Unfortunately, I'm going to have to wait until my day off to check out the area.

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Quote from: Baron Alexandreu Davinescu on Yesterday at 06:39:47 AMJust an update: still waiting on the cards to return from the printer.  When they ship, I'll post an update.

Way to go. I was thinking of shooting a DM. Thanks for the clarification

Just an update: still waiting on the cards to return from the printer.  When they ship, I'll post an update.

No email has been sent yet. I've had quite a busy time at work the last week or so. I'll probably get it off tonight.

Bless you and your Christian ministry, John!  The end of an era for sure.

Quote from: Sir Txec dal Nordselvă, UrB on April 25, 2024, 03:30:40 PMThe members of the EC can expect to hear from me via email soon.

If this email has been sent, I have not received it.

Maybe there should be a redistricting commission created to look into how to best redraw the catchment areas

Yeah, I would agree that civil servants would make better proofreaders than elected officials. And it's been Free Democrat policy for ages to massively expand the civil service - because people keep saying they want ways to contribute to Talossa which are non-political. But for some reason, people don't volunteer, or give up quickly, and it falls back on the electeds.

But the other good function of the CRL has been to stop people Hoppering bills, the debate (if any) dies down, and when everyone's forgotten about it, it gets Clarked without warning and it doesn't get proper scrutiny. And it's doing fine in that regard.

Given the discussion, I am perhaps minded to put up a clarifying amendment that the CRL can recommend that a bill be reconsidered before Clarking if it has changed so much that in their opinion, it hasn't got a proper Hopper debate.

We also have the Secretary of State as another safeguard. I always review bills that are intended to be Clarked to make sure they spent the appropriate amount of time in The Hopper, that they received CRL approval, that the Clarked bill is not substantially different from the bill in The Hopper, etc. I also make sure that the proposer/lead sponsor is actually allowed to Clark a bill and check for whether the bill modifies El Lex. or OrgLaw. What I don't do is grammar check and spell check. I copy and paste the bill as is, flaws included.

I think the CRL is a good check and balance and it has worked well since it was implemented.