The Imperial Dominion of the South's Legislature

[Adam Griffin]

I would like to see at least one city in each state have access to these funds - as you suggested, Jackson along with perhaps Little Rock? Also, was San Juan's position included in these figures?

[Fmr. Pres. Duke]

It would be a heck of a feat to include San Juan in with these rail projects

And yes, in theory I would like to see one city in each region get access to these funds as long as it is reasonable. I think the capitol cities of each is a good place to start as they will likely be the cities most visited.

And thanks for including Charleston on the list. That city owes me so much considering all the handouts I have given it over the years - but it's well deserved after JBrase unilaterally moved the lovely Plantation to Memphis. What a sham.

[Associate Justice PiT]

     I forgot about San Juan, actually. It comes in at #14 on the list. Adding that in, the states currently left out of the list are AL, AR, and MS. I think the capital of each state is a fine choice, and I we can bump off #17-19 to accomodate them, if that's cool with The People.

It would be a heck of a feat to include San Juan in with these rail projects

And yes, in theory I would like to see one city in each region get access to these funds as long as it is reasonable. I think the capitol cities of each is a good place to start as they will likely be the cities most visited.

And thanks for including Charleston on the list. That city owes me so much considering all the handouts I have given it over the years - but it's well deserved after JBrase unilaterally moved the lovely Plantation to Memphis. What a sham.

     We actually misunderstood what it was about initially. These are for rail projects within the metropolitan areas themselves. Not connecting different metropolitan areas.

[Associate Justice PiT]

     I surmise that The People approve?

[Donerail]

I'm not sure that Speaker SJoyceFla (IB-St. Petersburg) approves of these changes...

[Wisconsin+17]

Mr. Speaker, I move that the list be divided into TX- and not- TX for discussion of regional transportation improvements. As I stated earlier, I would prefer that the remainder of the IDS get the transportation funds earmarked for Texas.

Houston, TX
San Antonio, TX
Dallas, TX
El Paso, TX
Austin, TX
Fort Worth, TX
Arlington, TX
Corpus Christi, TX

Charlotte, NC
Jacksonville, FL
Memphis, TN
Nashville, TN
Atlanta, GA
Raleigh, NC
Miami, FL
San Juan, PR
New Orleans, LA
Tampa, FL
Greensboro, NC
Charleston, SC

[Wisconsin+17]

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Mr. Speaker, regarding the proposed bill by the Jr member from the great state of Georgia, that looks fine to me. Does anyone else have any amendments to suggest?

[Donerail]

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I shall bring this to the floor, co-sponsor it, and suggest the further amendment of:

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[Associate Justice PiT]

     I found out that we missed the deadline to amend our request anyway. Fortunately, the SoIA was pleased with our extant request.

[Fmr. Pres. Duke]

I think we need to go ahead and pass the amendment as quickly as possible. I think it is obvious who is running for what office, and I hope the Supreme Court does not rule to throw out 12 votes this time around based on a technicality like the one being argued.

[Wisconsin+17]

We'll have to wait for Thanksgiving.

[Associate Justice PiT]

     While the proposed amendment is still an issue of the utmost priority, there are also other important issues on the horizon:

1) Seatown has threatened to take his case to the Supreme Court. While there is no timeframe to act yet, we should probably get the ball rolling on choosing a Defender of the Realm soon.

2) Secretary of Internal Affairs Speed of Sound has apportioned us $1.75 billion for our rail project. He has given us two weeks to create a more comprehensive plan that would fall under that budget. Concrete planning has given us fits in the past, so we should probably get on top of this.

3) Hurricane Sandy has caused some damage to our region. It has not been that extensive and I think we can cover it without federal aid, but I think we should take care of the issues that co-Speaker SJoyceFla has covered in GM Shua's office, for the sake of an expedient return to normality.

     Given that we are faced with all of these projects of heightened urgency, I would strongly suggest creating multiple threads to debate bills, for the time being at least.

[Adam Griffin]

1) Seatown has threatened to take his case to the Supreme Court. While there is no timeframe to act yet, we should probably get the ball rolling on choosing a Defender of the Realm soon.

I'd like to suggest that we draft the former Speaker back into service.

[Donerail]

New threads created. Does sponsor Adam Griffin accept my amendment as friendly?

[Adam Griffin]

New threads created. Does sponsor Adam Griffin accept my amendment as friendly?

Yes.

[CatoMinor]

If you fine gentleman would not mind, I will put my name into the hat for defending our region in court.

[Associate Justice PiT]

If you fine gentleman would not mind, I will put my name into the hat for defending our region in court.

     Given your record of defending our region, particularly against the HAEV, I will appoint you to such. Check my office thread momentarily.

[Adam Griffin]

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This is the current draft of the proposed amendment. Since it's still the holiday weekend, we'll allow more time unless there's a consensus from the Legislators to proceed to a vote.

[Associate Justice PiT]

     I don't think the language specifications are particularly needed, as long as it is something that can be readily translated on the internet (which is probably everything). If someone casts a ballot in Japanese, Google Translate can handle it.

[Adam Griffin]

     I don't think the language specifications are particularly needed, as long as it is something that can be readily translated on the internet (which is probably everything). If someone casts a ballot in Japanese, Google Translate can handle it.

I agree. While I accepted the amendment as friendly, I mainly just want to address this issue as soon as possible. I do not find it particularly necessary considering that in this context we are attempting to relax how votes are interpreted.

[Adam Griffin]

Per the Emperor's suggestion, we will go ahead and hold a vote to appoint Jbrase the Defender of the Realm to represent the region in Seatown vs IDS.

[Associate Justice PiT]

     I made a thread for it to be done in while we discuss the amendment here. We can hold the vote here, though.

[Adam Griffin]

     I made a thread for it to be done in while we discuss the amendment here. We can hold the vote here, though.

We can do it in your thread. I was thinking that it was more of an announcement thread initially. I still haven't adjusted to having a thread for separate topics, yet.

[Associate Justice PiT]

     I made a thread for it to be done in while we discuss the amendment here. We can hold the vote here, though.

We can do it in your thread. I was thinking that it was more of an announcement thread initially. I still haven't adjusted to having a thread for separate topics, yet.

     I've been hesitant to make the switch because I figured that we would burn through the queue too quickly and end up with nothing to talk about. There's just too much time-sensitive business now to handle all of it in one thread, though. If we like it, then we should consider making it a permanent feature of the Legislature.

[Donerail]

     I don't think the language specifications are particularly needed, as long as it is something that can be readily translated on the internet (which is probably everything). If someone casts a ballot in Japanese, Google Translate can handle it.

I agree. While I accepted the amendment as friendly, I mainly just want to address this issue as soon as possible. I do not find it particularly necessary considering that in this context we are attempting to relax how votes are interpreted.

Yeah, I know; the Judicial Overlord merely recommended we address languages in his opinion.