Wednesday, February 28, 2007 Barrita: Gwen and Tom By Eddie O. Barrita Small Bites
CEBU Gov. Gwen Garcia and Cebu City Mayor Tomas Osmeña put on friendly and smiling faces as they flanked President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo in some activities during the President’s visit here Monday.
“Pretending to be friends?” a Sun.Star photo caption aptly said.
Their wide grins, akin to Cebu City Vice Mayor Mike Rama’s patented Close-up smile, hid a bitter feud that gave sleepless nights to 2,725 families living in province-owned lots.
A Capitol freeze on eviction orders could only be a temporary respite from their nightmare of someday sleeping under the stars.
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Governor Gwen said the land swap deal with the city is out.
Mayor Tom need not give up property or go down on bended knees.
But not the swapping of bitter words from dawat og limpyo to blackmail.
Some words, they must know by now, are like “razors to a wounded heart.”
*** Acting Cebu City Police Director Patrocinio Comendador said “vigilantes no longer exist.”
He should be sure of it.
A jobless group of armed men who executed petty criminals gangland-style can easily be turned into a small private army.
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People’s Champ Manny Pacquiao has dropped his political plans after his fans heckled and booed him at the 20,000 capacity Cebu City Sports Complex last Saturday.
Can you call them boos of endearment?
But surely, the champ can be booed out of politics.
