Portela

I have been swamped with a family emergency since last Thursday. I hope to actually start participating by Friday.

Awesome. Thank you! I barely ever check Telegram, will have to get back into the habit of using it!

Hey y'all - some of you may know me from my past involvement in USG and in PolUK - I'm Portela! Looking to get involved - is there a party chat somewhere I can join or something? I joined the Discord server but that thing is as dead as a doornail, which is sad! Is this sim still running its chats on Telegram?

Anyways - any help to get started and going, please let me know! I'm getting USG re-created vibes, which is awesome.

6 minutes ago, Terrus said:

Welcome to the game! You're approved. Feel free to jump in!

Thank you!

For press releases from Senator Joseph Portela, Democrat from Michigan.

Nay

Aye.

Twitter bio: "Senator for the great state of Michigan. Father. Husband. John 3:16. Progressive."

@JoePortelaMI

Twitter feed for Senator Joseph Portela (D-MI)

Name: Joseph "Joe" Portela

Date of Birth: 16 April 1975

Place of Birth: San Juan, Puerto Rico

Current Place of Residence: Grand Rapids, MI

Political Party: Democrat

State and Seat: Michigan, Senate Seat Class I

Avatar: Luis Fortuño

Family History:

• Parents originally from Puerto Rico, they moved to Western Michigan when Joe was 3 years old.
• Has two younger brothers, Luis and Jordan.
• Married to Juliana Fauquier, has two children: Molly and Gabriella.

Educational History:

• University of Michigan, Ann Arbor - Bachelor's, Political science and economics (1993-1997)
• University of Michigan Law School, Ann Arbor - Juris Doctorate (1998-2002)

Occupational History:

• Lawyer (2002-2008)
• Mayor of Grand Rapids, MI (2008-2012)
• U.S Senator for Michigan, Class I seat (2012 - Present)

We had two people resign at my office yesterday so now I have to do my job + two other people's at the office. Temporary LOA, probably until next week.

Will be naming Temp Speaker momentarily.

Could I get my username changed to "Portela" please?