Auntie Charo's Soapbox

It was quite dramatic listening to Patty Arroyo's show this morning. Some pretty upset women who were led to believe that they could keep the land that the feds returned to govGuam were upset when the governor was served notice....get rid of those living in the homes and build that highway that was supposed to be built or we'll take back the airport....and whatever it is that the package comes with....it puts the governor between the devil and the deep blue sea....he can really do only one thing....build the highway....in the end, Uncle Sam has calls the shots.
I feel sorry for those people who have to move out of the homes they were led to believe they got back once again..I don't know if they got it because it bought votes for the person who got it back for them....all sorts of things come to play in the return of these lands....but there were always 'people' who called K57 talk shows talking about the fact that the return to the original land owners was now legal and that it would someday come back to haunt the government....a person from Yigo named Davis used to predict how this would happen and now it's happening.
This morning, a woman got arrested for blocking traffic to her propterty at Tiyan and she and a few family and friends came to the radio to talk about how unfairly they were being treated. During some of the talk came some angry talk about how the military should pay for everything they do here and some of the talk was ugly, reminding me of the time when Angel Santos climbed over a military fence and spit on a Marine sentry..during this climate of discontent, the military took notice and little by little, the military left, and the section 30 money dwindled and the economy dried up.
We're in a very fragile position at this juncture. We're trying to entice a Navy Carrier to be based here, we're soon to host 7,000 Marines who'll be paying their taxes here and will be shopping at our retail outlets, eating at our restaurants, renting our cars and renting our dive equipment...our position is tenuous...delicate, we can't say how we want the military then turn around and blast them the next minute.
The Navy, the Marines have nothing to do with the land at Tiyan. The agreement was between governors and FAA. Who gave back the land was the one who broke the agreement, not the military and not uncle Sam and has nothing to with the in coming Military.
The law of this land, is federal law and not government of Guam law. If Uncle Sam says it wants the land returned because a clause was not followed, then you can be assured that Uncle Sam will get back the property...regardless of how many pickups block the entrance of Tiyan. Should that happen at some time when Uncle Sam becomes involved in the discussion of the highway project, you can be assured that people will be arrested and will be sent to federal prison. Unlike GPD, the Feds don't take protests lightly.