I\u2019m a very quiet, personal person at heart and I try to keep my mouth from running because it sometimes gets me into trouble. I believe this may be one of those times, but I don\u2019t give a hoot. What I would like to know is, \u201cWhy is DPL trying to fix Mariana Resort?\u201d Dude, it\u2019s not broken; why fix it? Why are you telling them to put a bid in? It\u2019s not as if it\u2019s their first time here on Saipan looking for a location! You should have this resort\u2019s back, because they have been here the longest and they do support the people of Saipan with jobs. This is one of the resorts that employ a majority of the local people, seriously. This is one of the best\u2014the best!\u2014resort here on Saipan!<\/p>\n
Dude, Mariana Resort has been here through thick and thin (Don\u2019t you see or get it? Or is there a blindfold covering your eyes?). During the time we had a recession, they were still afloat. They still catered to everyone on the island. They did not back out, like some other hotels that are no longer around (don\u2019t know the real reasons they closed but they did so anyway). Where did the employees go? Some of them did not have jobs right away and some were lucky.<\/p>\n
Dude, people have fond memories of this resort like me. Also, the Japanese couple who spoke on behalf of the resort. This place has a special part in their hearts. They started off as a couple, moved on and brought their children, grandchildren, and even friends of their grandchildren here. Memories\u2014that\u2019s what this resort is all about. I mean, come on, a lot of us can go to PIC or World Resort and have fun in the pool, but where can you say, \u201cI\u2019ve been down to the beach area and it was so peaceful and quiet.\u201d The other hotels or resorts don\u2019t have place that you can go to and just enjoy the peace and quiet of the beach.<\/p>\n
Mariana Resort keeps the tranquility of the beach area as the way it should be. If another company comes in\u2014bam!\u2014damage to the beach, noise at the beach. And their goes the nesting area for the green sea turtles at Wing Beach. Yup, once you give another company that chance, there goes the beach and then you will hear my voice asking for Fish and Wildlife to fine them for what they may do! Mariana Resort has not touched that area for anything that may deal with the resort. But the new one will and, who knows, you may give it to them because of what they can give you. What\u2019s that saying that sucks\u2026\u201cit\u2019s not what you know, it\u2019s who you know.\u201d It should say like this now: \u201cIt\u2019s not who you know, but what can you give me.\u201d<\/p>\n
Dude, we had Plumeria Resort, Palms Hotel, and La Fiesta that were abandoned by the owners and the government for quite a while. Why pick on a place that is thriving? Why? Why? Why? Did the owner of the resort turn you down for something that you requested and now you decided this is the best way for you to get back at them? Petty, petty, petty. Only kids do that. (If I\u2019m wrong, tell me and tell me that I don\u2019t know what I\u2019m saying.) I\u2019m still trying to understand why are you trying to close something that is working and not losing money. Hey, if money is the thing here, Mariana Resort is still doing fine! Telling them that you have this policy? What policy and since when did you have it in place? I\u2019d like to know and see it. Put it up on paper for all to see this policy. Really, put the policy in the paper so that all the people of Saipan can see and understand what you are trying to do to an icon that has been here for a long time. Did you tell them that after they signed their lease? Did you keep it from them and let them think that they can keep the place until they want to leave? To me, it looks like you are chasing away something that is still great and still going strong, from our island. Shame, shame, shame, shame! To me, you don\u2019t know how to keep businesses that are good for us, you are showing us that you only want $$$$$$! You don\u2019t care about us, you care about yourself.<\/p>\n
Here is a suggestion from a lowly citizen that the government does not care about\u2026oh wait, they only care about the citizens when it\u2019s election time (hurts, doesn\u2019t it?): Utilize all the buildings that are abandoned. La Fiesta can be utilized again as a mall or, better yet, use it for the casino. Why does a casino have to always be in a hotel?<\/p>\n
Judith Castro<\/strong> I\u2019m a very quiet, personal person at heart and I try to keep my mouth…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":18,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[256,6293,368,67],"class_list":["post-206784","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-letters-to-the-editor","tag-casino","tag-la-fiesta","tag-mariana-resort","tag-people"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/206784","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/18"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=206784"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/206784\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=206784"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=206784"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=206784"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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