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Endorsed! :O <3

Endorsed!

Finally, endorsed!

Endorsed!

Two little nitpicks, though:
1. It's only three months, not four.
2. He doesn't have three more months now, for obvious reasons.

Thank you! <3 Edited it out, old habits die hard. :P

Endorsed, it's time for the South to not have a terrible governor!

Endorsed! We need someone active and good!

Good luck my friend. Endorsed, you'll be a solid Governor for the South.

Endorsed!

Endorsed!!!  8-X 8-X

Shouldn't need to be said, but saying it anyway:

Endorsed <3

Endorsed! I will be proud to work with you in the future!

Endorsed proudly.

Endorsed!

Endorsed, Fairbol is terrible.

Endorsed

Best wishes for your campaign Tmth.

Here's hoping for your success.

Thank you all for your support, I truly appreciate it. The election begins in a few days, please let me know if you have any questions!

Yes, will there be Hot Dogs or Hamburgs at your victory party?

Neither - win or lose, we will be having KC BBQ with the works!

Endorsed! Great candidate, tons of experience, always willing to hear people out and find solutions instead of being a hack or a dick (rare these days!)

(sidenote: your candidacy is probably the only thing me, Pericles, and YT would all support :P)

Welcoming Razze to the race - thank you for giving Southern voters a choice in the election; unopposed elections are no fun. :)

We are short on time, but I'd be more than happy to participate in a debate with you. You can pick the moderator and the format, I am happy with anything as long as you don't pick Fairboi!!!

What a YUGE and unexpected upgrade! God is truly looking out for the Imperial Dominion <3 <3 <3

endorsed

Definitely Endorsed!!!

The vote will soon begin. We have two good, qualified candidates running in this race, and I think the South is already heading in the right direction - I am confident we will rebound from the disastrous Fairboi administration. Please remember to vote!!

I will be sure to vote for you good sir. You will do righteous things in the name of the South!

You’ll do great as Governor, tmth! We had a great race, and razze was a great candidate as well, but when you’re sworn in, I can’t wait to work with you for this Liberty Party to fix the problems we face in the South. Congratulations, Governor-elect!

Congratulations Mr. Governor-elect on your victory my good friend. Hopefully I will have the privilege of working with you soon.

Congrats old friend. I can't want to see what you will do for the south.

Congrats tmthforu, looking forward to seeing you as Governor-you'll be great!

Congratulations!

People of the South: I humbly thank you for trusting in me to serve as your next governor. Razze, thank you for running a positive, spirited campaign. Tomorrow the work begins to start erasing the years of failure caused by the Fairboil (good guy, bad governor) administration, but I know that we will do it and the South will prosper again! 

Congratulations!

Southerners: I am now your governor. I will be signing legislation and issues releasing in the Regional Government sub-forum - click here to access (https://uselectionatlas.org/FORUM/index.php?topic=296589.0).

This thread will be used to share important information with Southerners - in the past I have tried to stick with just one thread, but see importance of having a presence in both places so going to try this for a while and see how it works out. Please give feedback as we go along and I will adjust accordingly.

Statement

Because I am now governor, I can no longer be your justice on the Supreme Court. A vacancy has been created and it is my constitutional duty to appoint a replacement.

I hope to make an appointment as soon as possible - I will be reaching out to several qualified individuals. Additionally, if you have an interest in serving or have a recommendation, you are encouraged to let me know.

Statement

Two things:

1. I have been EXTREMELY impressed by the pool of candidates I have for the Supreme Court vacancy. I am in discussions with multiple individuals and am in the process of narrowing down the decision within the next few days. I hope that the nominee can be confirmed quickly so that the region has proper representation on the court.

2. Regular Southern Elections are scheduled for this weekend. At this point, to my count, we have the following declared candidates:

Southern Governor
- Disgraced Former Governor Fairboi
- Myself
At this point there has not been a Federalist primary yet

Chamber of Delegates
- TimTurner
- Bagel23
- Thumb21
- Ben Kenobi
- Spark498
- killertahu22
- Young Texan
- Spark498
- TheSaint250

I am pleased to see so many wonderful candidates in the race!

Congratulations on your win tmth. Good luck on your governorship!

Click here for an explanation on what the heck is going on (https://uselectionatlas.org/FORUM/index.php?topic=296673.msg6308892#new/)

This is converted back into a campaign thread, I am not legally governor, TheSaint is. Executive Order #1 is invalid, I have deleted my official Governor's Office since I am not Governor, hopefully I will get to reopen it in a few weeks!

But now who will work with the raccoon leaders? ;--;

I will be fully briefing TheSaint on this issue, we have a strong working relationship so I am confident we will be able to work together to solve the raccoon crisis.

Another weekend, another election! Defeat Fairboi; vote Tmth! :)

The polls are open! Please take a moment to vote Tmth for Governor, as well as our strong slate of Chamber of Delegates' candidates.

Reminder for those who didn't know: disgraced former Governor Fairboi disappeared without explanation back on June 24th. He has not posted since, though said on FB that he was "burnt out." I will not be burnt out on the good people of this region.

What happens if you elect Tmth as Governor?
- I will make a strong appointment to the Supreme Court
- I will work with delegates to ensure our constitution and election laws are clear and understood
- I will solve the raccoon problem facing our region once and for all.
- I will proactively work with ALL Southerners to promote activity throughout the region.
- Even though many have approached me to do so and have been very persuasive, saying "Tmth, you gotta run, you'd do so much good!!!", I will stay COMMITTED to the South and will not run for President in October.

Fairboi: good guy, terrible governor. The South deserves better. It is time to turn a new page: elect Tmth!

*hughughug*

It may be a bit late, but you have my full support in your race

Thank you, it is much appreciated!! :)

Endorsed, again! Make the South great again!

Vote tmth, Fairbol hates memes

If I am elected, one of the, if not the, first big step is EDUCATING all elected officials, that includes governors office, on the constitution so we ALL understand. May be changes as well, we'll see!

Glad to see so many candidates running, but we'll have to see if 7 delegates is too many, seems like a lot to me. Something we will take a look at. What are your thoughts?

It appears I have won. Thank you Razze for running a respectful campaign. Congratulations to those elections to the Chamber of Delegates. We have a lot of work ahead.

Statement regarding vacant Supreme Court seat
There has been discussion regarding how to handle the Supreme Court seat that I vacated after winning the special election. In talking with Acting Governor The Saint, we feel that it is important to have someone nominated and confirmed as soon as possible. to ensure our region is properly represented on the court. This is especially important as justices may be forced to recuse themselves from a current Supreme Court case.

I spent the last week interviewing MANY qualified candidates - the decision came down to SJoyce, PiT and Texasgurl. All three would make phenomenal justices and should be considered down the road. As the governor-elect, I have provided my recommendation to Acting Governor The Saint and he will formally be nominating this individual later today.

Thank you.

Excellent choice of nominee!

Statement
I will be swearing in as your governor tomorrow. I am excited to hit the ground running with southern delegates - we have a lot of important issues to tackle. I will be making a statement this weekend regarding Wiki reform. I will also make a statement on the raccoon crisis once I have been fully briefed. 

I encourage you to keep following this office and my official office in the Regional Government sub-board.

Please follow my instagram account @ibahney94 and you can see pictures of The First Dog of the South, Benson. It is currently on private to keep the haters out. Thx

Statement
The Governor-elects' office has announced that he will not be retaining Mr. Chris Carr and Mr. Ken Detzner to their cabinet positions. Instead, he will be issuing an executive order tomorrow that appoints Peebs to Secretary of State and Mr. Reactionary to Attorney General. He also plans to appoint former Governor Fairbol as the Czar of Bad Decision-making.

OOF!

Ken?! What about Chris?!

Rabid raccoon killed by dog in Roanoke. The dog has been vaccinated and will be under watch for 45 days. Will keep you posted.

Wasn't super active last week, very busy week at work, but things will get back on track. I am working on the Wiki tonight and will be doing it in the coming days/weeks. If anyone is willing to help with getting our region updated, please PM me and we can collaborate. I created a template tab (unsure what else to call it) on the bottom of the regional homepage to help keep things better organized. :)

Feedback is always welcome!!! I want to hear from you.

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SPUP reminds me of

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(Just to clarify, it was the MS Governor* who was unavailable for comment in that article. (https://uselectionatlas.org/FORUM/index.php?topic=279307.msg6364025#msg6364025))

*State governments still exist as NPCs, per past precedent.

Phil Bryant told me that he supports the legislation I introduced, fwiw.

Keep up the good work, Governor!

#WhereIsBK #ExpelBK

Congress is debating a bill that would have a devastating impact on our region, especially for the next Harvey/Irma storm that hits. But don't worry, Governor TM is lobbying hard for Congress to reject this bill and he encourages constituents to contact their representatives! My statement below:

On whose onus is it to expel Ben?

At this point he has missed three votes. Once he has missed the fourth he is automatically removed and I will be responsible for appointing a replacement.

I haven't received a single PM notifying me of any votes. Yes, I'm back. I have had to get caught up with work.

In the future if you'd like me to vote on a bill, please PM me in the little box here. It goes straight to my email and I see it when I check my email before work in the morning.

This is how it's worked in the past. I'm not sure when we decided to stop PMing people before votes.

Imagine how shocked I am that Governor TM didn't even attempt to PM me before trying to remove me from office. The only PMs I've received since I've been away have all been about the last election which I missed.

Surely if he were actually concerned about me, he would have tried to contact me first, no?

BK, I did try to contact you. I asked fhtagn to message you on FB because you had said you would be fully active again on the 15th but weren't. I didn't bother to PM you since you hadn't been online since the 4th and didn't know there was even an option to have PMs sent to your email. I didn't know of any other way to get ahold of you.

I agree with you that the Speaker/Deputy Speaker should send Delegates PMs to vote. In a perfect world it wouldn't be necessary, though, as Delegates should be checking the regional government sub-forum daily to participate in debate. I'm sincerely glad you're back, it will be nice to have 7 active delegates, again. We've certainly needed your activity in the Chamber as it has lagged a bit!

In light of Mr. BK I will be drinking heavily tonight, all are welcome to attend! Head over to the Governor's Mansion!!

Also could someone bring some appetizers? I don't have time to cook tonight, thanks!

See below:

Businesses in the South can use plastic bags if they want, I won’t sign legislation restricting it.

Strong lead for Chamber of Delegates replacement - very qualified, will be a great asset! Possibly even better than YT?? We'll see!!

BUHLEEVE ME

This weekend, The People will have a non-binding vote on whether to change the region's name. I am glad that we are putting power in the hands of The People on this issue and letting them have the say.

After careful consideration, I will be voting NAY on changing the name. I believe that "The South" already has a lot of history in this region and meaning behind the name. The North and the West don't have the history and pride we have - that is why they were quick to change.

Southerners take pride in our culture and the fact that we're from "The South." I believe that would be diminished if we changed our name, especially to Jefferson. While I would be fine with Dixie or the IDS, I also recognize there is opposition to both names and believe staying with "The South" can achieve the most consensus.  The South has worked well for us and will continue to do so.

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Should this referendum pass in favor of changing the name, I respectfully challenge the Governor to a public debate to be held in between the end of this referendum and the beginning of the final.

Endorsed!

To be clear, the debate is solely over whether to change the name to Jefferson, which appears to be the favorite right now? Because I'm all for having a second, binding vote on a constitutional amendment with whatever the top choice ends up being.

As it looks currently, the consensus seems to lean towards Jefferson. If this passes and the final round comes up as a simple yes/no on making the name Jefferson for good and all, will you still be personally opposed to the change and favor keeping our name as The South?

If so I would like to debate you formally over the merits of change.

Sure, always willing to debate!

Thank you for your willingness, and following the ancient and honorable traditions of the region, I must inform you that part of this challenge include me slapping you across the face with my glove. I hope you understand.

*Removes glove*

There is an opening in the Chamber following BK's recall. I will make the appointment tomorrow, please PM me if you are interested.

Important statement by TM, please read!!

Twitter account up - i have a lot to say about the many things my administration is doing, we are working very hard! Twitter integration makes this easier, will occasionally post tweets in this thread as well. Follow!!!

https://twitter.com/southernatlasia/status/1037760793801109505?s=21

So let me get this straight. The south has the:
Worst educational achievement in the Developed first world and certainly within Atlastia. Many of your states currently rank last in education! https://www.postandcourier.com/news/south-carolina-ranks-last-in-education-in-u-s-news/article_5a7d26c8-fe9d-11e6-9644-2bab813ed6f7.html
The 10 most and least educated states in 2018

    Tennessee. Total score: 35.52.
    Nevada. Total score: 32.84. ...
    Kentucky. Total score: 31.80.
    Alabama. Total score: 31.33.
    Arkansas. Total score: 27.18.
    Louisiana. Total score: 22.96.
    West Virginia. Total score: 21.71.
    Mississippi. Total score: 21.06. Source: WalletHub.
https://www.cnbc.com/2018/01/23/the-10-most-and-least-educated-states-in-2018.html


Worst healthcare coverage and most uninsured population in the country. Getting sick in the south is a bad idea!

https://wallethub.com/edu/states-with-best-health-care/23457/
37    Missouri    49.92    29    22    43
38    Texas    49.00    26    51    35
39    West Virginia    48.37    45    5    47
40    Nevada    48.16    32    49    38
41    Tennessee    47.79    22    30    48
42    Florida    47.04    39    47    39
43    Georgia    46.51    30    50    42
44    South Carolina    46.14    49    32    41
45    Oklahoma    45.59    41    33    46
46    Alabama    44.03    44    44    44
47    North Carolina    43.98    50    46    30
48    Arkansas    43.22    37    31    50
49    Alaska    41.78    51    37    22
50    Mississippi    41.53    42    26    51
51    Louisiana    41.14    48    39    49

Worst infrastructure in the entirety of Atlastia and probably the developed world. Most of the south looks like a third world country! lol


Yet you're getting rid of the income tax and talking about coons. lol Doesn't make sense to a futurist and forward thinker like me. I try to understand but.

Mr. Matthew, I believe the best use of excess funds is to return money to The People since I trust THEM to be better stewards of their money than the government. We are also currently moving a bill through the Chamber that increases government funding of several departments, including health and education, to ensure they are properly funded. This also includes a large boost to infrastructure which will create many jobs!

Your data is based on US statistics and is not reflective of the hard work we have been doing for the past two years. As someone who actually lives in the Southern region, your insult that this region looks like a third world country is absolutely preposterous. You also show a lack of understanding of important issues facing the region if you can't comprehend the importance of the raccoon crisis!!

In China today for important meetings with government and business leaders. Will return home on Sunday. Stay tuned!

Happy to be a part!

Good evening,

I want to thank Delegate TheSaint for his dedication to this region - I hope he is able to return soon. Because of his resignation, we unfortunately have another opening in the Chamber. Please contact me if you are interesting in serving.

Governor, this means so much to me. Thank you :)

I know you will select a great replacement.

I wish TheSaint success in his next gig. He's done a good job here in the South.

I am honored Governor. I promise I will serve the region valiantly.

Endorsed!

Yes! Absolutely endorsed!

Endorsed, of course!

Endorsed!

Endorsed for Reelection!

Thank you Chamber for your hard work - the Golden Retriever is now the official animal of the South!!

Endorsed!

Unendorse!!!

You can't retract an endorsement if you never endorsed him in the first place.

It was done to me earlier today in my house thread.

You should've used the term not endorsed then. Unendorsed implies that you have endorsed him in the past, and you decided to retract your previous support of him.

Mr. Matthew can unendorse me or not endorse me, either way it doesn't matter to me because I do not care what he thinks.

You wouldn't have destroyed my thread if you didn't care. Right?

Thank you to everyone who is supporting the reelect TM efforts!

You have my endorsement, Governor.

My activity hasn't been quite as strong the past week - I have been very busy working to help flood victims from Hurricane Florence. Lots of work done already, much more to do!

I apologize to the south for being unprofessional and I also apologize to tm.

Governor, I have responded to this and believe that you have the best interest of the South in mind.

China

keep up the good work Mr. Governor!

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Our administration received these reports earlier today. We will be providing intelligence support to our possum allies. At this point, we will continue to monitor the situation to determine what further action is required.

We will take the necessary steps to keep our Southern people safe.

Election is next weekend, who else is going to run for Chamber?

My prayers are with Mr. Reactionary in the aftermath of Hurricane Matthew. I am so grateful for his years of service to this game - the South is better because of him.

Regarding his Senate seat that has been vacated, tomorrow I will appoint whoever wins this weekend's election to the seat so that the South can gain seniority advantage.

If a qualified candidate emerges, I will appoint them to be Southern Attorney General.I will also find someone to replace him on the ConCon, please PM me if interested.

Congratulations Lechasseur on your victory! As promised:

Thank you!

I've just taken the oath of office, so I'm now officially Senator for the South.

Endorsed for another term!

Tomorrow is the deadline to run in October Southern Regional Elections!

Candidate List
Governor: Me
Chamber of Delegates, Fillinovich, Wulfric, TimTurner, Spark498, PragmaticPopulist, Hillgoose

The Southern elections will occur this weekend. Three months ago, I was elected on the promise to clean up the mess left by disgraced former Governor Fairboi and restore stability to the region. As you can see from the first post on this thread, I ran with three main promises:
1. Establish bi-partisan taskforce to review constitution - this has been done, first by the Regional Taskforce and now by the Constitutional Convention. After months of talking about changing the name, we finally held a formal process to change the name and are incorporating the new name in our ConCon edits.
2. Update the Wiki - this has been complete, I spent MANY hours updating the Wiki statue, going back to missing legislation from 2016. We have the most up-to-date Wiki in Atlasia.
3. Boost activity - Despite numerous resignations//recalls/promotions to higher office, we were able to quickly find replacement and keep the Chamber of Delegates stabilized and running smoothly.

To expand on the above, we were able to fix the disastrous Fairboi budget and include additional infrastructure funding which has brought thousands of new jobs to the region. My trip to China was very successful and several companies have announced they will be bringing jobs to the South - our unemployment continues to fall. While we still have work to do, we have led with strength and integrity on the raccoon crisis and were commended by the GM's office for our handling of the situation.

Moving forward, my goal is to work with the new legislature to get more legislation introduced that covers a wide variety of issues and will spark debate in the region. We will also get the ConCon wrapped up soon and put the new constitution in place, I would like to see that through. I am very proud of the work the Chamber has done this session and look forward to working with many of them next session, if elected!

If anyone has any questions, please ask. Vote TM!

Endorsed.

You're a good governor.

Congratulations on a well-deserved re-election!
Hopefully we serve another term as Governor and Speaker!

Congratulations Governor on your re-election.

Good Morning - last night was not a great night for the conservative movement in Atlasia, but I want to sincerely thank the voters of the South for re-electing me to another term as your Governor. We have accomplished so much in the past three months, I look forward to continuing the great work for another term.

This upcoming term will be my planned final elected position in Atlasia. I have thoroughly enjoyed playing this game, but I realize that this January will mark my 10 year anniversary in the game, and I think the game is close to running its course for me. 10 years is long enough and while there have been bumps along the way, I'm proud of the contributions I've made to this game and hope that I have made a positive impact.

Congratulations to our new president and vice president-elect and to everyone else who was victorious last night.

Thx,

TM

Congratulations tmth on your re-election.

As well, thank you for your many years of remarkable service to Atlasia and to the game.

You truly rank as one of the shining lights ever to have graced the history of this republic and of this game.

Hopefully you will check in from time to time.

All the best.

I'm very disappointed to hear that. Thank you for your service!

I hope your reconsider, but if not, I hope you'll check in to Atlas from time to time.

After the horrific performance within the Southern chamber, will TM do the honorable thing and resign?

Why should someone who got north of 80% of the vote resign?

Because Ben doesn't like him. Duh!

how generous of you to provide us some comedy. Atlasia is in sore need of comics, after all.

#ResignTmth #DeregisterTmth #Ben2018

Please contact your delegates and encourage them to introduce legislation! Only 1 (!!!) delegate voted in the Speaker elections, not a good start!!

Good Morning,

We just had a final vote on a bill receive ZERO votes!!!


Delegates: do your job. I'm completely tired of messaging delegates asking them to be active. If you can't handle the basic responsibilities of the position, resign and I'll find someone who will.

You're about to recall the entire chamber aren't you?

They still have a chance to turn it around. TimTurner should stay, and at least Hillgoose has made an attempt to debate and I know he's been writing legislation. Spark continues to be a major disappointment, PragPop hasn't made a single post after swearing in and Fillinovich hasn't even been online in two weeks (concerned about that).

Because everyone votes like a partisan hack in the game now, the only person who lost (Wulfric) was leaps and bounds the most active of the candidates.

Vacancy Notice

PragmaticPopulist has resigned his seat in the Chamber. Per the Appointment Regulation Act, I am required to appoint a Labor Party member to the seat. If it is determined there are no Laborites interested in filling the position, we will proceed from there as statutorily mandated.

Please PM me if you are interested in the seat or have a recommendation.

This is getting ridiculous. Time to take some action!

I asked PragmaticPopulist and Spark498 to resign so that active Southerners could replace them. PragmaticPopulist graciously did so. I think whatever is happening to Fillinovich may be RL issues, but once he misses four votes he'll be automatically removed.

An enlightened choice, Mr. Governor!

Glad to see the Governor put Atlasia above party! Inactive people like Spark don't deserve support, regardless of their party.

Our regional Wiki has been updated again, including all legislation from last session and updating the lists of elected officials.

new bills on the floor Mr. Governor.

I echo the Governor's statement.
I also wish all Southerners in the Atlasian military a happy Tanksgiving!

Good afternoon - there is a recall vote ongoing to remove 2 inactive delegates and 1 inactive senator. It is important that everyone gets out and votes as high turnout is required for the recall to be successful. I am currently in the process of PMing all Southerners reminding them to vote.

Reminder, please vote if you haven't done so already!

For those who haven't seen, Spark498 made the decision to resign on Friday. I have appointed Mr. Reactionary to replace him, he will be very active and do a great job!!

Also, Lechassuer returned today - he was unable to post for the past two weeks due to not having internet access. We are glad to have him back!! :)

Fillinovich has been recalled (F) and the seat is now vacant. Please contact me if you are interested. Thx!

I declared my candidacy in the Senate special election.

I don't think he's being serious

You don't say.
As I've said on discord directly to you, TM this is called a joke.
The point of the resolution is to encourage the negotiation of an Atlasian-Canadian Common Market Agreement. I just added in a joke clause for fun, and to see if anyone would notice and/or fall for it.
Yet for whatever reason you persist with the mindset that we're actually going to march into Kansas.

Try it. We have more guns. >:D

Are you sure? If I remember correctly, the last time the South and the West fought over Kansas, the result was not a Southern victory. ;)

Also, we Fremonters have a budget surplus of somewhere around $400 billion to burn, so it isn't as if we couldn't build up an army quicksmart if we want to.

The resolution is a legitimate post in Fremont's legislation introduction thread. It demands a serious response.

I also see from Mr. ASV's "$400 billion" comment that he doesn't have a good understanding of fiscal responsibility and the massive budget crisis occurring in Fremont. Instead of trying to take land from other regions, maybe he should focus on the many issues currently facing his own region?

The surplus I’ve targeted to be around 100 billion but that isn’t a fiscal crisis.

Let's recap how Fremontians (???) are being taxed:
City Level
County Level
State Level (for basic regional government services)
Regional Level (for the legislature's pet projects)
Federal Level (for federal government services, military, etc.)

As I've said many times (yet no one seems to care) Fremont is WAY overtaxed. The state governments allegedly provides all of these government services. A state in this game is similar to a county IRL. Imagine if California said: "We are going to keep taxing you at the same rate but will transfer all major government responsibilities for the county to handle and fund." There would be revolts!!!

I encourage Fremont business owners and hard working citizens to consider moving to The South, a region of economic prosperity with a tax system that promotes job growth and adequately funds basic government services.

..which is why as of right now there's a negative income tax for those making $125,000 or less, and only those who make over $200,000 pay anything in effective income tax.

My apologies, thanks for letting me know. I didn't know that Fremont went back and corrected the budget for the 2018 fiscal year, I had only seen amendments for next year. My assumption was based off the Wiki page for the 2018 budget (https://uselectionatlas.org/AFEWIKI/index.php/Commonwealth_Budget_for_2018), could you point me out to when this was amended?

Here is what we currently have for next year. (https://uselectionatlas.org/FORUM/index.php?topic=297906.msg6424488#msg6424488)

I know what has been proposed for this year. The budget for 2018 is in effect now - this is where people are getting taxed as I described above. To my knowledge there was no solution/fix, hence why I have been calling this a budget crisis. The income rates on the rich are still absurd considering they're getting a similar tax rate at the regional and state level.

I don't know what would be so difficult about modeling the regional budget after Lincoln and the South's (as well as virtually every regional budget produced in the game for the past decade). Obviously you'd probably need GM help with determining the final numbers, but it can still be set up in advance and I'm sure help is soon on the way if Mr. Reactionary is confirmed. I'm more than willing to help out as well!

Oh the 2018 budget has a tax rebate to combat for the high income tax rates (hell its on the wiki page you linked).

An army with what? You said yourself the end goal was no guns in Fremont. Good luck winning any battles with no guns.

If Fremont continues to make designs on our territory, I suggest we respond in kind.

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Ok? This  budget is still incredibly poorly thought out. You tax people excessively only to provide a tax credit and still end up with a surplus that is more than expenditures. The 2019 budget is on the right track, but still, I would easily argue that Lincoln and the South are both in far better budget shape and I'm surprised people aren't moving out of Fremont in exodus.

@Thumb21 I'd be open to Option 2, and I'm sure most of their residents would be!!!

I wasn’t even in this game when the 2018FY budget was passed but AFAIK those tax rates were in place just after the reset, and statistically speaking Fremont wasn’t very active then so little or no spending programs were passed (I cannot even find a 2017FY budget thread). As for the tax credits in the 2018 budget, they were added to avoid an even more massive surplus at the last moment, and considering they were greater than actual revenue collected by income taxes in FY2018 and what has been done so far in FY2019 in terms of largely cutting taxes, I’d say the last two fiscal years have alleviated the tax burden. If people were leaving Fremont, they would have left by 2018FY.

YE I'm not blaming this directly on you, I was simply explaining why I believe that Fremont has a budget crisis, which you were disputing. You are definitely working to right the ship.

The South is the best region for business and economic opportunity. I am introducing this bill as a measure to encourage Fremont residents struggling with unemployment/low wages to move to our prosperous region by assisting with moving expenses via a tax credit. I urge the Speaker to bring this bill (as well as other great legislation introduced by Mr. R) to the floor as soon as possible.

I contacted Senatorial candidate HomestarSB9 and offered him the vacancy in the Southern Chamber, offering it as a great way to get exposure to the game and experience as a legislator, should he be elected to the Senate next month. He declined my offer.

I am rescinding this statement for the time being. It may still be the case, but we still have so much work to do to make the South great, I haven't completely made up my mind. Stay tuned!

Glad I didn't see this when u posted the first time.

Hearing reports of updated numbers below, great news for the South!!

Unemployment Numbers
Fremont 9.58% (+5.02%)
Lincoln 5.99%(-0.17%)
South 4.19% (-2.03%)
Atlasia 7.01% (+1.36%)

wut

Tm, you literally have no authority to be making these numbers. That’s the GM’s job.

So is expanding access to classified information, but that didn't stop you.

Speaking of jobs, do yours.

Where is that SoIA nominee? It's been a month (a year in Atlasian terms).

Endorsed for a third term!

This is unnecessarily petty…

Also you can't make up employment numbers (???)

It's a valid response.

south: -50.0billion% (-500trillion%)
lincoln: 0% (-0.1%) tbh the south really deserves the credit here tho too bc of mega coattails from south
people's socialist republic of fremont: 900,000,000,000% (+9quintillion%)

We have -50 billion% unemployment because everyone's working 6 million jobs

At least I can be petty and do my job, WB is petty and doesn't do his!!!

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LOL :P

I stated this on Discord shortly after posting those numbers, I'll do so again on here: I am obviously aware of the fact that I can't just make up unemployment numbers. My intention in doing this was to raise awareness to the lack of emphasis on regional issues right now by the federal government. I think I was successful in that, and I'm sure that having a new GM on Sunday will be helpful. The President is more focused on my false numbers than the fact there haven't been any legitimate numbers for months.

We have not received actual unemployment numbers since July, despite multiple requests. Regional numbers requests have been ignored/disregarded as it seems the only focus by the GM's office has been on the China war, which probably a majority of Atlasians don't even know about and has had little effect on legislation passed. I actually think our economy would be much worse that indicated if we were at war with our #1 trade partner, so these numbers definitely aren't accurate. The only numbers we have had in the South were numbers that Thumb21 calculated, then the GM approved (my endorsement for Deputy GM, btw).






We do not have a SoIA which would certainly help with GM issues - President WB had a qualified SoIA but fired her for partisan reasons, now the post sits empty. SoIA Fhtagn was a HUGE help to the region with hurricane relief, I think having this post filled would be a positive thing for Atlasia.

Attention Southerners:

The amendment result of the ConCon last month is currently being debated by the Chamber. You can follow along by clicking below - please provide any feedback you have on the proposed changes!!!

So we finally moved the regional elections to line up with the federal elections? Dang. Thankfully, though, we won't be electing our senators outside the normal federal elections time

Congrats to Mr. Reactionary for swearing in as Game Moderator, he will do an excellent job! Thank you Truman for your service to the game, being GM is the toughest job in the game!!

There is now an opening in the Chamber, please contact me if you're interested.

I thank Mr. DFW for his long service to the game. I am disappointed he wasn't able to finish out his term but understand that RL always comes before this game.

There is a Labor opening in the Chamber, I have had difficulties finding Laborites interested in holding office, so if you or someone you know is interested in this seat, please let me know. We've had a lot of turnover this session which is a large reason why I decided to seek reelection: to ensure stability in the Southern government. I am in talks with several people encouraging them to run in January and hope we can get some new, active voices that can serve a couple terms and make a positive contribution to the region and game.

If you are truly unable to find someone from Labor to take the seat, feel free to take advantage of Section 5a. of the Appointment Regulation Act:

Congratulations to everyone who was elected this weekend, including those who are opposed to my agenda!! We will all work together to make this game great.

I will be giving a press conference this evening to discuss important issues facing the game. Stay tuned!

WE LOVE TMTHFORU94!!! #numberonefanboy

OPEN TO ANY OTHER QUESTION FROM THE PEOPLE

If you run for President, can I be your RunningMate???

Today is a great and historic day for Atlasia!!

I offered to be National Archivist several weeks ago and President WB ignored my request. Glad to see he is finally taking the Wiki seriously!!

Excellent choice, Mr Governor! Alancia will be a brilliant delegate and has potential for a bright political career in Atlasia!

Statement from Tmthforu94
While I have enjoyed tweeting the past few months and believe I have delivered many quality tweets, I realize there is a lack of interest to engage Atlasia via Twitter. Therefore I will no longer be tweeting and will share information via this forum only.

I will plan to leave my account open for a month before archiving it. Thx!

Point of clarification from my statement on January 10th:

When stating "competent GM office," I meant this as no disrespect to former GM Truman. Truman is a great Atlasian who has made many positive contributions to the game, including his tenure as GM. My intent in that word choice was because of the lack of a Deputy GM to produce numbers that regions have desperately been needing for months. There needs to be an important dialogue between the GM's office and the regions, which I believe is starting to happen again with the current GM team. I apologize for my word choice early this week.

Just signed our 30th bill of this legislative session. Much more than other regions or the federal government. Major feat considering we have had such high turnover - props to all of our current and former Delegates from this session, especially Mr. Reactionary who wrote most of these bills. :D

We are accomplishing so much for The South, we will continue to do great things in 2019!!!

Big elections coming soon!!! Vote TMTH for Governor and vote AYE on the Constitutional Amendment!!!

Reminder: I am the ONLY candidate in the race who has the endorsement of Pericles AND Fhtagn.

Endorsed.

Late to the party, but endorsed.

Endorsed!

*hughughug* Thank you! :)

The polls have closed! It appears I have been reelected and our very important constitutional amendment has passed!! :) Thank you to everyone who voted, stay tuned for certified results for the Chamber!!

Congratulations on your well-deserved victory!

Felicitations on your triumph!

Congratulations, Governor!

Congratulations on your re-election, Governor! I look forward to working with you in this upcoming term!

I just issued my 9th executive order, first of the new term! We continue to work very hard for The South to promote economic prosperity for ALL!

Others talk, TM acts. The Wiki is a top priority for Governor TM, and he worked to get Supreme Leader Dave to grant access to many top Atlasians, which also led to Dave's first post in Atlasia in over 10 years (unverified fact but never remember seeing him post before).

"I will keep fighting hard for The South and all of Atlasia!!! Maybe I should be on ballot for presidential election? Let The People decide," he said.

In Dave we trust!

The actions on part of the Governor re: the Wiki deserve nothing less than praise. We are #blessed to have him in the governorship.

I want to publicly recognize AustralianSwingVoter for all of the hard work he is putting into updating our regional Wiki. He has been working his tail off ever since Dave granted him access last week. He has added a lot of valuable information regarding elections and history of our Chamber. I know he has also put in a massive amount of effort on other regions as well.

Thank you for your contributions, ASV! Keep it up, I appreciate you!!!

Thank you very much for the recognition Mr. Governor.
Have I made around about 1500 edits over the last 4 days? Maybe. Probably. Yes. Do I need a life? Probably.
But nonetheless, I hope that all the additions I have made will be helpful to all peoples. Also, on an unrelated note, if you are an election administer, please post the full results in a certification, rather than just saying who won. Because having to tally and calculate the entire results of elections long gone just because the election administer was too lazy to post it gets very, very annoying. (Lincoln I'm looking at you). Also, use plaintext, not a screenshot through an imagehosting site because if/when that imagehosting site goes down it also gets very very annoying.


Also, if anyone is interested in what I've added well...

Senate elections are now also compiled for each region. And with this Special Senate Election results have finally been added.
The CoD and the Lincoln Assembly now have full, complete diagrams of historic membership.
For all legislative elections (except Lincoln) full counts, instead of just the party totals.
Special elections have been added because a lot of them were missed.
Typos have been sought out and fixed.
Lots of broken links have been fixed.
And lots of odds and ends beside.

As a reminder, regional senate elections and the constitutional amendment vote will open NEXT weekend, as mandated in the Constitution.

Rest in Peace Walter Jones. He was a pragmatic and thoughtful leader who will be missed!! Prayers for his family during this difficult time.

Attention Southerners!!!

We have two very important votes open! One is for federal offices and we also have a Southern election. This election includes the Senate race, a constitutional amendment and the proposal to change our name to Jefferson. Pease vote and make your voice heard!!

You betcha he does! Although acting in the best interests of Atlasia is quite another.

When are you resigning?

Potentially soon if I'm elected President!! :)

Statement from Governor Tmth coming soon...stay tuned!

salutations! Thanks for all the hard work you did for the South!

Congratulations on your victory and on a well-fought campaign!

Thank you! Always appreciate your support!

Planning big things for the future. Stay tuned!