Prime Minister House Opened

(Year 234, Winter) Mazaloom kingdom got its own Prime Minister House! It was debated a couple years ago, and now the building is ready, just in time for the upcoming election.

Current Prime Minister, Mr Wilder, is too old for re-election, and he will not move in. But our future PM will stay here for as long as holding the PM position. The building is not exactly a castle, but provides good standard facilities for a Prime Minister's many working tasks, like meetings and receptions, and upstairs there is enough space for a small family to reside. Private needs will vary from period to period, and because most top politicians are quite old, children might have left the nest already.

This week there was a formal opening of Prime Minister House, that is located at Willow Field in Gloomville (Region Gloom).

Political Parties had their Spring Meetings

(Year 234, Summer) On 1st day of Fall the four political parties will release lists of candidates and political program for the upcoming Year 235 election (1st day of Spring). Spring this year they all had their annual Spring meetings, extra important this year because of the 5 years cycle. We can't wait to learn who their top candidates for the Prime Minister job will be. Everything seems open.

Prime Minister Rob Wilder at Hotel Roadstead, Magnolia Promenade.

We know that RIGHT party and LEFT party normally have a close race, and MIDDLE party might be expected to still be a rather small party. But this upcoming election wuill be different, not the least because the new WORLD party will join the mix. A new party is not likely to get the PM, though, but they can get some impact on the final result - like will they steal votes mainly from RIGHT? We are definitely facing an interesting election!

It's Tax Day!

(Year 233, Spring) This 1st day of Spring is Tax Day, and like every other Tax Day the extra taxes got plenty of attention. Mazaloom kingdom's system of extra tax and tax relief is nothing new. This comes on top of regular bills, which already include the general community taxes. Extra Taxes are meant to be a way for the dominating political parties to create financial consequences reflecting their political agenda.

Mrs. Silverbone supports the Extra Tax.

A typical example is the old pool-tax, which charged households with a swimming pool extra tax. It made sense to most because poor households were not affected, while those with a pool in their garden are normally able to pay a little extra without much trouble. On the upcoming Tax Day there is no Pool tax, but many other taxes and reliefs. Each extra tax is §1,000 while each relief gives a discount of §1,000. The extra taxes are not the same in all regions either, depending on what party won the previous election.

The good thing is that most households ends up with no extra tax at all.

Our kids deserve better Toy stores!

(Year 232, Winter) What if you could visit a good toy store to buy toys and skill items for your child? Well, in Mazaloom this seems rather complicated at the moment. In fact, you will hardly find any stores aimed towards babies or children at all. Baby expert Heidi L. Wooblershield (52) had enough!

- This is nothing but sad! They used to have a decent corner here at the Old Salt House in San Myshuno, but look at it now! It looks like an abandoned storage room that you entered by mistake!

Heidi knows how important toys are to a child growing up, as she raised 4 of them.

Jewelry by Madam Maxim at Gallery Ex-Po

(Year 232, Summer) This Summer Jewelry had a new Spring. All over the kingdom residents wanted a piece of what was on offer. The reason for all the attention was probably a mix of a few Crystal Crafter, and some headlines regarding the Politician's urge to regulate this business. More about the latter further down.

Madam Maxim Sprucewood.

First we will bring a brief report from a new jewelry sale that opened this week at Gallery Ex-Po in Newcrest. They are known for assisting the aristocracy finding new owners to old heirlooms. When you want to sell something, Gallery Ex-Po will buy it, this way you will get paid immediately even when it takes a while to find a new owner. The jewelry is different, though.

Too many Rentals?

(Year 232, Spring) This Winter we got a new Landlord Deed, and the rental business has really reached a new level. In most of our 8 regions we got rental units, and Landlords have also been fighting over land to build their rental residential establishments. Not everyone applauds this development.

On the main street of Newcrest's Crestville this morning, Politician and Vice-President Silverbone allowed herself one hour of protesting. Fanny Silverbone (72) belongs to the «Simoleons for Everyone» fraction of the LEFT party, and despite also representing the nation as the 2nd most important Politician at People Chamber, giving less room for individual opinions, she had to let go of some steam.

Switched at Birth

 (Year 225) If you followed my video series As sims Go By, you might recall that a certain event took place at Gloomville Hospital about 5 years ago. Because the upcoming third season of this series will focus on the story of fewer households, and this event will only be mentioned subtly, I figured it might be okay addressing it all here on the blog.

Simandus Silverbone has been returned to his biological parents in Brindleton Bay.

Spring of year 220 both Fanny Silverbone and Claudia Tangerin, Lady Shine gave birth to a son. Claudia had a ongoing thing with a lover, her husband's political rival, Edvin Phlum. Becauase she kind of blackmailed him, she feared the chance of her son getting his father's white eyes syndrome, which would of course have spoiled her lie completely. Making this complicated story short, Claudia switched the two baby boys before leaving the hospital. It harmed her marriage when Baldwin Tazar Tangerin grew up to toddler, unveiling his red hair and brown eyes - genetics that did not match with neither Claudia nor Victor.