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Clarification

Bruce Bateman, in his “Sour Grapes” column in Tuesday’s paper, accused me of saying the CNMI “should give away the northernmost three islands in our terribly scarce land resources by ceding them to the U.S. federal government for all time.”
Posted On Aug 21 2008 21:34
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Retirees as owners of CUC? Could be!

There was an article in Tuesday’s paper stating that the Retirement Fund’s chairman of the Board of Trustees “is seeking a meeting with Governor Fitial to discuss the possibility of having the local pension program invest in the financially troubled Commonwealth Utiliti...
Posted On Aug 21 2008 21:32
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Vote for change

I’m here in the U.S. with my fellow comrades of the 100th Battalion, 442nd Infantry, E. Company for our annual training, then mobilizing to Middle East. While sitting around listening to our guys from Saipan chatting, they appeared to be angry, while others were surprised about...
Posted On Aug 21 2008 21:30
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Due diligence

Does due diligence mean anything to our legislators? I am prompted to ask this question as a fallout of the recent “hurry up and pass” House Bill 16-10 (anticipated 2009 poker fee revenues). How does that work anyway? What happens if the revenues are less than $4.7 million? When...
Posted On Aug 21 2008 21:29
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