Trotxâ
Talossan since 10-17-2005; Knight since 11-5-2006
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Post by Trotxâ on Feb 14, 2014 22:39:05 GMT -6
Good evening, fellow Citizens of the Great Province of Vuode, fellow subjects of His Majesty King John, and assembled cestours. As it is the second Full Moon of 2014, I am pleased as the duly-elected Presiding Officer of the Estats Xhenerais of the United Provinces of Vuode and Dandenburg, I declare that our second legislative session is hereby open. <bangs gavel>This body shall remain is session until Thursday, 20 February Saturday, 22 February 2014 at approximately 10:00PM, unless or until the Premier of Vuode shall ask the Estats Xhenerais to remain in session. <bangs gavel>To open our session, we'd like to call to the stage Mr. Billy Joel to share a tune to start us off on the right foot. Today is Saint Valentine's Day, so Mr. Joel will present a hit tune from his 1983 album An Innocent Man - one particularly appropriate for St. Valentine's Day: his advice to gentlemen and a Valentine to Motown: Tell Her About It. Thank you, Mr. Joel, for sharing your wonderful music. That's particularly good advice for the men of Vuode. We hope to invite you to close our session with more of your music. Let's give him another round of applause. Huzzah! <bangs gavel>Now to the business part of our meeting. We open with the required disclaimers: All citizens and cestours of this, the finest province in the Kingdom of Talossa, are invited to stand now, and to present to us their Councillors any petitions, proposals, projects, programs or policies. Please come forward to the microphone, state your name and canton, the organization represented (if any) the title of the matter addressed and your position in favor or against; then proceed with remarks topic that brings you before the assembled Counselors. Generally, speakers will have at least one (1) minute to speak, but generally not more than five (5) minutes. Speakers should limit remarks to the designated time limit as determined by the Chair. Speakers are cautioned that only topics specifically related to the operations of the United Provinces of Vuode and Dandenburg and the function of the Estats Xhenerais are appropriate in this forum. Please be aware that all comments, documents, exhibits, evidence, petitions or writs presented shall become part of the public record. Councillors and citizens are required to use proper language when addressing the Estats Xhenerais. Councillors, citizens and cestours shall not use profanity or cursing, aggressive or threatening behavior when addressing the Estats Xhenerais or other participants. All comments are directed to the Presiding Officer and not to individual Councillors or to the audience. No personal verbal attacks toward any individual will be allowed during the conduct of a Estats Xhenerais session. Any Councillor, including the Presiding Officer, may have individual(s) removed from the podium and/or Estats Xhenerais Chambers if such conduct persists after a warning has been issued. No person, including but not limited to registered lobbyists, except Councillors and the staff of the Estats Xhenerais, shall be permitted access to the Members Bar and Lounge, except that employees of liquor distributors and employees of the Lake Park Golf Course may be granted admission for the purpose performing their employer-requested duties. Attendees of these meetings are heartily encouraged to tip the wait staff for services provided. It is the intent of these rules that the deliberations and actions of the Estats Xhenerais be conducted and taken openly in order that the citizens and cestours may be fully informed, it being the finding of the Estats Xhenerais that the citizens must be fully informed if they are to be intelligently advised as to the conduct of public business by their duly elected Councillors . This public meeting is now open for the good of the People and Province of Vuode. God Save the King! Edit: the dates must match what we said last time.
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Trotxâ
Talossan since 10-17-2005; Knight since 11-5-2006
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Post by Trotxâ on Feb 21, 2014 5:24:57 GMT -6
The chair would like to represent a great statesman, a great humanitarian, and my dear friend for over 50 years: Senator Betiñéir.
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Trotxâ
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Post by Trotxâ on Feb 21, 2014 5:26:36 GMT -6
Thank you, everyone, for that warm welcome. I want to give a special thanks to tonight’s two hosts: the Councilors from Canton Dun Cestour and Dun Vuode. This province is lucky to have two such hard-working representatives representing them here in the Estats Xhenerais. I ask all assembled to give them a hand.
[Hearty Applause]
I’ve asked to speak to you tonight to discuss my philosophy of representing you, and to present my plan for voting in this session in the Senats. I will try to be brief.
First, I want to go on record by saying that I hold no citizenship nor hold any governmental office in any micronation other than Talossa.
Second, the good citizens of Vuode should know that I support and defend our King and the Organic Law. I believe that we can’t have a Kingdom without a King. I believe that Talossans should be free from their government snooping into their lives through a census or other intrusive investigations. I also believe that a piece of legislation should prove beyond a reasonable doubt that it is an idea that it has a reasonable chance to improve the lives of most of the citizens of Talossa and of Vuode.
Thus, I feel it is in the best interests of the Citizens of Vuode to cast the following votes in the Senats:
46RZ1 - The Time! Time! Time! Elections really do take time amendment: If it weren’t withdrawn, I’d vote Contra 46RZ2 - Fixing the Electoral Rules amendment: Contra 46RZ3 - Nomination of Litz Cjantscheir to the CpI: Per 46RZ4 - El Lexhatx: Per
Please understand that I did not strive for nor seek public office, but came at the call of the leaders of Vuode. I look forward to continuing to represent you in the Senats. Thank you for your confidence.
Good night.
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Post by Eðo Grischun on Feb 22, 2014 21:56:41 GMT -6
The Premier leads the audience with applause
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Trotxâ
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Post by Trotxâ on Feb 23, 2014 2:06:25 GMT -6
Good evening, fellow Citizens of the Great Province of Vuode, fellow subjects of His Majesty King John, and assembled cestours. Thank you for joining us tonight for the closing of the second session of the Estats Xhenerais. As Presiding Officer, I ask for your attention and your patience as we wrap up. First, we would again like to ask you to put your hands together for our hosts here at the clubhouse of beautiful Lake Park Golf Course. Thanks guys! [Hearty Applause]Next, the chair would like once again to take a moment to thank the hardworking Premier of our beloved province: the Honourable Éovart Grischun. He's right here in the front row, in a dapper Michael Kors sharkskin suit. Please join me in giving our Premier a round of applause for his service. [Hearty Applause]<bangs gavel>To begin our closing, we'd like to recall Billy Joel to the podium. As you know, S:reu Joel toured the USSR in 1987, before the Berlin Wall came down, and he released an album from the tour. From his КОНЦЕРТ album, here is his cover of the Bob Dillon classic: THE TIMES THEY ARE A CHANGIN’. Thank you, thank you, S:reu Joel, for sharing your wonderful music. Yes, the times are changing in Vuode and throughout Talossa. Before we close this session, S:reu Joel would like to present one more song for us. He’s going to take us out with a top 10 hit from his album The Bridge, the 1986 hit A MATTER OF TRUST. Indeed – governance is a matter of trust. S:reu Joel, thank you for sharing your time and your talent. Friends, let's give S:reu Joel another round of applause. Huzzah! [Hearty Applause]<bangs gavel>The following proposal has been brought before this body: This body shall adjourn until the evening of the next full moon, Sunday, 16 March 2014. The Estats Xhenerais shall reconvene after the moon is full; unless or until the Premier of Vuode shall ask the Estats Xhenerais to gather in special session. Unless otherwise noted, this next session shall last until the evening of the day that the moon reaches her third quarter on Sunday, 23 March 2014. The motion is to recess. Anyone present who objects to this motion, please make your will known by saying "Nay." . . . Hearing no objections, the motion carries. <bangs gavel>As the duly-elected Presiding Officer of the Estats Xhenerais of the United Provinces of Vuode and Dandenburg, I declare that the second legislative session of this year is hereby closed. Thank you to the good people of the Province of Vuode, the best place to live in Talossa. We'll see you again next month. God Save the King! <bangs gavel>Edit: removed the extra tags floating at the end.
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