Reminds me of an old folk song titled, “THIS LAND IS YOUR LAND, THIS LAND IS MY LAND.” Use this Web site also for information to help you decide for whom you will cast your ballot next November. You can see which lawmaker is doing productive work and which are not. That’s www.camachocnmi.com
The Marianas Variety newspaper has introduced transparency to this media also. Now you can read the Variety on-line, login, after you’ve registered, and make comments on the story printed. Great idea; however, many of the comments that I’ve read so are indicative of venting one’s spleen and don’t do much for me, in terms of suggestions for improvement. Too many people seem to be reactive not proactive. I like the responses to the stories that include suggestions on how to improve the situation or how to prevent it from reoccurring in the future.
THE BIG NEWS IS THIS. I just discovered that President Elect Barack H. Obama is taking the United States of America into the 21st century in a similar manner. A Web site entitled http://change.gov has been established on the Web. This site is to inform and ask for comments on major policy questions facing the American people. I only briefly browsed it on Sunday morning, so am not quite sure exactly how it works. Obviously, it’s brand new. The Web site also reveals our new president’s plans for the country. It’s interesting reading. Could this Web site be used to address issues between the CNMI and the U.S.? Could it be a means to decrease the very expensive junkets to the U.S.? Why not?
My main reason for bringing this to the attention of the folks here in the CNMI is to encourage our educators, especially those teaching social studies subjects, to get your students involved in the day by day operation of government, both ours and the national government. President-elect Obama says he intends to move our schools into the 21st century now. Let’s beat him to the punch. Check out http://change.gov
ROGER N. LUDWICK
Sadog Tasi, Saipan
