Pacific Legislative Council debate

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Thank you for hosting this debate, Governor.

My first priority, if reelected as councilor, will be to provide the leadership necessary to continue on with what the council has accomplished under my speakership so far. We have reformed education, passed urgent farm aid, supported the right to life, and attempted to provide necessary environmental reforms. I will continue to craft legislation and attentively give care to the duties of the office that I hope to attain.

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Thank you Barnes for providing us with very pertinent questions.

1. As with my colleagues, I have not made any solid proposals on that front. I have been concerned, recently, with the prosecution of Tyrion by federal authorities and agree with Governor Simfan34 that we need to take a look at the jurisdiction of the case. The Civil Rights Act of 2014 has some sections that I believe to be within the realm of the regions rather than the federal government of Atlasia. We need to coordinate while at the same staying weary of keeping all the powers that should be our region's with our region. This is an avenue that I am hoping on working on in the next council.

2. The Council has been remarkably active lately. While I have been on the council we have passed an upwards of 8 and debated over 12 pieces of legislation and amendments. It is my strong belief that things are changing for the better, and along with my opposition to the creation of the useless office of Lieutenant Governor, I am opposed to the creation of anymore offices in the Pacific in the near future. We have five candidates which means that only 3 of us are going to make it in; this is how democratic elections work and I don't see the point in making these non-competitive. We need a real  election season with an exchanging of ideas to get people interested and talking about what is important to them. This will create a much better environment in the Pacific.

I would also like to point out my strong record of activity and upholding activity. I have introduced 4 bills, participated in debate on every bill introduced, and only missed one vote in my first term (none in my tenure as Speaker). As Speaker, I have sent a PM to each Gully and Paleo every time a vote has started and notified the Governor each time a development occurred. The inactivity of Paleo was out of my control, and was remedied after repeated PMs with an expulsion from the Council. I will remain on this hard-line and attentive path if I am to be Speaker in the next Council.