November 8, 2010
The Saipan Tribune reports that Governor Fitial met DOI Assistant Secretary of Insular Affairs Tony Babauta at the airport.Assistant Secretary Babauta is on Saipan for an invitation-only forum on labor and economic development to be held today on Saipan.I am not sure why it is œinvitation-only and who was responsible for the guest list.I do know that there are some foreign business owners who were seeking to go, but apparently are not œinvited.
The Saipan Tribune reported:
The forum, among other things, will tackle the challenges for the CNMI and federal agencies working with the local government in identifying and implementing policies or programs that would enable the CNMI to make the federal transition as smooth as possible.
That will be a challenge since the DHS has not yet released the CNMI-only guest worker program regulations.
Governor Fitial has not met with Mr. Babauta since the DOI released the Congressional DOI report on the status of foreign workers, which the governor criticized.In fact, Fitial untruthfully claimed that he had not been consulted on the report prior to its disclosure, when, in fact, there is evidence to the contrary. (See The Lie for a list of dates that Assistant Secretary Babauta met with the governor and/or other CNMI officials prior to the reports release.)
Money Woes The Tribune reports that the governor wants to question DOI for more funding for technical help grants. Before more funding is given the federal government may want to set some strict guidelines and measures for accountability.It has been reported that federal funds have been abused or misspent.
Recently, the CNMI Legislature has come up with a couple of controversial income-making schemes including legalization of marijuana and internet gambling. Maybe next week lawmakers will suggest legalizing prostitution? They may want to explore some alternative revenue if they want the tourism industry to grow. Unless they are trying to attract criminal types rather than families.
It was reported that the tax rebate account is $2 million small.How does that happen?Guest workers have been emailing and calling me since July asking how they can collect their tax rebates.
Article source: http://unheardnomore.blogspot.com/2010/11/cnmi-news-briefs.html
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