At last a \u201clocal boy\u201d with cajones! John Del Rosario Jr. just slammed the local government and its local and corrupt \u201cleadership\u201d with his lawsuit against house resolution 19-3. Certainly, other local and concerned citizens have written letters to the editor about governmental corruption but stopped short of what Del Rosario did. Six years ago \u201clocal gal\u201d former Rep. Tina Sablan started the ball rolling with her passage of the Open Government Act. Glen Hunter followed with his successful prosecution of the lawmakers responsible for the illegal Saipan Casino Act. Del Rosario, however, has always been on the periphery if not an insider to what is described as local polibullphart. He\u2019s been where no one has. A former newspaper publisher, DPL executive, and staunch believer in you-do-the-crime-you-do-the-time, John recently filed a lawsuit against he-with-a-checkered-past now Lt. Gov. Vic Hocog, and converted to corruption Finance Secretary Larrisa Larsen. What for? Criminal deception: to help fuel and repair a cargo ship, MV Luta, that a kind Japanese investor spent $3.5M of his own money to assist the poor and helpless natives of Rota. Jungle smart Hocog spotted an easy prey and went for the jugular.Or in Rota-speak, laughing DPW gunslingers complete in mandatory camouflage paint blasting out the trees hundreds of endangered fruit bats with an AK47 just for s**ts and giggles. But enough of the jokes let\u2019s get this story straight.<\/p>\n
Everybody\u2019s doing it so why not me\u2014 Hocog understood all to well that House resolution 19-3 he crafted to loot $400,000 of taxpayers\u2019 monies, fool the gullible investor, bully the go-along-get-along Rota delegation to vote in its favor\u2014without public notice or discussion to five our monies to his relatives the Mendiola family\u2014was constitutionally unlawful and violated CNMI ethics At. <\/p>\n
Delaying justice<\/strong>\u2014Enter Gov. Ralph DLG Torres. He said he didn\u2019t \u201cread\u201d the lawsuit, yet, but still beaned Del Rosario\u2019s lawsuit by providing \u201ccover,\u201d a way out for Hocog and himself. In what way? By reminding us of the desperate plight of the poor people of Rota and \u201cthanks to Vic\u201d how the MV Luta will rescue them from a fate akin to death and that he, personally, shall solve the problem. In an upcoming election year. But which one: food, shelter, clothing, and high prices on Rota OR preventing Hocog\/Larsen\/Mendiola family from going to the slammer? But wait. Weren\u2019t DLG Torres and Hocog part of the cabal (including speaker Ralph Demapan) and 15 House and seven Senate lawmakers laying low, that openly broke the law by secretly passing the exclusive casino license couple years back? And they\u2019re still in office, doing it all over again, middle-finger to us. It gets deeper and smells worse as I write.<\/p>\n Exposing the crime<\/strong>\u2014it is said that you\u2019re innocent until proven guilty. Forget it. Here\u2019s Del Rosario\u2019s real \u201callegations\u201d and why justice should be meted out. 1) Violation of the Open Government Act. 2) Breach of Fiduciary Duties. 3) Improper purpose in official capacity. 4) Public funds expended not for public purpose. 5) Failure to provide full and reasonable documents. 6) Resolution 19-3 was not placed on agenda of the Rota delegation session March 20, 2015.<\/p>\n More excrement<\/strong>\u2014The incorporated MV Luta did not enter into any repayment plans of the $400,000 to Finance or any other government agency, kumbaya. So what? MV Luta (remember that the Japanese investor spent millions of his own money and bought the ship; not one penny came from the Mendiolas) and the Mendiolas Abelina, Deron, and Fidel had no legal right to blow $400,000 of taxpayers\u2019 monies. And Slick Vic\u2019s \u201csmoke and mirrors\u201d, supposedly, to pay back the $400,000 loan to Finance Larsen within one year? All B\/S the deadline long past. And get this: Learning well from Slick Vic the Mendiolas setup to highjack the Japanese investor for one more of his loot. How? They\u2019ve already publicly announced that their six months or \u201carduous hanging around,\u201d all-expense paid junket to Louisiana already cost \u201cthem\u201d millions of dollars more to bring back the cargo ship. Pretending \u201cthey\u201d are losing money. So why not cough-up all the expenses and let\u2019s see how our monies were wasted<\/p>\n More Pure Evil<\/strong>\u2014Months after its balloon-fest arrived the cargo ship has yet to rescue the poor people of Rota. What happened? Slick Vic and his \u201cpersonal consultant\u201d Robert Toelkes. It seems they\u2019re \u201cchartering\u201d the MV Luta for Toelkes\u2019 private commercial venture shipping equipment and goods to a (casino) investor. How can they get away with that? Get this: the MV Luta\u2019s shipping agent, the Rota Terminal & Transfer Inc., is managed by none other than Slick Vic\u2019s daughter, Viola Hocog-Atalig, and Slick Vic still has his fingers in RT&T. and does anyone believe Slick and Toelkes are paying an fees for using the Japanese investor\u2019s cargo ship MV Luta?<\/p>\n Racketeer influenced corrupt organizations act?<\/strong>\u2014Whew! Slick boosted $400,000 from us taxpayers, hijacked the Japanese investor\u2019s $3.5M and boat, is skimming bucks in private (casino) scheme with his consultant, feeds his own Rota companies, sits as a lieutenant governor go-to-guy and appears god-like to Rotanese\u2014all by hacking taxpayers\u2019 monies. And what about the other play-the-game conspirators, the Rota delegates Glen Maratita, Teresita Santos, and Steve Mesngon, will they escape justice? They\u2019re still playing dodgeball and hoping upon hope the coming election will absolve them all of their crimes. Me? RICO to the bunch of them.<\/p>\n What\u2019s the common thread to all this? Unbated corruption and malfeasance committed by arrogant elected and appointed officials. Throw the book at them because voting doesn\u2019t work. And just imagine the repercussions of a \u201clocal boy\u201d slapping a lawsuit on the local corrupt government. For all lawfully abiding citizens it\u2019s about time. Perhaps and soon younger and more honest community members will be doing the same. <\/p>\n Lee Andersen<\/strong> At last a \u201clocal boy\u201d with cajones! 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