Vote Briarwood for Senate (1750)

[KBR 2046]

Vote Briarwood

An Orenian Future

 

Helena is an ever-expanding city with a booming population, but with such things come problems. Riots in the streets, infestation of the sewers, a lack of housing for all; these are just examples of some of the many problems that we face and will continue to face in these coming years, but together we can and will make it through this. As a Senator of Helena, I hope to achieve much for the city in ways such as the following.

 

• Cuts and the vassal tithe: Lowering Taxes for Helena proper while pushing for a vassal tax, those who may not afford their own land outside of the city should not be punished while wealthy landholders who provide little to the state itself are rewarded for their indolence.

 

• Welfare Measures: Poverty in Helena is an unacceptable reality that we face; the shining pearl of the Empire deserves better, thus I would make strides towards the elimination of unemployment and impoverished living by giving aid to the needy; the creation of welfare programs such as soup kitchens, as well as cooperating with companies such as Carrington Co, and the Waldenian Trading Company, etc, to see the creation of new job opportunities for citizens of the Empire.

 

• Imperial Cartographic Project: As of the current year there are no cartographic efforts underway to establish a uniform map of the Imperial territories and the governorates and fiefdoms therein. I will establish a cartographer’s commission to codify and produce maps of accurate and up-to-date bearing for use across the Empire.

 

• Land Reform: The Crownlands are polluted with too many fiefdoms that see chronic disuse. These lands could be put to better use were they to be seized by the state and redistributed to tenant farmers and freeholders willing to till the land and produce vital goods for the people of Oren while also creating more opportunities for work within the heart of the Empire.