{"id":12232,"date":"2024-02-12T05:33:15","date_gmt":"2024-02-12T10:33:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/weazel-news.online\/?p=12232"},"modified":"2024-02-12T10:30:32","modified_gmt":"2024-02-12T15:30:32","slug":"breaking-news-secretary-of-the-legislature-relinquishes-role-effective-immediately","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/weazel-news.online\/index.php\/2024\/02\/12\/breaking-news-secretary-of-the-legislature-relinquishes-role-effective-immediately\/","title":{"rendered":"Breaking News: Secretary of the Legislature Relinquishes Role Effective Immediately"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><em>Rockford Hills, Los Santos<\/em> &#8211; In a surprising announcement, State Representative Artemis Blackthorne <a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/document\/d\/1jKnX00E-DcK3VxFuaUtnc2WTR52gcNIGsEvd8uq3o6M\/edit?usp=sharing\">issued a press release<\/a> early Monday morning. Citing they are &#8220;not a good fit&#8221; for the position of Secretary of the Legislature, they&#8217;ve decided to relinquish the role effective immediately. This has left the 9th Congress without a secretary for the time being.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Section II &#8211; Legislative Branch, Subsection IV &#8211; Roles within the State Legislature of the <a href=\"https:\/\/newdayrp.com\/threads\/san-andreas-state-constitution.11872\/\">Constitution of the State of San Andreas<\/a> lists several responsibilities of the Secretary of the Legislature:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-pullquote\"><blockquote><p>The Secretary of the Legislature \u2013 Responsible for recording vote roll calls on Legislation, forwarding passed Bills to the Executive for approval, and ensuring that Sessions are properly documented. The Secretary of the Legislature is also responsible for communicating on behalf of the Legislature with the public and press. This role is internally assigned by members of the Legislature.<\/p><cite>Secretary of the Legislature Role &#8211; Constitution of the State of San Andreas<\/cite><\/blockquote><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Who in the Legislature will step up to take on this important responsibility? Stay tuned to Weazel News for updates on this developing story.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The text of the press release is copied below, along with a PDF attached as well for ease of reading:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator aligncenter has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"671\" height=\"671\" src=\"https:\/\/weazel-news.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Legislative_Seal.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12158\" style=\"width:160px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/weazel-news.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Legislative_Seal.png 671w, https:\/\/weazel-news.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Legislative_Seal-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/weazel-news.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Legislative_Seal-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/weazel-news.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Legislative_Seal-80x80.png 80w, https:\/\/weazel-news.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Legislative_Seal-310x310.png 310w, https:\/\/weazel-news.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Legislative_Seal-105x105.png 105w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 671px) 100vw, 671px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><strong>FROM THE DESK OF ARTEMIS BLACKTHORNE<\/strong><br>STATE REPRESENTATIVE<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator aligncenter has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p>PRESS RELEASE:<br><strong>February 12th, 2024<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>CONTACT:<\/strong><br>Liam McGrath, Legislative Assistant to Artemis Blackthorne | 831 830 5121<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator aligncenter has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Stepping Down From Secretary<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Rockford Hills (City Hall)<\/strong> &#8212; Effective immediately, I have made the decision to relinquish the role of Secretary of the Legislature. This comes after a good deal of thought and consideration, after examining the beginnings of this term. It has become clear to me that I am not a good fit to serve as Secretary of the Legislature for the 9th Congress &#8211; To me, the Secretary should be capable of attending most if not all Legislative Meetings, not only to serve as a good example, but also to ensure that the meeting notes are taken and taken by the Secretary themselves, and not passed along to them by another who was able to attend.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I have no input on which of my colleagues should take my place as Secretary, but I am sure whoever takes the role shall do an incredible job.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Have an amazing day,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"425\" height=\"100\" src=\"https:\/\/weazel-news.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Artemis_Blackthorne_Signature.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12161\" srcset=\"https:\/\/weazel-news.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Artemis_Blackthorne_Signature.png 425w, https:\/\/weazel-news.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Artemis_Blackthorne_Signature-300x71.png 300w, https:\/\/weazel-news.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Artemis_Blackthorne_Signature-310x73.png 310w, https:\/\/weazel-news.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Artemis_Blackthorne_Signature-150x35.png 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 425px) 100vw, 425px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Artemis Blackthorne, State Representative<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator aligncenter has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p>Below is a PDF copy of the press release issued by State Representative Artemis Blackthorne:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div data-wp-interactive=\"core\/file\" class=\"wp-block-file\"><object data-wp-bind--hidden=\"!state.hasPdfPreview\" hidden class=\"wp-block-file__embed\" data=\"https:\/\/weazel-news.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Stepping-Down-From-Secretary.pdf\" type=\"application\/pdf\" style=\"width:100%;height:1030px\" aria-label=\"Embed of Stepping Down From Secretary.\"><\/object><a id=\"wp-block-file--media-969b18e5-4bef-424a-abda-d5fa4a6d3412\" href=\"https:\/\/weazel-news.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Stepping-Down-From-Secretary.pdf\">Stepping Down From Secretary<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/weazel-news.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Stepping-Down-From-Secretary.pdf\" class=\"wp-block-file__button wp-element-button\" download aria-describedby=\"wp-block-file--media-969b18e5-4bef-424a-abda-d5fa4a6d3412\">Download<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rockford Hills, Los Santos &#8211; In a surprising announcement, State Representative Artemis Blackthorne issued a press release early Monday morning. Citing they are &#8220;not a good fit&#8221; for the position of Secretary of the Legislature, they&#8217;ve decided to relinquish the role effective immediately. This has left the 9th Congress without a secretary for the time [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":792,"featured_media":6381,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[189],"tags":[668,645,3,664,676,606,612],"ppma_author":[242],"class_list":["post-12232","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-government","tag-9th-congress","tag-artemis-blackthorne","tag-featured","tag-liam-mcgrath","tag-press","tag-press-release","tag-san-andreas-legislature"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/weazel-news.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/sbreaking-banner.png","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"authors":[{"term_id":242,"user_id":792,"is_guest":0,"slug":"erinmurphy","display_name":"Erin Murphy","avatar_url":"https:\/\/weazel-news.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/cropped-Erin_1-scaled-1-96x96.jpg","1":"","2":"","3":"","4":"","5":"","6":"","7":"","8":""}],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/weazel-news.online\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12232","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/weazel-news.online\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/weazel-news.online\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/weazel-news.online\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/792"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/weazel-news.online\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12232"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/weazel-news.online\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12232\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12247,"href":"https:\/\/weazel-news.online\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12232\/revisions\/12247"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/weazel-news.online\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6381"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/weazel-news.online\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12232"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/weazel-news.online\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12232"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/weazel-news.online\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12232"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/weazel-news.online\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ppma_author?post=12232"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}