An Olympic-Sized Bid?

Federal District, GS, with additional reporting from Liebchen City, SH, Edie City, GS, and Schatzchen City, PS (TST) -- There are reports, as yet not officially confirmed, that the federation government and the recently organized Schnauzerlands Olympic Committeee have submitted proposals to the regional olympic games bid committee to host events in a proposed global athletic event similar to the recently concluded First Winter Games held in Commerce Heights, but involving warm weather "summer" sports.

Sources indicate that the schnauzerlands are proposing to host track and road cycling, beach and indoor volleyball, rowing, and a demonstration sport, said to be a long-distance "tour" cycling event. Said one source who refused identification for the record, "the idea is to take advantage of the upgraded and new constructed facilities that can handle the large crowds such events would bring."

The tour cycling proposal would start at the traditional capital of Liebchen City on the Great Schnauzer River in the western schnauzerlands. and involve a route that would include at least some of the schnauzerland island nations, across the eastern schnauzerlands to Edie City. If the work can be completed in time, then the tour route would then cross the Schnauzer Dominions, into Mikitivity into the host city at the regional capital in the Free Land of the IDU.


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Dominion MPs attend first session

Federal District, GS (TST) -- The 100 members of the Federation Parliament representing the Schnauzer Dominions have been formally installed in office, completing the final stage of the accession of the Schnauzer Dominions into the schnauzerlands federation.

"We welcome the newest members of the schnauzerlands family into this hall and into the government," noted the federal Chancellor as the new members were administered their official oaths of office. The chancellor appeared to be pleased, as well, by the enhanced majority his administration now enjoys within the federation Parliament as a result of the special by-election in the Schnauzer Dominions, created by its residents from the failed state of Flankia on the 1st of January. The Federalist Movement, the heart of the governing coalition, saw its share of members increase from 205 to 285. The left-wing Democratic Social Party failed to gain any seats from the Dominions, remaining at 89 seats and lost its status as the official opposition to the conservative Union Party which gained 13 seats (from 77 to 90.) Likewise, the pro-environmentalist Green Party failed to win additional seats in the Schnauzer Dominion by-elections, and remained at 65 seats. The defense-oriented Republic Movement party, a part of the governing alliance, gained the remaining 7 seats in the Dominions, with a total of 40 seats. The coalition of small parties and independents, with 31 seats, remained part of the government which now enjoys a 121-seat majority in the expanded Parliament of 600 members, with the addition of the Greens in the revamped majority coalition.

The Chancellor announced that a substantial investment would be made in the Schnauzer Dominions to restore and upgrade education, health, transportation, social and other services, facilities, and infrastructure to meet the levels of the five other nations of the federation. "Now that the Dominions have reorganized their local governments into the township based system used elsewhere in the schnauzerlands, and have elected their local government officials, we can complete the restoration of a normal life in that territory that was once Flankia. If history is a guide, our investment of public moneys now will generate widespread economic growth and prosperity throughout the Schnauzer Dominions. We note many federation-basis businesses have already commenced their investment plans for the Dominions and that economic activity and employment have grown at an astonishing rate since the accession was proposed six months ago."

General elections for the reconstitued Parliament are not scheduled to be held before late 2010.

THE FEDERATION PARLIAMENT AT A GLANCE
(Change from December 2005 to May 2006)

• Federalist Movement ..........205*.......285*
• Union ..................................077.........090
• Democratic Social...............089.........089
• Green ..................................065.........065*
• Republic Movement.............033*......040*
• Other/Independent ..............031*......031*
• Speaker (Nonpartisan)..........001........001
  

(Majority Coalition..................269........421)

TOTAL..................................501........601

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