Election 2012 Results

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Bans the sale and purchase of skateboards within city limits and makes it illegal to own a skateboard. Introduces zero tolerance laws, giving police carte blanche to apprehend skateboarders using lethal force if necessary. Requires mandatory prison time for all apprehended skateboarders with no possibility of early release or parole.

Introduces a new independent committee appointed to oversee quality control of Shaggy Butte's drinking water. Calls for reduction in lead and mercury content in water and aims to introduce safeguards to prevent toxic runoff from abandoned open-pit strip mines from contaminating town's drinking water supply.

Introduces a new sign budget and calls for the creation of a committee to maintain signs throughout town. Calls for the changing of Shaggy Butte's current slogan of "Paris in the Pines" to "First in Pits" to pay tribute to the Shaggy Butte's rich history of open-pit strip mining and to promote the development of new open-pit strip mining ventures.

Diverts funding from Shaggy Butte's non-existent but still fully funded harbor district to put up fencing around abandoned open-pit strip mines, which are flooded with highly toxic fluids and overrun with diseased vermin. Starts process of certifying abandoned open-pit strip mines as superfund sites for cleanup and eventual redevelopment as public parks.

Calls for the use of tax dollars to construct a new helipad at the Office of the Mine Inspector and allocates additional funds for purchasing and maintaining helicopters for the Mine Inspector's use. Prevents citizens from forming or joining any labor union.

Calls for funds to be diverted from the estimated four-million dollar strip mine museum to instead finance the construction of a new library to replace the old one, which has not been usable for two years due to a feral dog infestation.