Southeast Initiatives for November

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How about giving some responsibilities to the Lieutenant Governor?

I'm not sure what those should be, or I would draft the initiative myself.

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On the testimony of former Governor Ernest, I have made modifications to my earlier initiative.  The new version follows:


Initiative 94: Commissioner Accountability Amendment
Article I, Section 12 of the Regional Constitution is added as follows:

"The Governor may nominate a Lottery Commissioner, Alcohol Commissioner, Tobacco Commissioner, Hemp and Cannabis Commissioner, Transportation Commisioner, and any other officer whose position is mandated by the Constitution of the Southeast Region or a voter-approved initiative subject to the approval by the majority of voters at the next election at which an initiative could be voted on.  This section applies also to offices created by future legislation."

Borrowing the language from the constitutional provision for a Magistrate, this initiative would convert the offices of the various Governor-appointed commissioners from those that operate at the pleasure of the Governor to those that, like the Magistrate, are still appointed by the Governor but for which the appointees must be also be approved by the voters.

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The Lt. Governor could hold the title of Lottery Commissioner and could be designated as the person who compiles the initiatives and handles the elections. Just to give something to do.

That sounds like a good idea.  Until an initiative regarding the powers and responsibilities of the Lieutenant Governor is worked out, consider my Initiative 94 suspended for now.


Also, x Q on Initiative 92.

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Would Initiative 100, with which I disagree strongly, be in violation of Federal law?  The Support for Atlasia's Soldiers Bill repealed the Solomon Amendment last month.

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In light of the testimony of former Governor Ernest, I have made modifications to my earlier initiative.  The new version follows:


Initiative 94: Commissioner Accountability Amendment
Article I, Section 12 of the Regional Constitution is added as follows:

"The Governor may nominate a Lottery Commissioner, Alcohol Commissioner, Tobacco Commissioner, Hemp and Cannabis Commissioner, Transportation Commisioner, and any other officer whose position is mandated by the Constitution of the Southeast Region or a voter-approved initiative subject to the approval by the majority of voters at the next election at which an initiative could be voted on.  This section applies also to offices created by future legislation."

EXPLANATION: Borrowing the language from the constitutional provision for a Magistrate, this initiative would convert the offices of the various Governor-appointed commissioners from those that operate at the pleasure of the Governor to those that, like the Magistrate, are still appointed by the Governor but for which the appointees must be also be approved by the voters.