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I think it's nice to have those cars around with more than one person actually. They can be reserved for characters who were developed for a long time (perhaps even a year) and are evidently rich. I believe those who are able to maintain such character development with high financial stability deserve a chance.

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Problem is, that depends how long ago it was, the handling admin might not be an admin or not remember what took place.

NEWS • Politics Written by Yunisa DELGADO-FLORES • May 19th, 2022 9:35AM Abortion and religion, thoughts by Edward Ulf, Senator Lu and GOP's Johnathan Spencer The debate surrounding abortion in the state of San Andreas rages strong. Democrat Senator Jackie Lu, SAGOP Chairman Jonathan Spencer and former senator Edward Ulf shares their thoughts about religion, while Spencer and Lu gives details as to their plans for future legislation. Edward Ulf (left), Senator Jackie Lu, (middle) and SAGOP Chairman Jonathan Spencer (right) - courtesy of Edward Ulf, the office of Jackie Lu, and Jonathan Spencer respectively. Edward Ulf, back in late 2021, proposed a bill dubbed the Woman's Health Act of 2021. The act served as a piece of legislation that aimed to protect women's access to abortion clinics; enshrining the Roe vs. Wade ruling into law. Roe vs. Wade is a US Supreme Court case which ruling still is felt to this day. The ruling deemed state legislation that forbade abortion without regard to a fetus’ development, a woman’s health or to be unconstitutional. This, in addition to a ruling made in Planned Parenthood vs. Casey which strengthened the case, meant states cannot give a blanket ban abortion nor make legislature or institutional policies to create any 'undue burden' for women who wish to carry out an abortion. However, due to a leaked opinion draft which shown that the majority of Justices intend to reverse it, many worry for its future. The Women’s Health Act of 2021, if passed, would have locked the Roe vs. Wade ruling into the San Andreas legislature. Since the act did not pass, there is no legislation currently within San Andreas that either protects or, if Roe vs. Wade were to be overturned, restricts abortion. The bill failed to reach the floor. Senator Adrian Rossi, majority leader of the Senate (R), reported that the reason for this was due to the existing ruling still withstanding. “The Women's Health Act of 2021 did technically fail though it wasn't voted on the floor.”, Sen. Rossi shared in a previous written statement to the Daily News. “This is because the case-law of Roe vs. Wade exists, and that was simply a restatement. Therefore, other bills were given priority as there were many important pieces that we focused on.” Edward Ulf however alleges that the reason for the bill’s failure was due to alleged negligence from a state attorney, as well as alleging due to his fellow senators neglecting to remember. “It was ignored and put away on the shelf despite it getting voted out of the committee and into the floor but stopped there because the state attorney ‘wanted to review’ it.” Edward Ulf told the Los Santos Daily News. “She did. Did not tell anyone about it. Then when attempts [were] taken to get it voted on, it was again shelved because ‘nobody remembers that it was voted to the floor’.” The Daily News has reached out to the office of the State Attorney for a comment on May the 16th. As of this article being published, they have yet to respond. If a response is sent, an editor’s note shall be added to amend the article. Senators and leaders from both parties have announced an intent to submit legislature surrounding abortion, however the contents of either drafts remain unknown. In a prior statement from SAGOP Chairman Spencer to the Daily News, he stated that he and his party will submit a bill that includes ‘bipartisan points’ and says they are “seeking to make it as fair as possible to men and women across San Andreas” “I'm unable to comment on it at the moment due it being unfinished currently, and would prefer to comment on it in its fullness at a later date once it's complete. However, I would like to make clear we are indeed including bipartisan points in our draft and are seeking to make it as fair as possible to men and women across San Andreas.” Sen. Rossi, when asked about the SAGOP's plans for future bills in a previously written statement, noted how the SAGOP's legislation for abortion would only be submitted if Roe vs. Wade were to be reversed. "To further answer your question, the GOP does plan to submit a bill regarding abortion should the Court overturn Roe v. Wade." In an interview with Senator Jackie Lu (D), when asked if there are any plans for any bills to be introduced surrounding abortion, she stated that she “intends to do something about it.” “Women should assert their rightful place in society.”, wrote Sen. Jackie Lu. “And I have not and will not forget about them; We will not be denied the authority to make choices about our own bodies. I will not stop working until everyone, and I mean everyone, regardless of poverty, zip code, or race, has access to safe, legal, and accessible abortions. “If [women] are not prepared. How can you maintain a child if you are still in education with over more than $50,000's in student debt? The correct response is no; you cannot.” When reached out for a comment regarding what he believes the senate should do in regards to abortion legislature, Edward Ulf was highly critical of the current make-up. "I suggest they, both sides, actually bothers to talk to the people they are supposed to represent instead of going to bars, clubs, yachts or hang out in their Mansions in Vinewood." Ulf wrote in their statement to the Daily News. "I suggest they worry less about the stakeholders and what people will think about them and work towards a better future for the entire state." Edward Ulf currently serves as the CEO for a local web-hosting company named Dot IT Hosting. Dot IT Hosting’s and Ulf's stance on the topic of abortion was shared through a public post on its Facebrowser page on May the 5th, two days after the leak. A screengrab of the post by Dot IT Hosting and Edward Ulf from Dot IT's Facebrowser page, May the 19th 2022 One of the core issues surrounding abortion is the religious ramifications where differing religious views - both within Christianity, between religions, and between theists and atheists - debate at what point a fetus is considered to have life, and whether or not abortion is equal to the act of killing. SAGOP Chairman Spencer equates abortion to “murder”, citing the federal legislature Unborn Victims of Violence Act, and explains how his religious beliefs has shaped this opinion. "Even though the victim is yet to be born, it is unethical to kill an innocent human being. Unborn babies are considered human beings by the US government." Spencer detailed how exactly the Unborn Victims of Violence Act operates. "Under federal law, anyone intentionally killing or attempting to kill an unborn child should 'be punished... for intentionally killing or attempting to kill a human being', according to the federal Unborn Victims of Violence Act, which was enacted 'to protect unborn children from assault and murder.' The act also states that an unborn child is a 'member of the species homo sapiens.' Multiple states have passed similar fetal homicide laws." In accordance of Roe vs. Wade, the Unborn Victims of Violence Act specifically excludes abortion. It notes that the legislature cannot be used to prosecute either the woman undergoing the procedure or the medical practicioner performing it. (ad serving as placeholder) Spencer’s argument for abortion equaling murder also derives from a biblical standpoint, where he notes how the language used in the bible doesn’t distinguish between a fetus and an infant. “The killing of a human being contradicts God's word; the Bible does not distinguish between fetuses and babies, using the Greek word brephos to refer to both an unborn child and an infant. God recognizes a newborn by the time he or she is conceived, as Jeremiah 1:5 demonstrates: ‘Before I formed thee in the belly I knew thee; and before thou camest forth out of the womb I sanctified thee.’” Spencer explained to the Daily News in a written statement last week. “The Sixth Commandment of the Bible’s Old Testament, ‘Thou shalt not kill’ (Exodus 20:13), applies to all human beings, including unborn babies.” Democrat Sen. Jackie Lu however, a fellow Christian, holds a different perspective. They believe that God would be understanding as to the reasons a woman would want and need to get an abortion. “I am a religious person, but I am confident that God understands why we think this is a good idea” Lu shares. “Having children is a life-altering decision, not a simple choice. And when you can't even say anything about it, the situation gets quite nightmare-like. It will make your life 10 times more difficult, so I think it's a fantastic idea for women to be able to remove it. "I believe that rituals and customs contribute to local culture and are an integral part of who we are, but we must abandon those that are obstructive and demeaning." Pillbox Medical Center, Alan Kim. May the 15th 2022 Former Senator Edward Ulf stands with an atheistic viewpoint, where he dismisses the notion that religion should be regarded in abortion legislature. “Personally? I follow the consensus of the scientific community, when there is a heartbeat.”, Edward Ulf shared when questioned about what point he believes a fetus has life. In an ultrasound, a heartbeat can be discovered as early as five and a half weeks after gestation, but is usually found six and a half to seven weeks in. He ended with “I do not believe religion should have any say in this.” Sen. Rossi’s resolution to condemn the US Supreme Court leaker, Resolution 28, is set to take the floor towards the end of this week. Comments are enabled: Username: Comment: ((monster is the GOAT))

My take on it: All cars should be available in dealerships unless weaponization/armor is a thing on them. Though effort is needed to make sure the unweaponized versions of those can just be bought and modified if their owners wish to. Leasing is a terrible system which causes unnecessary stress on staff and shows a distrust in players from the get-go. The only cars I can see that should be lease only is a handful of rare supercars (not all cars in the Super category are an issue, but most of them should be expensive if available). I highly disagree with not following the rarity of real world equivalents for those, which means, at most 1 or 2 in the entire city (could have an activity requirement so they're not unrealistically held hostage by inactive players, this is the only thing that would be difficult to enact otherwise, so casual players would potentially be negatively impacted, but I see no other way). Add onto that: The current inventory in dealerships makes no sense if the aim is realism*. The aforementioned Grotti GT500, the Grotti Cheetah Classic, the Annis Elegy Retro, to name a few. The first one being a multi-million dollar car in real life, and ultra rare. The others are not crazily expensive cars but they are not new, meaning they should be expensive if they're in their factory state with low miles on them and no one should be able to purchase them with 0 miles. They are old(er) cars and should be treated as such. The Elegy Retro has gotten a bad rep over the years because it's abused by people who don't portray the car right, which is what my entire post boils down to: Enforce a high roleplay standard A couple of examples of how I think the server should work with this: Do you have to be script money rich to RP rich? Not in my opinion, players just have to be smart. The server hails heavy RP, but the lease prices I have seen are so high, it will only force players to grind and it will completely disable and deter casual players that can't sink entire days into roleplay, from roleplaying particular concepts, just because script money is valued, not roleplay. Companies should be able to lease business vehicles (industrial or otherwise). Yes, I know they are able to that currently, that's good. They should mostly be very cheap to enable roleplay (I'd go as far as saying: $1 symbolically, or free OR a small percentage of earnings made by the business, so if a company makes $0 script, it also costs $0). This is the least of our worries right now as I believe them to be cheap, or at least they used to be, good. All cars (up to the sports category) should be available. Let's be honest, the cars aren't the issue as we have a limited number of them available and some pretty common similarly valued ones (realistically) unavailable. Allow players to make the best decision available for their characters and make sure there's always a mention of "Make sure this car is realistic for your character" whenever a player presses the purchase button in a dealership or interacts with another player when trading cars privately. A number of rare cars, no matter the category, should be lease only to preserve their rarity and ensure the streets aren't swarming with vehicles that you would never or hardly ever see in real life. You could set a limit of miles on these in set periods (as it wouldn't be realistic to use rare cars too much, considering the depreciation involved), sort of like the show or display rule in the United States (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Show_or_Display). There's more ideas around vehicle roleplay in my head but I'll keep it to this for now, as I think this mostly covers why I think vehicle leases are unnecessary in most current cases and while the special vehicle leases can make more sense (as per the last bullet point), this is the best place for the quick feedback for now it seems. TL;DR: Make everything available for realistic prices. Set a standard and don't go into situations with full on distrust. Base the cost of "needed" leases on actual money made with percentages or don't charge at all if portrayal isn't an issue (the application was successfully passed and no one has complained rightly about someone's portrayal). Even out the list of vehicles in the dealerships at the very least, because it makes absolutely no sense as it stands. Speak to players that show bad portrayal, if needed punish them. The lack of a standard in this hinders roleplay more than it helps it. The expectation of it taking five minutes to completely ruin modify vehicles freshly bought by players showcases what little sense of realism there is to this aspect of roleplay on the server. * Provided I find the time, I'm planning on making a list of available vehicles in GTA Online and mods currently on the server, potentially with a suggested mod here and there, and figuring out what they'd be worth, so at least the purchase price can be realistic, if anyone is even interested in overhauling this small part of the server, without any taboos about current vehicle values changing.

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