#mayor questionnaire

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Disability Questionnaire for Mayoral Candidates

Image ID: The graphic has photos of the 3 Mayoral candidates; Jermichael Mitchell, Megan Outten, and Randy Taylor. Under are 3 arms of various skin tones holding a vote ballot. In 2019, we have data that Wicomico County was home to over 12% people with disabilities. 12% of our county! Anyone can acquire a disability at any point. COVID-19 has created an increase in our disability community, as…

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TBOSAS on Crack short take (41)

Casca: So tell me, my little delinquents, what did you learn about your Tributes in our very first meet & greet?

Livia: What meet & greet?

Casca: The one where you asked your Tributes about their personal life and experiences.

Festus: Personal life?

Lysistrata: Experiences?

Felix: When was that exactly-

Casca: What do you mean when?! We just held it yesterday!😠 I even gave each one of you a set of questionnaires for your Tributes to answer!

Coryo: That was a meet & greet?!

Casca: What did you think that was, Crassus Xanthos Snow?! A pool party?! A gossip festival?!

Coryo: It’s Coriolan-

Casca: Shut up, Crassus! Now tell me about your Tribute.

Coryo: But you just told me to shut up-

Casca: Just answer my stupid question, Cabbage Boy!

Coryo: Fine! Her name’s Lucy Gray Bird. . . Baird? I’m not really sure.

Casca: It’s Juicy Bae Beard.

Coryo: Sure. Whatever you say.

Casca: Whatever I say?🥹

Coryo: No.

Casca: Crassus, my love-

Coryo: But I do remember trading one of my boyfriend’s sandwiches for her to sing ✨Snow On The Beach✨ the other day.

Casca: And then?

Coryo: And then what?

Casca: What about her personal life?!

Coryo: She’s a forest hippie.

Festus: What’s a forest hippie?

Coryo: They’re the weird bird people who sing and live in a magical forest with the cheese fairies.

Festus: Really?

Coryo: The cabbage deities and a friendly lima bean elf told me.

Festus: Cool.

Clemensia: The cabbage deities?

Coryo: They never lie.

Clemensia: You need a therapist.

Coryo: I’m poor.

Casca: What about her family members?!

Coryo: They’re also forest hippies.

Lysistrata: And pole dancers!

Clemensia: Coal miners, Lizzie. Coal miners.

Lysistrata: No. Jessup told me that everyone in District 12 is either a forest hippie or a pole dancer.

Coryo: Lucy Gray’s both.

Lysistrata: And Jessup’s a pole dancer. A professional-

Clemensia: He’s clearly lying.

Coryo: No, he’s not. The rainbow bird told me the exact same thing.

Clemensia: You all need help.

Casca: What about the questionnaires I gave you?!

Coryo: Honestly, I don’t know. Maybe Lucky’s stupid bird ate them.

Urban: He ate mine too.

Coryo: And to be fair, Birdy wasted our time sh*t talking nonstop about her ex lover and his new annoying girlfriend who happens to be the Mayor’s daughter or whatever-

Casca: She was what?!

Coryo: I don’t really care. She’s a rainbow bird and I’m allergic to weird talking birds.

Urban: Same.

Casca: And what were you doing?

Coryo: Oh, me? I was just busy sh*t talking and bragging about how rich and extremely clingy my darling boyfriend is-

Casca: You were sh*t talking about me?!

Coryo: Ew. Not you.

Casca: Crassus, my love, how dare you! I’m the only one who truly loves you! How dare you-

Sejanus: *suddenly appears out of nowhere, glares at Highbottom, and hugs Coryo like his life depends on it* My darling gorgeous Coryo was sh*t talking about me! Not you!

Casca: But-

Sejanus: BUT ME!!

Casca:. . .

Sejanus: Right, Snow Babe?🥺

Coryo: Obviously.🙄

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Matt Bors’s “Justice Warriors: Vote Harder”

On SEPTEMBER 24th, I'll be speaking IN PERSON at the BOSTON PUBLIC LIBRARY!

There's no political satirist working today quite like Matt "Mr Gotcha" Bors, whose 2023 masterpiece Justice Warriors just got a timely – and brutally funny – sequel, Justice Warriors: Vote Harder:

https://www.mattbors.com/store/p/justice-warriors-ffzgn

You've doubtless seen Matt Bors's work, which has repeatedly attained viral liftoff, most notably with his Mr Gotcha strips, easily one of the most useful additions to online political debate in internet history:

https://thenib.com/mister-gotcha/

Last year, Bors, along with Ben Clarkson and Felipe Sobreiro, published Justice Warriors, a postapocalyptic cyberpunk graphic novel in the vein of Warren Ellis's classic Transmetropolitan:

https://pluralistic.net/2023/05/22/libras-assemble/#the-uz

Justice Warriors is the tale of Bubble City, a domed enclave walled off from the teeming masses of the UZ (which stands for "Uninhabited Zone" – see what they did there?). Bubble City runs on vibes, therapy-speak, social media nonsense, memes and garbage hot-takes. And while there's a lot of broad satire here, the thing that makes Justice Warriors stand out is how its creators do the relatively straightforward futuristic exercise of asking themselves, "What if deeply unserious nonsense was taken seriously?"

Others have done this before – Mike Judge's Idiocracy, say – but Bors, Clarkson and Sobreiro attain a density of sight gags, trenchant wordplay, and outrageous cyberpunk imagery that is just next level. Think Al Jaffee meets William Gibson, with art direction by Vaughn Bode, who's had one too many at the Mos Eisley Cantina. To that, mix in all kinds of MAD Magazine style fake ads and social media postings, layering joke on gag, all of it walking the fine line between "you gotta cry" and "you gotta laugh."

Justice Warriors did big numbers, selling out three printings, and now the gang is back together for the sequel, Vote Harder, which drops just in time for the final, all consuming election-season media apocalypse.

Vote Harder sees Bubble City facing its first election in living memory, as the mayor – who inherited his position from his "powerful, strapping Papa" – loses a confidence vote by the city's trustees. They're upset with his plan to bankrupt the city in order to buy a laser powerful enough to carve his likeness into the sun as a viral stunt for the launch of his comeback album. The trustees are in no way mollified by the fact that he expects to make a lot of money selling special branded sunglasses that allow Bubble City (and the mutant hordes of the Uninhabited Zone) to safely look into the sun and see what their tax dollars bought.

So it's time for an election, and the two candidates are going hard: there's the incumbent Mayor Prince; there's his half-sister and ex-girlfriend, Stufina Vipix XII, and there's a dark-horse candidate Flauf Tanko, a mutant-tank cyborg that went rogue after a militant Home Owners Association disabled it and its owners abandoned it. Flauf-Tanko is determined to give the masses of the Uninhabited Zone the representation they've been denied for so long, despite the structural impediments to this (UZers need to complete a questionnaire, sub-forms, have three forms of ID, and present a rental contract, drivers license, work permit and breeding license. They also need to get their paperwork signed in person at a VERI-VOTE location, then wait 14 days to get their voter IDs by mail. Also, districts of 2 million or more mutants are allocated the equivalent of only 250,000 votes, but only if 51% of eligible voters show up to the polls; otherwise, their votes are parceled out to other candidates per the terms of the Undervoting and Apathy Allotment Act).

Despite the structural advantages afforded to Mayor Prince – like the fact that residents of District 12 on floors 120-145 of the Bubble each get 2048 votes, while District 1 (floors 1-7) only get a single vote – he's not taking any chances. Officer Schitt (a humanoid poop emoji) and the lovelorn Officer Swamp (an anthropomorphic catfish) are each prowling the Uz . Swamp – suffering from a head injury and gripped by a delusion that a TV cowboy has sent him to infiltrate the Flauf Tanko campaign – is playing spy/provocateur, while Schitt hunts dangerous subversives.

What unfolds is a funny, bitter, superb piece of political satire that could not be better timed.

The paperback edition of The Lost Cause, my nationally bestselling, hopeful solarpunk novel is out this month!

If you'd like an essay-formatted version of this post to read or share, here's a link to it on pluralistic.net, my surveillance-free, ad-free, tracker-free blog:

https://pluralistic.net/2024/09/11/uninhabited-zone/#eremption-season

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The Batman (2022) thoughts [pt 1/?] the villains (w Spoilers)

This movie had hijacked my mind and I have so much to say about it, I need to express it in SEVERAL posts

Gonna warn ya'll again, there's spoilers.

Let's start with the villains, of which this movie have plenty.

The Penguin caught me by complete surprise, and it wasn't just a cameo or anythin', he really had a role in this!

I liked how we had an array of villains that wasn't just "comic book supervillans" but the overall range of what Batman - Gotham - needs to deal with. Corrupt officials and the mob and, in contrast, the Riddler. Batman villainy is a spectrum, ok?

Considering the above, the inclusion of the Penguin adds a lot, because for me he always felt like the fine line between "realistic" and "fantasy" criminal, who could easily blend with both groups and re-invent himself to fit both groups. Dude's got a place at the poker table in Arkham AND Blackgate, know what I'm sayin?

I like this Riddler as a main villain for a Batman story, but I think he is not really my type of Riddler adaptation. To be fair, this entire grimdark telling hinges on him being realistic and scary, so we can't really have our usual flair of "minor annoyence vibez" we usually get from the Riddler. Overall I really enjoyed it, especially the sheer horror of the Riddler as a mirror to the Batman.

I would NOT abide by that Riddler outfit, though. Everyone is serving looks and this man is serving outhouse.

What was the Riddler's point, exactly? To drown Gotham? a move that would hurt the poor and weak above all else? To cause chaos? Maybe the fact that this plan is, upon the slightest scrutiny, absolute garbage, is part of the point.

"What does a liar do when he's dead? He lies still" made me go oooooooowwww when I got it. great riddle.

a lot of the riddles the Riddler riddles are just outright questions. I took it upon myself to call him the questionnaire. The Q&Anon.

The puns were great, though, so glad they put it in. We like to have a little fun here in Gotham. Thumb-drive, get it? get it???

I cannot believe we got to see Riddler Henchmen in this. I know they are not henchmen and in the movie the realization of the moblized forces of the Riddler is actually really terrifying (harking back to real world shit). But, like, Riddler henchmen. The worst kind of henchmen you can be.

The Penguin was great and I'm looking forward to watching the HBO show. I kind of liked how he was almost the comic relief of the film, and how there is no doubt in my mind he will use the chaos at the end of the movie to rise to the top and move himself along the realism-fantasy Batman villain line.

I was really stupid and didn't get the Falcone-Falcon connection till the movie pointed it out to me. I think it's just cause, like, him being the rat was so unthinkable - even though it made perfect sense once pointed out.

That part in the mayor's funeral where: Bruce Wayne (regarding Falcone leaving his territory): "Aren't you afraid you will get shot?" Falcone: "why? Because your father ain't around?" Was DIABOLICAL. I howled. Falcone you are SO wrong for that.

I HAD noticed that lil Joker cameo in the end there. I AM ignoring it because I have no patience for this clown loser.

Riddler looked at the batman and went "he's just like me fr" and he was so wrong. I go at smeared makeup battinson and go "he's just like me fr" and i'm so right.

[the-golden-comet]

✨👑OC Questionnaire Tag 👑✨

Thank you for tagging me, @drchenquill ! 💛✨

My questions:

1. What is the furthest you’ve ever been from home?

2. If you could live anywhere in the world, where would it be?

3. Is home a physical place? (It could be a person, a feeling etc.)

Your questions:

1. What was the weirdest thing you ate?

2. What is one of your biggest fears?

3. Do you prefer hot or cold beverages?

I’ll answer with Benjamin from Peter Hart

1. Oh God—Bermuda, I want to say….? (Looking at Peter)… and good riddance to Port Mayor. I’ll be lucky if I never see another bloody insignia from them ever again.

2. Well, I’m quite fond of the ship and gang now…despite Peter acting like an absolute twat at times. That man….(sigh)….I love him. He drives me crazy, and I love him.

3. Home is the Golden Phoenix vessel, with Peter and the crew. Home is…wherever we are. We may get into the craziest places, and the grandest….as long as I’m with the gang, I’m there. I’m home.

I will tag (no pressure): @gioiaalbanoart , @wyked-ao3 , @fortunatetragedy , @autism-purgatory , @jev-urisk , @deanwax , @marlowethelibrarian , @yourpenpaldee , @ominous-feychild , @lavender-gloom , @rotting-moon-writes , @paeliae-occasionally , @willtheweaver , @aintgonnatakethis , @mysticstarlightduck , @honeybewrites , @far-cry-from-finality , @finickyfelix , +open tag! 💛✨

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Do you think Mayor Molly keeps trying to add "Have you now or ever been a member of the Society of American Magicians?" to intern questionnaires but keeps getting shut down by council.

considering she knows magic enough to compete with a pro, it seems like she'd b implicated in a lot of anti-magician policies

[cowboybrunch]

OC questionnaire tag

double tagged, thank you! <3

go meet their characters!!

@fortunatetragedy (royston. ROYSTON. and babysitter gott!)

@jev-urisk (i adore the box of forced truthfulness. is kazimier a softie? i wanna hug him. i dont think he'd let me)

My questions:

If you were offered the position of mayor of your city, would you take it?

What board game do you like the most?

If you were about to be executed what five foods would you have as your last meal?

So you're one of those people?

Is this really where you wanted to end up?

Why can't you just.. stop?

Your questions:

What's your retirement plan?

Do you have a favorite memory?

If you were stranded on a deserted island, what three objects would you take with you?

Marcella and Theodore will be answering, and Rosalie will be popping in to keep them honest

If you were offered the position of mayor of your city, would you take it? Theodore: I'm already a ceremonial figurehead. No, thank you. Marcella: The mayor has no real power. Give me a position of real influence and I'll consider it.

What board game do you like the most? Marcella and Theodore *in unison*: Risk. Rosalie: Chutes and Ladders. Marcella: Snakes and Ladders, and we're not allowed to play anymore. Theodore: Yeah, because you're a sore loser. Marcella: You cheated! You rigged the spinner— Rosalie: Let's move on, please.

If you were about to be executed what five foods would you have as your last meal? Marcella: If I was about to be executed, I wouldn't be thinking about food. Do they have me imprisoned? What restraints are they using? What kind of guards? Do they have a set rotation, and have I been here long enough to track it? Rosalie: It'll be faster if I answer for her. Marcella: Do not answer for me. Rosalie: Fine. *whispers* Pizza with olives and sausage, sweet potato fries, an extra sweet iced tea— Marcella: Next question. Theodore: But I didn't get to— Marcella: Next question.

So you're one of those people? Rosalie: Oh boy. Theodore: Why would you say that? Why would you think that? Are you threatening us? Is this a threat? Marcella: You've activated his shame response. Best to move on.

Is this really where you wanted to end up? Marcella: I did what needed to be done. I'm not going to apologize for it, if that's what you're looking for. Rosalie: That wasn't the question. Marcella: I'd go back and change it if I could, but I can't, so this conversation is pointless. If you're looking for someone to wax poetic about their regrets, ask Theodore. Theodore: No. Rosalie: No? Theodore: Of course it isn't where I wanted to end up. What more do you want me to say?

Why can't you just... stop? Theodore: I've tried. God, I've tried. Marcella: If I don't do it, nobody else will. Rosalie: Maybe we should take a break.

tag! @inadequatecowboy @illarian-rambling @leahnardo-da-veggie @finchwrites @oliolioxenfreewrites + open tag!

botrd taglist (ask to be +/-)

@vyuntspakhkite-l-darling @fortunatetragedy @autism-purgatory @rosesonneptune @cartoonghosts

@dyrewrites @whoevenknowswhatimwriting @jev-urisk

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Ruthie for the OC questionnaire thing! :D

01. Full name: Ruthanne Bette Croft 02. Best friend: weird pull but, virgil :) yeah, she's besties with the mayor. what about it? but also just like...anyone over the age of 65 tbh. she may be in her late 20s, but she's got an old lady name and the soul of one too <3 03. Sexuality: demisexual with no real preference towards men or women. 04. Favorite color: yellow <3 05. Relationship status: single, "married to her work," not looking because she's too busy trying to study the local cult leader like a bug 06. Ideal mate: tbh she never really thought about it and doesn't really think an "ideal mate" really exists. besides what does "ideal" even mean, anyway? 07. Turn-ons: well read, a keen intellect, a willingness to have long philosophical debates about the mundane. 08. Favorite food: werther's originals buffalo mac and cheese with grilled chicken and a side garden salad 09. Crushes: very few until joseph, and even then, she didn't start crushing until after she's spent a considerable amount of time arguing engaging in spiritual and philosophical debate with him 10. Favorite music: her "polite company" answer is classical music, with a particular fondness for the romantic composers. the real answer is heavy metal tho. 11. Biggest fear: that her degrees in psychology, philosophy and religious studies (especially the religious studies one) were a waste of time and money :/// 12. Biggest fantasy: writing and publishing the first book on joseph seed and the project at eden's gate. she's literally been tracking the cult since it's time in georgia, and after getting her degree she went straight to montana to observe them :) 13. Bad habits: chewing on her nails/pencils/the arms of her glasses 14. Biggest regret: not taking latin or greek in college. she's taught herself some latin but it's nowhere good enough to read actual texts in the language. also now that she's knee deep in cult shit, she kind of wishes she had a few more anthropology courses under her belt (especially ones on ethics fla;skjdf) 15. Best kept secrets: fla;kjdf her own conspiracy board tracking the project. i mean. this wasn't a secret from her housemates, but she sure as hell didn't disclose that to earl during her interview and she refuses to answer questions about how she knows so much about the cult despite not having been in hope county for very long. 16. Last thought: "I wonder what joseph's/the cults opinion on x passage from y book of the bible, and i wonder what they think of it in contrast with passage b from book c?" 🤔🤔🤔 17. Worst romantic experience: afdl;kjadfadf she really hasn't had a bad one considering she's only dated like two other people in her life, but uh...does catching feelings for a cult leader you're actively psychoanalyzing count? 18. Biggest insecurity: her abysmal math skills 19. Weapon of choice: her words. 20. Role Model: as an adult she doesn't really have one, but as a kid it was probably mr rogers, tbh

[unhonestlymirror]

"Statistics show that, unfortunately, many people in Belarus hold pro-Kremlin views and support the war against Ukraine. And how to deal with it, Belaruthians themselves need to decide."

"Of course, we also see those who help Ukraine and counteract the Kremlin's influence in the country, and we fully support them - but it is wrong to say that the Kalinouski boys fighting in Ukraine whitewash all citizens. Because in this case, "everyone" means the regime, too? And when journalists or politicians talk about "all Belaruthians," they should be specific: maybe it's not just that a person served in the army ten years ago, but is there something else?

For example, if a person came on humanitarian grounds but rides back and forth across the border, the questions appear. On the questionnaire, I heard a couple of cases where people talked about a technical error. But it sounds strange. It is even more surprising when truck drivers say: they say, we are afraid of the "leaking" of these questionnaires to Belarus, that's why they answered like that. Aren't you afraid to work in logistics companies that help the regime circumvent sanctions, everything seems to be fine here?

Maybe not all people are used to reflecting and thinking about the consequences of their actions. Although, it's not a secret:

If you buy a car in, e.g., Germany, and take it to Moscow for sale, you help bypass sanctions, help rich Russian comrades, and the Kremlin to wage war. And let it be a drop in the ocean, but there are many such cases."

In order to minimize them, Vitys Jurkonis suggests, Belaruthian society needs to include self-regulation mechanisms:

"It is not difficult to stand at the border and see which cars are driving with which number plates, to interview people - if there are obvious political motives, not to cover these cases in order not to cause harm, but if a person travels five times a week there and back, it is clear that in terms of repression, (s)he is not afraid of anything, and then it is worth asking: what does (s)he do, how did (s)he get a visa, etc. On this topic, you can collect material for dozens, if not hundreds of investigations.

Let me remind you that the same questions apply to citizens of European countries. We know that there are Lithuanian companies that employ Belaruthians and participate in the circumvention of sanctions - investigations are underway in this regard. We have a mayor of Kaunas who still has an active business in Russia - he is asked a lot of unpleasant questions, public pressure is put on him. This is how an open society works."

"It seems to me that it is also important for those Belaruthians who are now safe and enjoy the benefits of this open society to talk about specific cases, not to generalize and not to spread panic. Nobody is going to expel Belaruthians from Lithuania, and the solidarity that existed in 2020 did not disappear anywhere. For it to not decrease, in my opinion, it also depends on the Belaruthians themselves. If for almost six months almost any topic in the Belaruthian media about Lithuania or the reaction in the Lithuanian media is only about visas and restrictions, and not about how Belaruthians continue their resistance, - some people have the impression that it is only about demands for Lithuania. It is very important to talk about the fact that the resistance continues, albeit in an underground form, that mutual support is preserved. I would like an open dialogue on this matter. And not only from politicians. There are investigative centers, there are independent journalists, human rights defenders, former political prisoners who help in the documentation of repressions - everyone can jointly "sanction" the accomplices of the regime, call judges and businessmen by name, so that there is no feeling of impunity."

(c) Vitys Jurkonis, a political scientist and human rights defender, head of the Lithuanian office of Freedom House

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In 1790 this abbot named "l' abbé Grégoire" sent a questionnaire to the mayors of France in order to establish a strategy for the extermination of the "patois" in order to standardize the French language throughout the country. At that time, each region had practically its own language, and often the mother tongue of these mayors was the Patois of their region. The questionnaire made them complicit in the erasure of their own tongue.

Short long story short he didn't get many answers but the standardization was still done at the price of the total extermination of the regional languages of France.

And to this day The French TM and specifically the intellectual elite can't stop trowing tantrums over whether or not something is truly "french". They refuse to let the language grown and evolve on it's own (which it's bound to do anyway that's how languages work) and it's infuriating.

They also specifficaly hate "anglicisme" (=using english words or expressions, translating them to french or keeping them intact like "gamer" for exemple) and the hilarious part is a lot of words recognized as "anglicisme" are orginally french words adopted by the english that are now making their way back into french.

All of this to say 💫fuck the French Academy💫

this is legitimately the funniest thing ive seen all day

[bllsbailey]

Meet the Stripper Running for Portland Mayor

So? How about the San Francisco Hooker running for President.

A stripper is running for Portland mayor, as far-left violence, homelessness, and rampant crime continue to consume the city.

Liv Østhus,

whose stripper name is "Viva Las Vegas," is a top contender appearing on the November ballot and believes building an arts center is the key to revitalizing the drug-infested, crime-ridden downtown.

Among her ideas, Østhus proposes that the city should hire critics to review plays in order to draw attention to these artistic efforts.

Asked what managerial experience she brings to the table, she acknowledged, "I have none," but "the team I'm pulling together will be the people who guide me on that."

Being mayor, she says, isn't about implementing policies; if elected, she'd delegate most of the mayoral tasks to the city councilors. "I think it can fall to the City Council to do the legislation," she told Willamette Week. "I would hope to see a mayor that is a figurehead."

"I don't want to legislate," she added. "To me, the office of mayor represents more of a stage, more of a pulpit. I don't just want to talk about pragmatic stuff. Let's have a little more hope. Let's have a little more inspiration. And remember what is magical about Portland."

"I want a mayor who is a storyteller and an artist, not a veteran politician or a policy wonk," Østhus wrote in response to a candidate questionnaire. "I am a storyteller and an artist. At Mary's Club [Portland's oldest strip club], a dancer's job is to connect with, listen to, and ultimately inspire every person who walks through the door, regardless of political allegiance, color, or creed. I want exactly those skills in our next mayor."

Østhus, a 25-year veteran in the adult entertainment industry, is regarded as the most well-known stripper in the City of Roses, the strip club capital of America. A preacher's daughter, she says she's following in her father's footsteps by preaching on and off stage that "everyone is welcome here, no matter their weird fetishes or criminal pasts or hideous politics."

Asked how she could convince voters who might not want a stripper for a mayor, Østhus said she'd invite them to see her perform at Mary's or watch her Ted Talk on destigmatizing stripping: "Let me change their minds."

Although she's now a middle-aged mother, Østhus is not discouraged and draws inspiration from the octogenarians still stripping in Las Vegas.

As a longtime advocate for prostitution, which she considers a "feminist enterprise," Østhus says "sex work can be a godsend for entrepreneurial women."

Also an author, she's penned several books on "the art of stripping," which she promotes on her LinkTree, where she also accepts "$Tips$."

As mayor, she says she would prioritize combatting the so-called "climate crisis," which she insists is "first and foremost on most Portlanders' minds, ahead of houselessness and addiction." She also opposes jailing the homeless for refusing repeated offers of shelter. "People in tents are not nearly as dangerous as people with guns," she told voters.

Her mayoral campaign's mission statement says she prioritizes "Earth Stewardship," meaning "Protecting, honoring, and listening to Mama Earth." Østhus earned a degree in cultural anthropology and studied societal traditions in Bali as well as East Africa. Her fieldwork there taught her to "think critically about sexual mores."

Embracing her alter ego, she chose to be listed on the ballot as "Liv (Viva) Østhus."

Meanwhile, the mayoral hopeful's opponent, Carmen Rubio, has over a hundred traffic-related violations in Multnomah County, where Portland is the county seat.

During the mayoral debate on October 15, the moderators confronted Rubio, who's currently a Portland city commissioner, about her long (and amassing) list of offenses.

"Ms. Rubio, let's talk about your 150 parking and traffic tickets, your failures to appear in court, [and] six driver's license suspensions — largely before you were elected to city council," said KGW News anchor David Molko.

"Then there was an incident last month where you scraped another vehicle while parking and walked away without leaving a note," he continued. "Our reporting also shows you were ticked as a sitting city commissioner for an expired vehicle registration, which a year later, according to records, still had not been updated."

He then pressed her on why she should be entrusted with a multi-billion-dollar city budget, considering she's frequently failed to pay her own traffic tickets.

"Given that history, what can you say to reassure voters who may have questions about whether they should trust you with an $8-plus-billion-dollar budget and whether you will be a champion for law and order?" the debate host asked.

Rubio replied: "No one is more sorry or embarrassed about those things than I am. I have since paid all the fees and fines years ago for most of those things, and they're all caught up."

The traffic citations reportedly date back to 2001, and her driver's license was suspended six times between that year and 2016 for skipping court dates and failing to pay fines, which she let those unpaid debts go to collection agencies at least 100 times over two decades. Despite those suspensions, she still appeared to drive based on additional tickets issued. According to court records, on at least two occasions, Rubio's car was impounded and held until she settled the citations totaling thousands of dollars.

The Street Trust Action Fund, a transportation safety group, has since rescinded its endorsement of Rubio after news broke of her hitting a parked Tesla, leaving behind visible scrapes on the bumper and wheel rim, in the aforementioned parking lot incident. Footage from the Tesla's security system shows Rubio glancing back at the dinged car and surveying the damage before leaving the scene. When asked about the incident in a TV interview, she accused the Tesla owners of trying to "exploit" her upon learning she's a leading mayoral candidate. "Look, I'm human and I make mistakes too, so I'm just moving forward," she told KGW News.

The collision came after The Oregonian reported on Rubio's unparalleled number of traffic and parking law infractions.

"I can't tell you how humiliated I am and I'm really sorry," Rubio said on a recorded call with the Tesla owners. "I feel very embarrassed that during one of the worst weeks of my career, I was careless enough to be flustered and not paying as close attention as I should have been [...] Believe me, I will not be driving for the foreseeable future."

Rubio, who's campaigning on making the city's streets safer, has repeatedly downplayed her driving record, blaming strict parking enforcement near her old "heavily patrolled" office as the reason why she was ticked so often, even though dozens of them were handed out elsewhere. Many of the parking tickets — more than 50 — stemmed from her apparently refusing to pay for parking at all. She said that was when she was experiencing "tough times" and "things were hard."

At the time of one of her suspensions, the then 41-year-old was earning over $100,000 a year as the executive director of a non-profit.

"I've never hid[den] the fact that in my younger years. I put my family, financial, and career obligations first — and that I learned some hard lessons about when life catches up with you," Rubio, now 50, said in a statement reacting to the revelations.

Her campaign page says she's the "leader Portland needs," a "no-drama mayor" who will work "diligently, cooperatively, and pragmatically" on solutions to Portland's problems.

As an elected official, Rubio's current City Hall bio says "my commitment to you" is ensuring Portland has "leaders who are honest and transparent."

"Reimagining Public Safety" is one of Rubio's top priorities, per what she wrote on the city's site:

"There is no mistaking that 2020 was a call for change. It's clear that Portlanders are ready to see a new, community-centered way to do public safety. I am committed to working with stakeholders, community advocates, and my colleagues to reimagine a community safety system that is right for Portland. This must go hand-in-hand with action to dismantle the systemic racism that excludes Portlanders from participating fully in our community."

As an alternative to armed police officers, she suggests dispatching "public safety support specialists (PS3s)" instead to emergencies in the city.

"I'm honored to be serving on the most diverse council that Portland's ever had," wrote Rubio, the first Latina to sit on Portland City Council, "and I'm proud that all five of us have agreed to center equity and community in everything we do."

Serving as the commissioner in charge of the Office of Community Technology (OCT), she's specifically dedicated to achieving "digital equity" by "interrupt[ing] structural inequity and racism."

To "remove the systemic barriers that feed [...] erasure," Rubio wants to appoint "people of color," particularly "Black, Indigenous, Latinx" people, to government positions and award more minority workers with city contracts.

She also supports "extending the right to vote to all Portlanders, regardless of their national citizenship," i.e. allowing illegal aliens to vote in Portland's elections.

It's not surprising that a stripper and a serial offender are among those running to replace current mayor Ted Wheeler, as the city's politics continue to trend farther left.

Last election, when Wheeler won a second term, an Antifa-identifying challenger, Sarah Iannarone, unsuccessfully sought to unseat him, although she garnered a generous 40.76 percent of the vote.

During the height of the George Floyd uprisings in 2020, the Democrat mayor joined one of the protests-turned-riots in solidarity, positioning himself at the front of the protest line next to the barrier guarding the federal courthouse. There, he tried to address the rioters but was drowned out by boos berating him and the crowd chanting "F**k Ted Wheeler." He ended the night bathed in tear gas alongside the far-left activists. On his birthday, a mob of Black Lives Matter-Antifa militants lit a fire outside Wheeler's apartment building, forcing him to flee his home.

Last year, Wheeler announced he would not be seeking reelection in 2024.

For the first time this fall, Portlanders will cast their ballots via ranked-choice voting. According to polling, a third of Portland voters are unsure of how ranked-choice voting works. The other two-thirds say they understand the system at least "somewhat well."

[wayzata]

Mayoral Candidates Share Their Vision for Wayzata: Answers to Key Election Questions

Of the three candidates running for mayor in the upcoming election, two—Andy Mullin and Barry Petit—responded to a questionnaire from this publication, outlining their priorities and vision for Wayzata. Jeff Buchanan chose not to participate in our questionnaire. According to a an email statement from Buchanan, his publicist is currently engaged with several local media outlets and he therefore…

[saviochristi]

Enredos e resumo da Saga Confusões Conjuntas (atualização, posição da im... Vídeo profissional, sondado, dissertado e debatido sobre o escritor e a literatura / Professional, probed, lectured, and debated video about the writer and literature / Video profesional, sondeado, disertado y debatido sobre el escritor y la literatura.

Preparem-se para receber a Saga Confusões Conjuntas! / Get ready to receive the Conjunct Confusions Saga! / ¡Prepárense para recibir la Saga Confusiones conjuntas!

Fichas das protagonistas, lista de personagens, sinopses, enredos e capas, da Saga Confusões Conjuntas (1ª. e 2ª. revisões de texto): https://saviochristi3.blogspot.com/2023/01/fichas-das-protagonistas-lista-de.html & https://saviochristi3.blogspot.com/2023/01/fichas-das-protagonistas-lista-de_6.html.

Questionário / Questionnaire / Cuestionario Votem em sua protagonista, capa e livro favoritos da Saga Confusões Conjuntas!: https://forms.microsoft.com/Pages/ResponsePage.aspx?id=DQSIkWdsW0yxEjajBLZtrQAAAAAAAAAAAAMAAP5IWjRUNFdIMk1SVzRPMVY0TUtIQThRV041TzhHMS4u.

Curiosidades, sobre a Saga Confusões Conjuntas: https://saviochristi3.blogspot.com/2024/03/curiosidades-sobre-saga-confusoes.html.

Canal parceiro / Partner channel / Canal parcero: https://youtube.com/@hsama/.

Facebook, Twitter & Instagram: https://facebook.com/saviochristi/, https://twitter.com/saviochristi/ & https://instagram.com/saviochristi123/.

E e-mail para contato / And email for contact / Y correo electrónico para contacto: saviochristi@outlook.com.

Canal da H-Sama Zuchelli / H-Sama Zuchelli channel / Canal de H-Sama Zuchelli: http://youtube.com/@hsama (o maior, melhor e mais completo canal sobre cosplay, moda, beleza, estilo de vida e artesanato / the greatest, best, and most complete channel about cosplay, fashion, beauty, lifestyle, and crafts / el mayor, mejor y más completo canal sobre cosplay, moda, belleza, estilo de vida y artesanía).

Blog e páginas da H-Sama Zuchelli / H-Sama Zuchelli blog and pages / Blog y páginas de H-Sama Zuchelli: http://h-sama.com, http://facebook.com/bloghsama, http://facebook.com/hsamaZuchelli & http://facebook.com/BrazilianBaroness.

Colaboração e agradecimentos especiais a / Collaboration and special thanks to / Colaboración y gracias especiales a: minhas amigas dos eventos de anime, daqui, de Vitória (Espírito Santo) [Brasil] / my female friends from anime events, from here, in Vitória (Espírito Santo) [Brazil] / mis amigas de los eventos de anime, de aquí, de Vitória (Espírito Santo) [Brasil], Marihá Barbosa e Castro, Hairan Zuchelli & Anne Barbosa e Castro.

Colaboração e agradecimentos especiais também a / Collaboration and special thanks also to / Colaboración y gracias especiales también a: minhas amigas dos eventos de anime, de Vitória e Serra, respectivamente / my female friends from anime events, in Vitória and Serra, respectively / mis amigas de los eventos de anime, de Vitória y Serra, respectivamente, Iana Lima Cordeiro & Naira Souza de Paula.

Revisão de texto / Text revision / Revisión de texto: Iana Lima Cordeiro, Marihá Barbosa e Castro & Naira Souza.

[luckythirteenandamusicnote]

Not to be that Tumblr user but ^^^THIS^^^

And as someone whose Blue Belly Democrat father served on our city council since before I was born, only to lose to someone claiming to be more Progressive (the Progressive group in our city did a questionnaire and told my dad he gave the most progressive answers but wouldn't back him as the incumbent), pay attention to what the people you vote in actually DO once they are in office. Are they actually working with the city departments and community organizations? Are they actually listening to their constitutes' concerns, complaints, questions? Do they actually have plans to improve things or are they just saying this should be improved? Do they even understand local ordinances and state laws?

We spent four years with trash in our neighborhood and neighbors continuing to ask my dad for help with city issues because the guy that beat him didn't care about helping them, only about looking good with other "Progressives". The other guy really didn't accomplish much and took credit for things other people worked on. He ran for mayor this year and got his ass kicked by the long time, overdue to end her tenure, problematic but not ill intentioned incumbent because in four years he's made more enemies than friends and supporters.

PS Dad gets sworn in as our Ward Councillor again in January. People are happy to have someone with experience, knowledge and a deep care and connection to the community back in their corner. Just because someone is established doesn't mean they aren't good or won't work towards progressive goals.

Sometimes I wish we would start calling out the performative radicalism on this site for the poser bullshit it is. "Remember, it's always morally correct to kill a cop!" "Don't forget to firebomb your local government office!" "Wow, it sure would be a shame if these instructions on how to make a molotov cocktail got spread around!"

Okay. But you're not killing cops or firebombing government offices. You are posting on a dying microblogging website to a carefully-curated echo chamber that has radicalized itself into thinking that taking the absolute most extreme position on any subject is praxis but that anyone discussing the most practical way to effect actual change is your sworn enemy. You do not have the street cred OR the activist cred to be talking about killing cops, babe.

[kissmysassxo]

Get to know me, ski trip style! Location - Sun Valley, Idaho!

This is a questionnaire that will need to be answered IC. (The answers do not need to be in complete sentences.)

1.) Who are you rooming with while in Sun Valley, Idaho? alone i wish my hubby was here to see this beautiful place with 2.) What are your 3 ski trip necessities? gloves, warm jacket and cowboy hat 3.) What is the first thing you are planning on doing during your trip? finding the top of a beautiful mountain 4.) What is your favorite thing about being in the mountains? the snow on the mountains 5.) What is your least favorite thing about being in the mountains? my toes falling off 6.) What wild animal do you not want to come into contact with on your trip? a snow leopard 7.) Are you a pro skier or an amateur? totally an amateur 8.) Do you prefer to ski or snowboard? ski 9.) Are you scared to ride on the ski lift? oh mygosh yass 10.) Do you love the snow or hate it? i love it 11.) Is there a left and right ski? i don't know xD 12.) Is the abominable snowman real? yas of course it is 13.) How many layers of clothes are you wearing? Are you warm yet? three and i am sweating xD 14.) Do you have mittens or gloves? gloves 15.) Do you like penguins or polar bears? penguins they are adorable 16.) How cold is too cold? below freezing 17.) Are you making a tiny snowman or a big snowman? a big one 18.) Would you get on the Polar Express and go to the North Pole? yass it sounds fun 19.) Would you go to the top of Mount Crumpit to spy on the Grinch? heck yass 20.) Would you trust Zach to drive you on a snowmobile? nooo xD 21.) If I double-dog dared you would you stick your tongue to a metal pole? no way 22.) At what point does getting hit with snowballs stop being physically painful and start becoming cute? after the first one 23.) Is it really fun to stand on two sticks and throw yourself down a side of a mountain? yass 24.) What are you planning on doing extra since the Mayor has the bill? margarita drunk 25.) How would you entertain yourself if you were snowed in? i would stare at the walls

[swynlake-rp]

Bust out the ramen noodles

OTMS

MUN: V! Between Hatter’s big romantic moments and Drakken’s big… feline moments, V’s had us on the edge of our seats this month! And, in the words of one member, “also just vibes.” We agree! CHARACTER: CASS! Props to Cass for opening the Lucky Cat Café and bringing Swynlake real-life boba… in addition to our favorite virtual Boba, of course. We can’t wait to see what fun new plots the café will bring! THREAD: DISPATCH FOR THE MAYOR - PEPA AND HADES! When a thread comes up in the chat every time there’s a reply, that’s when you know it’s bringing the drama! We loved to see Pepa and Hades at their most gossipy.  TASK: Z’S HIRO AND TADASHI AESTHETIC! Members praised this beautiful and artistic tribute to siblings. We’re not crying, you’re crying. (We are crying). Honorable mention: Everyone’s timelines!!! We hope to see more of them :) 

BOARD UPDATES 

PETITIONS PASSED:

ADVANCED FIRST AID CLASSES: Advanced first classes held at Town Hall

HELLO GORGEOUS: A petition to open a salon

TASKS

CLASS OF ‘24: Make a page from your character’s yearbook!This can be their full class line-up, a superlative page (did they win class clown?), or any other yearbook-inspired page!  CAN I ASK YOU A QUESTION?: Answer the Proust Questionnaire… in character! You can either do it in a thread format, where one character asks another the questions (or they both answer!), or fill it out in character! 

EVENTS

MAY 1 - 8: PACIFICA AND OLLIE’S WEDDING: Join Oliver and Pacifica after their I do's for a huge party at Ashbridge House. (Canonically May 3rd)

MAY 12 - 22: THE CLAWTHORNE TOURNAMENT: It’s coming up! Keep eyes posted for more details. 

MAY 22 - 29: PLAY FUNDRAISER: It’s Much Ado About Nothing-themed! At Town Hall. Canonically on May 25

BIRTHDAYS

Characters:

Daisy O'Doogle – May 1

Minnie Muyskens – May 1

Martin Ambrosius – May 1

Beatrice "Trixie" Duval – May 4

Belle Acheron – May 6

Toulouse Bonfamille – May 10

Ting-Ting Qin – May 13

Iandore Lightfoot – May 18

Phillip Knightley – May 21

Cruz Ramirez — May 23

Joanna Vane — May 30

Queen Clarion — May 30

PLOT ROUND-UP! 

GLITTER GALAXY PODCAST - APRIL SHOWERS PIZZA PLANET

Characters and Muns Involved: Georgette Smee, Willow, Bullseye, Boo, and Gem

Plot: Georgette had her first town magic experience. To distract herself from the chaos and internal fear she turned her experience into a viral vlog/podcast. Reaching over 2 million view per video onboard PP Voyager I. Talking with Smee about being a Rocketman and potential girls trips to his Ocean Planet. Willow brought the science element, Boo was a boss babe, Bullseye was the hottie behind the ship security, and Gem was a grumpy engineer. The views helped Georgette get back into social media and planted the idea of a real life podcast in her head.

SLIDE OUT OF MY DMS

Characters and Muns Involved: Georgette and Aquata

Plot: Georgette tweeted to James about his hair which sparked Aquatas jealousy and led to an embarrassing DM exchange. Georgette screenshot the convo. Georgette and Aquata then ran into each other at the gym where Aquata attempted to make peace. Georgette protested and said she was embarrassed and didn’t trust Aquata. Georgette now tempted to notify Hercules of his employees behavior and making her uncomfortable. Georgette will also use this to hold over Aquatas head.

AMY SEVILLE KICKS CANCER’S ASS

Characters and Muns Involved: Milo and Amy

Plot: Amy has been diagnosed with breast cancer, stage 2B, but she's got a treatment plan and support from her family. Well, Pip doesn't know... yet 

HOW TO SAVE A LIFE

Characters and Muns Involved: Isabela, Copper, Annie, Vixey , Félix, Holley, Jonathan and Nico

Plot: cw -- car crash. Isabela witnessed a car accident, driving home late one night from a modeling gig. Copper and the paramedics showed up. Afterwards, Copper took Isabela home. Vixey and Félix were working that night and were part of the intake team for the victims. The accident was written about in the Squire. Isabela and Copper both felt compelled to check on the victims. Jonathan lost his leg in the accident and Nico, his friend, is in a coma due to his injuries.  Annie interviewed Isabela for her part in calling 999 and stopping at the accident site. Isabela was flattered to be interviewed, but she may've forgotten to mention some integral people. Will Nico wake up? Time will tell…

WHAT’S WRONG WITH HUNTER?

Characters and Muns Involved: Hunter, Pip, Phineas, Willow, Eilonwy, Darius

Plot: On March 28, Hunter falls into a deep sleep and does not wake up for three days! His friends discover him. Darius has suspicions that this might connect to an old friend. Eilonwy and Willow urge Hunter to seek magical medical help.

TANYA MOVES ON

Characters and Muns Involved: Tanya, Jessie, Gem, Snow, Penny, Angel, King, Mim, Zero

Plot: Tanya finally decides to move on from her afterlife as a ghost and enlists her friends to contribute to a zine commemorating her relationships with them