Ludicrous comparison

Posted on Aug 11 2008

The story that was printed in Monday’s paper referring a new Maryland county regulation and supposedly commented on by Cinta Kaipat does not support the “quotes” or the comparisons made by Ms. Kaipat. This was nothing more than an attempt by Ms. Kaipat to “spin” the Maryland situation into her own version of something “good” for the NMI. It is not. Please utilize the link below to go directly to that article and read it for yourself. I suspect that no one else has.

Please notice that the regulation as passed pertains only to one county in Maryland, not the whole state and certainly nothing nationally. It also notes that Maryland State law has some general protections for houseworkers (this regulation is called “The Nanny Law” for a reason) and has had such for “centuries” and that federal law also protects their wages (federal minimum) and workers compensation rights. The article makes no mention whatsoever of the CNMI. For Ms. Kaipat to infer such or to make comparisons to the NMI’s “law” is ludicrous.

Please go ahead and send this to those in the Legislature who have already asked Labor for an explanation of it’s policies. Ms. Kaipat’s comments are not borne out by this article.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/07/21/AR2008072102814.html

[B]Dr. Thomas Arkle Jr.[/B] [I]Tinian[/I]

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