UOG professor Dr. Ron McNinch was right when he articulated in the PDN in a Sunday Forum at the beginning of the year that there is too much litigation or at least the environment part we are all in. (And the governor is fostering it by saying he is moving forward on reorganization and they can take me to court.)
The example he, McNinch, used was the contest of the ’06 general gubernatorial elections when the NMI governorship was decided by 99 votes. (Even if he did fail to mention that was a four-horse race with a smaller electorate.)
Another example that we all lived with for four years was the former AG Doug Moylan’s relentless pursuit to block the bond borrowing bill. Now that he has been “vindicated” what makes him think the governor or some future governor — and legislature will not attempt to borrow again after these storm clouds have passed? That’s why lawyers always will have jobs, I guess. (Coming out of bankruptcy can’t be all that bad. Maybe we will finally be able to “have higher taxes-no more exemptions.)
On the election itself, what makes Robert A. Underwood (especially his advisers who should gracefully quit) think that he is going to beat Felix P. Camacho in the third attempt when he has not been successful the first two? Republicans by and large stay loyal (remember there is no “war-vote” on Guam) and Sunshine Dems are hard-core and they want the Sunshine back in 2010. Are folks really going to come out en masse for the UA team? I just don’t see it even if I “hope” for it.
On the former AG’s victory, if you oppose someone on all issues — which he, Moylan, did — then you are bound to get a hit-in this case, a homerun — sometime. Consider what one of the staff at the AGO, Charles Troutman, said on Newstalk K-57, that he would send opinions to Moylan and nothing ever happened. Or why did the AGO wait till the last hour to indict Tony Sanchez? Is it because of his, Moylan’s, ties to Chief Justice of the Superior Court Alberto Lamorena? You know, let me just make the new AG “uncomfortable” angle? (It could have come down the pike a lot sooner.)
Looks like after four years of Moylan vs Camacho, we are getting Camacho vs the people of Guam for another four.

MATT PHILLIPS
Mangilao, Guam