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November 01, 2005
THE HATERS ARE HAVING A BLAST WITH THE NEWS THAT 7,000 MARINES WILL RELOCATE FROM OKINAWA TO GUM
Instead of looking at the gradual increase of Section 30 funds, untold thousands of dollars spent at Micky Dees, Pleasure Island et cetera, the haters can only see the dark side of the latest blessing coming our way.
I'm sorry, I can only see the relocation of 7,000 Marines to Guam as a positive sign for the island's economy. There will be the construction of barracks which will bring in contractors which will spend dollars downtown, believe me, not all contractors that do work on military bases stay there 24/7! They shop at K-Mart and Ross, go to GPO and Manila Mall, they rent cars and eat at the same fast food places we do. When the Marines finally arrive, with or without their families, they will do the same, only this time, they will be adding to Section 30 dollars that will inject dollars to a pitiful, albeit, growing economy. We should all be at church thanking the Good Lord for the blessing rather than finding all the petty reasons why they shouldn't come.
I admit that there will be a few that won't be perfect. A few that will break the law, that's life. If we moved 7,000 of our people to Okinawa, the same will happen. Look at the reports in the news of our own who have moved off island(one that comes to mind is the one to attended a College for the blind who bludgeoned his roomate to death). We aren't a perfect society, re-read a few of the recent PDN papers and review the issues of ICE at the office of the GPSS office, the bus driver(and he's still earning the bus driver's extravagant salary) who is a convicted child rapist who we intrusted to drive our children to and from school......Read the police blotter, the laws are broken daily and the Marines haven't arrived and we can't even blame them for the DUIs, the purse snatching, the lawyer who molested the teenagers, ohhhhh and the list goes on.......
The Marine Corps knows that they don't have perfect members.....they'll handle the problems as they surface. In the meantime, we should appreciate the idea that our real estate market will once again be a viable (sort of) industry and that our economy will grow because Uncle Sam thinks Guam is a good place to send their Marines.
Leave the haters in the shadows. Let us show the Marines the Hafa Adai spirit and welcome them with open arms. From the halls of Montezuma to the shores of Tumon Bay! Biba the Marine Corps!
Posted by auntiecharo at November 1, 2005 12:05 PM
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