Maratita wants pachinko funds for Rota dialysis patients
Rep. Glenn L. Maratita (R-Rota) has authored a couple of local appropriation bills to tap e-gaming and poker and pachinko funds for Rota dialysis patients and island tourism activities.
Maratita is set to introduce House Local Bill 19-72, which taps funds specifically allotted to the First Senatorial District, or Rota, under Public Law 18-30, for “Gaming and tourism enhancement activities.”
The bill appropriates $25,935 of these funds allotted to Rota.
Maratita has also authored House Local Bill 19-71, which proposes to appropriate $20,000 from local license fees collected for poker and pachinko slot machines on Rota, to provide monthly allowances to Rota dialysis patients, among others.
“…There is a need to provide a subsistence allowance for residents of the First Senatorial District who are undergoing dialysis and treatment for terminal illnesses; the Rota Scholarship Fund, and other programs,” the bill states.
Make sure there is enough funds left to pay for Rota college students’ tuition. And whoever is keeping the account ledger, don’t be tempted to OVERDRAW it, so, the over- worked peoples’ representative won’t be running around trying to make a deal here and there, okay?
Thank you for taking time away from the golf courses to introduce legislation. It took you long enough Maratita!