Auntie Charo's Soapbox

The following is a direct quote from my friend Mindy's story on KUAM's webpage...."While Abramoff's deal is causing seismic waves in D.C. the aftershock is being felt an ocean away in Guam. Fisher said the Justice Department would pursue the investigation "wherever it goes". Guam Congresswoman Madeleine Bordallo is hoping the investigation could lead to Guam. In a statement she aid, "Certainly, Mr. Abramoff pleading guilty and cooperating with authorities may provide an opportunity to further shed light on his involvement in the Northern Mariana Islands and in Guam. I would expect that these investigations will be aided by his cooperation and his guilty plea. The people of Guam deserve to know the truth." Back in October the congresswoman sent a request to the United States Attorney General, requesting the appointment of an outside special counsel to investigate allegations of potential political manipulation involving officials at the U.S. Department of Justice relative to criminal and immigration matters relating to Guam and the CNMI, as well as Abramoff's alleged connection to the demotion of former acting U.S. Attorney for Guam and the CNMI Fred Black. Another Abramoff connection - as KUAM News first reported back in October 2002 the Superior Court of Guam under the leadership of former administrator Tony Sanchez authorized close to a half-million dollars worth of checks that were paid to Washington attorney Howard Hills, who had a deal to give those proceeds to Abramoff. The deal between Sanchez, Hills and Abramoff was an effort to block a judicial reform bill before Congress at the time. Those payments were part of the findings in a recent audit released from the Guam Office of the Public Auditor."
Will the Superior court get its money back? Will Fred Black be Un-demoted? Will the person who authorized the half mil be in trouble for authorizing same? Was it Tony Sanchez or someone other than him that didn't want the two courts to merge? Oh the hands that reach across the ocean when one pleads guilty and begins to sing the lyrics the feds want to hear. If Jack Abramoff sings as sincerely as John Martinez did in the Shinohara et other case in the US Dist Ct, you can be sure we'll some kind of activity in our back yard....after all, this world ain't so small after all!
I guess the lesson here is to be careful who you pick to do your lobbying for you, huh? oh well, we'll just have to stay tuned!
"It's a world of laughter
A world of tears
It's a world of hopes
And a world of fears
There's so much that we share
That it's time we're aware
It's a small world after all "