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Yes you read it right. I decided to run for Mayor of my little town and am up against one guy who was like the sidekick of the last mayor (who is doing time for theft of council funds), a number of other councilers who escaped questions of their involvement in the scandle, and a guy who owns a pub. I'm the only one running on a Human rights policy where every act of government, Law, Constitution, Sovereign would require regular approval by the electorate...
Still I dont think there are that many who want their neighbours to have that much of a say in the Government.
Since someone took a shot at the house, my neighbours have all taken a holiday...
Owns his own pub, you say?
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Owns his own pub, you say?
Yup! He's the guy who offered a Free Beer for any one catching a canetoad (we have a canetoad problem). Considering I am opposed to the sale of beer in a town where the economy is based on the sale of alcohol, night clubs which sell alcohol, pubs, bars, liquor outlets, restraunts, casinos, cafes...
So there is a fifty percent chance i will not win.
Drunks picking up poisonous toads, yeah, nothing could go wrong with that plan…
Best of luck to you either way.
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Considering I am opposed to the sale of beer in a town where the economy is based on the sale of alcohol, night clubs which sell alcohol, pubs, bars, liquor outlets, restraunts, casinos, cafes...
So there is a fifty percent chance i will not win.
Only 50?
Is there a temperance movement in town, or locals opposed to drunken disorder, to support you?
Assuming you are only opposed to sales and not consumption, I’m sure you would do just fine as the “Free Beer” mayor.
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Owns his own pub, you say?Yup! He's the guy who offered a Free Beer for any one catching a canetoad (we have a canetoad problem). Considering I am opposed to the sale of beer in a town where the economy is based on the sale of alcohol, night clubs which sell alcohol, pubs, bars, liquor outlets, restraunts, casinos, cafes...
So there is a fifty percent chance i will not win.
You should move to Texas. They have all sorta dry counties around hyoh.
So you gotta drive a county over. GREAT for the energy crisis.
Owns his own pub, you say?Yup! He's the guy who offered a Free Beer for any one catching a canetoad (we have a canetoad problem). Considering I am opposed to the sale of beer in a town where the economy is based on the sale of alcohol, night clubs which sell alcohol, pubs, bars, liquor outlets, restraunts, casinos, cafes...
So there is a fifty percent chance i will not win.
You should move to Texas. They have all sorta dry counties around hyoh.
So you gotta drive a county over. GREAT for the energy crisis.
Same in Tennessee want some Jack? We make it here...but you can't buy it...you have to go over like 4 counties.
Fizz
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No beer?!?! No vote for you!
;P
Seriously though, I wouldn't push that agenda too much upfront. I would try to get in on my other merits and platforms and try to enact some subtle changes in regards to that area once I got in. Someone coming in trying to 'save' the town with radical ideas is probably doomed to fail unless the majority of the town is for the change, but getting in office and slowly pushing the agenda in that direction would probably do a fair bit better, and start moving the town towards the direction you think is best for it.
Good luck.
Holy crap. What an interesting situation. When you say "dry" do you mean you can't buy it during certain days of the week, or at all? It reminds me of when I was living in PA, all those years ago...Everyone used to come to our town to get drunk during the weekends. I never understood it, and I still don't, but now that I see this is a relatively common custom, I'm wondering where else it happens, and how people deal with it.
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Yellowdingo, I don’t know that much about politics, so forgive me if I get the terminology wrong, but it sounds like what you are proposing is a direct democracy type of thing. How do you see that working? It worked to a degree in ancient Athens, when their citizen population was small enough that they could all sit in the forum together … but even their democracy became extremely populist and reactionary at times.
I think we have the technology to theoretically handle a direct democracy with a much much larger citizenry, but do most people have the time, knowledge and good sense to be part of a direct democracy? (If you know a more correct term for this, let me know). Would any decisions actually get made if they needed approval from the electorate? I think it’s an excellent idea in theory, but in practice I’m not so sure.
You mention that you think a lot of people don’t want their neighbours to have that much say in government – well, I’m torn on that front. On the one hand, I believe in equality, and that everyone should have access to the same rights and privileges – in theory at least. In practice, I’m not so sure that I really do want all my neighbours to have a direct say in government. The sad fact is that there are a lot of really stupid, or short-sighted, or self interested, or just plain ignorant people out there.
Do I want someone who can’t find Indonesia on a map and thinks that Wife Swap USA is excellent entertainment making decisions on foreign policy and defence spending? Not really. Do I want someone who earns 7 figures and sends all their kids to private schools making decisions on school funding and welfare benefits? Well, I guess that’s pretty much what happens now, so maybe that would improve… Do I want people who don’t really think that climate change applies to them, and who love their V8s and their air conditioners making decisions on public transport and energy policies? Not really
I think that there must be a better way to do things than the way we currently do things, but I don’t know that your proposal is that better way – at least not yet. I don’t think that most people are ready for that responsibility. So what is a step in that direction?
You mention that you think a lot of people don’t want their neighbours to have that much say in government – well, I’m torn on that front. On the one hand, I believe in equality, and that everyone should have access to the same rights and privileges – in theory at least. In practice, I’m not so sure that I really do want all my neighbours to have a direct say in government. The sad fact is that there are a lot of really stupid, or short-sighted, or self interested, or just plain ignorant people out there.Do I want someone who can’t find Indonesia on a map and thinks that Wife Swap USA is excellent entertainment making decisions on foreign policy and defence spending? Not really. Do I want someone who earns 7 figures and sends all their kids to private schools making decisions on school funding and welfare benefits? Well, I guess that’s pretty much what happens now, so maybe that would improve… Do I want people who don’t really think that climate change applies to them, and who love their V8s and their air conditioners making decisions on public transport and energy policies? Not really
My sentiments exactly...
Good luck on becoming Mayor.
Wayfinder, PaizoCon Founder
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Mothers of River City!
Heed the warning before it's too late!
Watch for the tell-tale sign of corruption!
The moment your son leaves the house,
Does he rebuckle his knickerbockers below the knee?
Is there a nicotine stain on his index finger?
A dime novel hidden in the corn crib?
Is he starting to memorize jokes from Capt. Billy's Whiz Bang?
Are certain words creeping into his conversation?
Words like 'swell?"
And 'so's your old man?"
Well, if so my friends,
Ya got trouble,
Right here in River City!
With a capital "T"
And that rhymes with "B"
And that stands for Booze.
We've surely got trouble!
Right here in River City!
:)
man you need to live here its 75 miles to even get a legal beer if ya don't hit a bootlegger or 50 miles it ya cross state line and you can oly get beer or wine coolers there so its still 75 if ya want the hard stuff or as i said bootlegger. pity us
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Yes you read it right. I decided to run for Mayor of my little town and am up against one guy who was like the sidekick of the last mayor (who is doing time for theft of council funds), a number of other councilers who escaped questions of their involvement in the scandle, and a guy who owns a pub.
Since someone took a shot at the house, my neighbours have all taken a holiday...
Yup! He's the guy who offered a Free Beer for any one catching a canetoad (we have a canetoad problem). Considering I am opposed to the sale of beer in a town where the economy is based on the sale of alcohol, night clubs which sell alcohol, pubs, bars, liquor outlets, restraunts, casinos, cafes...
Am I the only one who thinks this is a plot synopsis for a future episode of Deadwood?
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So there is a fifty percent chance i will not win.
50/50? You might want to rethink those odds... just sayin'. I'm thinking Ron Paul has a better chance of becoming president than you do mayor.
Hey Fizz ... where in TN are you? I live in Huntsville, AL and we drive right past the Jack distillery when we go visit my wife's family in TN or mine in KY. Just curious.
-Skeld
man you need to live here its 75 miles to even get a legal beer if ya don't hit a bootlegger or 50 miles it ya cross state line and you can oly get beer or wine coolers there so its still 75 if ya want the hard stuff or as i said bootlegger. pity us
Sweet Danu, I can't even conceive of such a thing Ireland is so small, you're never more then 80 miles from the sea, so the idea of traveling such distances for a pint is just mad.
I'd rather go live on the Planet of the Apes- it makes more sense.Easter and Christmas are the two dry days in the Irish calendar, so what do people do? Book booze cruises en mass to England and France, so they can drink on the Ferry. Either that or stock up ahead like booze will evaporate if left on the shelves.
man you need to live here its 75 miles to even get a legal beer if ya don't hit a bootlegger or 50 miles it ya cross state line and you can oly get beer or wine coolers there so its still 75 if ya want the hard stuff or as i said bootlegger. pity usSweet Danu, I can't even conceive of such a thing Ireland is so small, you're never more then 80 miles from the sea, so the idea of traveling such distances for a pint is just mad.
I'd rather go live on the Planet of the Apes- it makes more sense.
Easter and Christmas are the two dry days in the Irish calendar, so what do people do? Book booze cruises en mass to England and France, so they can drink on the Ferry. Either that or stock up ahead like booze will evaporate if left on the shelves.
hit bootleggers alot or run across state border to tn or va northern Kentucky is wet the jim beam distillery up there too good stuff that. as for what we do get into trouble more often then not it seems.alot of hunter more fools with guns then sense to.As for the 80 mile trip not to bout 1 1/2 one way by the interstate roads. hell 9 or 10 mile drive just to get a burger or do shopping 22 miles if ya want anything better then a dollar store to shop in or want to watch a movie.everything pretty much on the side of a mountains around here so outside stuff is big. lake Cumberland falls, 4 wheeling ,mudding. stuff like that.In other words it can be boring as hell.
My sentiments exactly...
You mention that you think a lot of people don’t want their neighbours to have that much say in government – well, I’m torn on that front. On the one hand, I believe in equality, and that everyone should have access to the same rights and privileges – in theory at least. In practice, I’m not so sure that I really do want all my neighbours to have a direct say in government. The sad fact is that there are a lot of really stupid, or short-sighted, or self interested, or just plain ignorant people out there.Do I want someone who can’t find Indonesia on a map and thinks that Wife Swap USA is excellent entertainment making decisions on foreign policy and defence spending? Not really. Do I want someone who earns 7 figures and sends all their kids to private schools making decisions on school funding and welfare benefits? Well, I guess that’s pretty much what happens now, so maybe that would improve… Do I want people who don’t really think that climate change applies to them, and who love their V8s and their air conditioners making decisions on public transport and energy policies? Not really
Hey, I love that Wife Swap show! It interests me to see how people run their households in manners that make absolutely no sense to me. AND I VOTE! ;-)
hit bootleggers alot or run across state border to tn or va northern Kentucky is wet the jim beam distillery up there too good stuff that. as for what we do get into trouble more often then not it seems.alot of hunter more fools with guns then sense to.As for the 80 mile trip not to bout 1 1/2 one way by the interstate roads. hell 9 or 10 mile drive just to get a burger or do shopping 22 miles if ya want anything better then a dollar store to shop in or want to watch a movie.everything pretty much on the side of a mountains around here so outside stuff is big. lake Cumberland falls, 4 wheeling ,mudding. stuff like that.In other words it can be boring as hell.man you need to live here its 75 miles to even get a legal beer if ya don't hit a bootlegger or 50 miles it ya cross state line and you can oly get beer or wine coolers there so its still 75 if ya want the hard stuff or as i said bootlegger. pity usSweet Danu, I can't even conceive of such a thing Ireland is so small, you're never more then 80 miles from the sea, so the idea of traveling such distances for a pint is just mad.
I'd rather go live on the Planet of the Apes- it makes more sense.
Easter and Christmas are the two dry days in the Irish calendar, so what do people do? Book booze cruises en mass to England and France, so they can drink on the Ferry. Either that or stock up ahead like booze will evaporate if left on the shelves.
Yikes. What's the dating scene like?
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Anyway, Apparently at close of Nominations I'm up against 10 other people, mostly ex-councilers and a guy with a pub.
My Media interviews could have been better; basicly they cut the bit where I tell them that I want to give people the right to vote directly on every act of government, law, constitution, sovereign - and focus on the idea that I want to cut the sale of Alcohol to reduce violence.
So I have three weeks to get the message out there (in a community that has little interest in internet - 70% don't use it, and over 50%utter complacency when it comes to human rights - they dont need till its too late and dont care for the idea that others should have an equal say).
For an example...the lady up the street got her children a sound beating for their christmas present. She got a box of liquor.
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...basicly they cut the bit where I tell them that I want to give people the right to vote directly on every act of government, law, constitution, sovereign...
You realize that the form of government we have is a representative democracy, right? That's where we elect people to weigh the options and maeke the collective choices for us so that we don't have to vote on every single issue (which would be a true democracy). They are different forms of government.
Would you really want to have the whole town vote whenever townhall needs to buy office supplies?
Just curious.
-Skeld
And a mayor really has no power to enact human rights legislation. Up here in America, a lot of city councils have passed resolutions to impeach Bush. They have no power to be enforced, so they are ignored and ultimately were a waste of time and taxpayer money. Such people were hired (and elected officials are just that, our employees, up for firing every few years) to protect the quality of life of the citizens, nothing else.
Ultimately, trying to dry up your town impacts the daily life of the townsfolk, and is far more important to them than if you dislike the war in Iraq. You want to take a personal choice away from people "for their own good." Such hubris. Such elitism.
If I were in your town, I'd vote against you. I'm not in your town, and I still hope you lose.
Yikes. What's the dating scene like?
like it is anywhere else i'd say. Just less places to go unless your willing to drive.
Reduce consumption of alcohol?
You lose.
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...basicly they cut the bit where I tell them that I want to give people the right to vote directly on every act of government, law, constitution, sovereign...You realize that the form of government we have is a representative democracy, right? That's where we elect people to weigh the options and maeke the collective choices for us so that we don't have to vote on every single issue (which would be a true democracy). They are different forms of government.
Would you really want to have the whole town vote whenever townhall needs to buy office supplies?
Just curious.
-Skeld
Just remember that even over there in the USA when people didnt require a consensus on the Government buying offive supplies...the US Army spent 30 thousand on toilet seats and 40 thousand on hammers.
PS since 1957 Australia has had legislation requiring every act of Government, Law, Constitution, Sovereign to be directly and regularly approved...We have also had centralized government that refused to be accountable to the laws of our nation and you are looking at the only one in 20 million who expected accountability and didnt get it.
So if im surrounded by twenty million citizens guilty of treason, do I shoot them all, or try to reform them?
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...even over there in the USA...
I didn't realize at first that you're not in the US, though the "dingo" in your name should have clued me in.
I don't know anything about Aussie government (other than that they've been a staunch American ally, which I appreciate immensely), and I don't have much of interest in aussie politics. Best of luck to you though. This is obviously something you feel passionate about.
By the way, the US army didn't actually spend $30,000 on a toilet seat.
-Skeld
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My Media interviews could have been better; basicly they cut the bit where I tell them that I want to give people the right to vote directly on every act of government, law, constitution, sovereign.
I am very curious as to how you plan to enable this, and to what extent?
and focus on the idea that I want to cut the sale of Alcohol to reduce violence.
While I don't think that a reduction in the sale of alcohol would be very popular in a town that seems to rely on alcohol for its economy, it seems that this may be actually be a better thing for you to focus on initially - a reduction in alcohol related violence would seem to have more relevance to local voters than their rights to have a say in government.
I'm not sure exactly where you are, but hasn't a state or federal law already quite heavily restricted the sale of alcohol in many north Queensland towns?
For an example...the lady up the street got her children a sound beating for their christmas present. She got a box of liquor.
That's a horrible thing ... but how widespread is this problem where you are - enough to give you a platform? Enough for people who might not be directly effected by it to take a stand against it?
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PS since 1957 Australia has had legislation requiring every act of Government, Law, Constitution, Sovereign to be directly and regularly approved...We have also had centralized government that refused to be accountable to the laws of our nation and you are looking at the only one in 20 million who expected accountability and didnt get it.So if im surrounded by twenty million citizens guilty of treason, do I shoot them all, or try to reform them?
I was not aware of this legislation. Could you direct me to it so that I can understand it better?
I'm also very curious as to how you propose that this legislation be put into practise?
By the way, the US army didn't actually spend $30,000 on a toilet seat.-Skeld
[threadjack] Well, we don't really know 100% what was paid and what wasn't, considering how hard our elected representatives are trying to not look into Haliburton's war profiteering over the last few years. [/threadjack]
Please. How awesome would it be to slide your cheeks down on a $30,000 toilet seat? Aw....yeah. I’m betting it would be single use only though, because once someone has used it, it’d be like, $29.95.
[irony]Haliburton will be brought to justice![/irony]
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Dear Mothman: Harris Criminal Law (20th edition)/Crimes against the Crown/Section 21 Sedition/Any act causing government, Law, Constitution, or Sovereign is a Seditious Act.
Pretty much every Commonwealth Country had it...including Hong Kong...which is ironic because the Government of China used it to persecute people in Hong Kong even they would ultimately be accountable to it themselves.
PS My politics must be realy angering people...since the drive by shooting, I gave a few intervies and finally got the idea that we would be voting on every act of Government, Law, Constitution...
Last night (12 hours after that showed in a paper) someone jumped the fence into the yard and turned my blue heeler into a paraplegic. They worked him over and crushed his spine so he can only drag homself with his front feet.
They will be overjoyed that i have decided that elected councilmen and the Mayor (if I get in) will also be taking firearms training, and be required to carry a glock and wear kevlar armor.
Dont you love a Democracy.
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Dear Mothman: Harris Criminal Law (20th edition)/Crimes against the Crown/Section 21 Sedition/Any act causing government, Law, Constitution, or Sovereign is a Seditious Act.
Thanks man, I'll see if I can find it.
Last night (12 hours after that showed in a paper) someone jumped the fence into the yard and turned my blue heeler into a paraplegic. They worked him over and crushed his spine so he can only drag homself with his front feet.
Man, that's f!@+ed. I'm really sorry to hear about your dog. Calling the person or people who did that animals is insulting to animals. Can he be fixed? I'm guessing not ... S@$~ man. Any idea who did it?
They will be overjoyed that i have decided that elected councilmen and the Mayor (if I get in) will also be taking firearms training, and be required to carry a glock and wear kevlar armor.
Not sure that's the solution...
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Last night (12 hours after that showed in a paper) someone jumped the fence into the yard and turned my blue heeler into a paraplegic. They worked him over and crushed his spine so he can only drag homself with his front feet.Man, that's f!*#ed. I'm really sorry to hear about your dog. Calling the person or people who did that animals is insulting to animals. Can he be fixed? I'm guessing not ... s@!# man. Any idea who did it?
That is very odd...I guess it wanst totally permanent. For three days he dragged himself about by front feet and now he can walk again (although he is in a lot of pain...If there is a god he is a Dog lover because I was sure the SOBs had done the Heeler a life ending injury). He still has internal injuries but it doesnt look like I'll have to put the fella down.
I definatly dont like people who are prepared to do this sort of thing because they dont like my politics.
Between this Assault and the driveby shooting I think most of my Mayoral salary will be used in hunting down a bunch of nasty thugs who get what they want through intimidation.
Wow, dingo, I'm sorry to hear all this.
You have some serious power for pissing people off, don't you.
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Wow, dingo, I'm sorry to hear all this.
You have some serious power for pissing people off, don't you.
Yup! Apparently all I have to do is talk about Human Rights and Legislation in the same sentance and I and those I care about get attacked.
As to the Campaign...The forces of Sithness are circling. The Property COuncil of Australia have sent emails to all the candidates expressing their support for Candidates prepared to support capitalism in the extreem. They want government prepared to safeguard further investment in the growth of the CBD Highrise realestate market at the expense of the Suburbs (considering it is the suburbs who pays the council rates that will be spent on the development of a District for very rich citizens only, I consider this rather insulting).
Positive Vision for the CBD
Darwin’s troubled CBD is a reflection of the lack of attention and funding provided to it in favour to the suburbs. It is important that all Councilors, regardless of which ward they represent, have a vision for the CBD of Darwin as the heart of the whole city. - from the PCoA Doccumentation
Basically I told them that the CBD was extinct in light of comming Oil Shortages and a Philosophy of "Within Walking Distance of Suburban Homes" would have priority.
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They will be overjoyed that i have decided that elected councilmen and the Mayor (if I get in) will also be taking firearms training, and be required to carry a glock and wear kevlar armor.
You aren't going to have everyone vote on that then?
ps- It seems like you vastly overestimate the scope of a mayors power.
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Glad your dog's doing better dingo.
And surprised to hear that Darwin has highrise ... or a CBD ...? I guess I'm still picturing it about twenty years ago.
Of course the PCA wants to support development! Otherwise they wouldn't have much point to exist. Everyone likes to justify their own existence from time to time, even if to the rest of the world it seems like there is no real justification. And if the PCA didn't exist, then all its big-wigs would need to find other excuses for all their corporate cocktail parties, um, I mean networking opportunities. (Maybe I'm just bitter cos I was never able to pick up at those things when I used to go to them...)
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Considering the state of unlawful violence in your town,...
...if you don't win the election...
... have you considered donning an identity-concealing costume and fighting corruption as a caped vigilante?
"Criminals are a cowardly and superstitious lot. A dingo! That's it! I shall become ... a dingo!"
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Glad your dog's doing better dingo.
And surprised to hear that Darwin has highrise ... or a CBD ...? I guess I'm still picturing it about twenty years ago.
Of course the PCA wants to support development! Otherwise they wouldn't have much point to exist. Everyone likes to justify their own existence from time to time, even if to the rest of the world it seems like there is no real justification. And if the PCA didn't exist, then all its big-wigs would need to find other excuses for all their corporate cocktail parties, um, I mean networking opportunities. (Maybe I'm just bitter cos I was never able to pick up at those things when I used to go to them...)
Of course Darwin has a CBD. They buldozed the Darwin Hotel (a very old Pub) and built a commercial monstrosity on it ten years ago. Now its nightclubs, gaybars, bikibars, 3AM muggings carried out by gangs of twelve yearolds, drunken teensex in shopping trollies at 4AM in the mainstreet, Drunken US Sailors raping little drunken teenagers (shame on you all!) Homeless Drunks, Homless Aboriginals, Homeless old people, Backpacker Motels, and a Waterfront Development which ate up vast tracts of public money and land for an entirely commercial development.
As to the Doggy (his name is Blue by the way) he is recovering though the incident turned him into a miserable SOB who doesnt enjoy physical contact beyond an early morning wakeup hug - he wakes me up with a bark in my ear and a wet nose in the face...no I wont go 'Dark Knight' on the town as you put it...Although I think Sharpshooters on the roof of the tallest buildings with fifty calibre rifles may be the endgame in the fight against Street Violence...as terrible as a prospect as that is.
And wow! One of the Other Mayoral candidates (the one with the pub) has just claimed my stance on Human Rights as his own. He suddenly realized that Human Rights might well get me elected and has suddenly come out and claimed the ideas I have been hitting people over the head with as his own.
Even though his comments are evasive, his campaign language now has the appearance of human rights without the substance.
And I am also up against a fellow who was one of my Childhood school teachers...The only other person in the eleven with credibility.
Still Human Rights are the benchmark in this election...A benchmark I set for everyone. :P
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It seems like you vastly overestimate the scope of a mayors power.
The Job Description of the Mayor of Darwin:
- Photo opportunities with community groups looking to get a pat on the back and a "Well Done!" for having achieved on a budget of almost nothing what the Council couldnt do with fifty million dollars a year.
- Chair Council Meetings, raise a few issues, ect.
Which is why I intend to put up human rights legislation so that everyone in Darwin has to vote regularly on acts of Government, Law, Constitution, and Sovereign (US Citizens would call this job slot the Presidency).
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So an update on the election campaign:
We are now 1 Week from elections, I have been described by the only real Newspaper in Town as a $101:$1 Rank ousider who enriches our way of life if not our democracy.
Today a second person actually recognised me in public...It is all worthwhile.
There are actually some people out there who want the right to vote directly and regularly on every act of Government, Law, Constitution, and Sovereign.
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Saturday Morning (Day of Election): News Paper Puts my picture next to unrelated headline "Kiss frog to get Mayor"... I love impartial Media.
Sunday Morning: Well, now its down to preferences.
TOTAL 43,166 voters
Maise Austin 2,959: Didnt feel safe walking the streets, and wanted to employ a "flying squad" to Deal with itinerants, and hoodlums.
Rodney Cryer 765: Was happy with the Status Qou and ran on a simple policy of enforcing the existing laws.
Michael Foley 1,455: Promoted policies from a brochure by the Property Council of Australia
Dorothy Fox 1,345: Promoted Policies by the Property Council of Australia
Sean Gould 906: Promoted Policies by the Property Council of Australia
Kerie Kyriacou 1,898: Didnt Say. Stayed clear of Debate
Robyn Lesley 3,842: Supports State/Territory Government control of the future of the City.
Ashley Manicaros 1,434: Ban Cigarette Smoking in public places
Sean Meaney 574: Supported Human Rights Improvements
Alan Morgan 317: Went to Thailand during the election lead-up
Graeme Sawyer 9,464: Focued on his previous work co-ordinating the hunt for CaneToads.
18,207 uncounted
So that is 1-2% of the population interested in the right to directly approve every act of Government, Law, Constitution, and Sovereign.
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Its official...the majority of Darwinites would swerve to hit you if it didnt scratch their cars...
I got 788 Votes out of over fourty three thousand...14,000 couldnt even be bothered turning up but they are going to get sued for a hundred thousand each...scoring the new council a sweet 140 million dollars in fines...ironic realy.
Sorry to hear that Sean, that sucks a lot for you.
Best wishes for you and your dog, hopefully Blue will get better, everything will just blow over, your neighbours will stop shooting at you, and the winner will steal your ideas and use them anyway [/best outcome scenario].
Otherwise, move down here to the picturesque Southern Highlands. Apart from the 364-day rainy period, we have a surprising amount of sunshine (in fact, my English boss tells me it's "just like home"), and here our major problem is the elite snobs who argue over whether we should close the public swimming pools in order to open a new "leisure centre" out of town... right next door to the 'swanky part of the Shire' (and right round the corner from the house I rent).
Heck, run for Mayor here. Our current mayor is a former Minister for Education who gave me an award at school seventeen years ago... and that's all I can ever remember him doing. I think one of our other candidates is the guy who writes the "Out of context" funny editorial in the paper.
If it involves human rights, in fact, you might get a shot in. Someone in my immediate family started the entire "Sorry Book" movement right here, and it's gone all round Australia now. Could be worth a shot (no pun intended).