Committees of the Liberation Day festivities are being called for an early meeting by the Saipan Mayor\u2019s Office.<\/p>\n
According to Saipan Mayor David M. Apatang they will hold a meeting on Jan. 14.<\/p>\n
\u201cThat\u2019s how early we\u2019re going to start, unlike last year,\u201d Apatang said, \u201cWe called Skywalker to set up a meeting. We will meet with Skywalker and the rest of the group.\u201d<\/p>\n
Apatang said they will discuss during the meeting if the committees want to reorganize. <\/p>\n
\u201cWe will call those committees back and see if they want to reorganize or not. We\u2019re going to check with the chairman if he wants to continue,\u201d Apatang said.<\/p>\n
Last year\u2019s Liberation committee chairman was Chris Leon Guerrero.<\/p>\n
One of the major talking points is if they will again do a monthlong celebration.<\/p>\n
They will also look into bringing in carnival rides\u2014a part of the plan during last year\u2019s festivities but wasn\u2019t able to push through because of late planning.<\/p>\n
\u201cLast year we were pushing for the rides but it was kind of late,\u201d Apatang said. \u201cI\u2019m sure this year if we start early, we can see a lot of changes with this year\u2019s Liberation festivities.\u201d<\/p>\n
He added that they don\u2019t want to have issues again regards to the operation of the Thursday Market at the Garapan Fishing Base.<\/p>\n
Apatang said they will also start early with the solicitations and fundraising for the floats and other activities. <\/p>\n
Special assistant Henry Hofschneider added that any interested members of the public can also attend the meeting this week. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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