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  1. Out of The Cage, and Into The Jungle
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  2. Warlocks OMC are here to bring an accurate representation of a 1%er club settling into new territory. We look to create a fun community type role-play environment for all. If you are interested in following or joining us on our journey, feel free to contact @Phoenix999 for information on how to do so.
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  5. Peckerwoods Set Up / Club Things
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  6. Five hunnid replies, typeshi! Keep it up, fellas!
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  8. In My Calm Era, I Just Let Things Be
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  9. idlewood has always been red !!!!! keep it up playas
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  10. Date: February 25th, 2025 | Topic: Elections | Tags: Dallas Calhoun, Hosea Halliday, Jessica Guzman ALL EYES ON CITY HALL MAYORAL ELECTION KICKS OFF By: Michael Watts After weeks of campaign rallies, debates, promises made, and an endless stream of advertisements, early voting for the Mayoral election has finally begun. Three candidates, Dallas Calhoun, Hosea Halliday, and Jessica Guzman, all have their eyes set on City Hall. This is just the second election since the reinstatement of the Los Santos City Government in 2024. In 2017, Lt. Governor Larry Rauner issued an executive order dissolving the municipality of Los Santos, centralizing all powers vested in the city under the umbrella of the state government. In 2024, the city government was reinstated; however, with nearly de facto oversight from the state government. The three candidates running for Mayor aim to follow up one-term Mayor Alexander Blair, whose administration struggled to revive the city's government. Each candidate's background is vastly different from one another; however, many of their policies and claims are the same. Such as the fact that both Dallas Calhoun and Hosea Halliday cite changing workplace laws to further protect workers as one of their campaign agenda items. Halliday and Jessica Guzman have also both proclaimed themselves, at separate times, to be the candidate who is most devoted to fighting crime. In January, Dallas Calhoun's name was one that didn't ring out outside of non-profit and political circles in Idlewood and East Los Santos. However, in just a few weeks, he has propelled himself from a little-known figure into potentially Los Santos's next Mayor, winning endorsements from the Laborers Union and, surprisingly, several Republicans such as Gladys Arrington and Jep Appelo. Calhoun has championed himself as someone who speaks for those in some of Los Santos's lowest-income areas, such as Idlewood and East Los Santos. His campaign has pushed low-income housing for these neighborhoods as one of its top priorities. Born in South Central, LS, and backed by Jep Appelo, if you squint closely, Calhoun strikes some resemblance to former Mayor Frank Vaughn. However, he lacks the experience and credentials that Vaughn had during his first campaign. He also lacks Vaughn's connections to the ports; his campaign took a hit when the Longshoreman's union came out in support of Hosea Halliday despite the fact that Calhoun has campaigned on revitalizing the port of Los Santos. Many of his critics, including those from Hosea Halliday and Jessica Guzman's respective camps, have stated that Calhoun's policies are not tough enough on crime. Hosea Halliday has been the clear favorite to win the election since it began, with some proclaiming it his race to lose. Halliday has, for several months, been the City Manager of Los Santos, inheriting what could only be described as a Los Santos city government in disarray. Despite this, Halliday has worked to resuscitate several departments within the city's government. Now he is aiming to ascend to the city's highest elected position. Wearing his now-famous cowboy hat, donning a GOP pin, and taking on Donald Trump's infamous slogan of "Make America Great Again," in many ways, Halliday has inherited Frank Underhill's title as Los Santos's quintessential Republican. He has rallied a base of fervent conservatives around the city while also being able to reach out to more moderate elements. Halliday has garnered an impressive list of endorsements and supporters, most notably earning the endorsement of the Longshoreman's union. His agenda calls for economic reform and labor reform, along with fighting both crime and corruption. As the favorite to win the election, his campaign has been the center of attacks from both Guzman and Calhoun, but most notably from Calhoun, whose supporters ran a string of advertisements claiming that under Halliday as City Manager, the city has only deteriorated. If you take one look at Jessica Guzman's campaign, along with listening to her rhetoric for just a few minutes, you would take away one big thing: she proclaims herself to be an outsider to Los Santos politics. Guzman sees career politicians as a problem and feels an outsider like herself is needed to run the city. She is backed by no political party and, as far as the Hall is aware, her campaign is completely self-funded. Guzman's campaign has lacked the publicity of Halliday and Calhoun, both of which have held rallies around the city. However, she has likely poured more money into advertising than the other candidates, running a stream of ads that play back-to-back most days. Other than being an outsider, Guzman has championed the cause of fighting corruption within the government. In a debate moment that caught the ears of many around Los Santos, Guzman went after the Los Santos Police Department, stating that her arrest last year was evidence of the department's corruption. However, she also has called for "law and order" in some of the city's most crime-infested areas. Guzman lacks the endorsements of her two opponents; however, many report that through her work with major companies in the city, she has quiet supporters which, if they showed up to the polls, could give her a chance to win the election. Outside of the debate, she has largely avoided the back and forth that has gone on between the other candidates. Whoever wins, they will be faced with an uphill battle to achieve their policies, with the state government still breathing down the neck of the city. In many ways, the Mayor is merely a figurehead. Achieving their goals will require a level of political maneuvering that few recent politicians in the city's history have been able to achieve, threading the needle to work with both the state government and navigate Los Santos's complicated city structure. The elections will run until February 27th, and the Hall will be here to update on all election-related news.
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  11. Okay, thanks for the clarification. Now I waited until the full hour and noticed that it had increased to 13 hours šŸ™‚šŸ‘ I just thought that it doesn't reset after a new rank and that 12 hours are added to the 12 hours and the next rank comes 😁
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  12. The boys still going strongšŸ–¤
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  13. Out of The Cage, and Into The Jungle
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  14. Suspect From EHC / Goodie Bag
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  15. Recruitment for the faction is done in-character, and you will be expected to follow the server rules while associating yourself with our image. Be respectful to those around you and dedicate yourself to your characters development within the faction. The aim of 38th Street is to create a realistic sureƱo environment in El Corona. The Discord is accessible for those who are interested in joining the faction, we're currently open to new members and encourage those who are looking for something fresh to try it out, if there are any questions feel free to contact @risen or connect to the Discord, where you can find some information about the faction and ask any questions you may have.
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  16. We need more company like this, creative rp instead of just trucking company
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  17. Man... all these small-time stoners make me sick. They sit around like getting high is some kind of achievement. I started smoking weed when I was 9, but here’s the thing, while most of you were just getting high and acting dumb, I was already seeing it as a way to make money. By the time I was 14, I was flipping it and making more cash than most adults. While you were still figuring out how to roll, I was out here stacking and running my own thing. And yeah, I did 3 years in prison too. Not gonna tell you if it was for weed or something else, but let’s just say it was for something a lot bigger than what you all are talking about. I’ve been in the game on a level you wouldn’t even understand. So keep talking about your little weed stories, but just know I’ve been about that real money-making life from day one.
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