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HAPHBAKED FOR SENATOR

Hey there Whyvillians.

This is HAPHBAKED here running for senator. I've got some ideas that I think could make Whyville even better than it already is, and I hope you'll agree with me. Here are some of my ideas..

First, I think that Whyville should get a bank. Having a bank would help kids learn about interest and just how banks work to help them in the future. Maybe they could even let you take loans and see how that works. Having a Whyville bank would also help because if you had your money in the bank and you needed a code to get to your money, if someone tried to take your things they wouldn't be able to steal all your money. This way, we would all be at least a little safer from scammers and hackers. So, I think that the next time a new building is added to Whyville, it should be a bank.

I think another improvement would be to make it so that during trivia hour more people could fit in the room at a time. I'm sure everyone agrees that it's really annoying when you try to get in 10-15 minutes early so there'll be seats left and then it's still too full in the room. I think that, if possible, the Greek Theater should be expanded to fit more people and make trivia hour more fun, because that's the time when the most people are there. One time I got up to the stage and accidentally left. Then I couldn't get back in! I really wasn't too happy about that. Luckily, I got back in after many tries and I got to have my turn, but it sure was annoying having to keep trying to get in. So if you want to have more fun at Trivia Hour (or just to get in for once), this could help you.

I also received an idea from Gates85 for a personal notepad on the welcome page. His idea was to have a text box sort of thing to type in messages you want to remember. I'm not sure if this can happen because it may take up server space like most things. However, I do think it's a pretty good idea, and I thought I?d include it in my revised platform.

Also, going along with my idea to expand the Greek Theater and have more events, I think there should be medals for people who attend trivia and do well often. Since knowledge is rewarded on Whyville, I think people who have often attended trivia and won or gotten far should get some sort of recognition as well. This is just another idea to encourage participation in Whyville and its events, by rewarding the citizens commited to it with the recognition they deserve. I'd certainly like to have a trivia medal :P.

In akbars, I think that there should be a description search. For example, you could search for "blue hair" and it would bring up all the hairs that fit the description. To do this, people would write short descriptions for each of their parts when they finish making them. Also, I think we should be able to search for face parts made by a certain person. Sometimes you don't know a person's store and you want to buy their parts but you can't. So I think that being able to search for parts by certain designers would be a good idea.

I also think that city workers should try to come in and talk to the citizens more often, but instead of doing it in club why, it should be in the Greek Theater. If they expand it, like I think they should, it would get more people to come and not everyone would be crowding all around the city workers because they could be on the stage. This might help the meetings be a little more organized and if the city workers had something important to say they could just put it up in the middle of the room for everyone to see.

Finally, I had an idea for the veteran medals. I think that the city workers should really try to change it so that everyone will automatically receive their medals when their account turns exactly 1, 2, 3, etc. years old. I think it's unfair for many people who have to wait almost a whole extra year to receive a medal (myself included) to get their medal. In my case, I had been on whyville for 358 days the day medals were given out so I didn't get one. This means that now I have to wait another year to get one medal when I should really have two. So, I think giving medals out should become automated and this would make sure it was fair for everyone. Even some our city workers suffer from this problem as scyllacat has told me. So, I hope to change this and fix that problem.

So those are some of my ideas for improving Whyville. If you think they're good and you agree, vote for me please, and thanks in advance to anybody and everybody that votes for me. Vote HAPHBAKED for senator and Whyville can become an even better place for all of us.

P.S. thanks for taking the time to read this, I know it was long, but I had a lot of ideas

HAPHBAKED FOR SENATOR

Hey there Whyvillians.
This is HAPHBAKED here running for senator. I've got some ideas that I think could make Whyville even better than it already is, and I hope you'll agree with me. Here are some of my ideas..
First, I think that Whyville should get a bank. Having a bank would help kids learn about interest and just how banks work to help them in the future. Maybe they could even let you take loans and see how that works. Having a Whyville bank would also help because if you had your money in the bank and you needed a code to get to your money, if someone tried to take your things they wouldn't be able to steal all your money. This way, we would all be at least a little safer from scammers and hackers. So, I think that the next time a new building is added to Whyville, it should be a bank.
I think another improvement would be to make it so that during trivia hour more people could fit in the room at a time. I'm sure everyone agrees that it's really annoying when you try to get in 10-15 minutes early so there'll be seats left and then it's still too full in the room. I think that, if possible, the Greek Theater should be expanded to fit more people and make trivia hour more fun, because that's the time when the most people are there. One time I got up to the stage and accidentally left. Then I couldn't get back in! I really wasn't too happy about that. Luckily, I got back in after many tries and I got to have my turn, but it sure was annoying having to keep trying to get in. So if you want to have more fun at Trivia Hour (or just to get in for once), this could help you.
Another idea I had to help newbies is to give any new members a customized newbie pack. They would be able to pick of each kind of part. For example they could pick one head, one set of eyes, a body, hair, ears, eyebrows, nose, mouth, and an accessory. I think this would be a great help to newbies because they wouldn't have to all look the same. You all know what I'm talking about. Every time you go to grandmas you get the same parts. That bubbly hair, rosie, jay leno, Portia, or jay leno 2 heads, maybe "the moe", and some other parts that most people don't want. Why should newbies all have to look alike? I think that to help them have their own style, newbies should get to pick one of each kind of part and that way they'll have at least a decent face and won't look like everybody else.
In akbars, I think that there should be a description search. For example, you could search for "blue hair" and it would bring up all the hairs that fit the description. To do this, people would write short descriptions for each of their parts when they finish making them. Also, I think we should be able to search for face parts made by a certain person. Sometimes you don't know a person's store and you want to buy their parts but you can't. So I think that being able to search for parts by certain designers would be a good idea.
I also think that city workers should try to come in and talk to the citizens more often, but instead of doing it in club why, it should be in the Greek Theater. If they expand it, like I think they should, it would get more people to come and not everyone would be crowding all around the city workers because they could be on the stage. This might help the meetings be a little more organized and if the city workers had something important to say they could just put it up in the middle of the room for everyone to see.
Finally, I had an idea for the veteran medals. I think that the city workers should really try to change it so that everyone will automatically receive their medals when their account turns exactly 1, 2, 3, etc. years old. I think it's unfair for many people who have to wait almost a whole extra year to receive a medal (myself included) to get their medal. In my case, I had been on whyville for 358 days the day medals were given out so I didn't get one. This means that now I have to wait another year to get one medal when I should really have two. So, I think giving medals out should become automated and this would make sure it was fair for everyone. Even some our city workers suffer from this problem as scyllacat has told me. So, I hope to change this and fix that problem.
So those are some of my ideas for improving Whyville. If you think they're good and you agree, vote for me please, and thanks in advance to anybody and everybody that votes for me. Vote HAPHBAKED for senator and Whyville can become an even better place for all of us.

P.S. thanks for taking the time to read this, I know it was long, but I had a lot of ideas.


Editor's Note: This is one of the top three platforms selected by Whyville citizens over the last ten days or so, chosen in the new Senate Primary! Read New Senate Race! to learn more about the new system. You can also check out last year's The Senate Race! by City Hall to start with the basics of a Senate Race.

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