We are thankful for the many kind wishes we received through phone calls, e-mails, texts and, of course, Facebook. Family and friends also dropped by and brought food, gifts, and flowers. How very thoughtful and loving, and how wonderful it is to be interconnected with family and friends around the world. The world indeed has grown smaller with the advancement of communication technology!
Everything seemed perfect as we checked out of CHC on Saturday and went home. We were so excited to bring our new baby boy home. Alas, all good things must come to an end. You see, the power in our village went out at 3 p.m. 4 p.m. came, still no power. 5 p.m. taya power. 6 p.m., frustrated parents and sweaty kids. 7 p.m. we got tempted to call CUC Trouble Desk but realized that would be an exercise in futility. Finally, at 8 p.m., the power went on. A FIVE-HOUR POWER OUTAGE!
I don’t care if a brown tree snake caused the five-hour power outage, or falling tangan tangan, or whether a car or a flying pig hit a power pole, the point is, a five-hour power outage is a five-hour power outage.
Perhaps I should build a house right next door to Governor Fitial, so that every time the power goes out, I can run a long extension cord and “borrow” some of his power. Why not? I’ve been paying for his power bill for his mansion all these years as a taxpayer. Am I not entitled to some payback?
The next time I hear Governor Fitial claim that CUC is “no longer broken,” I will also think about how he once promised the people of the CNMI he wouldn’t use CNMI taxpayers’ money to sue the U.S. over federalization.
Forget about Better Times. It is nothing more than Better Lies when it comes to this administration. See you at the polls in November Uncle Ben! Until then, you might want to forget about having Aggreko leave in September.
ED PROPST
Dandan, Saipan
