Thanks to the wonderful abilities of certain people in the CNMI to outstandingly mismanage funds where we need it most, we have almost no more of anything.
We are like that kingdom in the Bible, which in its good years did not save anything up for the drought to follow, and had to beg food from the kingdom that did.
Nearly depleted funds have led to us having very little fuel and not having enough money to fix our outdated power plant, which in turn led to constant, frequent power outages.
One might say it will be all over at around mid-September, right?
The only problem with that is the Agrekko deal only lasts 52 weeks.
Leave it to the governor to leave the Business Development Independence Bank’s offer of a 15-megawatt power plant hanging, while here we are on Saipan with a temporary lease on a plant which we would pay more for monthly!
And I thought that no one with CNMI’s true interests in mind could refuse that offer!
Oh well. I recently learned that my teacher, Mr. John Davis of Marianas High School was running for the congressional delegate position.
He is an advanced placement U.S. government teacher. He teaches U.S. government for a living! He also teaches advanced placement language arts, therefore you can be sure he knows how to write and speak very proficiently.
He has been residing in the CNMI for 22 years to date, and is very familiar with all of the hardships and issues CNMI has had to face, not just from talking with his students about issues, but from experiencing them himself.
If you are one of those people who are tired of how politicians win by promising jobs, making and taking bribes, and favoring their relatives, I am confident that you would be glad to know that John Davis is also tired of that and wants to “bring integrity into the federal office” and who wants “someone to fight for the CNMI, not for their own pocketbooks or prestige or glory.”
So, for all the people who oppose the current way of our politicians, you know what to do; it’s not up to the governor this time.
KALANI A. REYES
MHS student
