We Did It!!!
From the non-Southern half of Maroduke to the Southern half of the old Boston-Austin axis, and the formerly northern half of the Andrew Co-Presidency, we united a broad coalition of Atlasians behind a platform of civil and respectful dissent, openness, promoting regional activism and pro-regional legislative reforms. I know for myself that my only regrets are that there wasn't an all At-Large candidate debate like we have had previously and also that I myself didn't hold as many events I would have liked. That said, I think I ran a good campaign and highlighted some important points.
We have got to keep in touch with the concerns and issues of the people and though we are not always going to agree with the majority, we are elected to act in their best interest which may be at odds with a temporary majority, we should always strive to address concerns and listen to what those concerns are. I know many didn't intend for it, but several Senators have expressed exclusionary statements and the concern for such was real even if that was not the intent many wanted to express with such comments. In the coming days I will be promoting some tools to hopefully keep the Senate fully grounded and down to earth, and the people in touch with its actions. The Senate too often addresses internal concerns about issues and fails to seek out other concerns that may exist. I will seek to provide the dissenting view where such is absent, and though this may often be devil's advocacy, I find the Senate is better with debate then just waiving stuff through.
We also united a broad swath of social and libetarian conservatives in this campaign including both new and old from SMilo to MasterJedi and from Jbrase to JCL. As the elected representative of Atlasia's Conservative wing, I do plan to be a voice for their issues and concerns especially over the course of the
eternity next four months. The Senate will always have a firm pro-regional voice, a pro-life Senator and a supporter of competative market based solutions to economic issues, as long as I serve in that chamber. On day one I plan to introduce a resolution calling for regional action on several fronts, to begin the process of establishing a different approach to the minimum wage and I will oppose any legislative that is counter to these priorities.
I will still be collaborative, I will still promote non-ideological issues like mental health and I promise to be an annoying pain to my colleagues just as I was whilst serving the South, especially Polnut since he will be gone "for a spell" soon. The only difference now, is that I will be answering to many more constituents but regardless of their number, my door will always be open and YOUR VOICE WILL ALWAYS BE HEARD!!!
Thank You Atlasia and Thank You!
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