[RECOGNIZED] Los Santos Democratic Party

[Sheila]

"We are fighting for a better, fairer, and brighter future for every citizen of San Andreas:
rolling up our sleeves, empowering grassroots voters, and organizing to take our state back."

"We are the party of inclusion. We know that diversity is not our problem, it is our promise.
As Democrats, we respect differences of perspective and belief,
and pledge to work together to move this state forward.
We do not merely seek common ground, we strive to reach higher ground."

- Sheila Santiago, Party Leader

Core Values
We have fundamental beliefs and constitutional principles of our society, which unite all Americans. They include the ideas of life, liberty, the pursuit of happiness, justice, equality, diversity, truth, popular sovereignty, patriotism, the rule of law, and that we must all work together for the welfare of the community or benefit of all.

Justice
All people should be treated fairly in both the benefits and the obligations of society. No individual or group should be favor over another person or group.

Diversity
The differences in culture, dress, language, heritage, and religion are not just tolerated, but celebrated as a strength.

Popular Sovereignty
The power of the government comes from the people. The people are the ultimate authority over the government.

Liberty
Personal freedom, political freedom, and economic freedom. This is the freedom for people to gather in groups. They have their own beliefs, ideas and opinions. People also have the right to express their opinions in public.

Separation of Powers
The executive, legislative and judicial branches of the government should be separate institutions so no branch has all of the power.

Patriotism
The people or citizens show a love and devotion for their country and values.

Federalism
The states and the federal government share power as outlined by the constitution.

• A progressive tax system to provide more services and reduce economic inequality by making sure that the wealthiest Americans pay the highest amount in taxes.

• More government spending on social services, higher minimum wages, social security, health care, public education, and public housing.

• Infrastructure development and government sponsored employment programs to achieve economic development and job creation, while stimulating private sector job creation.

• Egalitarianism and social equality through liberalism, voting rights and minority rights, including LGBT rights, multiculturalism, and religious secularism.

• Upholding civil rights, which affect ethnic and racial minorities and includes voting rights, equal opportunity, and racial equality.

• Equality of outcome for all Americans regardless of sex, age, race, ethnicity, sexual orientation, gender identity, religion, creed, or national origin.

• Prohibiting discrimination against people based on physical or mental disability.

• Various gun control measures.

Party Leader
Sheila Santiago - (Sheila_Santiago)

The party leader is the official representative and spokesperson of the party and is typically responsible for managing the party's relationship with the general public. As such, they will take a leading role in developing and communicating party policy, especially election platforms, to the electorate. They are also typically the public face of the respective party and the principal media contact. Other duties of the party leader are typically concerned with the party membership as a whole, and the activities of the party organization such as strategies to recruit and retain members, campaign fundraising, and internal party governance.

Party Executive
Jairo Raminhos - (TeaM_Jairo)

The party executive is second in rank to the party leader and has senior managerial responsibility in the party. The party executive also has influence in candidate selections, in the development and promulgation of party policy, and in the general activities of the party organization.

Party Secretary
Jinn Zhou - (Jinn)
Peter Walker - (Peter_Walker)

The party secretary is a senior official within the party and is responsible for organizing and maintaining the daily political work and records of party meetings. The party secretary also has influence in strategies to recruit and retain members, and campaign fundraising.

Party Member
Daniel Price - (Daniel_Price)
Mac Taylor - ([TCL]Mac_Collin)

Phone - (###) 3568  ||  E-Mail - [email protected]  ||  Address - 316 Temple Drive

[Sheila]

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[Sheila]

[CHAPTER I]

Establishing the Democratic Party

The beginning of our journey.
After decisions are made to build the profile of a candidate to run for Governor, we start to build a strong foundation for our party based in Los Santos. This includes forming a team, setting up our office, and assigning roles based on members' skills and their areas of expertise. We begin to establish ourselves in the community by meeting everyday citizens, local business owners, and other respected figures in today's society, encouraging awareness of our political party and informing them of what they can expect from us in the future.

Spoiler for Events:

26 September 2019 - Meeting with SAPD Captain Chester Campbell.
Details of Event - Campbell agreed to meet to discuss an incident. Very pleased with the outcome.

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28 September 2019 - Meeting citizens and conducting community surveys.
Details of Event - Visited local members of the community to talk about everyday living in Los Santos.

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30 September 2019 - Meeting with successful businessman Yair Sforza.
Details of Event - Discussed the party's values, principles, and agenda.

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1 October 2019 - Meeting with Whilk Collin and Jinn Zhou.
Details of Event - Conducted interviews and offered them both positions in the party.

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2 October 2019 - Meeting with local businessman Peter Walker.
Details of Event - Conducted an interview and offered him a position in the party.

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2 October 2019 - Visiting a local business in the community.
Details of Event - It was... Interesting.

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3 October 2019 - Meeting with Party Member Whilk Collin.
Details of Event - Offered Whilk a promotion to become a Party Secretary which he gladly accepted.

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3 October 2019 - Meeting with former politician Paul Hudson.
Details of Event - Discussed general politics and the current state of Los Santos.

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4 October 2019 - Meeting with Party Secretary Whilk Collin and former politician Paul Hudson.
Details of Event - Conducted an interview and offered Paul Hudson a position in the party.

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4 October 2019 - Meeting with Party Secretaries and SAPD Detective Layla Jennings.
Details of Event - Conducted an interview and offered Layla Jennings a position in the party.

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6 October 2019 - Meeting with Kristopher Jones.
Details of Event - Looked around the studio and made preparations for upcoming show.

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6 October 2019 - Meeting with Party Secretary Whilk Collin and Head of Security Layla Jennings.
Details of Event - Had lunch and a non-business meeting to get to know eachother more.

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6 October 2019 - Meeting with business company, 2M.
Details of Event - Discussed the party's agenda, and potential future business together.

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[HIGHLIGHT]

Before debates with simple talks and life stories

6 October 2019 - Sheila Santiago - SanTV Interview.
The management team at SanTV heard news of our party's upcoming and got in contact with our office to invite Party Leader Sheila Santiago to make a guest appearance on SanTalks. We gladly took the opportunity to introduce ourselves to a wider audience and joined producer Magzin Smith for a live broadcast, talking about the life of Sheila Santiago and discussed in brief what was driving the party. Sheila Santiago proceeded to answer some questions from the audience before the closing of the show.
For those that missed it, full details of the show can be found on SanTV's website, here.

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[CHAPTER II]

Preparing for the Governor Elections

It's time to run for office.
The Governor Elections have been announced! It's time to officially announce our candidates for Governor and Lieutenant Governor. We hereby declare that Miss Sheila Santiago will be running for Governor of the state, and Mister Jairo Raminhos will be running for Lieutenant Governor. We continue to establish ourselves as a leading party and finalize our campaign plans for the election period. We continue to arrange meetings with high ranking officials of state departments and actively engage with the general public by paying regular visits to various areas around the city of Los Santos. After an overwhelming amount of support during the rise of our party, we thank the community for believing in us and considering us as worthy candidates for state government, and encourage all citizens of the state to vote for us during the election period so we can reach our ultimate goal to reform the state of San Andreas.

Spoiler for Events:

9 October 2019 - Party Secretary Whilk Collin rushed to hospital.
Details of Event - Whilk had suffered a gunshot wound from an unknown man in Flint County.

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10 October 2019 - Meeting with former LCPD officer Mac Taylor and Head of Security Layla Jennings.
Details of Event - Layla conducted an interview and offered Mac Taylor a position in the party.

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10 October 2019 - Meeting with Party Secretary Whilk Collin and SAPD Cadet Kostas Evans.
Details of Event - Conducted an interview and offered Kostas Evans a position in the party.

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11 October 2019 - Meeting with SanTV Director Kristopher Jones.
Details of Event - Looked around various stages for potential future events.

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11 October 2019 - Meeting with Party Secretary Whilk Collin and Head of Security Layla Jennings.
Details of Event - Had a business meeting to discuss various ideas for our November Campaign.

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[HIGHLIGHT]

Made-up laws, false tickets and illegal arrests

12 October 2019 - SAPD Corruption.
After a two hour long incident involving three corrupt SAPD members (Layla Jennings, Luther Kingston and Chester Campbell), we have terminated Head of Security and SAPD detective Layla Jennings' position from the Los Santos Democratic Party. The futile attempt made by the three corrupt officers to sabotage the Party Leader's reputation will not be taken lightly. A full report including all details of the incident, attached with a recorded conversation and dashcam footage, has been e-mailed to Police Commissioner Andrew Banks. We are currently awaiting for the results of a thorough investigation. SanTV will also receive a similar e-mail from us this week and will be encouraged to terminate Luther's position within their company should they wish to continue working with us throughout our campaign and after the election period. We hope for full co-operation and that the right decisions are made by both the SAPD and SanTV for the future of a brighter state as we continue to fight against corruption. More information about this incident will be published soon.

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13 October 2019 - Meeting with SmartDrive Manager Leo Sforza.
Details of Event - Sheila and Whilk applied to become driving instructors.

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13 October 2019 - Meeting with Party Secretary Whilk Collin.
Details of Event - Offered Whilk a promotion to become our Party Executive which he gladly accepted.

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13 October 2019 - Meeting with Flint Liberation Army.
Details of Event - CLASSIFIED.

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[HIGHLIGHT]

Talks of politics and everyday life in Los Santos

13 October 2019 - Meet and Greet at Pershing Square.
After a busy morning, the party headed to Pershing Square to set up a stall to interact directly with the public in an attempt to make the party and their values more known to the citizens of Los Santos. The citizens were offered free cups of coffee from the stall which displayed various informative leaflets and posters across it, while they stopped by to discuss various topics relating to politics and general life in Los Santos, and the party also answered questions the citizens had about the party and their future plans. The event lasted approximately one hour before the party headed back to their office in Temple Drive.

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14 October 2019 - Second meeting with Flint Liberation Army.
Details of Event - CLASSIFIED.

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14 October 2019 - Second meeting with business company, 2M.
Details of Event - Discussed plans for an upcoming event.

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15 October 2019 - Second meeting with SmartDrive Manager Leo Sforza.
Details of Event - Sheila's and Whilk's applications to become driving instructors were accepted.

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16 October 2019 - Third meeting with SmartDrive Manager Leo Sforza.
Details of Event - Leo applied to join the party. Conducted an interview and offered him a position.

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18 October 2019 - Meeting with Whilk Collin and Jairo Raminhos.
Details of Event - Conducted an interview and offered Jairo Raminhos a position in the party.

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[HIGHLIGHT]

Notorious criminals kidnap the Governor and an FBI Special Agent

22 October 2019 - Governor held to ransom.
An old friend of the Governor had recently got out of jail after serving time away due to an escalated altercation between the two which lead to the man's arrest. Left with a bitter taste in his mouth, Leonardo of the Sforza family saw an opportunity to get even with the Governor and with hopes to receive a hefty payday in the form of a ransom by negotiating with the state's law enforcement despite being told he would not be negotiated with.

The kidnapping took place near the LSDP office in Temple where Leonardo forcefully restrained the Governor and took her captive. FBI Special Agent Whilk Collin arrived on the scene moments after as he was already on his way to meet the Governor but found himself ambushed by other criminals who Leonardo contacted through his CB Radio to meet him at the scene of the crime. The two were taken out to a farm in Red County where Leonardo began to negotiate the two persons' release with the SAPD. They asked for a ransom of $1,000,000 to be paid.

The criminals began to secure the perimeter of the farm leaving just one of the men in the farmhouse to keep watch on the Governor and Special Agent who revealed himself to the two captives as the brother of an SAPD Officer, and made them aware that he was going to do what he could to help them.

SAPD arrived at the farm at the perfect time and attempted to surround the scattered criminals outside the farmhouse. Seeing they were massively outnumbered, some of the criminals panicked and got in their vehicles to escape. Some were lucky enough to get away thanks to their criminal associates who had the courage to stand their ground and open firefight with the SAPD Officers, though some of the criminals were shot dead during the shootout and others were detained and arrested including Leonardo Sforza who now currently awaits a trial in court for committing federal crimes.

The Governor and FBI Special Agent returned to the Los Santos Police Department to debrief and issue official statements of the incident. More information will be released on this situation in the coming weeks.

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[CHAPTER III]

The Reformation of Los Santos

W.I.P.
Work in Progress.

Spoiler for Events:

[Djinn]

Let's get this bread! 

[Stefos]

Good Luck!

[Sheila]

Good Luck!

Thank you

[Kenji]

Looks promising!

Good luck 

[Shorty.]

Amazing Sheila, best of luck !

[Sheila]

Looks promising!

Good luck 

Amazing Sheila, best of luck !

Thanks boisss

[Conor_Bradford]

just finished reading your topic, Looks nice. Good luck in the future.

[Jones3106]

Good luck.

[LeoSforza]

Best of luck Sheila 😊

[Sheila]

just finished reading your topic, Looks nice. Good luck in the future.

Best of luck Sheila 😊

Good luck.

Thank you all for the support

[Spike.]

Good luck with this, looking forward to the upcoming Governor election.

[Chris Collin]

All the best!