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Region: Texas

**** New WA Resolution Notification *****

There is currently a new General Assembly Resolution at vote. When expressing your opinion, please note which Resolution it is for. And remember Texans, your individual vote does count!

The new Resolution is called:
"Repeal "Living Wage Act"
A resolution to repeal previously passed legislation.

Category: Repeal Resolution: GA#21 Proposed by: Celsuis

Description: WA General Assembly Resolution #21: Living Wage Act (Category: Social Justice; Strength: Significant) shall be struck out"...

Oh Boy, after a long wait, we are back to good ol' Repeals and this is an oldie, but baddie. Back in October, 2008, Texans disliked this one by a vote of 2 for, 13 against and 1 undecided. We hated this one. If we recall correctly, we said something along the lines of "we will not tolerate some two bit world governance organization turning our nation into some freaking socialist welfare state" or something like that. If you want to run your nation like you want to, this one has to go! As a reminder, the issue here is the REPEAL of the existing law. A vote AGAINST this Resolution means you are in favor of the existing law and do not want it repealed. A vote FOR this Resolution means you want the law off the books. NewTexas will go on record as FOR on this Resolution. This is only the opinion of NewTexas. We look forward to other Texans' opinions and comments on this Resolution. If good arguments to the contrary are made, we will reconsider our position.

The Texas response was flat on the last GA vote -- Access to Humanitarian Aid -- which was passed after gaining 87.83% of the vote. As a reminder, all we are looking for is a simple 10% of Texans to say one way or another. We are a force for change in the WA. Every vote counts! There were 7 publicly-expressed opinions on the last Resolution with the final Texas tally running 5 FOR and 2 AGAINST and 0 ABSTAIN and 0 UNDECIDED. Texans were a little split on that one.

NewTexas has already voted on this Resolution in advance of publicly expressed opinions. We did this at the urging of many leaders in the World Assembly. As we have been saying for years, Texas is a force in the WA. Many feel that Texas can influence the overall vote if it votes first. There is an observed "lemming effect" that occurs during voting. Apparently a large number of votes are cast based on whichever side of the issue is leading when voters vote. Therefore, to get the most impact from our vote, we are now voting first. We will re-evaluate our original vote at midnight prior to the current vote. As always, we are open to suggestions on how we should vote on this Resolution to most accurately reflect opinion of the populace. Comments are welcome from all nations, both WA Members as well as those who are not. Please make your voice heard on the current issue either on this message board or on our offsite message board. But, by all means, please vote on the WA Page!

If you would like to take part in shaping the world you live in, please vote. Voting is a right and a privilege, please consider using it. And, if you are not a member of the World Assembly, we strongly encourage you to join.

All WA Member nations please vote. Please make your opinions known in Texas by 11:00pm Thursday and in the World Assembly voting booth by 11:00am Texas Time on Friday the 28th. Current voting in The World is running - Votes FOR: 4045 Votes AGAINST: 1345

Big Tex

PS: Remember, be sure to vote at the World Assembly too!

Hey Tex just wonder when are the elections start and end for this Texas election year?

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