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Bill: Damien Vrylar memorial parks system
Details
Submitted by[?]: Cooperative Commonwealth Federation
Status[?]: defeated
Votes: This is an ordinary bill. It requires more yes votes than no votes. This bill will not pass any sooner than the deadline.
Voting deadline: July 2106
Description[?]:
| Under this law, a national parks system will be re-established. Former national parks now under state jurisdiction shall once again be the responsibility of the national government, which has the reources to manage them properly and the abaility to make wise stewardship decisions for the entire Lodamun ecosystem, preserving the best of all. Those former national parks sold off to private buyers will remain private unless deemed to be of overwhelming ecological significance, in which case they may be bought back by the government at market values. The national government will be responsible for Lodamun's portion of the East Coast Maritime Preservation Area. The restored national parks system shall be named in honour of Damien Vrylar, a distinguished former President-Councillor of Lodamun, notorious bald man, and lover of the environment. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change Government policy regarding a national park system.
Old value:: The government devolves park policy to local governments.
Current: The government funds and maintains a network of national parks and/or marine protected areas.
Proposed: The government funds and maintains a network of national parks and/or marine protected areas.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 05:17:59, September 02, 2005 CET | From | CNT/AFL | To | Debating the Damien Vrylar memorial parks system |
| Message | A suitable memorial for a reasonable man. |
| Date | 13:49:37, September 02, 2005 CET | From |  National People's Gang | To | Debating the Damien Vrylar memorial parks system |
| Message | It is a worthy accolade for one with such notoriety of baldness and such a reasonable temperament. |
| Date | 16:07:57, September 02, 2005 CET | From | Adam Smith Party | To | Debating the Damien Vrylar memorial parks system |
| Message | A waste of public money. |
| Date | 21:24:22, September 02, 2005 CET | From | Tuesday Is Coming | To | Debating the Damien Vrylar memorial parks system |
| Message | I thought Mr. Vrylar's killed immature canines? |
| Date | 21:30:50, September 02, 2005 CET | From | National People's Gang | To | Debating the Damien Vrylar memorial parks system |
| Message | What man of reasonable temperament wouldn't? |
| Date | 21:33:49, September 02, 2005 CET | From | Tuesday Is Coming | To | Debating the Damien Vrylar memorial parks system |
| Message | Good point...Wouter Lievens destroys puppies as well... |
| Date | 05:53:47, September 03, 2005 CET | From | CNT/AFL | To | Debating the Damien Vrylar memorial parks system |
| Message | That was Aleksander Burke. According to historical documents including movies and embalmed bodies, Damien Vrylar waited until said canines were mature, then he killed them. |
| Date | 17:29:52, September 03, 2005 CET | From | National People's Gang | To | Debating the Damien Vrylar memorial parks system |
| Message | We thank the CNT/AFL for the clarification of these former rumours but understand that the CNT/AFL would dissociate itself from any statements regarding allegations of puppycide relating to previous statesmen. |
| Date | 17:51:17, September 04, 2005 CET | From | National People's Gang | To | Debating the Damien Vrylar memorial parks system |
| Message | Government ownership of parks is a good place to start, with roads, houses, factories, fields, rivers, trees - every blade of grass - to follow. |
| Date | 20:50:10, September 04, 2005 CET | From | Cooperative Commonwealth Federation | To | Debating the Damien Vrylar memorial parks system |
| Message | The government will not own the parks, it will ensure responsible stewardship. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||||
| yes |
Total Seats: 122 | ||||
| no |
Total Seats: 157 | ||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 21 |
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