Would Buddy Petersen please show his true colors?

Several months ago, Buddy Petersen submitted a letter to the media supporting Juan Babauta as governor and denigrating Heinz Hofscheider and David Apatang. The residence indicated below his name in that particular letter was “Bakersfield, California.”

Subsequent to this letter, Buddy Petersen submitted another letter denigrating Rep. Hofschneider again. The residence indicated below his name in that letter was Saipan, MP.

Just recently, Buddy Petersen submitted still another letter stating that Rep. Hofschneider was rude, disrespectful, emotionally unstable, and showing his “true colors.” On this letter, there was “no residence” and “sent by email” was indicated.

Presumably, Buddy Petersen received the description of what transpired in the House chambers regarding Rep. Hofschneider third-hand from other parties (unless Buddy Petersen is actually someone else working for the governor, legislator in the 14th Legislature, or another gubernatorial candidate and there is some “ghost writing” going on). Hence, the comments made by Petersen vis-à-vis letters to the media describing “the actual” reactions of Heinz Hofschneider could be challenged unless Petersen can prove his “real identity.”

People in elected office are oftentimes “emphatic” about issues if they involve the best interests of their constituents and the overall community. There is a difference between being emphatic and pronounced and coming unglued and not communicating with any logic and lucid reasoning. Being “emphatic” is not a bad thing.

Most people who know Hofschneider know he is emotional, but does not possess the characteristic of speaking before thinking, or speaking without utilizing rational thinking. If Hofschneider is an individual who communicated using only emotion, then he would have never been selected by all of members of the 12th House of Representatives to be the Speaker.

If everyone who wanted to “drive an important point home” did it in a lackluster and monotone fashion, then those people who are myopically inflexible and refuse to hear any other perspectives because they have already made a conclusion and decision on the issue would probably ignore and/or shut him out completely.

If Buddy Petersen is a genuine individual in lieu of someone who could be working for another elected official, e.g., the governor or another gubernatorial candidate, then he or she should step forward and reveal themselves to the island community. To hide behind the cloak of another name is fine if you are an author that chooses to publish anonymously. Any other person who uses another name to try and publicly discredit and criticize another individual is essentially a coward.

If Buddy Petersen is not able to prove to the island community that he is a “bona fide person” and not someone else, then he should not be surprised if the island community tells him (if they ever find out who he actually is) that “they are not Goldilocks” and he should lose the grandmother outfit because the residents of the CNMI and others will refuse to be gullible to the nonsense in the letters he submitted to the media.

Heinz Hofschneider can prove that he is who he is. Can Buddy Petersen step forward and do the same? If not, then the true colors of Mr. Petersen, whoever the real Buddy Petersen is, reflect a person without scruples.

Dr. Jesus D. Camacho
Delano, California