Damnatio Memoriae Amendment

[Mangegneithe]

Former Delegate Xoriet has revealed herself to be an enemy of The East Pacific and our values. She abused her moderator powers to access private government channels and leak information to foreign regions to damage our foreign affairs. She perpetuated a culture in the Pacific that consistently violated the sovereignty of GCRs, pushed for conflict and division, and disrespected TEP countless times. She is not a friend of TEP and she is certainly not a figure worthy of honoring. Therefore, I propose in this amendment to rename the Order of the Golden Ocelot to the Order of the Panther Moon, a name which honors East Malaysia with their blessing, to strike the current design of the OGO made by former Delegate Aelitia, who orchestrated a delbump against TEP alongside its enemies, and to strip the OGO from Xoriet, Aelitia, and former Delegate Altys, who leaked private citizen chats in the NPO to mock and belittle our region. This amendment wipes our slate clean of the stains left by those who sought to use us for their personal gain and remain in our halls of heroes. Whatever work they’ve done for our region is invalidated by their decision to work against us and their actions which followed.

SECTION I. CITATION

…1.1. This Act shall be known and cited as ”The Awards Act”.

SECTION II. DEFINITIONS

…2.1. For the purposes of this Act, “Ribbon” is defined as an image with the pixel dimensions of 106 pixels by 29 pixels designed to act as a badge proof of holding an honor instituted by this Act.

SECTION III. GENERAL PROVISIONS

…3.1. Presenting a ribbon in any public space shall be prohibited unless one of the following is true:
…3.1.1. It is being presented informatively, to indicate what the ribbon for a certain honor is;
…3.1.2. It is being presented to indicate that the related honor has been awarded to an individual through the legal processes established by this Act;
…3.1.3. It is being presented by an individual who has been awarded the related honor through the legal processes established by this Act, and is being presented solely as their own badge proof; or

…3.2. The granting of any ribbon or titled honor which is not explicitly permitted by this Act shall be prohibited unless in the case of a major military operation, in which case, the honors themselves must specifically relate to the operation in question, and must be granted by the Delegate or a relevant military authority.

…3.3. The violation of prohibitions set forth by this Act shall be an offense known as “Stolen Valor.” Their first offense shall result in a warning by the Delegate, Praesidium, or Conclave. Their second offense, and any subsequent recurring offenses, shall be indictable, and result in being barred from receiving any Award set out by this Act for a period of time set by Conclave. The severity of punishments shall be proportional to the level of intentional and harmful deception of the public or for intent to undermine this Act.

…3.4. Sections of regional services may be renamed after an impactful individual as an additional honor to those outlined within this Act.

…3.5. The respective administrative authorities of subcommunities and internal organizations recognized by the Magisterium shall be empowered to create awards to honor substantial contributors to the community without regard for the provisions or restrictions of this Act.

…3.6. Those awarded the Order of the Golden Ocelot under the Pacificum Orientale Awards Act (POAA), Delegate Aelitia, or Delegate Ramaeus under any legislative or Executive program shall maintain their membership of the Order of the Panther Moon unless removed under this Act’s provisions. The Order of the Golden Ocelot as a separate honor is discontinued without recognition by this government of The East Pacific.

…3.7. Any individual who received an award under the POAAany other legislative or Executive program that has the same name as an Executive Honor in this Act shall receive the Gold variant of the Order under this Act; the POAA variants will no longer have legal force.
……3.7.1. Any other POAA Award shall remain legal and in good standing, thus subject to the protective provisions of this Act, but may no longer be granted.
……3.7.2. POAA aAwards which are not continued under the Awards Act shall be exempted from the provisions of clause 1.103.8.

…3.8. A dispatch shall be created and maintained by the Delegate, entitled “Awards of The East Pacific,” which shall display the ribbons or other visual elements of each legal award, a description of the award, and a list of recipients, with the date they were awarded. In the case of the Order of the Golden OcelotPanther Moon, a description of why the award was bestowed upon each member shall be given. Descriptions written before the renaming of the Order shall be edited to reflect the new name.

…3.9. The holding and display of awards or honors received from any foreign region or organization is not subject to the provisions of this Act.

…3.10. The Magisterium shall be empowered to revoke any and all awards recognized by this act through a majority vote.

SECTION IV. ORDER OF THE GOLDEN OCELOTPANTHER MOON

…4.1. “The Order of the Golden OcelotPanther Moon” shall be the highest honor in the region, and shall be reserved for those nations who have had a long lasting impact upon the region as a result of extraordinary service above and beyond what is expected of their positions.

…4.2. The Magisterium may award an individual with the Order of the Golden OcelotPanther Moon through a majority vote.

…4.3. If members of the Order of the Golden OcelotPanther Moon perform additional deeds which are deemed worthy of the Order, the Magisterium may amend their Order.

…4.4. The Magisterium shall not grant the Order of the Golden OcelotPanther Moon for deeds which fall solely under the category of a single Executive Honor.

…4.5. In addition to a ribbon, the Order of the Golden OcelotPanther Moon shall include a medal. The designs for the ribbon and medal shall be designated by the Executive government and included in Appendix A of this Act via a discretionary edit of the Provost upon creation.

SECTION V. EXECUTIVE HONORS

…5.1. The Delegate shall be empowered to grant Executive Honors at any point during their term. The only Executive Honors are those established within this Section.

…5.2. Executive Honors shall have three tiers - Standard, Silver, and Gold. Each tier shall correspond to a separate ribbon. Executive Honors shall be granted in the tier associated with the significance of an Honoree’s contributions within a field. Honorees shall only be a member of the highest tier Order of their associated Executive Honors.

…5.3. The Magisterium shall be empowered to revoke Executive Honors with a majority vote. In this case, no Delegate may award the same honor to the same individual.

…5.4. The Order of Valor may be granted to exceptional military combatants and commanders who have distinguished themselves through their service to the Eastern Pacific Sovereign Army through consistent updating, triggering, or other military involvement.

…5.5. The Order of Artistry may be granted to those individuals who have contributed in the realm of art and design, such as through Executive promotions, the flag of The East Pacific, or other government-related graphics.

…5.6. The Order of Culture may be granted to those individuals who have made exceptional contributions in the realm of engagement and event-planning within the region and in the form of interregional events involving The East Pacific.

…5.7. The Order of Hospitality may be granted to those individuals who have demonstrated personability and success in the task of recruiting individuals to The East Pacific region or its government, and/or subsequently guiding new nations to integration within the region.

…5.8. The Order of Jurisprudence may be granted to those individuals who have made substantial positive contributions to The East Pacific within the Magisterium or the Conclave through the creation, refinement, or interpretation of its legal system.

…5.9. The Order of Maintenance may be granted to those individuals who work behind the scenes of the government, providing support to the regional community by creating or strengthening its infrastructure.

…5.10. The Order of the Dove may be granted to those diplomats and Foreign Affairs policy-makers or advisors who have demonstrated tact and pride in the execution of their duties as they represent The East Pacific abroad, improve its relations with foreign regions or organizations, or make a significant impact on behalf of The East Pacific on a global stage.

…5.11. The Order of Scholarship may be granted to those individuals who have made exceptional contributions to the University of The East Pacific, distinguishing themselves through the authorship of University works or the execution of structural or administrative work.

…5.12. The Order of Apocalypse may be granted to those individuals who have excelled in the execution of Z Day policy within The East Pacific.

…5.13. The Order of Annihilation may be granted to those individuals who have excelled in the execution of N Day policy within The East Pacific.

…5.14. The ribbons of Executive Honors shall be included in Appendix A of this Act.

[AC5230]

It was a long time coming.

With recent revelations laid bare, and many things we already knew either being confirmed or resurfacing, it is time to acknowledge that there are several persons in history that we must move on from. There is no love in my heart for those who manipulate, agitate, and otherwise twist the welcoming arms of The East Pacific and its government.

Let us - as you say - “wipe the slate clean” of traitors and agitators who have long sought not the betterment but the fall of our united Government under the Concordat. Let us honor those who do seek the betterment of our region, even to this very day: East Malaysia is a NationStates all-timer. There will not be another like him, not here, not anywhere. Some have proposed naming this order for Infinite Loop, our founder: another motion I would not be opposed to.

I could go on all day. My point is: we have figures that have worked in this region’s betterment all throughout history. There is no need for us to - in my mind - beg for the long-term attention of those who haven’t and will continue not to.

It’s time to prioritize The East Pacific.

Ex Oriente Lux.

[Shadow]

I would like to become a One Province Minor (OPM). (this is a specific joke)

otherwise, full support

[theclockworkvixen]

Glad to see that this is being done. Full support.

[Ladona]

I would have voted for this measure the first time discussions were brought up during my time in the Magisterium, and should this go to a vote it will have my unreserved support. This reference to Xoriet should have been excoriated from TEP’s history long ago; those who betray the region for personal gain don’t deserve to be commemorated, they only deserve to be forgotten.

[Dimitri]

I support the motion, considering the region’s feelings on the matter

[Aurora_Yukihime]

Can you check out these proposed edits, please?

SECTION III. GENERAL PROVISIONS

…3.7. Any individual who received an award under the POAAany other legislative or Executive program that has the same name as an Executive Honor in this Act shall receive the Gold variant of the Order under this Act; the POAA variants will no longer have legal force.
……3.7.1. Any other POAA A award shall remain legal and in good standing, thus subject to the protective provisions of this Act, but may no longer be granted.
……3.7.2. POAA aAwards which are not continued under the Awards Act shall be exempted from the provisions of clause 1.10. (What is this? 1.1 only titles this act.)

POAA is no longer elaborated in the edit to 3.7 for 3.7.1 and 3.7.2 to no longer remain as-is. As to the spirit of 3.7’s rewrite, this should be for all applicable awards.

SECTION IV. ORDER OF THE GOLDEN OCELOTPANTHER MOON

…4.6. The Magisterium shall be empowered to revoke the Order of the Panther Moon through a majority vote. (Is only a simple majority enough?)

Article III states we may use a removal mechanism, but I don’t think one exists? So here’s one if we don’t have one, unless I can’t read and it is already in there.

[Mangegneithe]

I motion for a vote.

[Mangegneithe]

There’s been some confusion and concern raised in certain channels over one particular element of this proposal, that being the removal of Altys’ OGO/OPM. I wish these had been brought up sooner so that I could address them before the vote but here’s the deal:

To start off, I’ll say that I hoped not to have this conversation. Our enemies, as I’ll explain later on, feed on our disunity. When we argue, when we debate passionately and bring our diverse perspectives and beliefs together, we build a better, stronger TEP. But many don’t see it that way, and interpret our disagreements as signs of a cancer in TEP’s core, that makes defeating us easy. They will ultimately find out how wrong they are, like all the naysayers and enemies of TEP we’ve taken down before.

However, since this is now a public spectacle and has been brought to the attention of the award-holders in question (assuming they were not already aware), I might as well speak in depth on it.

Altys and I do not like each other. That much is clear. His years-long campaign of baiting and targeting me was met with many mod reports from me and a discord block. That is true. It is also true that I am the main butt of his joke in the NPO logs. I can see how some might see this as an opportunity for me to enact revenge of some sort.

This is not so. My beef with Altys is settled. He is gone and I am here. That proves, to me, who truly cares about TEP and who doesn’t. I have blocked him, he has been removed from Cabinet and other government channels, and he cannot hurt me anymore. It is partly that which makes me confident that I can be someone who votes for this. And I’m not using my run-ins with him to justify this. This is based on newly released information that corroborates a pattern of anti-TEP behavior. This is also not an OOC determination or a proscription or ban of any kind. What we are here to do is decide if Altys, in light of this new information but considering the totality of the circumstances, deserves an OGO/OPM. That is the question that I am pushing to answer.

Even if it were the case that I was pursuing a personal vendetta, this is not a decision that is up to me. I started the discussion, yes. I started it because I’ve already been subject to his ire and if anyone is to be the hated face of it, it might as well be me. But I cannot see it through. It is ultimately up to the entire Magisterium. It is true that many Magisters were targets of Altys at one point or another as well, though perhaps not to the same degree. But as a body we are diverse and we come together for this decision to show what is the stance of TEP as a community and as an institution, beyond any personal feelings.

To this end, I encourage all Magisters to put their personal feelings aside, as I have done. You may not believe I am capable of it, and you may agree with some of what Altys has said about me. However, the only person you can control is yourself. YOU have the power to input your opinion and cast your vote based on only the truth and logic of the situation and the merit of the removal. Not personal feelings. If you think that I haven’t put aside my biases, then band together, Magisters, and put aside yours to prove that I am not the one who makes this decision and that it is not one made with emotions over logic. Because it is a decision made by the Magisterium of The East Pacific.

The facts are thus: Altys was awarded the OGO for being Minister of Culture in the height of Libertanny’s term and the Drew Wave, for moving the Executive government to the main server, for creating the now-abolished FA Watch, running REWARD, signing the Second Convention of Lausanne, for starting the Hunger Games, working with Merlo on RMB relations, working on ANAL, and working on Vussul’s recruitment bot. Many of these accomplishments are great, although a few of them are more questionable in light of how they turned out, such as Vussul’s bot, or the failed Consortium. But at the time he did a lot of good, that cannot be denied.

He also did a lot of damage. He worked with now-proscribed LWU officer JoWhatup to raise unrest around the Praesidium, inflaming passions against the endorsement cap decrease and calling for the removal of older Viziers. He constantly demeaned the Delegacies of those before them for their low endorsement counts and aggrandized his own Delegacy. He targeted other members of Cabinet for not recruiting. He pushed and reinforced mistrust and division. And then, amidst a fair criminal trial he railed against and targeted the prosecutor of, he left the region in a storm of dust, as a way of saying “See how well you fare without me.”

We fared well. Others took over Citizenship Applications from him, as he did from me when I burned out and I did from AMOM and AMOM did from Stooley and Stooley did from Sammy and Sammy did from VW. Others recruited — more folks now than before. Others worked on bot development, and as far as I’m aware much of his code has been replaced with streamlined versions in concert with developers from Lazarus. He did good work that we recognized and appreciated but it was not the end all, be all, loadbearing pillar he had made it out to be and hoped it would be. We thrived under Delegate AMOM, who he said would rule over a husk.

And then the NPO logs dropped. It saw him, and Jo, a proscribed LWU agent with a grudge, cavorting with NPO officials who empowered the spy and GCR subversive Xoriet, to laugh at us. To spread rumors and visions of TEP being a wishy washy mess. And in the process, the NPO Senator they were insulting TEP with committed the high crime of treason-espionage by leaking our delegate elections private channel. He did so to make fun of me, yes, and compare myself, a fellow queer person, to bigot right-winger Jordan Peterson. But he did it primarily to laugh at how disorganized and disunited we were. He did it to feed a smear campaign and false narrative that could only serve to hurt TEP.

All his love for our region appears to be lost. His good work is overshadowed by his betrayal. He already has been straining our FA relations — when ex Delegate Libertanny sought to revive a former TEP project, Thaecia under his leadership was obstinate, pushing Serge to work with the only region who would cooperate, MGC regions with sanctions against Alstroemeria, pushing a political fight that led to Serge’s departure from TEP. He has been working with a region we’ve proscribed and a region we’ve put on warning and repealed the treaty of due to their efforts against us. He has been working with our enemies and to support our enemies. It is unfortunate, but it is true.

Altys and Xoriet are very similar in this regard. They both did a lot of great work for TEP. They both worked very hard in our FA departments. But they both have, since then, worked very hard against our FA departments. They have smeared and insulted TEP and TEPers, undermined us at home and abroad, and revealed that their priorities no longer lie in the wellbeing of TEP’s government and community but rather in the strength of its enemies. They want to see us fail. That does not deserve our accolades. That forfeits their legacies. Let them receive their regalia from their friends in Lone Wolves United instead. Perhaps Scardino will honor them personally.

[Dimitri]

Can you clarify if you are motioning for the amendment and the repeal of the OGO of Altys, Xoriet and Aelitia or just the amendment alone. Just for the record

[Mangegneithe]

I am motioning the topic, which includes the removal of OGO from Xoriet, Aelitia, and Altys and the amendment to the law. These should be four separate votes in one voting topic in the Voting Hall as a result, same as, for example, multiple Arbiter re-confirmations, which are also written and motioned as a topic and voted upon in a similarly delineated way.

[Zukchiva]

He also did a lot of damage. He worked with now-proscribed LWU officer JoWhatup to raise unrest around the Praesidium, inflaming passions against the endorsement cap decrease and calling for the removal of older Viziers. He constantly demeaned the Delegacies of those before them for their low endorsement counts and aggrandized his own Delegacy. He targeted other members of Cabinet for not recruiting. He pushed and reinforced mistrust and division. And then, amidst a fair criminal trial he railed against and targeted the prosecutor of, he left the region in a storm of dust, as a way of saying “See how well you fare without me.”

I will not deny he did those things in a factual manner, but I do think the connotative picture being painted may not be wholly accurate.

He worked with now-proscribed LWU officer JoWhatup to raise unrest around the Praesidium

We know he and Jo talked, but there isn’t really any evidence of them working together to raise unrest about the Praesidium. Or, working together on anything.

More than likely, they ended up sharing similar viewpoints and perhaps bonded over it, same as anyone with a minority of viewpoints would do. It can happen. I think I briefly supported Vizier term limits in the past, as another example.

I’m not denying Altys had concerns with the Praesidium and that they aligned with Jo’s, but two people can have similar viewpoints and I find it more likely Altys actually just had those ideas rather than being in a plot with Jo to strip the Prae’s credibility.

The way Altys shared those thoughts was incendiary and I warned him pretty strongly about it in private, but the core of his message doesn’t seem bad. I think it is valid to have doubts with our Prae’s structure or activity - the same with any government branch. It’s not like the concerns weren’t (sometimes) warranted on some level as around that time we had 1-2 Viziers CTE.

He constantly demeaned the Delegacies of those before them for their low endorsement counts

Again, I think Altys had aggressive rhetoric but I think the core statement was a true one and frankly one I agreed with, in the general sense I did feel some Delegates at the time were probably not endotarting as they should and that was reflecting in lower numbers. The way the message was relayed was bad, but I can’t see the message itself as not.

aggrandized his own Delegacy

This is true (sorry Altys), albeit not wholly without merit. I do think Altys kinda sees his Delegacy as more effective than it truly was in some areas (i.e. fixing RMB relations), but also it truly was pretty effective in some ways (restoring regional activity in some respects).

In any case, I’m not sure aggrandizing one’s Delegacy is a stain on one’s legacy. I’m not expecting people to be humble about their achievements and while Altys does sometimes overstate the importance of his work, it was more exaggeration than falsehoods or anything. But I may be wrong on that specific point.

He targeted other members of Cabinet for not recruiting. He pushed and reinforced mistrust and division.

This mostly seems related to Altys’s kinda inflammatory arguing style more than anything.

And then, amidst a fair criminal trial he railed against and targeted the prosecutor of, he left the region in a storm of dust, as a way of saying “See how well you fare without me.”

My understanding may be wrong, but I’m pretty sure the reason Altys left was because he actually did see Jo as innocent and was frustrated that Jo was being put through an arduous trial. I also think that another contribution to him leaving was that his stress lead to him lashing out, which (justifiably) led him to receiving lashback, and it escalated to him no longer being socially welcome here.

Altys indeed burned his own bridges and left TEP, and perhaps he did say something along those lines of “see how well you fare”, but in my mind/perspective it’s much less a “you guys suck go die” and more “i worked hard for this region and this is what I get so lets see how you do w/o me”. I think it’s unfortunate but I don’t think it’s an uncommon way for someone super stressed out and disillusioned with TEP to leave.

To spread rumors and visions of TEP being a wishy washy mess.

Which is, to be clear: their private opinions.

He has been working with our enemies and to support our enemies. It is unfortunate, but it is true.

I’d note TP is still our embassy and a strong sentiment in the treaty repeal was TP is NOT our enemy, just incase that’s being implied.

They have smeared and insulted TEP and TEPers, undermined us at home and abroad, and revealed that their priorities no longer lie in the wellbeing of TEP’s government and community but rather in the strength of its enemies.

I feel like the big difference between Altys and Xoriet is Xoriet’s actions indisputably and directly lead to ruining our FA in a very direct and illegal manner; Altys (at worst) is/was PM of Thaecia and didn’t feel like associating with TEP because he had bad associations with us at this point, and that (very indirectly and honestly not his fault) lead to Lib leaving.

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Penultimately, I think there is a very valid question of whether Altys deserves an OGO. Not because he acted against TEP in a material way (nothing I’ve seen indicates he has) or because he has/shared negative opinions of TEP (I think it’s fine to not like TEP anymore and we shouldn’t punish people for sharing that opinion), but because his conduct has been a bit antagonistic to a fault despite warnings on the matter. I think his very poor Jordan-Peterson comparison (which tbh I still think probably deserves an OOC warning if he was still in TEP) was piss-poor. I can understand not wanting to give him an OGO because of that.

For me, however, I don’t think Altys was really acting in bad faith during his time in TEP. I believe that, as someone who grew up in the political environment of Thaecia before ever coming to TEP and also chronically engaging in NSGP debates, he came up with an extremely fragrant argumentative style that he brought with searing passion to TEP’s governance. It’s a piss poor argumentative style that clearly does not to work in TEP, and he got burned appropriately for it.

In terms of his post-TEP activities, I don’t think ghosting TEP as Thaecia PM warrants an OGO repeal. I don’t think sharing his own negative thoughts of TEP in a private channel warrants an OGO repeal. While the Peterson comment was ass, I don’t think it warrants an OGO repeal either ('cuz I wouldn’t mind him being let off with a warning on it; I think for an OGO repeal for OOC matters I’d really only care if they got banned from TEP).

However, at his core I do believe he cared about TEP strongly and acted here in good faith. I can’t view his within-TEP negatives and propensity for strife as a malicious thing, but as an unfortunate part of his character. But in the view that he was acting in good faith, I can’t view his antagonistic behavior as worthy of an OGO repeal since while his behavior was not good I don’t think it was damaging enough to justify a reversal of a reminder of the good he’s done here. Ditto for his post-TEP activities.

At present I’m leaning against his OGO repeal. Will be voting FOR Xoriet/Aelitia’s repeals, though.

[Zukchiva]

beeteedubz, second.

[Mangegneithe]

I did not say he was malicious or acting in bad faith. In fact, I suggested quite the opposite. I think he did good things, felt overly proud about them, was an inflammatory and dangerous figure who damaged our community in those ways and then left to make a point. I don’t think that warrants a repeal, or means that he is evil or subversive. I think the fact that he is now cavorting with a treason-espionage-committing foreigner and a proscribed enemy of TEP to smear TEP, laugh at us, and pray on our downfall is probably enough on its own. I’m just saying that, based on how he’s acted in the past, it’s not a complete 180. It’s the case of a complicated man with good and bad qualities receiving praise for the good he did for TEP because they mattered in spite of whatever bad he did, and then that man indulging in the bad more and more to the point of standing against TEP. Altys doesn’t have to be a couper or a spy to be unworthy of an OGO, and a merit I was on the fence about due to the difficulty considering the scales of good and bad has now become a reward for someone who now actively wishes us ill.

[Bachtendekuppen]

To me it seems the question isn’t so much whether he committed certain actions that warrant repealing the OGO, as if its some kind of punishment. Much of Zuk’s posting reads as if some ‘charges’ need to stick to repeal an OGO. That isn’t the case. In my view, we award those who we think deserve to be especially commended and remembered for their service to TEP. And on the entirety of the record, Altys is not such a person. That, to me, seems the core consideration here.

[Zukchiva]

After some private discussion, I’ve shifted my vote to be in favor FOR the repeal of Altys’s OGO.

At the core of it I still do think Altys has done a lot of good for TEP, and I don’t think that good should be forgotten. I believe an OGO is a good way to remember that, same for anyone whose contributions to TEP are substantial and above their peers.

However, I don’t believe someone deserves an OGO when their actions decidedly harm our region (or come within a nail pick of doing so) - as is the case with Xoriet and Aelitia - regardless of their legacy in TEP. Yesterday, I had felt Altys had not met this standard.

Today, after some private discussion, I do. I believe Altys’s behavior since his Delegacy - which I partly referenced as “The way Altys shared those thoughts was incendiary and I warned him pretty strongly about it in private” - directly led to harming this region. It affected multiple individuals and nearly compromised the ability of some to continue contributing to TEP, and it could be a key reason why our culture today is much more argumentative and toxic than it was in the past. When one person starts raising their voice, other voices respond in kind, and at some point the yelling doesn’t easily stop even if the propeginator left. Note I’m not saying Altys is the sole cause of TEP’s social culture problems (a lot of us including me have contributed to it), but I do think he’s a stronger-than-usual driver of them compared to other TEPers - one who failed to self-correct himself.

I want to be clear that I do not believe Altys is a bad person, nor do I revoke my claim he was in TEP in good faith. I firmly and resoundly believe he always had the best of intentions for TEP while he was in this region, and I find any claims otherwise as ridiculous. However, good people can nonetheless do bad things unwittingly, and given what I’ve heard I don’t believe his good deeds outweigh the bad.