THE recent release of the “Stimulus Debit Cards” is just more PROOF of how RIDICULOUS our Governor can get when it comes to taking care of HIS People. WE the People were already set-up to receive any money from the Local or Federal Government with a “Net-to-Bank or a Mailed Check” but the Governor has a mentality of CONTROLLING the People which is why the Governor changed the methodology. The Governor implemented a plan that forces everyone to have access to a computer which is RIDICULOUS for the THOUSANDS who don’t have this access, which means the Governor made it HARDER for the People and not easier. There are also some businesses who DO NOT use the Credit Card System that denies citizens from accessing these businesses and eliminates these businesses from benefiting from the Stimulus Card. It seems that the MORE money WE the People get the MORE the Governor tries to “help others before HIS own People” and the examples just seem to continue with no end in sight unless WE the People realize that WE must FIRE him and Arnold in 2022.
It was on the news the Governor is pushing the Airport Authorities to “come-up with NEW things” and I guess it doesn’t matter what because I hope the Board won’t just go for anything just because it’s new. There are all kinds of schemes being promulgated to “take advantage of the Covid Conditions” throughout the world. WE just witnessed it with our Governor who was paying three and four times the cost you would pay at Walmart for mask and other Covid Supplies, so it’s not a leap for someone to try and sell us “Covid sniffing dogs” when the world is quickly racing to reach “herd immunity” that will signal the final decline and end of the pandemic with no need for sniffing-dogs. The Governor’s so-call “Bubble Tourism” burst BEFORE it could even get started good as it was an awful plan to start with that offered NO assurances or guarantees, it reminded me of the Casino idea — for TRUE! If you believe the Governor, South Korean Tourists are now our primary market that most of us with common sense KNOW is really NONSENSE especially when the Bubble has already BURST! The Governor and his Crew are responsible for BREAKING our Tourism Industry and don’t know how to fix it — for TRUE!
And please leave the Airport alone Governor, as the Airport “ain’t broke so don’t try to fix it Governor” as they are doing GREAT without the Governor pushing them to try things just to satisfy HIS Personal Intentions. I’m sure the Airport Authorities have far more important things to consider than “Covid sniffing dogs.” I’m just glad that our Covid Response is really a “CHCC Matter” more so than the Governor whose only job is to provide the resources — thank God!
KISS
More than anything the Governor needs to keep in mind to follow the KISS Methodology (Keep-it-simple-stupid) instead of trying to come up with new ideas like the “Northern Islands Deer Thing and Bubble Tourism.” It seems like every time this Governor tries to come up with something new, WE the People end up literally PAYING the Cost and suffering the consequences in the LOSS of OUR money.
Voters also need to follow the KISS Method to avoid electing the SAME People who got us into this Economic, Political and Social MESS with no end in sight! So, keep it simple and vote Democrat or WE could ALL be figuratively looking stupid with a Godfather & Crew over our Government again. To be continued: One People One Direction.
The writer is an Economist, Political Scientist, retired teacher, former CNMI Board of Education Member, James Madison Fellow (U.S. Constitutional Scholar), a Fulbright-Hays & Humanities Scholar who resides in Kagman III.
Ambrose M. Bennett
