The Imperial Dominion of the South's Legislature

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With that resolved, anyone have anything, even if it is redundant?

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Hi Dirty Southerners!

I'm your famed former governor and senator from the great Dirty Southern city of charleston and I come with a question. In 2012, Kiawah island is hosting the PHA Championship and the island is pushing for an express way to elieviate traffic on Bohicket Road. I'm first inquiring whether the regional legislature will act. Otherwise I'm going to stuff a federal bill with pork to get the job done. This is my top priority right now. Deal with it.

Much love and thankfulness,

Former Dirty Southern Governor and Senator Duke

Mr. Senator, just find someone that would sponsor this bill and I'd be happy to get to work on it.

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With that resolved, anyone have anything, even if it is redundant?

Well, the booth hasn't even opened for the amendment so we should probably let that pass before we begin any new business.

     I'm planning to open the booth at midnight CST tonight. Since that booth is extraneous to the operations of the Legislature, there is no need to drop everything, & indeed Senator Duke has offered a suggestion.

^^^

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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kiawah_Island,_South_Carolina

It's PGA, Professional Golf Association

http://www.pga.com/tickets

Scroll down and you'll see the 2012 Championship will be held there.

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Get something typed up and we can begin debate on it, Yelnoc.

But how much does Senator Duke want?

I'll PM him about it...

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Get something typed up and we can begin debate on it, Yelnoc.

But how much does Senator Duke want?

I'll PM him about it...

He said he would write it so I'm just waiting for a PM.

Dang. I already sent it. But who cares as long as it gets done?

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Figures of the actual project have it in the $150 million range, so I'd go with that figure.

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Build a new road. Those trees are too beautiful to destroy. That route looks good, Yelnoc.

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I agree with KS. Lets to destroy those trees to build a road.

I meant to say that that is a beautiful Southern road with those trees adding to the charm of the area. Expanding that road would ruin the charm of the road, so a new one should be built.

And trees are going to be destroyed one way or another, so I'd like to leave the scenic road in it's current state.

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Once I am informed that Speaker Yelnoc has a copy of the bill (written by him or Duke, I don't care), we can leave debate open for 24 more hours, then we will hold a vote.

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What do we want to call the road?

Fritz Hollings?
Linsey Grahm?
Jefferson Davis? (Never seems to be a shortage of those )

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What do we want to call the road?

Fritz Hollings?
Linsey Grahm?
Jefferson Davis? (Never seems to be a shortage of those )

How about Duke Lane?

Sure.

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Duke Greenway, preferably.

That actually sounds better.

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I posted Duke's quote on the previous page asking for $150 M total.

Figures of the actual project have it in the $150 million range, so I'd go with that figure.

I could have probably put it in my own writing, making it more visible. Sorry.

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I sort of agree with the Emperor, but I have a bill coming that I'm going to find a sponsor for that involves a new boulevard running around Monticello, Arkansas, so I don't want to spend all local resources for highways. We need to save some for later, but it depends on how much money we have for these projects.

How much do we have in funds for highways?

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WOW. So we have enough to complete several projects like this.

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I don't see why not.

I introduced a bill that will hopefully get us the funds as soon as it's passed.

Sounds good.

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ACK. Sorry, guys, I had an involved day today.

Anyway, my position on the current bill-in-discussion is effective neutrality for now. If Duke can free up the funds regionwide, then we have a way of paying it off with trivial ease, which is my main concern. If not, then I suggest tabling this until such time we figure out a way to fund it.

So, my support for this rests entirely with Duke and how successful he is. If he gets us our $3B, then certainly, we can pay it off without a blink. If not, I can't really support the massive price tag.

That $3B has great potential. We could have money to do this project 21 times with those funds. And 30 times with my project (Legislators, PM me if you want to sponsor my bill). That would be a big help.

If we don't get the 3 Billion, this could be an issue funding-wise...

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I believe it's Dr. Cynic.

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We are now awaiting word from the President on where to go from here. I'll let you know as soon as I hear back.

Thank you, Senator.

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There's an actual route online.

I'll find it when I get home tonight.

That would be helpful, Senator, especially since we're rellying on Google maps.

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Looks like the President has designated $750M to the DS for now. He hasn't allocated the full $15 billion for 2010 yet. Anyway, unless I continue with the bill to override, that's what we have for now. We did get the most of all the regions.

750-150=600

We're good for now.

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I like ours better

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We might as well use ours then. I'm not in this legislature, so far be it from me to tell you all how to operate. I just pull the strings behind the scene.

I support either plan. I hope we get started soon. It is much needed!

Once Yelnoc gives us the final wording, I can leave debate open for another 24 hours, then we can hold a vote on this. We've got another bill waiting.

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I didn't think we made any changes from the wording in the copy of the bill I posted on page 57.  Here is a repost of that bill; if anyone has other suggestions please voice them.

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With this, debate will be open for 23-26 more hours (depending on when I can get to a computer), in which time legislators can offer any amendments.

If no amendments are proposed, an up-or-down vote will be held.