tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5269105299671477561.post6578674978765120670..comments2023-11-05T20:02:03.805+10:00Comments on Saipan Middle Road: A Kick In the A...Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger22125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5269105299671477561.post-65687208092748005302009-06-11T06:00:52.242+10:002009-06-11T06:00:52.242+10:00John "Bolis" Gonzales is smarter than Ti...John "Bolis" Gonzales is smarter than Tina and Kalili put together.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5269105299671477561.post-24172417552758626702009-05-07T19:21:00.000+10:002009-05-07T19:21:00.000+10:00How much of the retirees' money has been paid to J...How much of the retirees' money has been paid to Joe Camacho's wife as attorney fees since this case began in 2006?<br /><br />$200K? $400K?<br /><br />Has the NMIRF Board Chair been <B><I>delegated sole authority</I></B> to make such decisions? How much of this retiree money being diverted by the Chair is eventually making its way back to his campaign?Follow the moneynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5269105299671477561.post-78048682624957284492009-05-05T13:03:00.000+10:002009-05-05T13:03:00.000+10:00joe "we need revenue generating bills" camacho,
w...joe "we need revenue generating bills" camacho,<br /><br />what about becoming - <br /><br />joe "i personally saved the cnmi $300,000" camacho?<br /><br />what of the rest of you on the hill?<br /><br />so easy for you to increase fees and raise taxes of your constituents. <br /><br />why not do what YOU personally can DO to save our cnmi much needed money and allocate it properly?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5269105299671477561.post-79306513983577410572009-05-05T12:58:00.000+10:002009-05-05T12:58:00.000+10:00each representative (20 of them) gets around 130K ...each representative (20 of them) gets around 130K (+/- depending on budgeting in that year) per year. each rep holds office for 2 years. that equals 260K per term or a total of $5.2 million dollars for all of them in just discretionary funding plus add an additional $300-400K per year to the speaker to distribute to committees or for other discretionary purposes and over all you are talking aboutAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5269105299671477561.post-60759368262116537672009-05-05T11:31:00.000+10:002009-05-05T11:31:00.000+10:00Or you could call for independence, give back US p...Or you could call for independence, give back US passports, refuse US food stamps and aid, make a compact treaty with China, and elect Oscar Rasa for Govnah.oscar whonoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5269105299671477561.post-8511535025009552092009-05-05T11:26:00.000+10:002009-05-05T11:26:00.000+10:00We need an unpaid legislature, to reduce the size ...We need an unpaid legislature, to reduce the size of the local government, greatly reduce the judicial branch budget, improve the status of long time workers, open new flights, routes, and markets, with new carriers for tourism, eliminate article 12, and yea, elect Tina as the Governor.the scribenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5269105299671477561.post-7632530695896142462009-05-04T16:19:00.000+10:002009-05-04T16:19:00.000+10:00"Whether Tina's efforts to save economically oppre..."Whether Tina's efforts to save economically oppressed foreigners are sincere or designed to gain exposure in the larger political arena remains to be seen."<br /><br />maybe you should give her a ring. her efforts are not to save economically oppressed foreigners. she is concerned about our failing economy in the cnmi in general. i believe from what i have read on her site and what she has told Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5269105299671477561.post-68324678193120194122009-05-04T15:35:00.000+10:002009-05-04T15:35:00.000+10:00tina is one of the few up there that have any sens...tina is one of the few up there that have any sense to look towards the future.<br /><br />she has come out against the continuation of our current guest worker program in the cnmi. she has asked that the grandfather clause that was initially in the federalization of immigration bill be reinstated. that does not make her pro-alien or anti local it just shows a bit of humanitarianism if anything. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5269105299671477561.post-14141355305867007962009-05-04T15:16:00.000+10:002009-05-04T15:16:00.000+10:00True, goose, she does have that far more exiting t...True, goose, she does have that far more exiting to gaze upon derriere.<br /><br />Okay, I'll watch. :-) ...if she wins.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5269105299671477561.post-41978848970797254402009-05-04T12:49:00.000+10:002009-05-04T12:49:00.000+10:00Besides noni, we already have a vapidly grinning, ...Besides noni, we already have a vapidly grinning, do nothing Guv'nah and a bunch of vapidly grinning do nothing candidates vying to replace him.<br /><br />Whether Tina's efforts to save economically oppressed foreigners are sincere or designed to gain exposure in the larger political arena remains to be seen. However the neighborhood she moved into in order to get elected provides much evidence g00$enoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5269105299671477561.post-240613312284413362009-05-04T12:24:00.000+10:002009-05-04T12:24:00.000+10:00If none of our politicos has anything of substance...If none of our politicos has anything of substance to say, we should judge them by their on-screen presence with the sound turned off.<br /><br />Tina by landslide.g00$enoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5269105299671477561.post-80569544080343356932009-05-04T11:28:00.001+10:002009-05-04T11:28:00.001+10:00I can understand her when she speaks... The Gov an...I can understand her when she speaks... The Gov and the rest of those clowns up there make no sense when they speak. I get so irritated when the Gov keeps saying "You know" No.... I don't know dammit! Explain to me clearly Gov so I can understand what the hell you are saying!mehearemsaynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5269105299671477561.post-49612263862960175442009-05-04T11:28:00.000+10:002009-05-04T11:28:00.000+10:00I can understand her when she speaks... The Gov an...I can understand her when she speaks... The Gov and the rest of those clowns up there make no sense when they speak. I get so irritated when the Gov keeps saying "You know" No.... I don't know dammit! Explain to me clearly Gov so I can understand what the hell you are saying!mehearemsaynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5269105299671477561.post-26366678593024303972009-05-04T09:56:00.000+10:002009-05-04T09:56:00.000+10:00Just what we need, a vapidly grinning do-nothing a...Just what we need, a vapidly grinning do-nothing as Governor. <br /><br />What would her platform be, wise (doubtful) man? All people move off the island making way for tree hugging researchers and former pet dogs only? Only alien workers allowed on Saipan all others must pay reparations while living in Seattle? All residents must have permission from her and Ron Hodges to take a piss, making Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5269105299671477561.post-51685674142581422132009-05-04T09:11:00.000+10:002009-05-04T09:11:00.000+10:00Change the NMI law to allow a 30 year old Governor...Change the NMI law to allow a 30 year old Governor so Tina can take charge of this crumbling commonwealth.the wise mannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5269105299671477561.post-55115296132036286022009-05-03T14:58:00.000+10:002009-05-03T14:58:00.000+10:00Nothing like a good adjustment in life style! Do t...Nothing like a good adjustment in life style! Do they have trading beads in Club Fed? :)mehearemsaynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5269105299671477561.post-11029330551909252512009-05-03T13:07:00.000+10:002009-05-03T13:07:00.000+10:00How teddibly proper- but that's not how the world ...How teddibly proper- but that's not how the world works.<br /><br />To screw people over to the degree that Timmy has and not expect to get the livin' p!ss kicked out of you when you fall would be beyond naive. Being the 'first to fall' furthers his misfortune as many of the blows he's receiving are actually struck in anger at the CNMI Guv'mint in general.<br /><br />But Timmy rode the rainbow g00$enoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5269105299671477561.post-72582043696999931742009-05-02T16:11:00.000+10:002009-05-02T16:11:00.000+10:00As Ruth Tighe wrote at the conclusion of her colum...As Ruth Tighe wrote at the <A HREF="http://net.saipan.com/cftemplates/omm/index.cfm?view=yes&RefNo=825" REL="nofollow">conclusion of her column</A> on Friday:<br /><br />The furor created by the various comments made by public officials in regard to the conviction of the CNMI lt. governor is disturbing. Not one of us is all good, or all bad. We all have flaws. When those flaws go so far as to Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5269105299671477561.post-91505310411511345202009-05-02T13:53:00.000+10:002009-05-02T13:53:00.000+10:00Yeah, that Covenant of theirs! We should have vot...Yeah, that Covenant of theirs! We should have voted against it and opted for independence like Palau. No nukes!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5269105299671477561.post-9553756496978319932009-04-30T20:24:00.000+10:002009-04-30T20:24:00.000+10:00Howard and Deanne are screwing the CNMI.Howard and Deanne are screwing the CNMI.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5269105299671477561.post-43629824483503753052009-04-30T09:50:00.000+10:002009-04-30T09:50:00.000+10:00Nice to see the Da Guv'nah has found religion. No...Nice to see the Da Guv'nah has found religion. Now he can pray that the Looty Guv doesn't cut a deal with the feds and bring the whole House of Cards down by telling all he knows about guv'mint corruption.<br /><br />Either way, Timmy V. still gets free electricity.g00$enoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5269105299671477561.post-7539863037922004752009-04-30T06:52:00.000+10:002009-04-30T06:52:00.000+10:00Ode to Ben and Willie (Sung to the tune of Jack an...Ode to Ben and Willie (Sung to the tune of Jack and Diane by John Cougar Mellencamp):<br /><br />Little ditty about Ben and Willie Tan<br />Two garment and poker tycoons filthy rich from Saipan<br />Bennie’s gonna be governor of the CNMI,<br />Willie Tan will finance Ben’s race and promise Better Times.<br /><br />Suckin on CUC, emergency contracts galore,<br />Willie and Bennie partying it up Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com