Thursday, July 17, 2008 Byron spends birthday attacking sister’s critics
A MEDIOCRE and a bald man.
This was how Byron Garcia, Capitol consultant on information, described two of Cebu Gov. Gwen-dolyn Garcia’s vocal critics: Cebu City Mayor Tomas Osmeña and businessman Crisologo Saavedra.
On his 48th birthday yesterday, Byron said he wished that Osmeña would just accept the fact that he is “mediocre.”
And for Saavedra, Byron said the businessman “is nothing more than a bald man” who, he said, should be a “salon model.”
Byron was reacting to criticisms hurled by Saavedra against her sister, Governor Garcia.
Recently, Saavedra criticized the governor for her failure to acknowledge the P261 million suit filed against her and the Provincial Government by Willy Te of WT Construction.
‘Valuable’
Osmeña, on the other hand, slammed Governor Garcia’s State of the Province Address, saying he does not want to be in the governor’s place even if the Province is debt-free.
But Byron said that Saavedra should just stop attacking the Capitol because the Provincial Government “is busy with countless valuable undertakings.”
Byron wondered why Saavedra is fond of engaging in complex ventures when his only legitimate business is a salon in a mall in Cebu City.
He advised Saavedra that instead of getting himself into several “confusing” businesses, it would be better for the businessman to become a “model” of his own salon, comments that the businessman brushed aside.
Wishes
Byron also did not spare Osmeña from his tirade against the governor’s critics.
“I wish that the mayor will accept the fact that he is a mediocre,” the Capitol consultant said.
And Saavedra, he said, is “nothing more than a bald man.”
Byron went on to defend the dancing inmates of the Cebu Provincial Detention and Rehabilitation Center, saying that the jailers’ popularity could not be duplicated by the City Government.
When reached for comment yesterday, Saavedra brushed off Byron’s criticisms, saying the Capitol consultant should instead be flattered because he acknowledged the dancing inmates as the “only achievement of the Province that merits an award.”
Saavedra also clarified that the salon in a mall in the city belongs to his wife and that he is a legitimate government supplier of various equipment for more than 25 years. (GMD)
