Pacific Supreme Council Thread

[RI]

I know I'm probably breaching protocol by posting in here, but I had no idea that places in Americ Atlasia display prices without tax included. Do people have to mentally work out the full price before paying?

One of the nation's weirder quirks, if so, and this bill has the Governor's full support.

Yeah, all prices are pre-tax.

But... why?

I'm not really sure, but I think it has to do with the non-uniformity of sales tax rates from city-to-city and county-to-county.

[RI]

Are we going to act on the declawing bill? I'm not entirely certain how I feel about it to be honest. I've been watching the Senate debate a similar bill, and I feel like both sides made good points.

[RI]

FYI, I'm planning on introducing a (relatively) minor government re-tweaking bill soon, which would create fixed terms for the Justice gig and, more relevantly, reduce the size of the Council by a seat.

What say you?

That's fine by me. The mechanism for selecting the Justice could go either way in my opinion.

[RI]

yes

Even though none of my fellow councilors have chimed in about it at all

Lies!

I'll probably vote for it, but I have fixed feelings. As pointed out in the other thread, I fear this could lead to more cats being put down because fewer people want to adopt clawed cats. :/

[RI]

So now that Jbrase is SoIA, I presume that means he's no longer a Councilor?

[RI]

In that case, are we going to vote on Jbrase's bill before he leaves or not?

[RI]

Jbrase is no longer a Councilor in just under an hour, assuming its 24 hours from when he was declared confirmed as SoIA.

[RI]

So...how's it going?

[RI]

As the acting Governor, I think it is safe to hold a special election for Lt. Governor next week in order to fill the vacancy until the April election.  I'm thinking next Monday.  If anyone wants to declare and start campaigning, please start as soon as possible.

I'll run for the Lt. Governorship. I haven't run in an IRV race in a while; I think it'll be fun. Besides, that way we can get some fresh blood on the Council whenever we decide to run some more elections for it.

As for the Sylvester-Tom Act, after long consideration, I'll vote aye.

[RI]

I'm still here, for now.

[RI]

I would see if there are any others who want in the council, but if not, I won't oppose abolition.

[RI]

As the acting Governor, I think it is safe to hold a special election for Lt. Governor next week in order to fill the vacancy until the April election.  I'm thinking next Monday.

Is that still going to happen today?

[RI]

I think you can just appoint RI under one of the constitutional amendments I passed.

Anyway, yeah it would probably make sense to abolish the council for now. We could always bring it back later if there was a demand.

But...but...elections are more fun.

Maybe it would be better to suspend the Council rather than abolish it, with some candidate requirement needed to reinstate it?

[RI]

Since voting is apparently open, I'll use my last act as a Councilor to vote aye on both bills.