Auntie Charo's Soapbox

Seems the lady reporter from Marianas Variety uses an old stats reference book when writing/reporting the news....a few nights ago, a Japanese tourist had her purse taken from her as she walked by the Ohana Hotel in Tumon. The jerk took the purse and got away in a vehicle the tourist couldn't identify because it was too dark...kinda unusual because Tumon is so lit up in other parts of that street that it's almost daylight....nonetheless, Tamadingdong reports that GVB reports that:"crimes against tourists decreased by 113 incidents from 1998 to 1999. GPD and Guam Visitors Bureau records showed that from 264 crimes in 1998 the number went down to 151 in 1999."
When we had more tourists, she noted crimes increased, going back in time....1997..."The year 1997 was the busiest year for GVB when 1,381,513 tourists came in the island. However, only 272 crimes against tourists were recorded during that year."
Aye adai, girl, you're like way behind in your statistics, maybe you should just report the crime and that there's a reward if the culprit is caught and that the police probably won't catch him/er.....but, good try!