Office of Battista Minola 1616

[𝕭𝖆𝖕𝖙𝖎𝖘𝖙𝖆 𝕸𝖎𝖓𝖔𝖑𝖆]

Just the last reminder that I am running for re-election. During what has been my first term in the Frémont Parliament, I have learned quite a bit of things, and thanks also to my colleagues we have accomplished important things, like pioneering sustainable agriculture based on healthy soil principles, and expanding quality public transport projects. And rolling out the COVID vaccine of course!
I think my record speaks for itself. As always, I don't promise too much, if not that I'll keep working for a more stable, safer, and more community-oriented Frémont.

Battista Minola 1616 for Frémont Parliament

[Anna Komnene]

Battista, your feedback and amendments have been invaluable for several bills this session. It's been a joy to work with you in parliament. Endorsed!

[Anna Komnene]

Congratulations on getting the most first preferences! Well deserved.

[Joseph Cao]

My heartiest congratulations!

[Unconditional Surrender Truman]

Congratulations! May the papists of Nuevo México continue to prosper under your watchful eye.

[𝕭𝖆𝖕𝖙𝖎𝖘𝖙𝖆 𝕸𝖎𝖓𝖔𝖑𝖆]

Congratulations on getting the most first preferences! Well deserved.

Thanks! I was surprised myself.

My heartiest congratulations!

Thank you too!

Congratulations! May the papists of Nuevo México continue to prosper under your watchful eye.

Lmao. You're a legend, Truman. Thank you!

[AustralianSwingVoter]

I look forward to working with you over the next few months, and hopefully for even longer! I'm certain this session will be highly productive, especially now we have a much larger opposition body in the chamber to contribute to thoughtful and productive debate on preexisting policies.

[𝕭𝖆𝖕𝖙𝖎𝖘𝖙𝖆 𝕸𝖎𝖓𝖔𝖑𝖆]

I look forward to working with you over the next few months, and hopefully for even longer! I'm certain this session will be highly productive, especially now we have a much larger opposition body in the chamber to contribute to thoughtful and productive debate on preexisting policies.

Thank you! I am looking forward to this session too, the last one was good but I'm sure a six-member Parliament can be even more productive.

[WMS]

Make NM Proud.

[WMS]

Esteemed Member of the Frémont Parliament “Battista Minola 1616”, as a member of your constituency I have discovered troubling news!

The Citizen's Dispatch
First Pandemic Update

A New Hope as Vaccines Strike Back


The Atlasian vaccination effort has continued very successfully: congressional, executive, and regional coordinated efforts have resulted in a dip in the number of new cases and a stunning drop in death rates (last week, we saw a 25% drop in deaths from the week immediately prior, which had itself presented fewer fatalities than those before). The only states still showing strong negative trends are Arizona, New Mexico, and Puerto Rico, as large Southern states (like Texas and Oklahoma) have proved successful at greatly reducing positivity rates.

Vaccination levels have kept up a steady pace, as Atlasia is distributing a little above 3 million shots daily, with the percentage of citizens who have received at least one dose quickly climbing up. Currently (perhaps ironically, given they have faced more challenges regarding positivity rates and the spread of the virus), the nation's best performer in the vaccination race appears to be Fremont, with the South and Lincoln comparatively lagging behind.

New Mexico and our sibling Arizona, as well as our cousin Puerto Rico, are still suffering from raging COVID levels despite, in the case of New Mexico and Arizona, being in Atlasia’s best performing region for vaccinations! What is the reason for such stark disparities?!

As my representative in the Frémont Parliament, I implore you to find the causes of this before more of your constituents perish! Please do not delay; lives are at stake!

Sincerely, Citizen WMS

[𝕭𝖆𝖕𝖙𝖎𝖘𝖙𝖆 𝕸𝖎𝖓𝖔𝖑𝖆]

Esteemed Member of the Frémont Parliament “Battista Minola 1616”, as a member of your constituency I have discovered troubling news!

- SNIP -

New Mexico and our sibling Arizona, as well as our cousin Puerto Rico, are still suffering from raging COVID levels despite, in the case of New Mexico and Arizona, being in Atlasia’s best performing region for vaccinations! What is the reason for such stark disparities?!

As my representative in the Frémont Parliament, I implore you to find the causes of this before more of your constituents perish! Please do not delay; lives are at stake!

Sincerely, Citizen WMS

Oh, yikes!

It looks like there have been new outbreaks, sadly, in Native Atlasian reservations, especially in the Navajo Nation, which notoriously spans the two states of Arizona and New Mexico. I can't speak for Puerto Rico of course.
However, precisely because we are doing well on the vaccination front, I urge not to panic, for case rates and death rates will surely drop in our state soon as well.

- Battista Minola 1616

[WMS]

Yes, the epidemic has been at plague levels in the land of the Diné

Thank you for a prompt and friendly response

Hopefully this pandemic will end there as well!

Citizen WMS

[𝕭𝖆𝖕𝖙𝖎𝖘𝖙𝖆 𝕸𝖎𝖓𝖔𝖑𝖆]

I have just officially announced that I am running for a third term. This Parliament has been very productive! I have given special consideration to our museums and cultural institutions, but we have passed a wide array of bills ranging from making our electoral laws clearer to offering incentives to help combatting personnel shortages in rural hospitals to promoting preparedness and prevention against anomalous climate events, and more. Of course, a big thanks goes to all my colleagues and especially the now retiring Speaker Siren.
I will keep working for Frémont, if you give me the chance. Gloria Frémontis!

Battista Minola 1616 for Frémont Parliament

[The world will shine with light in our nightmare]

Endorsed for a third term! May St. Paul's Within the Walls bestow on you with great fortune.

[Left Wing]

Endorsed!

[Continential]

Endorsed!

[𝕭𝖆𝖕𝖙𝖎𝖘𝖙𝖆 𝕸𝖎𝖓𝖔𝖑𝖆]

A reminder that I am yet again running for re-election and the polls open tomorrow! This summer term has been less dramatic and exciting than usual, but this is perhaps just a reflection of Frémont experiencing a particularly good period of peace and prosperity now that the COVID pandemic has receded. Still, the Parliament had some activity, for example we continued in our commitment to environmental protection and I just introduced a bill to strengthen our relationship with the country of Italy.
Gloria Frémontis!

Battista Minola 1616 for Frémont Parliament

[𝕭𝖆𝖕𝖙𝖎𝖘𝖙𝖆 𝕸𝖎𝖓𝖔𝖑𝖆]

I apologize for updating my office thread a bit late, but I want to confirm right here that yes, Frémont has reached the end of history, and yes, I have been chosen as vice presidential candidate by our illustrious Scott, the next (hopefully!) President of Atlasia, and I have accepted the selection very happily. Now some of you may remember this is not the first time I am offered a spot on a federal ticket, and that one did not exactly pan out, but this October things are guaranteed to proceed much more smoothly.

All I can say is: support the Scott/Battista ticket this October! For a more moral, fair and prosperous Atlasia!

[𝕭𝖆𝖕𝖙𝖎𝖘𝖙𝖆 𝕸𝖎𝖓𝖔𝖑𝖆]

Well. A big thanks to you all for supporting the Scott/Battista ticket! This was a resounding victory for the people, not by chance on an all-Frémont ticket. Now I am your Vice President-elect, and together with Scott we will be able to do great things for all of Atlasia. For more about this, I fully endorse Scott's victory speech.

This also means I will soon leave my post in the Frémont Parliament. It has been a good year (or rather eleven months). You'll be in safe hands.

- Vice President-elect Battista Minola 1616

[𝕭𝖆𝖕𝖙𝖎𝖘𝖙𝖆 𝕸𝖎𝖓𝖔𝖑𝖆]

I have officially sworn in as your Vice President. Scott and I are going to get to business soon. The priorities of this administration are outlined in Scott's inaugural address. I have little to add to his words except to say that it is an honour to occupy the second-highest office in the land and that I am again thankful to all those who have supported me here.

Dave bless you. Populis populi.

- Vice President Battista Minola 1616

[𝕭𝖆𝖕𝖙𝖎𝖘𝖙𝖆 𝕸𝖎𝖓𝖔𝖑𝖆]

I want to echo some of the sentiments expressed by President Scott in recent days, especially in light of the just concluded midterm elections, which symbolically represent a good moment to make an assessment.

The Senate has definitely been not at its best in the last term, with procedure often being administered slowly or sloppily, too many members not voting, and a fair few threads that are just a clutter of unfunny unreadable personal fights. We really would like to see less of that going forward.

For the good news, we have still been able to do quite a few things in the past two months, and most significantly the Senate is about to pass the New Great Society Act, which is an investment in the Atlasian community and in our infrastructure of historic size - and has naturally been the signature focus of this administration. Hopefully more significant achievement await us too.

Populis populi.

- Vice President Battista Minola 1616

[𝕭𝖆𝖕𝖙𝖎𝖘𝖙𝖆 𝕸𝖎𝖓𝖔𝖑𝖆]

I am honoured to announce that the New Great Society Act is now law of the land. President Scott and I have already expended many words on this historic bill so I'll be short here. I just want to add myself to the special acknowledgement of Senator Western Democrat, who crafted the bill and worked most of all towards its passage, and thank him more generally for his strong legislative leadership during our term together and not only. A great legislator for certain.

On a related note, I noticed that WD has thrown his hat into the ring for the next PPT election. As the President of the Senate - by virtue of being Vice President - I am reluctant to give official endorsements for the position of president pro tempore. Nevertheless, I will state that should he be elected, I'm sure he'd be more than up to the job, and repeat what I said above about his virtues as a legislator.

Populis populi.

- Vice President Battista Minola 1616

[𝕭𝖆𝖕𝖙𝖎𝖘𝖙𝖆 𝕸𝖎𝖓𝖔𝖑𝖆]

I have not posted here in quite a while, so I just want to give a couple updates:

1) We have finally submitted and passed a FY2022 and FY2023 authorizations bill, and should be close to passing the proper budget as well, thereby finally closing this long and confusing chapter. Hopefully the blueprint North Carolina Yankee gave us will make future budget processes easier and less of a pain.

2) Scott and I are obviously not running for re-election in the end. I will probably take a break from active politics for a while after this, but nothing is definitive yet.

- Vice President Battista Minola 1616

[Joseph Cao]

Sorry to see you go even temporarily – if that is true –, Mr. Vice President, but take all the R&R you need.

[𝕭𝖆𝖕𝖙𝖎𝖘𝖙𝖆 𝕸𝖎𝖓𝖔𝖑𝖆]

Sorry to see you go even temporarily – if that is true –, Mr. Vice President, but take all the R&R you need.

Well, I have decided against it in the end - I have been suggested to run for Parliament again, to give it some life hopefully, and after some pondering I'll go for it. It's a less stressful job for sure.

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Battista Minola 1616 for Frémont Parliament