This is in response to the article \u201cVIP Service shut down!\u201d by John S. Del Rosario Jr. In your article under the subtitle \u201cPolitics of desperation,\u201d you referenced a caller from Tinian who implied that I was to be an observer on Election Day to possibly intimidate voters. <\/p>\n
For the record, my appointment to be a poll observer came equally as a surprise to me as I did not make such a request. Let me be clear, I respect the election process and would never use my position or authority to interfere with the voting process. In fact, throughout the election season I have campaigned on the value of respect for the voter and our goal of working together. I also have full confidence in the Election Commission and the Office of the<\/p>\n
Public Auditor to uphold the integrity of the election process and I welcome CEC and OPA to monitor my activities during Election Day to ensure a fair and intimidation free polling site.<\/p>\n
Let me also state for the record that I am the chairman of the Tinian Republican Party and I strongly believe that the Tinian Republican candidates, Senate President Francisco M. Borja and Rep. Edwin P. Aldan, are the best and most qualified candidates for this election and I will extend my full support for their re-election. The progress that these candidates have delivered to Tinian are visible: pay raises for civil service employees, continued prioritization of funding CNMI retiree pensions, rebuilding of Tinian\u2019s infrastructure, and continued funding of municipal programs for health and education.<\/p>\n
When you have these facts on your side, one can only focus on looking forward to how we can continue building on the progress that we have made and how we, collectively as community, can keep Tinian moving forward. This election cycle is a clear choice between building on the progress that we have made or the same old political tricks of misinformation and personal attacks which the other party clearly represents and your article is promoting. To the people of Tinian, I ask you to reject this tired politics of cynicism that offers no solutions or plans on how to improve the lives of our people.<\/p>\n
Lastly, let me say this. When you are the party that has been delivering by raising people\u2019s personal economy, by presenting a comprehensive and workable plan to move Tinian forward, you can\u2019t help but instill hope and optimism in the people. To my dear people of Tinian, stand with me and let\u2019s continue building on the progress we have made. Hope and dream with me. Let\u2019s keep working and rebuilding toward those hopes and dreams for our island. Let\u2019s keep Tinian moving forward.<\/p>\n
Joey P. San Nicolas<\/strong> This is in response to the article \u201cVIP Service shut down!\u201d by John S. Del…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[8764,14095,67,10676],"class_list":["post-239749","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-letters-to-the-editor","tag-election-day","tag-keep-tinian","tag-people","tag-tinian-republican-party"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/239749","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\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=239749"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/239749\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=239749"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=239749"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=239749"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nPrecinct 6 chairman, NMI Republican Party<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"