‘The case of the (Mafnas) spoken record’

Point 1: You have stated that the Governor and the Legislature have no voice in the disposition or use of indigenous public lands. Are these people NOT indigenous Chamorro people with the same rights to put forth their opinions as others? And further, do they not hold a responsibility to represent the people of the CNMI AND to further the just will of the majority of those people?

Point 2: You stated that Azmar’s Don Farrell implied that the MPLA board members were “irresponsible and derelict,” yet in Mr. Farrell’s recent letter he noted Azmar’s “respect” for each one of them and has never cast any aspersion at MPLA or the board. Are the words “irresponsible” and “derelict” the latest in a long line of your word substitutions?

Point 3: You have stated that any of the MPLA board members would have been “a complete moron or severely corrupted” to have granted ANY type of permit. Is it your position that should a decision not be to your liking the board would be composed of “morons” and “severely corrupted”? I believe you owe the MPLA board an apology for that one!

Point 4: You refer to your “interests that are being betrayed or compromised.” Exactly what interests are you referring to, sir, and how are they being betrayed? Do you not want to see Pagan developed and a new revenue source developed as well as more local employment for ALL the people of the CNMI?

Point 5: Now you have gone too far. You state that “we” (who is we?) discern that your critics would use matrimonial ties for personal gain and enrichment at the expense of YOUR children. This is the vilest of insults. You assert that those of non-indigenous extraction would marry into the indigenous population solely to “use” that population for personal gains and enrichment! That not only insults every non-indigenous person in the CNMI but also insults the indigenous population as it implies that Chamorro spouses would allow themselves to be used for such and are traitors to your purist and racist attitudes.

Your slippery slide down the slope of arrogance, racism and self-indulgence is complete. Your constant casting about of personal aspersions has rendered your rhetoric as meaningless as that of an immature, insecure, tantrum-throwing child hell-bent to have his way while holding everyone else hostage to your whining.

Personally, I know that my Chamorro wife HAS enriched my life, but in that most precious of manners: the blending of yet another wonderful culture into my own and our children are proud of their rich heritage!

You owe everyone in the CNMI a public apology for this most egregious of behavior!

Dr. Thomas D. Arkle Jr.
San Jose, Tinian