We need someone to open the NE voting booth on the ERA.

EDIT: Wait, I just remembered that Goldwater is our LtG, not Alfred...

Both had equally valid claims to the position under our current election laws. Without realizing that, I certified Alfred the winner. Assuming that the people pass our elections amendment in the next regional election, the region will avoid this kind of confusion in the future.

[IDS Legislator Alfred F. Jones]

And that will finally be settled. Yay!

[IDS Legislator Alfred F. Jones]

Jersey has missed two votes in a row.

I can't keep all these vacancies straight! Maybe after the special election we'll get some stability.

[Northeast Representative Goldwater]

His seat isn't vacant yet, is it? I thought it was three missed votes to cause a vacancy.

[Governor Scott]

His seat isn't vacant yet, is it? I thought it was three missed votes to cause a vacancy.

It's close to being vacant.

I must say, if we lose a total of three Representatives this session due to failure to stay active, that can't look good for our region.