THE pending election is truly a “once in a lifetime opportunity, especially for Luta & Tinian.” While the election results on Saipan will surely play a big part in the overall Political Arena, it will be the vote on Luta and Tinian that will make the DIFINATIVE statement about who will control the Senate. Given the Governor is going to jail and the antics of Republicans there is a good possibility the Democrats will have control of the House and Executive Office. But if the Senate remains under Republicans, WE the People will surely see a Senate dead set on stopping everything the Democrats try to do, which is why it’s so important that Luta & Tinian Voters do their part to help change & fix our government. As clearly seen from the Senate’s Kangaroo Trial that WE the People need to FIRE these Republican Senators and hire Democrats. It is vitally critical that the Democrats be given a REAL- Chance to have full control of our government given it has been over three decades and the fact that these Republicans have become out-right criminals in the eyes of many voters and in the eyes of the Local and/or the Federal Courts. Voting for a Republican is really a big risk of voting for a person who might be going to jail in the RICO Net — for TRUE!
The biggest part of the change that is needed in the CNMI depends on the “Senate and Luta & Tinian Voters,” as it will be the People of Luta & Tinian who will determine who controls the Senate. This is truly a once in a lifetime opportunity for Luta and Tinian to change our Political Arena and to change their chances for a BETTER quality of life. Everyone in the CNMI who has been paying attention to Luta & Tinian can attest to the fact that the “economy and quality of life on Luta & Tinian has only continued to decline for the past 20 years or more,” which no-one can deny. The same Senators have also been representing these islands for over 20 years and it should be clear now the Senators on Luta & Tinian are part of the problem, not the solution.
The same Republican Senator from Luta was in the Senate when there was a casino on Luta but he did very little to prevent the demise of the Casino and even supported the Casino on Saipan that put a final nail in the coffin for the Casino on Luta. The EXACT same thing took place on Tinian that actually had a “thriving Casino” but the Senators along with other Republicans had always wanted a Casino on Saipan which they KNEW would KILL the Casino on Tinian. It’s just horrific to see Luta & Tinian become virtual “ghost-towns” when they had sooooo much promise for Tourism. What happened to Luta & Tinian before the pandemic is why I humbly and respectfully beg to ask the voters on Luta & Tinian WHAT have your Senators done for YOU and YOUR Economy!!! Your answer should tell you that it is time to “poli-trick the poli-trickers” who have only served to help kill your economies and the decline in the quality of life. The CNMI needs Luta & Tinian to be part of the solution, not the problem, as I’m not telling voters what to do but what needs to be DONE if you truly want Better Leaders and a Better CNMI!
I wish someone could do an “Investigative Report on Luta’s and Tinian’s voting” as there have been all kinds of horror stories about the voting on these two islands. In fact, it’s known that these Republicans have a list of all the voters and are literally checking-off the votes on Luta & Tinian they will get, which is WHY the voters on these islands need to learn HOW to Poli-trick the Poli-trickers. Maybe some of our elected officials can even request for the FBI to monitor this election given there is already a RICO Investigation and it’s obvious WE the People can’t trust the present administration, especially at DPS when it comes to political matters.
But I know there is pressure on the Luta & Tinian voters, which is why they need to learn how to “say OK to them and then CHANGE-your-mind” in the voting booth. Nobody knows where your vote goes and you didn’t lie, you just changed your mind. I truly hope this helps the voters on Luta & Tinian because there is SOOOO Much for the entire CNMI is depending on your vote. If you ever wanted REAL Change on Luta & Tinian, it is NOW that for many of you what will be a “Once-in-a-life-time” opportunity to given your islands a REAL Chance to change the awful economic conditions and quality of life for the BETTER! This is bigger than family ties and it about MORE than just you as an individual voter because it’s about COMPLETE CHANGE for the entire CNMI – for REAL! If there ever was a time for Luta & Tinian to voters to make a difference its NOW!
The Governor’s Frivolousness Defense
Pointing fingers at others who committed the same criminal act of traveling business or first-class only means others need to be prosecuted. The Governor is conducting the “Greatest Reality Show EVER in CNMI History” pointing a finger at the AG, Lt. Governor and a Governor who had two Government-paid power bills and those who flew business or first class. I’m sure readers can clearly see all the “changing the narrative of his impeachment and trial to be about other people with the finger-pointing, deflecting, and gaslighting other people’s crimes.” But the REAL question the Governor and his Lawyer needs to address and answer is “WHAT is his defense about the tickets for his wife and the other crimes he is charged with committing, as the Governor’s Lawyer has not offered any evidence of the Governor’s innocence, just pointing-a-finger at other people — LOL to keep from crying over the embracement to the CNMI and the disbelief that this could happen.
FYI Governor and Lawyer(s), the Impeachment & State Trial are about the Governor, not what other people did, as their crimes do not absolve the Governor of his crimes — HELLER! The Governor, his Lawyer(s), and the Republican Senators are taking poli-tricking to an entirely new level that teeters on and proving the FBI’s RICO Case being RIGHT about “the Governor being over a Criminal Organization that is composed of elected officials.” But WE the People shouldn’t get up-set or even worry, as my MaDear would say, “trouble don’t last always” so there is going to be a real Day-of-Judgment by the Feds and You-Voters, for TRUE!
One People, One Direction.
The writer is an Economist, Political Scientist, retired teacher, former CNMI Board of Education Member, James Madison Fellow (U.S. Constitutional Scholar), a Fulbright-Hays & Humanities Scholar who resides in Kagman III.
Ambrose M. Bennett
