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Governor of Texas
The Incorporated NationStates of NewTexas 11 (100%)
No Confidence 0 (0%)
Total Votes: 11
Governor of Texas; Texas Government
Topic Started: Dec 1 2013, 12:10 PM (118 Views)
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The Governor of Texas

Incumbent: The Incorporated NationStates of NewTexas

The Governor of Texas makes overall decisions determining the course of Texas activities, the defense of the region and provides general stewardship. The policies of the Governor shall not impinge upon any nation of Texas's sovereign rights. The Governor will also be held responsible for making and keeping Texas great. The position of Governor [doHTML]<span style="cursor:help;" class="red" title="To change this position, endorse a new WA Delegate in Texas in NationStates - but you can vote for Big Tex anyway">will not be elected</span>[/doHTML] but will inherit the the position by virtue of being WA Delegate. The Governor will handle all requests for Texas opinions on WA matters. The Governor will also be in charge of negotiating Alliances, maintaining the Texas Intelligence Agency, coordinating the Texas Defense Forces and overseeing immigration.

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  • The Incorporated NationStates of NewTexas
  • No Confidence
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:bow Fellow Texans !!! :bow

Alrighty Texans! It is speech time again. This will be the 36th if you are keeping score at home. As we always start off, it is still a pleasure to be Governor of Texas for as long as we have! We truly enjoy the position and all the contact we have with not only Texans but with all the nations around the world. It is really interesting and fun meeting and talking to people all around the world and talking about a diverse variety of subjects.

We are pleased to report that Texas Government is still alive and well. In this last Trimester, we have assessed more Embassy requests than in any other Trimester thanks to the Secretary of State Pharaoh Richard's tireless efforts. The Department of Counterbalance has been providing parties with various degrees of success. Breast Cancer Awareness was quite the wingding. Go figure. Ten years ago, such an event was unheard of. Our Secretary of WA Affairs continues to help Texans decide how to vote while doing much larger things in the World Assembly advancing the principles of National Sovereignty. The Secretary of Defense is keeping an ever-vigilant eye on The World ensuring that Texas is safe. Lastly, but certainly not least, the office of the Lieutenant Governor is a workhorse helping out in every area of Texas Government! They are even coordinating the efforts of the new Office of Emergency Management. Hiram is doing a great job as are all the Secretaries! It is a great pleasure to work with such a capable Cabinet.

Participation in Texas Elections is a little low this Trimester. Even though the number of candidates is low, maybe Texans are realizing what we do - we currently have the best and brightest leading Texas currently. It is hard to improve on "best". We are all still evaluating the new procedures for the Texas Representative Council. They are now appointed versus the traditional method of being elected. We give great weight to Texans opinions in the selection process. This form of "election" may even be more difficult than the traditional form due to each of our nominees needing to get a majority of approval to get their position. In the past, the top vote-getters automatically got a position. Now, each nominee will need to have voters confirm that they are worthy of representing them in Texas Government by attaining a 51% vote of confidence. It is subtly different. Some have expressed a desire to return to the old way, but this will be the first time we try the new way correctly, so we should all give it the old college try. Texans voted of this after all. It can always be changed through a change to the Texas Constitution if we collectively do not like it.

Texas continues to grow. The average population of a Texas nation is now 7.500 billion citizens (down from 7.690 billion last trimester). When you consider how many new nations are factored into that, many are much larger. We even now have twenty-seven nations with more than 20 billion citizens (up from 24 last Trimester). And ten of those nations have more than 23 billion! While we have about 20 nations more for this Election than last, Texas is did move up to 47th largest (60th last Trimester). That is nice growth. It appears the PuppetMasters are back to consolidating into large region these days. If you factor them out, we have one of the largest, most dynamic communities in all of NationStates! So, what does all this have to do with the office of the Governor of Texas? Well, that tells us that even though sometimes things are slow around Texas, it is still a fun place that people care about, or care enough about to stick around and see what is next. All the nations who return to Texas after a hiatus from The World are a tribute to that as well (48 returned in the last trimester alone - 23 more than the trimester before that)! That tells us that we have all been doing something right over the years. There are now over 17,000 regions (up over 1200 from last trimester) in the NationStates world where a nation could reside and we are still quite happy when we see nations choose Texas. We know that is a decision that they decided to make. We have not done any recruiting this trimester, but we still grow, or at the least, maintain. We look growing even more next Trimester. Seeing new Texans arrive in Texas lets us know that either we are doing something right or that the nations moving here have faith that we may be doing something right.

If we have said it once, we have said one hundred times, Texas has the best citizens in all of NationStates! We consider it our job to make Texas The Bestest Region in NationStates® And we mean it. We have been trying to "win" this game for years. We are still trying, but, it is kind of a difficult game to "win" with so few rules. However, the great people that we get to talk to and meet pretty much assures us that we are winning! And that is not just us, that is all of Texas! We just want to let everyone know that we are not solely responsible for this. It is all of the fine nations of Texas that make Texas great! We are simply a facilitator. We could not do a half or even a third of all the great stuff Texas does without the help of many, many of its fine citizens. We wish to take this opportunity to thank all of Texas! :bow

We would just like to assure you that we are far from running out of ideas and activities. We are running a little low, but have been "saving" some for years just waiting for the right opportunity. Additionally, Max keeps adding content to evolve The World. Sometimes it is good, sometimes not, but it is always interesting. Maybe we will see if we can fire something new this next trimester as well. The beauty of NS is that new nations are always coming and going and they bring with them new stuff. We have had several outstanding new nations who are really keeping the region on their toes. We think they know who they are. So, the burden of creating new content does not rest completely on current Texans. We look forward to seeing just what the relatively new go-getters are going to do.

As we have mentioned in the past, while we are not "technically" nominated, it is our distinct pleasure to wake up every morning and see that we are still "Governor of Texas" through our endorsements! We hope that is indicative that we are still needed. We appreciate each and every Texans' support! We certainly know that this could change at any given time or day.

:redheartface Thank you all! We could not do it without you! :heart

Always striving to make Texas great!

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