Ambrose M. Bennett
THE Truth is, WE as a People owe a great debt of gratitude to Sen. Celina Babauta, Rep. Marissa Flores, AG Manibusan, & Secretary of Finance Tracy Norita for stopping the payment to Arnold’s Casino Commission and I hope they quit now, Yes-Please, as Africans say! I said it was illegal to pay these guys who “didn’t collect their salaries they say is 17 million from Best Sunshine/IPI” PROVING their incompetence and WHY they failed to collect the Government’s 164 million + Our 77 million! Now Arnold continues to follow in his partner’s Ralph footsteps breaking the Law he has sworn to uphold all for his Political Emissaries, which further highlights the need for CHANGE if WE are to start making progress. What WE really need is “One Elected Non-Political Gaming Commission” to end the GOP Commissioners’ Politics on all islands! This is just the latest example of WHY WE must CHANGE (Reform) with “New & Better Leaders if we want a BETTER CNMI,” which starts with YOU in the privacy of the voting booth with no amnesia about Arnold’s subterfuge and no PLANS!
WE the People have been LIED too, Bamboozled and Poli-tricked by Arnold & Crew but no one can claim nor prove Ambrose has lied nor was wrong about his Economic suggestions for CHANGE and I’ve offered a truck load literally! Killing the messenger has been literally killing the CNMI. It should even be obvious by now after the stunts by Arnold to pay the CC and got CAUGHT, plus the Cannabis Commission Waste & Nepotism and the Millions in a tax giveaway for the MACS Monopoly scheme that I exposed and even the LIES and things exposed by the MV Editor. Heck, Arnold had the nerve to go beg the Feds and didn’t offer them a single plan for them to help the CNMI with executing – LOL! For me, his diplomacy is rated at the Junior High-Level for “begging & no plan for using the money” – see the problem of no plan again voters! Arnold even ran a “Power-Play on his own GOP” by joining the GOP in D.C., so nothing and no one is safe just like it was with Ralph his partner until he got caught too! If WE don’t truly want to CHANGE with this kind of leadership, then WE will never CHANGE, which a high schooler has the wisdom to see, as WE deserve BETTER!
But it’s just like I Told You So in a previous Op ed about the Legislature just co-signing what Arnold wanted and not placing a check on him, as they ALL save 2, even Dems, voted to pass the budget. However, thank God it’s not Sodom & Gomorrah as there was One and now there are TWO with Celina & Marissa in the Legislature and praying MORE will wake-up and join the Team to battle & SAVE the CNMI from the subterfuge of BAD stewardship. But if WE as a People are afraid to hold our Representatives & Senators accountable then WE can’t complain when they don’t hold the Governor accountable, as the “Domino Effect of Disaster” is REAL, as WE are living it “in Live & Living Color” with businesses constantly closing. The “Coconut Wire” needs to “Come-a-Live & HOT,” so share this on social media and share as much as possible because the TRUTH should always prevail in the end. It’s like Mayor RB & Michelle Obama said about us “when WE see something, say something” and “when you see something going wrong with our Democracy, Do something.” WE as a People can no longer literally AFFORD not to Do or Say something, as WE can’t let this Governor, nor any future Governor get away with LYING to us and even lying to Our-Fathers-in-Washington just to gain favor to get elected. And not that I’m seeking support, but WE shouldn’t allow the 3 or 4 “you-know-whats” in the Comment Section to scare everyone away promoting their bigotry, lies and character assassination attempts to DEFLECT from the TRUTH in my Op eds, as “injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere”, Dr. King. But I’m sure the majority of People are not bigots but open-minded & objective People who don’t agree with these yahoos-of-bigotry. I’m just praying they won’t have amnesia about Arnold’s subterfuge!
Heck, Ralph is still walking around with no Trial in sight after what he did to ALL of us in the CNMI with a RICO Federal Case & a State Case pending, as accountability & justice with Ralph is a lost phenomenon that needs restoring and it can only happen if the People DEMAND for real accountability and justice! So, keep that Coconut Wire Alive until the next election is over & done so tell a friend to tell another friend! WE as a People must shrink this misleading “Big Tent” of Republicans “from inside the voting booth in secret.” WE must send a message that WE are sick & tired of the UGLY poli-tricking & subterfuge and want CHANGE! Where is the PRIDE & Good Stewardship of the CNMI if WE don’t CHANGE! Arnold is not even showing any respect, nor pride nor good stewardship, just begging-politics and poli-tricking the People to create confusion & even depending on amnesia among voters by election day! And speaking of amnesia-FYI voters, it seems Arnold has forgotten that he OWES his People “two Commonwealth Addresses, as it is mandated every year by OUR Constitution.” But Arnold can’t tell us anything GOOD, so he just breaks the law and violates OUR Constitution depending on all of us to have amnesia on voting day playing all of us for FOOLS – LOL to keep from crying! But I can’t reiterate it enough that our leaders aren’t listening to Ambrose, so it’s really up to the People who care and want CHANGE to start speaking up & taking ownership in THEIR Government or WE are DOOMED to the Same-O Same-O AGAIN! So, tell a friend to tell another friend to vote for CHANGE come 2026, and PLEASE don’t have amnesia!
One People One Direction.
Ambrose M. Bennett is an Economist who minored in Sociology, a Political Scientist, a retired teacher & former CNMI Board of Education Member, a James Madison Fellow (U.S. Constitutional Scholar), a Fulbright-Hays & lifetime Humanities Scholar who resides in Kagman III in the U.S. Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands.
