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  1. I was in favour of legalising it at the time and I still am now.
  2. Big fan so far, reminds me of my Saints News days. Keep it up.
  3. Does It Get Easier On Your Own?
  4. Sheriffs Cancel Event After Protest Warning Elizabeth Rankin "...It would be negligence on our behalf to continue due to how past protests at the Davis Sheriff’s Station have turned." An LSSD Community Conversation in the city of Davis has been cancelled indefinitely after a threat of protest brought the already-delayed event to a halt. A post on FaceBrowser, ran by burner account 'Google LSSD Gangs', brought one of the largest organisations in Davis to cancel their event, after deeming public safety to be insufficient to continue as planned. The post, which received 0 likes, 0 shares and 0 comments at the time cancellation, called for citizens to bring placards bearing the name of the protest group and "not my sheriff!" to the event, but received very little attention outside of the LSSD, calling into question the actual risk behind the post. While it is true that past violence at protests have impacted the risk assessments of the Los Santos Sheriff's Department, critics may think that the judgement appeared perhaps a little too cautious. To get the full picture, we spoke to Captain Damian Suarez, the deputy-in-charge at the Los Santos Sheriff's Department's Davis Station. CAPTAIN Damian Suarez Davis Station You've cancelled an event aiming to bridge the gap between yourselves and the community because of the risk of a protest, would you say you're letting the protesters win? No, I don't think there is any winning in this scenario for either party, and I'd also watch the term used, the event has not been cancelled, it has simply been delayed indefinitely. We intend on having it at a later date, just not right now. I'm not going to sit here and play cat and mouse with protesters whom I have full reason to believe are organizing said protests for acts of violence. This theory has been proven time, and time again from the previous 'protests' we've had at this station. The post received 0 likes, 0 shares, 0 comments, prior to the cancellation, what made you think this was a risk? Now, my paramount gripe is that they are organizing this protest during a community event where civilians will be present, business owners, citizens of the city I serve. I cannot risk them being hurt or injured no matter what. Do you not think the same measures would be taken if say a child had posted on social media that they were bringing a gun into school tomorrow or an anonymous source had posted that there's a bomb at Mirror Park? I apologize for being drastic, however, civilians are at danger. I will not allow them to be put forward in that danger, therefore, I will do whatever is necessary to protect them from said danger. If that means delaying a community event, so be it. What stops them just threatening a protest every time you try and reschedule this? What stops people from calling in a bomb threat to a major event, like say when the Dodger's are playing? You can't control people with mal-intent. You can only deter them. We have a dedicated team of Public Information Officers who ensure that the voices of our citizens are heard, quality of life concerns are met, and they are as satisfied as they can be with our efforts in their communities. Furthermore, each sheriff's station has a Service Area Lieutenant or Sergeant assigned to them. Their primary objective in that role is to meet the communities needs and wants. For example, the one assigned to the Davis Sheriff's Station is Lieutenant Sarah Adragna. She's out there oftentimes meeting with people and making this community the best it possibly can be. Us delaying an event like this isn't stopping community members voices being heard. Community conversations are just one of the many avenues that are utilized to gain that information. As I said, it's not a cancellation, it's a delay. There will be one somewhere in the near future. Analysis The situation is tricky, regardless of how you look at it politically. Some may claim that it's the peoples' right to protest, and by cancelling this event, they are not only letting down their community, but those that wish to speak out against them too. Some may claim that it's the sole duty of the LSSD to ensure that those that attend these events are kept safe from those that may actually turn it violent. Whatever side you're on, Captain Suarez is right about one thing - nobody is a winner. Driving around Davis makes one thing clear, police presence is definitely felt here - to expand on this, I passed more police cars leaving Davis than I did on the the rest of my trip. The community, protestors and media should have these events run on schedule and hold government to account, but the thinking of the department makes sense, when there may be violence shrouded by claims of peaceful protest, is the risk worth it? With a burner FaceBrowser account with zero engagement, was there any risk? Or was this just an attempt of an internet troll to get the event cancelled as easily as possible? The protest will continue as scheduled on Wednesday, August 24. About Us The Poppy is an independent news association based in Southern San Andreas, founded in 2022. The Poppy is dedicated to providing a different kind of news - focusing on the people, businesses, organisations and stories you care about, not our corporate sponsors. Because we don't take payments for articles or take adverts to keep our reporting independent, we are reliant on donations to keep our business alive. If you'd like to donate, our routing number is 010031438. If you have a story you'd like us to look into, contact us at [email protected], or via FaceBrowser.
  5. Was great to RP with you guys, looks to be a really great, well-thought out faction. Best of luck!
  6. Fortuna Favours The Brave Elizabeth Rankin "It's been ten years since the Chernobyl accident, crazy how time flies by. Am I the ONLY one that's dissapointed? We haven't seen any superheroes yet!" Nestled away on Vespucci Boulevard lives a different kind of nightlife for Los Santos. Somewhere different from the masses of bars and nightclubs lives Fortuna, and we witnessed their inaugural comedy night. Admittedly, the jokes weren't exactly 'family friendly', but in a crowded bar in Little Seoul, that didn't matter to the patrons, who stood clapping and yelling after every joke - no matter how offensive - or perhaps, inoffensive they were. Despite that, the bar was a breath of fresh air as the city continues to cycle through it's seeming obsession with short-lived nightclubs. The bar at Fortuna was relatively cheap and entry was free - there wasn't any security on the door but IDs were checked at the bar, the space was relatively cramped, having to push through groups of people to get to the bar, but this helped create a casual, laid-back culture where you could just throw back a beer or two and listen to some comedy or karaoke - if you're feeling brave, you're more than welcome to jump up on stage and see if you're destined for Vinewood. Fortuna, which is normally a karaoke bar, is owned by husband-and-white duo David and Sophie Wu, a duo that is well-known for their businesses throughout Little Seoul and for running the local Suey Sing - a Chinese-American association predominantly based in San Andreas. We spoke with Sophie about her business. Sophie Wu Co-Owner of Fortuna So, tell me about this place, it's comedy night tonight, what other nights or themes or whatever are on the rota? Well tonight? We're trying something new but usually it's a karaoke bar— People never want to sing! I have to bribe people with free drinks! One of the unfortunate perceptions that Little Seoul gets is that it's for Koreans or Asians only, what would you say to that? I'd tell people to look at the statistics, y'know? There's actually more Hispanic people here than Asian. We're very welcoming people, if the culture is respected. I think I'm just lucky to know alot of people around the area. I'm more so filling a niche, I'd say. Not everybody likes the big, loud clubs. We do have a few bars around but they open rarely, the owners get busy. Give the small places a chance! You might enjoy it. About Us The Poppy is an independent news association based in Southern San Andreas, founded in 2022. The Poppy is dedicated to providing a different kind of news - focusing on the people, businesses, organisations and stories you care about, not our corporate sponsors. Because we don't take payments for articles or take adverts to keep our reporting independent, we are reliant on donations to keep our business alive. If you'd like to donate, our routing number is 010031438. If you have a story you'd like us to look into, contact us at [email protected], or via FaceBrowser.
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  8. This pretty much sums up my whole feelings of the whole affair of "Don't shoot the messenger." Really - I didn't create a democratic system or a state government or even politics to keep it strict and tightly controlled - but a bunch of mistakes were created along the way that allowed the senate to be a wholly irrelevant on a macro-sense, such as giving a lieutenant governor position to a complete narcissist, not realising the intervention that'd be had from other stakeholders in the server and not pushing back on things like marijuana etc. LFM wasn't intended to have a strict control over the senate or what it does or what bills it passes - that was a players responsibility, most of the time LFM was the messenger, and when it wasn't, it was the only thing that stood between yourselves and getting the faction closed - believe that or not, I don't really mind, but consider the perspective I have and I can now openly talk about. Do you think if anything meaningful or anything that impacted other legal/illegal factions that had an actual, active effect on the server passed, it would raise alarm bells? Please don't see this as an attack as I'm not really around anymore or even play, but that's the perspective that I got from being involved in the faction from before it started. Funnily enough, the election system used was voted for by the stakeholders before the election, interestingly when people didn't actually care to learn about it or it didn't produce the results they wanted, they had an issue with it. Now we have a situation where elections aren't going to happen for quite a long time, people are just airlifted into positions and we're all running down the clock for the project to end. I'd truly hate to be wrong, but democracy seems like a fickle thing.
  9. The situation that we see now is quite sad - a brief look at the forums suggests that the senate has devolved into a low-quality free-for-all, while elections weren't the perfect method of quality control, they did a pretty good job of weeding out the truly awful attempts of character development. Elections weren't suspended by LFM, but by Management, the whole purgatory that we see now is because for the past year and a half, everyone has had the point of view that the senate needs fixing, unfortunately time has shown again and again that nobody actually knows how to fix it, or even describe what the problems are. A dynamic, democratic system is incompatible with the level of control that certain stakeholders require in the server - the fact that the faction can't handle it's own quality control to the extent that SD leadership can is telling of a unexciting future. Now the project looks semi-abandoned, with poor standards creeping through and no real care. Throwing in some edgy anarchists or Nazis isn't going to fix it, but simply be the thing that simply buries it, ending the story as an unsuccessful attempt at democracy that'll never be attempted again.
  10. Just pending a bit of reform I think that management wanted to see, hopefully there's an outcome soon.
  11. Some strange takes here. 1) OOC intervention is born out faction reports usually that are considered valid - it's used as a last resort but it's difficult to be proactive and read every bill for issues before it goes to a full vote just simply out of time constraints and priorities within LFM, and perhaps the knowledge that there is that final safeguard makes it easier to intervene only when we have to. I think we have only ever veto'd three or four bills. 2) The second election system was designed literally because the script was broken and unfixable in a short period of time leading up to the first election, wasn't anyones intention to maintain people as senators. That's the fault of LFM and wasn't a system we intended to repeat. 3) I liked the district system and wanted to go back to it, perhaps we can. 4) Someone mentioned that FLD and the SHAFT code are misaligned - we don't have a stake in it as LFM and if it goes to a lawsuit, then so be it. Nobody has ever tried and just assumed what we'd do - I've never even been asked about it. 5) A lot of assumptions in this thread are based around server management or myself and my team having a deep stake in politics - we don't, if there was a bill that banned flying spaghetti, it wouldn't affect me, it wouldn't change my life and wouldn't change what my team did, we react and respond in several occasions: a) The bill will negatively impact illegal factions or legal factions to a significant degree without prior consultation with stakeholders (e.g. this was the weed bill and the RICO bill). b) The bill will require script support that we cannot spare. c) As a result of a faction report. d) A change that'll impact a legal faction that wasn't pre-discussed with that factions handler e.g. giving LSNN a billion dollars every month. LFM isn't here to micromanage the senate, nor do we want to, but when you have 5 people who are able to make server-wide decisions that are perhaps either not communicated with LFM or the stakeholders that the bill will affect, that does require action. I'm not saying I or anyone else needs to be briefed on every single bill, but when huge server-wide bills that have far-reaching and dramatic consequences, perhaps even not immediate ones, aren't consulted with LFM or even discussed prior OOCly with stakeholders, it does force a small panic. We're going to be creating guidance for when the senate is back up and running detailing what each party would like to see from each other to make communication a little smoother. All I ever wanted, and the whole reason I created an election system in the first place was to provide that player-elected, player-chosen decision-making force, and I do want them to make key decisions and have huge impacts and do super cool amazing legal stuff, but the reality changed for me when I saw how wide these bills affect people, their roleplay and their factions. I fought for this when I joined LFM and pushed for it and made sure it happened, I organised the whole first election by myself because everybody shrugged it off as something that wouldn't last - well, it has, fortunately! I love how this has developed but there are still critical and institutional issues with this that have grown and adapted over time through different handlers and faction leaders. We have a responsibility, not only as a sub-team, but as a community, to make sure we're looking out for each other, and making sure everyone has the best experience they can. Sometimes we disagree on what that is, but hey... That's politics 😉
  12. HaveADream

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    This is honestly a terrible attitude to have. This server isn't here to make lots of money in the right hand corner of the screen and shows very little depth to the hundreds of millionaires in neon green cars that patrol the streets breaking speed limits like they're world records of the youngest person alive. That's not character development or heavy roleplay, that's fantasy.
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