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August 13, 2006

I WANT TO SEE THE WISH LIST FROM THOSE MAYORS!

I'm willing to bet it's just another way to get money from the Feds then do nothing about it once it's in hand.

I love good intentions. A bunch of people are into the trip thingy to Okinawa. A few of them have been on the Big Breakfast Show talking about going on their own dime, talking about meeting with the Okinawans about the Marines and how they're handling them.(the Marines)........Like the trip is Marines 101.......and all of a sudden, they're experts.
Tonight's tube news(KUAM's, ABC doesn't do weekend news, Jon needs the rest)reports that the island mayors have a 'wish' list....so that they can show the Marines and their dependents local traditions(or something like that)...hhmmmmm, over-flowing garbage/trash cans, packs of dogs wandering around the village, chickens and or pigs roaming through out same, etc., There's the over-grown and unkempt yards and the like and oh.....the grafitti.......we're really good at that and that's classic!
I think KUAM should report what's on the list and ask what the mayors are going to do about the above problem before they go asking for any money....how safe are the villages of Dededo, Yona, Agat, Barrigada or Sinajana....at night?
We have no business asking for money from anybody. Mayors should first learn how to make a business plan on how to run their village and learn how to balance their expenses then work out a plan for how they're going to make life better for a military family moving to their village....be it the building of a skateboard ramp, tennis court or child's play yard. Having a wish list ain't news worthy....putting it on the news is like telling the world that the mayors are daydreaming again!
Perhaps the next time the mayors need some air time, they should be caught planting flowering or fruit trees in their villages....that would be newsworthy....cutting the lawn at their village school or getting it ready for school would even be more newsworthy....but then again....today was a slow newsday.

Posted by auntiecharo at August 13, 2006 10:24 PM

Comments

Now that you have opened the subject of mayors and what they should or can do, let's get basic: Just what is it that by law and regulation they are supposed to do? I am not sure.

I am also not sure just what the Mayor's Counsel does that individual mayors cannot do. I think that originally, village commissioners were the footsoldiers of the Naval Governors - a way of keeping order in the villiages. (Maybe not) So, questioning what mayors should do in the event of 18,000 more people on the Island is a good question. It is not question of what they decide to do, but what by law they are obligated to do. Don't give them the opportunity to decide for themselves.

Posted by: Far Side [TypeKey Profile Page] at August 27, 2006 08:13 PM

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