Rep. Victor Hocog wants to write a check to Gov. Benigno Fitial and let him decide how to spend it.
Seriously, this was actually in the Saipan Tribune and it's obviously not April Fool's Day.
Finally, a way to pass a budget on time after years of failure: do nothing.
According to Hocog, "the governor may be the best to determine how the money should be distributed to the departments and agencies."
Reductio ad absurdum
Good start, but the governor may be the best to determine how to run the departments and agencies. Who needs a legislature?. Think of the savings.
This was foreshadowed last week, when Sen. Maria Pangelinan groused about those agencies: "They cannot even respond to a simple request to confirm the positions in their department."
And, evidently, the Senate can't force them to comply.
Showing posts with label Gov. Benigno Fitial. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Gov. Benigno Fitial. Show all posts
Wednesday, September 10, 2008
Friday, September 5, 2008
Cabinet storage
Amazing, KSPN-2 reported that Lt. Gov. Timothy Villagomez was at Gov. Benigno Fitial's first cabinet meeting of the year.
The economy is in tatters, the CNMI government is essentially bankrupt and the Covenant Party seems doomed to become a memory, yet he hasn't gotten his Department Heads together to talk about it?
KSPN only asked about the Lt. Governor. Hard to believe, so I was going to double-check the 8 p.m. replay. Alas, the Commonwealth Utilities Corporation had other ideas. The story hasn't been posted on their website yet.
Their line of questioning isn't surprising, I suppose, in fact I wrote the first sentence to imply I agreed with it.
I'd be surprised if he didn't attend, and I certainly don't expect him to resign. How would you get a fair jury on an island the size of Saipan if you essentially admit guilt before the trial starts?
The mob howling for his resignation or impeachment needs to slow down and take a deep breath. The media frenzy has pretty much slammed my thought processes shut too, but I'm still willing to let him have his day in court.
Meanwhile, what's up with this government and what did the cabinet talk about?
The economy is in tatters, the CNMI government is essentially bankrupt and the Covenant Party seems doomed to become a memory, yet he hasn't gotten his Department Heads together to talk about it?
KSPN only asked about the Lt. Governor. Hard to believe, so I was going to double-check the 8 p.m. replay. Alas, the Commonwealth Utilities Corporation had other ideas. The story hasn't been posted on their website yet.
Their line of questioning isn't surprising, I suppose, in fact I wrote the first sentence to imply I agreed with it.
I'd be surprised if he didn't attend, and I certainly don't expect him to resign. How would you get a fair jury on an island the size of Saipan if you essentially admit guilt before the trial starts?
The mob howling for his resignation or impeachment needs to slow down and take a deep breath. The media frenzy has pretty much slammed my thought processes shut too, but I'm still willing to let him have his day in court.
Meanwhile, what's up with this government and what did the cabinet talk about?
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