Local Office of IDS Emperor Scott - Salisbury, NC (Back in Business)

[tmthforu94]

I look forward to working with you in the coming months to make both of our regions the best they can be!

[Simfan34]

Congratulations, Mr. Governor-Elect. Despite our ideological and personal differences I know without out a doubt that we shall be able to work together to do great things for the People of the Northeast Region.

[The world will shine with light in our nightmare]

Nix-Scott Transition Project

Cabinet Selection

My first order of business in the transition will be to begin the application process for Cabinet hopefuls.  Though it is highly unlikely I will manage to get even one cabinet position filled, jobs are still available.

If you are registered in the Northeast Region and would like a Cabinet position, please send me a PM explaining which position you'd like and how specifically you'll use the position to make it worthwhile and contributory to the Northeast.  Keep in mind that you may only be on the Cabinet if you are not occupying another office.

The available positions, per The Northeast Cabinet Act, are the following:

• Department of the State (will advise on legislation regarding election law, game reform)
• Department of the Treasury (will advise on legislation regarding money, budgeting, banking, consumer protection, loans)
• Department of Agriculture and the Interior (will advise on legislation regarding farm bills & compensation, rural development, regional parks, environmental regulation, energy policy, food stamps)
• Department of Commerce (will advise on legislation regarding economic growth)
• Department of Urban Development (will advise on legislation regarding urban development, maintenance, infrastructure)
• Department of Education (will advise on legislation regarding education policy, health standards for schools, school development, teacher pay)
• Department of Labor (will advise on legislation regarding labor, unions, worker pay, worker protection, worker conditions)
• Department of Veterans Affairs (will advise on legislation regarding support for veterans, region’s military force)
• Department of Health and Human Services (will advise on legislation regarding public health care, hospitals, health, safety regulations)

[Goldwater]

Nix-Scott Transition Project

Cabinet Selection

My first order of business in the transition will be to begin the application process for Cabinet hopefuls.  Though it is highly unlikely I will manage to get even one cabinet position filled, jobs are still available.

If you are registered in the Northeast Region and would like a Cabinet position, please send me a PM explaining which position you'd like and how specifically you'll use the position to make it worthwhile and contributory to the Northeast.  Keep in mind that you may only be on the Cabinet if you are not occupying another office.

The available positions, per The Northeast Cabinet Act, are the following:

• Department of the State (will advise on legislation regarding election law, game reform)
• Department of the Treasury (will advise on legislation regarding money, budgeting, banking, consumer protection, loans)
• Department of Agriculture and the Interior (will advise on legislation regarding farm bills & compensation, rural development, regional parks, environmental regulation, energy policy, food stamps)
• Department of Commerce (will advise on legislation regarding economic growth)
• Department of Urban Development (will advise on legislation regarding urban development, maintenance, infrastructure)
• Department of Education (will advise on legislation regarding education policy, health standards for schools, school development, teacher pay)
• Department of Labor (will advise on legislation regarding labor, unions, worker pay, worker protection, worker conditions)
• Department of Veterans Affairs (will advise on legislation regarding support for veterans, region’s military force)
• Department of Health and Human Services (will advise on legislation regarding public health care, hospitals, health, safety regulations)

God you guys have a lot of people!

Calm down, none of these offices are filled yet.

[The world will shine with light in our nightmare]

YES.

[Northeast Rep Snowball]

wait, so are the seats filled by actual people, and can #3 be allowed, as he wasn't born in the U.S, nor has lived anywhere.

[H.E. VOLODYMYR ZELENKSYY]

wait, so are the seats filled by actual people, and can #3 be allowed, as he wasn't born in the U.S, nor has lived anywhere.

They don't have to be filled by actual people.

And it doesn't matter, especially because this isn't the US.

[Northeast Rep Snowball]

sorry, he wasn't born in Atlasia either.

[The world will shine with light in our nightmare]

The seats would really be filled by actual people, yes.

[Barnes]

Can someone be appointed to more than one position?  For example, Education and Commerce.

[The world will shine with light in our nightmare]

Can someone be appointed to more than one position?  For example, Education and Commerce.

No.  The Constitution forbids serving in multiple offices at one time, and cabinet positions count as real offices, unfortunately.

[The world will shine with light in our nightmare]

You could issue an executive order that temporarily consolidates the departments, making "Secretary of X" and "Secretary of Y" a single position, "Secretary of X & Y."

Haha, that's true.  Haven't thought of that.

[Northeast Rep Snowball]

So who was on the Cabinet

[The world will shine with light in our nightmare]

So who was on the Cabinet

No one was, really.  All cabinet positions have been vacant since they were created.

[The world will shine with light in our nightmare]

Nix-Scott Transition Project

Cabinet Selection: Announcement

I will be appointing outgoing Representative Bore (Labor-RI) to the position of Treasury Secretary.

[The world will shine with light in our nightmare]

You should appoint Poirot to something!

I only appoint someone if they apply for a position.  Poirot's already at odds with several aspects of my agenda, so I'm not sure how that would work out.  However, I don't want to exclude people.

[Barnes]

Very nice decision by appointing bore!  Hopefully, there will be other citizens interested in these positions!

[bore]

Thanks Governor elect! I'm looking forward to working with you and the assembly on the budget this session

[The world will shine with light in our nightmare]

Welcome to my newly-established office in Seaford, Delaware.

[The world will shine with light in our nightmare]

Attention, Citizens!

The recently projected path of Hurricane Sandy has convinced me that we must all take necessary action for our safety.  Therefore, I have signed a state of emergency temporarily suspending regional work requirements and demanding Federal assistance in repairing all damage that should come as a result of the hurricane.  In the meantime, we urge our citizens to hope for the best, but prepare for the worst.  Keep non-perishable food, flashlights, and radios on hand in the event of power loss, and evacuate your home if necessary.  We would also like our businesses to keep generators available and our utilities to continue assembling response teams for when they are necessary.

Thank you.

[The world will shine with light in our nightmare]

I have decided to follow Senator Nix's example and post my answers to former Senator Redalgo's survey:


Basic Information

Replace the underscored spaces with your responses. Use N/A if needed.

00. Name and Title of Office(s), if applicable: Scott (Northeast Representative, Northeast Assembly Speaker, Northeast Senator, Northeast Governor)
01. Date of Birth: November 12th, 1994
02. Ideology: Center-leftist, ordoliberal, New Democrat
03. Religion: Presbyterian (Congregationalist)
04. Region: Northeast
05. Party: Liberal

Public Administration

Please answer these next ten questions using no more than ten words each.

06. Which is more important: excellent results or an excellent process?
Excellent results.

07. Who should have more power in federalism: the nation or regions?
The nation.

08. Would a potent, highly-effective executive do more good or harm?
It depends.

09. Should public officials be accountable to each other, or the people?
The people.

10. Should public officials be expected to implement the people’s will?
It depends.

11. Are checks and balances, and separation between powers desirable?
Absolutely.

12. Which is best: governing from the bottom-up or from the top-down?


13. Should governments be organized hierarchically, or egalitarian-like?
Hierarchically.

14. Should a government delegate its duties to private service providers?
If necessary.

15. Is it okay for a leader to award their supporters preferential treatment?
No.

Political Worldview

Please answer these four questions with no more than a hundred words each.

16. What is the correct role for good or legitimate states?
The states should have a significant, but fair, role in the public's affairs.  Economically, the states ought to maintain a broad safety net, but not be the arbiter of growth.  Socially, it should have a very limited role.

17. What makes a leader or elected official good or bad?
A leader's worth ought to be determined by their honesty, intentions, and most importantly, results.

18. Are people beholden to some form of human nature?
Yes.

19. Are people bestowed with natural, inalienable rights?
Yes.

Political Convictions

Please answer each of these thirty questions with “Yes,” “No,” or “Other.”

20. Can coercion of people by government ever be justified?
Yes.

21. Do good people have reasons to be wary of government?
Yes.

22. Is “limited government” an attractive notion to embrace?
Other.

23. Should interest groups be made part of the government to help craft policies?
Other.

24. Are people supposed to bring honor and be loyal to the community?
Yes.

25. Do the needs of the many mostly outweigh those of the few?
Other.

26. Is government the ultimate authority in society?
Other.

27. Would we all be better off without any economic regulation?
No.

28. Will competition and a market economy help workers flourish?
Yes.

29. Is self-reliance an important value for our society to promote?
Yes.

30. Does redistributing resources make an economic order fairer?
Other.

31. Should the workers themselves own the means of production?
Other.

32. Is “social utility” a better objective for producers than profits?
Other.

33. Would we all be better off if private property were abolished?
No.

34. Should people seek to conquer nature and bend it to their will?
No.

35. Will humanity eventually exhaust its supplies of crucial resources?
Yes.

36. Do environmental challenges threaten our material standards of living?
Yes.

37. Does it suffice to simply manage natural resources for sustainable use?
Yes.

38. Is it worthwhile to preserve other life forms and their habitats, as well?
Yes.

39. Are animals entitled to any privileges that infringe on human interests?
Yes.

40. Should the interests of all animal species be valued equally?
No.

41. Is it ever alright for one group of people to culturally dominate another?
No.

42. Do you think the Republic of Atlasia is an “exceptional” country?
Yes.

43. Should the state promote a culture that is uniquely Atlasian?
No.

44. Are you willing to tolerate and coexist with groups of different people?
Yes.

45. As natives, can we justly demand that any newcomers assimilate?
Other.

46. Can more than one cultural nation peacefully coexist within a country?
Yes.

47. Do people have enough in common to live under a global government?
No.

48. Would you describe yourself as more conservative than progressive?
No.

49. Generally speaking, are you more pragmatic than idealistic?
Yes.

Additional Comments

Please answer the following question with fewer than 2,000 words.

50. Would you care to divulge any other political views? Please elaborate.

I base many of my views on the principle that it ought to be a collective effort of government and society to sustain an environment which guarantees not only unalienable rights to its citizens, but free and equal opportunities.  All people should be given as many chances as they’re willing to take, but are individually responsible for shaping their own destinies and taking the right path in life.

Government can help sustain a nation of these ideals by providing help to those who need it; welfare, for example, in my view, is a second chance, not a second way of life, but it is a moral crime for any state to either neglect those who need a hand up or to give special privileges to those who don’t need it at all.

[The world will shine with light in our nightmare]

Regarding the Assembly vacancy

I have declared that a special election will be held on Friday, November 16th.  In the meantime, I will be looking for someone whom I may temporarily appoint to the vacant seat.  For reasons of fairness, I prefer to appoint either a Whig or a member of The People's Party so that Simfan is succeeded by someone who shares his views, as I do not see this as an opportunity for partisan gain.  If you are a member of one of the aforementioned parties, please send me a message as soon as possible.  If no Whig or TPP members requests an appointment by Friday, I will appoint someone irrespective of their party affiliation or ideology.

[Barnes]

Regarding the Assembly vacancy

I have declared that a special election will be held on Friday, November 16th.  In the meantime, I will be looking for someone whom I may temporarily appoint to the vacant seat.  For reasons of fairness, I prefer to appoint either a Whig or a member of The People's Party so that Simfan is succeeded by someone who shares his views, as I do not see this as an opportunity for partisan gain.  If you are a member of one of the aforementioned parties, please send me a message as soon as possible.  If no Whig or TPP members requests an appointment by Friday, I will appoint someone irrespective of their party affiliation or ideology.

A very smart decision, Governor!

[The world will shine with light in our nightmare]

The following will be on the ballot on Friday:

NORTHEAST SPECIAL ELECTION

As Northeast Governor, I hereby declare that this polling place has been opened.

This is the Northeast regional polling booth for the November 16th through November 18th Special Election.  In this polling place, Northeast citizens are electing one Representative.

Votes for offices in this region are cast using PR-STV.  Voters who wish to preference more than one candidate should allocate a first preference for a candidate by marking a [1] in the space provided by that candidate's name, and proceeding to number as many preferences as they desire by marking a [2], [3], etc for as many candidates as they so desire.

A vote will be counted so long as the voter that casts it is eligible to vote in this election and casts  a formal ballot. A vote is formal so long as it contains numbered preferences with no duplicate numbers. A ballot containing Roman Numerals is not considered informal. A ballot in which candidates have been ranked a,b,c, etc is not considered informal so long as no letter has been repeated, and so long as a single candidate has been ranked a, for as long as the letters are consecutive with no duplicate letters. A ballot is formal if the Governor can determine the intent of the voter without interviewing that voter.

Per past practice, write-in votes are only counted for a candidate if he or she publicly declares a willingness to receive write-in votes for a particular office in the [name of election] before the polls close in the Candidate Declaration Thread or writes in his or her own name on the ballot for that particular office.

Votes for "NOTA" or "None of the Above" for any office are formal regardless of the preference assigned to it. Should a voter preference "NOTA" as well as other candidates, only his vote for "NOTA" will be counted.

This booth shall remain open until Sunday, November 18th at 11:59:59 PM EST. Editing your ballot at any point after posting will result in disqualification of your vote.

Official Ballot

Representative:
[] Snowball (Labor - New York)
[] sirnick (Liberal - New York)
[] Poirot (Independent - New York)
[] Write-in:________________

[Northeast Rep Snowball]

I registered in Ny