The Imperial Dominion of the South's Legislature

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Road Creation Act- Blanche Lincoln Boulevard- Monticello, Ark.


1.   This act creates a new segment of Arkansas State Highway 35, with four lanes total, a divided highway running along the path specified, with new oak trees planted in the center median (local government will decide how many, and how far apart they shall be spaced), with at-grade intersections.
2.   This divided highway shall be named Blanche Lincoln Boulevard.
3.   The map below is the specified path.
4.   This bill appropriates $100,000,000 for the completion of this project

[Associate Justice PiT]

     I think naming it after the state's outgoing Senator could be perceived as a subtle jab at the voters of Arkansas.

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     I think naming it after the state's outgoing Senator could be perceived as a subtle jab at the voters of Arkansas.

Or just honoring her for her years of service to the state.

[SvenssonRS]

I see no real grounds of complaint here, aside from the name - which I suspect KS isn't inclined to change.

We still have plenty of funding left, so I don't quite see why not.

[Associate Justice PiT]

     For the record, I have no issues with signing this bill with the currently proposed name for the highway/boulevard in question. I just wanted to put forward that some people might be unhappy with the name.

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I see no real grounds of complaint here, aside from the name - which I suspect KS isn't inclined to change.

[Yelnoc]

Looks good to me.  I believe we are ready to vote on it.

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Okay. I think this bill is pretty self-explanitory, so

Legislators- Vote Aye, Nay, or Abstain.

[Miles]

Aye

[Yelnoc]

Aye.

[SvenssonRS]

Aye. Yay, unanimous consent.

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The Blanche Lincoln Boulevard Creation Bill has passed.

Waiting for Emeperor PiT to sign

Anyone have a bill?

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Aye. Yay, unanimous consent.

[Associate Justice PiT]

     On the Blanche Lincoln Boulevard Creation Act: by the powers vested in me as Emperor of this region, I thus sign it into law.

     Be it resolved, X Emperor PiT

[Associate Justice PiT]

     If I may, I would like the advice of the Legislature & the Lord of Darkness on a matter. It has come to my attention that another stimulus bill is in the pipeline, the details of which Senator NC Yankee outlined here:

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I will ask the Secretary keep in mind this is at best a rough outline and not a finished ready to go bill. I am open to adjusting amounts. I am not glued to any particular method of allocating the funds, as demonstrated by a combination of Senate and SoIA directed funds. If the SoIA thinks thinks other sections or all of them should be at his discretion, I am fine with that, though I do think the Senate should have some appropriating authority. The choices of regions and amounts in the sections that are Senate directed clauses is based on my knowledge of the investments and where they will be most effective (hence bulk of wind to the Midwest for the Wind Corridor etc) or which regions are in the most need of help. At the time I was under the impression that the Mideast had the worst economic condition followed by the Southeast.

     Secretary of Internal Affairs Dr. Cynic has requested that I report to him the region's highest & lowest priorities for funding, as well as the estimated total we'll need. Rather than make a unilateral decision on the matter, I decided that I should see what you folks think about the matter.

[Fmr. Pres. Duke]

Thanks for all the works y'all did on that bill. You are truly the DS's finest!

[Yelnoc]

Thanks for all the works y'all did on that bill. You are truly the DS's finest!

Thankyou.  If you had not proposed the bill we would never have thought about it.

Governor PiT, to be honest, I don't know how much money we will need and what our highest and lowest priorities are because I do not know the state of the various infrastructures in the IDS.  Is there a report or some source to find out or are we just supposed to come up with random figures (or do we base our figures off the state of the actual American Southeast rather than the Atlasian one)?

By the way, I have the flu, so I might not be very active over the next few days.

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Thanks for all the works y'all did on that bill. You are truly the DS's finest!

Thankyou.  If you had not proposed the bill we would never have thought about it.

Governor PiT, to be honest, I don't know how much money we will need and what our highest and lowest priorities are because I do not know the state of the various infrastructures in the IDS.  Is there a report or some source to find out or are we just supposed to come up with random figures (or do we base our figures off the state of the actual American Southeast rather than the Atlasian one)?

By the way, I have the flu, so I might not be very active over the next few days.

Sorry, Yelnoc. Having the flu is never fun.

Infrastructure is a huge problem. I also think we could dump some more money into making towns like Natchez, MS a tourist town. Right now the town is surviving off of it's annual pilgrimages...

[SvenssonRS]

Thanks for all the works y'all did on that bill. You are truly the DS's finest!

Thankyou.  If you had not proposed the bill we would never have thought about it.

Governor PiT, to be honest, I don't know how much money we will need and what our highest and lowest priorities are because I do not know the state of the various infrastructures in the IDS.  Is there a report or some source to find out or are we just supposed to come up with random figures (or do we base our figures off the state of the actual American Southeast rather than the Atlasian one)?

By the way, I have the flu, so I might not be very active over the next few days.

Sorry, Yelnoc. Having the flu is never fun.

Infrastructure is a huge problem. I also think we could dump some more money into making towns like Natchez, MS a tourist town. Right now the town is surviving off of it's annual pilgrimages...

What category of the stimulus would that fall under, out of interest? Thing is, I agree, but I'd need to make some more specific calculations to figure how much we could spend.

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Thanks for all the works y'all did on that bill. You are truly the DS's finest!

Thankyou.  If you had not proposed the bill we would never have thought about it.

Governor PiT, to be honest, I don't know how much money we will need and what our highest and lowest priorities are because I do not know the state of the various infrastructures in the IDS.  Is there a report or some source to find out or are we just supposed to come up with random figures (or do we base our figures off the state of the actual American Southeast rather than the Atlasian one)?

By the way, I have the flu, so I might not be very active over the next few days.

Sorry, Yelnoc. Having the flu is never fun.

Infrastructure is a huge problem. I also think we could dump some more money into making towns like Natchez, MS a tourist town. Right now the town is surviving off of it's annual pilgrimages...

What category of the stimulus would that fall under, out of interest? Thing is, I agree, but I'd need to make some more specific calculations to figure how much we could spend.

I think the biggest priorities should be (in no particualr order)

A. Roads/Bridges

B. Tourism (After BP, along with making our region a destination for nature-lovers)

C. Education (Lord, do our schools need to be fixed)

D. Renewable energy investments (Wind in TX, Hydro in LA, Solar everywhere, etc.)

[SvenssonRS]

Thanks for all the works y'all did on that bill. You are truly the DS's finest!

Thankyou.  If you had not proposed the bill we would never have thought about it.

Governor PiT, to be honest, I don't know how much money we will need and what our highest and lowest priorities are because I do not know the state of the various infrastructures in the IDS.  Is there a report or some source to find out or are we just supposed to come up with random figures (or do we base our figures off the state of the actual American Southeast rather than the Atlasian one)?

By the way, I have the flu, so I might not be very active over the next few days.

Sorry, Yelnoc. Having the flu is never fun.

Infrastructure is a huge problem. I also think we could dump some more money into making towns like Natchez, MS a tourist town. Right now the town is surviving off of it's annual pilgrimages...

What category of the stimulus would that fall under, out of interest? Thing is, I agree, but I'd need to make some more specific calculations to figure how much we could spend.

I think the biggest priorities should be (in no particualr order)

A. Roads/Bridges

B. Tourism (After BP, along with making our region a destination for nature-lovers)

C. Education (Lord, do our schools need to be fixed)

D. Renewable energy investments (Wind in TX, Hydro in LA, Solar everywhere, etc.)

Thing is, I don't know exactly where tourism would fit under the stimulus terms.

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Thanks for all the works y'all did on that bill. You are truly the DS's finest!

Thankyou.  If you had not proposed the bill we would never have thought about it.

Governor PiT, to be honest, I don't know how much money we will need and what our highest and lowest priorities are because I do not know the state of the various infrastructures in the IDS.  Is there a report or some source to find out or are we just supposed to come up with random figures (or do we base our figures off the state of the actual American Southeast rather than the Atlasian one)?

By the way, I have the flu, so I might not be very active over the next few days.

Sorry, Yelnoc. Having the flu is never fun.

Infrastructure is a huge problem. I also think we could dump some more money into making towns like Natchez, MS a tourist town. Right now the town is surviving off of it's annual pilgrimages...

What category of the stimulus would that fall under, out of interest? Thing is, I agree, but I'd need to make some more specific calculations to figure how much we could spend.

I think the biggest priorities should be (in no particualr order)

A. Roads/Bridges

B. Tourism (After BP, along with making our region a destination for nature-lovers)

C. Education (Lord, do our schools need to be fixed)

D. Renewable energy investments (Wind in TX, Hydro in LA, Solar everywhere, etc.)

Thing is, I don't know exactly where tourism would fit under the stimulus terms.

Neither do I, but it's something we need.

[Associate Justice PiT]

     I think boosting tourism would require the construction of more landmarks, along the lines of the giant pentagram we're currently building in Memphis.

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     I think boosting tourism would require the construction of more landmarks, along the lines of the giant pentagram we're currently building in Memphis.

Not neccessarily. We have tons of antebellum mansions that could be added to the National Parks system, fixed up, and turned into exhibits or something like that.

[Yelnoc]

I think that list is fine if you take out tourism.  We do not need federal stimulus money to boost it.  An add campaign showcasing our natural and historical attractions would do the trick.