Ambrose M. Bennett
THE Truth is WE are experiencing AGAIN the results of “one man’s plan – Arnold’s), that is driven solely by efforts to get reelected. The fact that Arnold did NOT have nor even tried to implement any kind of Economic Recovery Plan and has only courted the U.S. Military tells a chilling story about the stewardship of the CNMI. WE went through the “one man’s plan” with Ralph & Crew who PIVOTED the CNMI towards China, WITHOUT OUR APPROVAL, after that “private jet treatment” they received in their China visit. Ever since then the CNMI has been on the road to economic disaster and the continuing decline in our visitor arrivals is PROOF, as tourists are the very fuel for our economic engine! We are also continuing to lose our most precious resource — our youth & our future to the mainland, as they KNOW there is no hope for them in the CNMI to actually find a career & prosperity due to poor & even bad stewardship under Republicans. Why stay here and apply for the same job with a CW, its RIDICULOUS — duh!
WE are being forced to follow Arnold’s plan that doesn’t have our Economic Recovery as a priority — only the perception of progress with the Feds for Photo Ops in D.C. arranged by his advisor, not ours, as WE are just paying him FOR Arnold! However, thanks to Delegate King-Hinds, WE are learning “it’s a long shot” for the Governor to be successful with his appeal for the 414 million that he could’ve SURELY gotten with Biden & the Democrats. But instead, he was holding back hoping & praying Trump would win. So now WE are witnessing him in D.C. changing his Party and photo ops that may end up only being just that, a picture and TAYA for the People! I can’t reiterate it enough that Arnold is doing just enough but his real focus is reelection after nearly 40 years in politics and can’t stop the greed for power because he certainly is NOT our saving grace with no plans FOR his People — for TRUE!
Arnold hasn’t said nor did anything to REFORM (rebuild) our Tourism Industry and he even stopped me from expanding the “power & growth” of our Cannabis Industry to accommodate and promote Cannabis Tourism, which defies the rational thinking for making marijuana legal in the first place, which was to make most of the money from Tourists, not locals. Arnold was even the President of the Senate when I told the Senate on the floor & record “the CNMI does not have the numbers to really make money from the industry and that WE must depend upon Tourists to really make money.” But Arnold forgot this very important fact to save his relative Joe Palacio — nepotism in our faces! But WE didn’t see a single leader calling for “an oversight hearing on the Cannabis Commission” nor has anyone in the opposing party asked the Governor WHY he didn’t sign the Certificate approved by CEDA. It’s just too embarrassing for it to be official that Ambrose M. Bennett stopped the scheme and saved the People millions.
But heck, Arnold lied to the White House that his administration “was working to diversify our economy” which WE all know was a big LIE but only Ambrose said something! Arnold’s administration is acting more about him looking good for his reelection bid, which is why he increased the salary of his Washington Advisor, that WE didn’t know about until he had to tell us. However, thanks to Delegate King-Hinds, she has made it clear that Arnold is NOT working with her to my disappointment. She even implied that Arnold may even be sabotaging her efforts with his conflicting Poli-tricking in D.C. when he should be working with her as “Team CNMI in D.C.” — for TRUE!
I also TOLD our leaders & readers too many times that WE needed a real economist to fix our economy — how hard is that for educated adults to understand — they didn’t want to, as Ralph’s & Arnold’s picnic table economics was only “a picnic for Ralph & Arnold’s reelection on our Dollar.” Just think about how Arnold forced austerity on HIS People only to magically find money when it was over. I feel so sorry for government employees who were forced to suffer, especially for those who voted for Arnold like I did thinking “WE could TRUST him he as being someone different & better” only to be FOOLED (poli-tricked)! But while I disagree on this China thing with her, I can’t thank Delegate King-Hinds enough for “her proactive aggressiveness to help her People and keeping her People informed on everything she is doing and what is happening.” She is “doing what she can and being frank & honest about it” and WE can’t ask for any more from OUR Delegate. But WE must END Arnold’s & his Crew’s reign of TAYA at all costs, especially when the entire Legislature “save-two” is just rubberstamping whatever Arnold wants with no oversight nor accountability, just like they did with Herman Guerrero on a Bill that wasn’t needed. It was Ambrose M. Bennett AGAIN who went to the BOE meeting to put an end to the mess that was caused by the lawyer. We need to teach ALL of them a lesson but it’s not possible in one election so do your homework FOR the CNMI voters!
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.
