Placencia served St. Andre as its mayor for 20 years. He was just beginning his 5th term before he succumbed to cancer.
For a rough description of how the election will go, please check this thread to follow the conversation or ask any questions or open up this spoiler below.
Name of Political Party/Movement/Faction:
Name of Mayoral Candidate:
Positive Trait (Pick at least one):
Negative Trait (Pick at least one):
Background (Bio) Information:
Quiz on Andrino Political Positions:
Each policy position has a number, 1-5. One is considered the most hardcore left wing position. Five is the most hardcore right wing position.
Top Political Issues of Concern to Voters
- Drug Abuse
- Economic Regulation
- Jobs
- Tax Reform
- Prostitution
- Regional Autonomy
//Drugs
1 - Legalize and regulate all drugs.
2 - Focus on rehabilitation, legalize "soft drugs".
3 - Provide rehabilitation for addicts, crack down on dealers.
4 - Toughen laws for illegal drugs, increase enforcement.
5 - St. Andre needs a war on drugs. Death penalty for dealers.
//Economic Regulation
1 - The government should run a fully planned economy to ensure both social equality and economic productivity.
2 - Heavy regulation of businesses. Increase public spending to promote economic growth and protect jobs.
3 - The economy should be free and competitive, but with a considerable regulatory system to prevent abuses.
4 - It is necessary to liberalize the economy to ensure growth and prosperity. Support deregulation.
5 - Government regulation kills economic growth. A fully free market is the only road to prosperity.
//Jobs
1 - Massive public works and welfare programs. Restructure companies into union-owned cooperatives.
2 - Preserve worker and union rights. Mandate a 35-hour workweek. Create a city-wide infrastructure program.
3 - Inject a stimulus package to combat unemployment. Provide retraining programs for the unemployed.
4 - Relax dismissal protection. Protect public services from strikes. Create a welfare-to-work program.
5 - Outlaw strikes and crack down on unions. Repeal employment protection. Terminate unemployment benefits.
//Tax Reform
1 - Top income tax rate of 70% along with a negative rate for low incomes. Impose "wealth tax" on the wealthy and corporations.
2 - Top income tax rate of 50%. Enact a financial transactions tax. Close loopholes and crack down on tax evasion by the wealthy.
3 - Reduce income taxes for lower and middle income and for small businesses. Reduce VAT rate.
4 - Reduce income tax rates across-the-board by 5%. Reduce corporate taxes. Close some loopholes.
5 - Establish a flat income tax of 17% for individuals and corporations. Shift to indirect taxation.
//Prostitution
1 - Support complete legalization of prostitution. Establish state brothels and prostitute's unions.
2 - Decriminalize prostitution and reform current laws. Regulate brothels to ensure "harm reduction."
3 - Work to reduce prostitution through rehabilitation and step up efforts to halt sex trafficking.
4 - Criminalize the purchase of sex. Crack down on prostitution, brothels, and the sex trade.
5- Support a nationwide roundup of all prostitutes. Put all these sexual deviants behind bars!
//Regional Autonomy
1 – St. Andre must be independent once again! Declare independence and fight to the death to preserve it.
2 - Devolve significant constitutional powers to St. Andre within the Most Serene Union, possibly as a Special Autonomous Region.
3 – St. Andre should remain as a Great City of the Most Serene Union, and is content with the devolved arrangement currently in place.
4 – Powers to Redquill and the Most Serene Government should be increased.
5 – Abolish all regional autonomy, St. Andre should be a direct fief of the Prince.