As much as it pains me to yet again reject an attempt at recovering our economy, I cannot in good conscience let this proposal go unchallenged. The pristine natural beauty of the Northern Islands is one of the few unique treasures that the CNMI possesses.<\/p>\n
We already have one of our islands being periodically blown to bits by the military; we cannot barter off another of our natural wonders for a bit of cash. Yes, this could potentially line some people’s pockets and maybe give some people jobs but there is something about using a paradise as a dumpsite that rubs me the wrong way.<\/p>\n
I have always dreamed of going to the Northern Islands. I have imagined them, listened eagerly to accounts of those who have been there, and studied photos and satellite images of them. They are perfect the way they are. I will not suffer a blemish of this nature scarring the serenity of Pagan, or any other northern island for that matter.<\/p>\n
I thank our leaders for trying to find a way out of our economic woes but this particular solution is unacceptable. Find another way. Promote the Northern Islands for what they really are-treasures, not trash cans.<\/p>\n
Edward W.S. Camacho\u00a0<\/strong> As much as it pains me to yet again reject an attempt at recovering our…<\/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":[],"class_list":["post-9465","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-letters-to-the-editor"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9465","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=9465"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9465\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9465"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9465"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9465"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nKagman II, Saipan<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"