Election: Minister of Imperial Expansion

Ninot · August 12, 2002, 19:56

This is the election for our Minister of Imperial Expansion

Query:
Who should be our next Minister of Imperial Expansion?

Candidates:
Jonny
Will 5001

End:
5 Days, August 17th 2002

GodKing · August 12, 2002, 20:04

Finally, I beat ninot and got first vote.....

Good luck each of you.

jdd2007 · August 12, 2002, 22:28

weeell, excellent choices, so i will see what they have to say

Jonny · August 12, 2002, 23:32

The Campaign Thread can be found at:
http://apolyton.net/forums/showthrea...threadid=58481

There you will find what both candidates have to say, and you will find my expansion proposal. You can also ask the candidates questions.

Jonny · August 12, 2002, 23:35

Here is my speech/running platform, reposted:

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Here's why you should vote for me, Jonny, as your new IE minister.

As many of you know, city building is a very important aspect of Civ. I, being an experienced Civ player, will try to build cities in good, efficent, beneficial, and prosperous places. I will build cities that are assets to our civ, not disadvantages. However, now that the game has progressed a bit, there is more to good city location than just a location with good production. We must build cities in places that will give us luxuries and strategic resources, which are of tremendous importance to our civ. We also must build cities near our enemies, even if they are unproductive. These have several benefits. First, they allow us to slow down/prohibit the expansion of other civs. Secondly, they can be used as staging grounds for invasions. Finally, should we decide to build up our culture, espically in the border cities, it would increase the chances of culture-flipping some of their cities to us. City building can make or break a civ. I plan to make Apolytonia great, not break Apolytonia.

Of course, there are other things involved in being a good IE minister than just city building know-how. For example, I always try to listen to and poll the people, which is very important in a democracy such as ours. I will rarely, if at all, take actions without asking the people first. Since this is a democracy, I plan to include the people as much as possible.

Also, you can be assured that party politics will not affect my actions as IE minister. I won't ever ignore some people's ideas and automatically accept others just because of what party they are in. That's just plain silly.

So, if you want a great Apolytonia for you and your children and your grandchildren (and so on), then vote for me, Jonny, for IE minister. Thank you.
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Remember, vote for Jonny!

Harovan · August 13, 2002, 03:09

Will 5001 gets my vote.

He has been a very good deputy and helped me a lot in my work in the 2nd term. He did the basic work for our expansion office and made an excellent and widely approved plan, found here. Thanks to his great help, I was able to help out in other offices. I am very sure, he will be a worthy successor.

jdd2007 · August 13, 2002, 11:27

well both candidates are so good i cant decide, so i write in a vote for Sir Ralph.

Kramerman · August 13, 2002, 19:24

I think before i vote, i should check out what it is this minister actually does.

Darkness' Edge · August 14, 2002, 02:49

jonny has me convinced

notyoueither · August 14, 2002, 02:59

No matter how the vote goes, I hope both of them stick around. Both have been consistent in their involvement. I believe both have run 3 times now. It is a shame only one of them can go on to office.