I honestly think that many people either:
- Don't know enough about government to know that there are serious deficits in accountability going on.
- Don't want to change the status-quo as they are beneficiaries to the corruption and nepotism.
- Don't think they have any power to do anything anyway.
I am getting discouraged too. Tina is doing her best to out the constant lack of foresight, planning and transparency, but I feel like no one is listening. No one is embarrassed that they are being outed for the obvious lack of due diligence. No one is embarrassed that they are being outed for their underhandedness. They even have the gall to express their "disappointment" for Tina's lack of apparent support for the scholarship or youth baseball programs. It is like they didn't even HEAR why she opposed the allocations. HELLO!
They deflect. They pretend to be compassionate. Yet they don't even care that the decisions they make with out any regard to process or protocol affect everyone and benefit few. I like what someone in the paper wrote about how little league only provides something to do for the BOYS in the CNMI. What about all the at risk girls? We all know they could use some programs. Or how about supporting other sports for a change?
I am all for a trades school and think that it is a great idea to empower those who want to learn a skill, but I am leery that they just gave that trades school 100,000 dollars without even looking at a business plan! That they would give the trades school that money instead of giving it to NMC when NMC had a trades program, or even any PSS school that could dearly use it. How is this happening?! I just don't understand.
Then, while reading the paper a few days ago seeing that PMIC was owed almost one million dollars again I felt so cynical and thought, will they try to bail CUC once again? This is exactly what Tina said when she opposed the bill that gave Agrekko that first money.
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I've wondered about the sports thing as well. Why are we building all these baseball fields? Why not invest in other sports.. why don't we maintain the sports facilities we have? Fix the Kan Pacific swimming pool and keep it clean and usable. Put paint and nets at the basketball courts. Look at the state of our three village tennis courts. How about a public tennis court. Etc. etc.
Nice piece by the way!
The fact that no one seems at all concerned when they are caught doing something that is inappropriate is what is really saddening to me. It's blatant, and the community, with the exception of a few.. doesn't seem to care.
I think this governor asking the Legislature for money is our chance to stand up. It is their chance to redeem what little is left of their integrity.
I'm not so sure they'll take that opportunity.
I actually believe their immediate and clear opposition to the call for impeachment only served to embolden the Governor. After all.. he knows now that there is no chance he will be impeached. What legislator is going to come back in 5 or 6 months and say "we were wrong, we should have entertained the motion to impeach".. none. Their heads are too big for that.
todays letters to the editor were great. i hope more people write.
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