Governor's Message #8 - Navigation Acts

A bill entitled Navigation Acts introduced to restrict the free trade between Commonwealth of Rockford and the Scarabian Republic has today failed to pass in the Senate, 0-3 (yes-nay). It has effectively been killed for time.

I am displeased with the Senate's failure to pass the legislation I have proposed and supported in the aims to out-compete Scarabians in the colonization efforts. Failure means that Scarabians may continue to trade with the Rockford and its colonies for foreseeable. I believe this poses threat to our aims for supremacy over Scarabians in the colonization of Active Worlds.

So, unfortunately, in light of this, I have been forced to ask my staff to instruct Mr. Lucky Sevens, our Ambassador to the Scarabian Republic, to open the negiotations for free trade pact with the Scarabian Republic.

The Rockford Free Trade Association claims that votes in the Senate represents the unwillingness of the people of the great state of Rockford to cut the trading relations with Scarabian Republic. Unfortunately, I must concede to that, however I feel they are ignorant our great potential.