Office of Assemblyman Gass3268

[Talleyrand]

Ah, no offence, Gass, but I'm not sure this is the best idea.
Remember that you're the only voice the workers have in the Mideast Assembly… I really don't want Governor Tmthforu picking your replacement.

I am also a voice of The Worker.

[Talleyrand]

Where do you stand on the Freedom to Eat Act?

[Talleyrand]

Good luck Gass.  I'm sure you'll run an honest campaign, and I look forward to a debate in the next few days

Someone page Franzl.

[Talleyrand]

If the amendment passes, and there truly exists an underlying emergency, we can hold a vote to raise the debt ceiling further. However, I will be voting against this bill so we can put that sort of mechanism in just in case. Thanks for pointing it out, Gass, and my apologies for not recognizing it earlier.

[Talleyrand]

I'm going to be fairly blunt on this and say that I find opposition to this amendment are in absolutely no hurry to get any accomplished and are pretty lazy. Our last version failed by a single vote - those in favor gave up quite a bit of concessions which is agreed to by them, then at the last moment they come up with something new they don't like about it. This is not the way things should be handled in this game.

Added this with the farmer relief bill, which has in ways been like talking to a brick wall, I'm very disappointed with how this session has gone.

I understand your frustration on this here, and I sincerely apologize for not noticing the key provision missing from the bill. I support the concept behind this amendment, but we need to have some sort of legislative mechanism to raise the ceiling, and I regret that we forgot to include one. I've introduced an updated version with the aforementioned change, and procedure on how the handle a situation in which the debt ceiling would be crossed. I am very optimistic we'll get that bill passed and finally entered into our constitution, although it's a shame it's taken so long.

As for the farm bill, I have legitimate concerns, and I do not feel the bill put forth for a final bill limited dissemination of the aid to those most in need of it, instead of allowing those in fine shape to be eligible for grants. The average farmer makes a good bit more than the average citizen, and as a person who's not a fan of such subsidies in the first place, I could not vote for it in the state it was in.

I agree this session hasn't been that great, but we still have three weeks to turn that around, Governor.

[Talleyrand]

Why shouldn't we support this budget amendment? If families have to live by budgets shouldn't the regional government?

Next weekend there will be a vote on the Mideast Budget Amendment. The text of this amendment reads:

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This version is considerably worse then the prior that was voted down by the region as there is no mechanism that will allow the budget to go over the $50 billion in cases of emergency such as a recession. Due to this weakness in the amendment, I will be voting against it and I will be advocating for its defeat. 
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If the amendment passes, and there truly exists an underlying emergency, we can hold a vote to raise the debt ceiling further. However, I will be voting against this bill so we can put that sort of mechanism in just in case. Thanks for pointing it out, Gass, and my apologies for not recognizing it earlier.

I too apologize for not pointing this before the legislature passed the amendment. I for the most part avoided the debate on the topic because it appeared like everyone was just jumping back and forth between different limit ideas, I was going to wait until something official was proposed before giving my opinion on the matter. I don't know how I missed the current version going to a final vote, but to me it looks like it came out of nowhere. 

Here's a fixed up amendment, to see what changes would make us support the bill (Clause 4 was Tmth's idea, btw).

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Once again, both Gass and I have apologized for overlooking this in debate multiple times on this thread, but we do support the idea of a debt ceiling, although the changes above (i.e. Clause 3 will be necessary for that to occur).

[Talleyrand]

As someone who has had the opportunity to work extensively with Assemblyman Gass3268 over the last six months, I can say with full certainty he is the person I believe would be best suited to handle the issues our region is facing over the next four months. With his strong record on environmental, employment, and education issues, I strongly encourage everyone to cast their first preferences on his behalf! The Mideast needs him as Governor.

[Talleyrand]

300% ENDORSED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Talleyrand]

It's extraordinary that the whole "the current regional system works great" crowd has voted to throw out the most consistently active regional legislator. Disappointing, and frankly unexpected.

[Talleyrand]

This has to be one of the stupidest things I've ever seen any Atlasian do.

Bmotley once made a sock which had bmotley as the e-mail address.

[Talleyrand]

This has to be one of the stupidest things I've ever seen any Atlasian do.

Bmotley once made a sock which had bmotley as the e-mail address.

This has to be one of the stupidest things I've ever seen any Atlasian do.

Bmotley once made a sock which had bmotley as the e-mail address.

I am laughing my ass off after reading this. This is not your average dumb. This is a whole new level of dumb.
Can you link me the profile?