Rein in vivid imagination

Posted on Mar 22 2005

I am writing to respond to the letter by Rick Vaughn last week, which criticized a trip taken by two Public School System employees to Washington, D.C. He imagined that they flew first class, stayed at the Watergate Hotel, and rode in a chauffeured limousine to the conference.

In reality, they flew coach on the approximately 12-hour flight from Narita to Detroit and then on to D.C. They stayed at the Days Inn, and they rode the Metro bus and the subway.
I know this because I know the people who took the trip and talked to one of them. I also called PSS Central office and had it confirmed by the acting commissioner.

The trip was federally funded, and the CNMI was required to send staff as part of the Bush administration’s “No Child Left Behind” initiative.

I hope Mr. Vaughn, who seems to have a vivid imagination and a lot of time on his hands, will do his own fact checking before writing any more fanciful letters to the editor.

Vicki King Taitano
Capitol Hill

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