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Saturday, May 10, 2003
Editorial: A glass palace in the sky
THE recent approval or railroading of negotiated projects will make many of our officials feel at ease these days.
It was reported that at the city council, a resolution managed to get majority support for the continuation of projects in the millions for the city.
It seems that the lone opponent to negotiated projects, Councilor Maria Isabelle Climaco has been overwhelmed by her macho colleagues in the Council into voting that all projects be pursued at the earliest possible time.
Our councilors, who are supposed to be enacting laws, are so engrossed in the endorsement and approval of projects in the city. They get into the news for voicing support or endorsing projects here and there.
Some of our people are beginning to wonder if our councilors are now employed as directors or consultants with the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) or the city engineers office. Other naughty residents mistakenly say that these officials are also related with contractors in the city. None of these misconceptions are correct because our leaders are concerned about the fulfillment of their promises of projects to voters in the city.
Like it or not, the May 14, 2004 synchronized local and national elections is the number one agenda of our elected officials Friday. This means that if they do nothing to ensure their return to their elective posts these days, their days of wining and dining will come to an end a year from now.
A few of our elected officials are worried about losing their privileges in a year's time. It is very hard to fall in politics. Failure in politics for the ordinary man will mean a return to poverty of the spirit and the pocket.
There is only one sure way of ensuring a chance in the May 14, 2004 elections. The political wannabe must have all the money needed for the exercise at the soonest possible time.
If we presupposed that most of the actions of our leaders these days are anchored on the need for money for election day, it will not anymore appear strange to us to see how some of them play monkey in the coming days.
In spite of their maneuverings, some of them may never have the opportunity to hold office at the glass palace by the sea.
(May 9, 2003 issue)
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