Politics or the people

The governor is really taking his politics to a new level by attacking the Washington rep for trying to help the people. A disaster declaration would surely solve many of our present and immediate problems and the worst is the President could say no. But I bet all the smart people know the President can’t say yes either, unless we ask. Shame on the governor for not at least asking and trying to find some immediate relief for his people.

For once the governor was right in his assertion that the Washington rep was “politicking” with his desire for a disaster declaration for CUC. I guess the governor has been so out of touch that he forgot it was the Washington rep’s job and it will also be the U. S. Delegate’s job to help us with finding remedies to our problems, especially when the solution is in Washington and not on Capital Hill. The man does his job well and the governor tries to blast him but the gun backfired because no one will be against a disaster declaration. The governor has chosen his brand of politics to destroy the Washington rep over trying to help the people by sending a disaster declaration to Washington. I’m sure we can afford to fax a disaster declaration to Washington but it will be the Washington rep who will be the “point man” for the CNMI and the governor can’t let him get that kind of credit—so we are forced to cope for politics.

But I’m sure most voting citizens know the governor does not agree with the Washington rep on letting the Feds help us. The governor has chosen to force us to cope with the crisis for his own political stance against the feds. I have nothing against Mr. Muña but for him to brag about how the people can cope with the power problem was very disturbing and heartless. Being tough is one thing but being foolish is not acceptable and we would indeed be foolish not to try for federal disaster assistance. I’m sure it was obvious to people with common sense that Mr. Muña was covering for the governor and his political plan to destroy the Washington rep’s chances for being elected to Congress, even though he is the only one speaking up to find help for the people, which says a lot about who the people need to elect.

I would like to ask Mr. Muña that if our power situation is not in a state of disaster then what do you call it when we barely have enough money to purchase fuel? What do you call it when we have gone from six generators down to one and don’t know when or how they are going to be fixed? What do you call it when the power rates are raised beyond the ability of the average citizen to pay without making enormous sacrifices for their family? What do you call it when the quality of life and business is at an all-time low from no power? What is it when people don’t have water because there is no power? What do you call it when thousands of pounds of meat have already gone bad for many people and the outages are getting even longer, making it harder for our freezers to even keep meat frozen? Just what is a disaster for the people, Mr. Muña? I’m sure people with common sense don’t agree with your assessment, nor do they appreciate your contempt for them.

The Governor said he had a plan for CUC and I’m sure we can count on it being just like the plan for Better Times. The fact is, the governor is playing politics by putting a bad spin on the Washington rep’s suggestion over helping the people. Everyone can see the Washington rep is doing his job and the governor doesn’t like being upstaged and the proof is in the details. The people are surely going to judge the governor’s pursuit of politics or help for the people and it will only cost the price of a phone call to get us some relief.