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Monday, January 18, 2010 - 8:20 PM
As of 1-19-10, CNMI Governor Fitial's am caper has been reported in 1700 news sources in 110 countries from Katmandu to Timbuktu, from Saipan to Sydney, from Hong Kong to Cairo, and Versailles to Hiroshima.
Bloggers and news stories are on fire with the story, details, rumors, gossip, jokes, cover-up efforts, and the real reason for the CNMI Governor Fitial ordered the release of a foreign national charged with human smuggling was taken from federal detention to the Governors mansion at 3am reportedly for a back rub.
Only in Saipan would 24 aliens get caught trying to sneak into Guam, get arrested by an undercover federal agent, be arraigned in federal court where they were denied bail as flight risks, then have the Governor send his body guards to get one girl out of jail to give him a message on the day of his inauguration which had many invited federal officials present, oh yeah, and coincidently it happened on the same day his previous driver/guard was sentenced for ice after pleading guilty in federal court.. The story from the Marianas Variety is below. :)
Human smuggling defendant is governor’s masseuse .
Thursday, 14 January 2010 00:00 By Andrew O. De Guzman - Reporter .
ONE of the Chinese females arrested while attempting to enter Guam from Saipan was pulled out of the Department of Corrections facility to perform a massage on Gov. Benigno R. Fitial on Friday, Variety learned.
The masseuse is under the custody of the U.S. Marshals Service but detained at Corrections.
She was escorted by four Corrections personnel when she came out of, and returned to the facility on Friday, Variety was told.
In 2006, Fitial underwent a series of operations to treat his spinal stenosis, a medical condition in which the spinal canal narrows and compresses the spinal cord and nerves..
Variety learned that Corrections Commissioner Dolores M. Aldan was asked by Attorney General Edward Buckingham to submit a written report on the matter after federal authorizes inquired about it.
Buckingham had yet to return this reporter’s call as of press time last night.
The governor’s office and the Department of Corrections declined to comment.
On Tuesday last week, Immigration and Customs Enforcement, in collaboration with other federal agencies, arrested 24 Chinese nationals after they boarded a boat on Saipan en route to Guam.
U.S. District Court for the NMI Chief Judge Alex Munson remanded the defendants to the custody of the U.S. Marshals Service after their arraignment.
The defendants have denied the charge
Of course my two cents expect our new Congress to act...read below.
Chamberonomics 171...the 17th Legislature
Congratulations are in order for every newly elected member of the 17th legislature and the community hopes your term is marked with success and prosperity for the people of the commonwealth.
Your opening challenge is to deliver the people a manageable budget. The current economy will force austerity measures, including salary cuts for friends, relatives, and neighbors, or worse, a looming reduction in forces. This economic climate and fairness demand you reduce the astronomical discretionary spending accounts in your control.
The State of Texas pays Representatives (and Senators) 600. per month or 7,200. per year and one Senator there represents an average of 673k people. They are in session from 60 to 140 days a year. The 15k voters of the CNMI can’t pay 29 lawmakers get a minimum of 100k each in yearly unaccountable spending money in our crumbling economy, and to continue such squander is theft and fraud against the people here. Austerity in our Congress is warranted and should be incorporated into the 2010 budget.
Historically, our legislature was overfunded by the textile industry so that garment manufactures could dictate policy to our lawmakers in exchange for absolute loyalty from the Congress. Garment revenues are gone, and there is no justification for CNMI senators receiving 500,000. per year discretionary funny money, while friends, neighbors, relatives, and other government employees face layoffs and salary cuts.
This austerity measure will improve the commonwealth by helping to make our government manageable and viable for the future. If you do not take action, a courageous local citizen will garner signatures and place this on the ballot, and the voters can again improve the CNMI, without Congressional consent.
The 17th has already been baptized with an immediate and pressing decision to make. The CNMI Governor has shamed the commonwealth and kept us the laughing stock of America by removing a federal prisoner for a back rub or some service, so if you have one once of integrity, you will impeach the Governor before he is indicted, but if your members are of little merit, history will hold you accountable for your inaction and ineptitude.
We sincerely wish the legacy of the 17th legislature is marked with deep love and devotion to the future of the people here.
Ron Hodges
Saipan
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