NationStates Jolt Archive


Public Parking Issue

Unibot
08-01-2009, 00:27
Please be gentle, but constructive....:p

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Lot of thoughts on @@NAME@@’s parking lots


@@NAME@@ citizens complain about the limited parking space in supermarkets, malls and community establishments. Many are opposed to taxing parking; however others see it as the only option.

Not valid for nations that ban automobiles.

[option]@@NAME@@ transport minister, @@RANDOMNAME@@, is hanging onto the bottom of your coat, while kneeing on the ground infront of you. “PLEASE, I beg you, we need the funding! Put in the parking meters! They’ll hate you, but we need the funding! Too long has this administration gone under-funded. Think of what we can do with some more cash to throw at that big conveyor belt idea you had!? Smoothly paved roads and…gasp… monorails! Let @@NAME@@ be the autopia that it was meant to be. This problem with parking would then fix itself really; people would find themselves leaving stores quicker to catch the meter, so there would be more spaces available, problem solved! So what do ye say?”[effect]a mile long community conveyor belt using funding from parking meters has proven to be very unpopular

[option] angry motorist, @@RANDOMNAME@@, seems confounded that you would even listen to a nut like your transport minister (who is finally getting off the ground). “Look, parking meters are a bad idea; It would deter me from shopping even MORE than the current shortage of parking space would! Just give the people what we want, free parking down the road…can we count you on that?” [effect]the government builds fields of pavement for free parking space

[option]local mobster, @@RANDOMNAME@@, has a different idea… “eh, I say let the good quality parking spaces be auctioned off by us…eh, “respectable business men”, and the “cart-pusher” spaces, aka “the cheap man’s lot”, be left for the public.”[effect]handicap parking spaces are estimated as high value real estate by the corrupt supermall industry

[option]western films buff, @@RANDOMNAME@@, meanwhile is attempting to rope your transport minister with a lasso, “howdy! How about we bring back the good old days! When men and their families rode in proper vehicles, horse and buggies! We could settle our parking space problems with extravagant showdowns and you wouldn’t have to worry about carbon emissions!” [effect]its customary for shopkeepers to shovel the horse excrements, blood and gun shells off the sidewalks in front of their saloons

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Because I don't feel like loading the forums with an extra thread. Heres a double shot of issues coming your way....
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Scratching the Barrel in @@NAME@@

Oil drilling companies have been warning parliament for days about an unexpected shortage of oil in the @@NAME@@ oil fields, caused by a miscalculation in a recent underground nuclear test. Meanwhile consumers fume about the sky rocketing gas prices.

Not valid for nations that ban automobiles.
Not valid for nations that ban mining.

[option]Oil Tycoon, @@RANDOMNAME@@, smoking a cigar in your face while smiling devilishly explains the situation “well isn’t this a pickle, I’ve got a field full of worthless radioactive oil, and so does my competitors. You know what needs to be done, we need money, that’s the only way we can solve this problem. The industry won’t even survive a week without some funding, and we’re going to have to develop new land…we can’t do that very efficiently with the red tape in place at the moment.” [effect]omnipotent oil companies receive unfathomably large sums of money from the government, pillaging rural areas for oil and devastating the ecosystem

[option]Minister of foreign relations, @@RANDOMNAME@@ meets with you in private to discuss the matter at hand. “Certainly you can see the only practical answer to our problems is importing fuel. I’m already in negotiations with several ambassadors across the region, @@NAME@@ could be back up and running with cheap imported oil in no-time at all! [effect]the transportation market is dependant on oil from nearby developing countries that regularly hold @@NAME@@ citizens at ransom with outrageously high gas prices

[option]Entrepreneur, @@RANDOMNAME@@ meets with you, happier than ever, at an infamous country club. “It’s the biggest environmental and economic opportunity in years, are you kidding!? The oil companies have been slowly scratching the barrel for years…and relying on foreign imports? Come on, be sensible! You don’t want @@NATION@@ to be dependant on oil any longer. Invest in environmentally friendly technology, line the roads with hydrogen stations and power plugs. It’ll bring some much needed jobs and a lot of cash to @@NATION@@. [effect]roads go unused for months on end, largely due to the ridiculously high price of gas and the government’s new direction into costly alternative fuels

[option] @@RANDOMNAME@@, a local hippie or “metaphysical ambassador of recreational-drug-advocating pacifists” as he instructs you to call him, has a different approach to the situation. “Dude, this is our chance, like a ball of happiness escaping from extra dimensional space. Ban the cars, ban the oil companies. They’re bad people, man. We can all practice telepathy and …other stuff , using our untapped minds to talk and do stuff. The earth has to be clear of yucky air, to prepare us for the mothership’s arrival. Ye hear? Dude?” [effect]companies struggle to make ends meet as employees unsuccessfully rely on paranormal abilities to commute