CUC Power Rates Are Rebuffed by Tom Anderson Then Talk to Us About Raising the Wealth Utility Corporation

f' Goodbye to a man who NMC programs focus left his mark here on the family's needs • • • • • • • Seepaae to n MICRONESIA'S LEADING NEWSPAPE.R SINCE 1972 Vol. 17. No.70 November 25, 1988 servin;~!~~~',0~~vears 5·0¢ Consumers say 'little guy' pays most CUC power rates are rebuffed By Tom Anderson then talk to us about raising the wealth Utility Corporation. per kilo-watt hour. The position presented by Staff Reporter utq,ity rate for electric power said What is purposed is for resi Listening to the comments CUC was that it must, under a Give us good Qtility service, the 20 to 25 persons gathered dential customers to pay 11 cents from the public and trying to re mandate of law, become self-suf !' give us a fair system of applying Monday night for a public hear per kilo-watt hour, commercial spond were CUC Board Chair ficient in the fiscal year 1989. rates to all, give us good reasons ing on the proposed jump in customers to pay 16 cents and man Jose Taitano, and Board Unless an increase is made in the why we should pay more and power rates by the Common- government to also pay 16 cents Members Paz Younis, Bud rates collected for power from White, Tom Piccaro and also both residential accounts and Executive Director of CUC commercial accounts, CUC Pedro Sasamoto. could not hope to recover the The hearing, held at the Caro costs of its operation. According linian Utte in Garapan, stretched to CUC figures it currently cost from 7 p.m. until 10 p.m. with CUC 14.2cents per kilowatt hour some of the exchanges between to produce the power. the public and CUC's Board and "It is just economic and good staff becoming emotional and business sense," said Picarro. "I I , ' heated. Continues on page 5 CUC Chairman Jose Taitano (center) and other members of the CUC board fielcjed questions and made comments during the meetinq. · Lawyers turn CRM process into name calling verbal brawl By Tom Anderson Staff Reporter Words such as "frivolous" and "crazy" were used by Kyung Sub's legal counsel attorney Robert O'Connor to describe the claims of the House of Representatives that the Coastal Resources Management permit issued to Kyung Suh was improper. O'Connor's comments were equalled by House Legal Counsel Ray Smith as the CRM Appeals Board meeting Wednesday turned into an emotional confrontation between the two sides of the Kyung Suh issue. At-00e point in the meeting~ Smith accused 0 'Connor of threatening to make things tough on him as an new attorney on Saipan ifhe "didn't back off' on his handling of the Kyung Suh affair. After the meeting O'Connor denied threatening Smith but did say they had exchanged letters and that he had pointed out to Smith that he could not legally represent House Speaker Pedro Guerrero if the CRM Appeals Board luted that Guerrero would be allowed to intervene in the permit process only as a private citizen and not as a representative of the House. PAC Contlnun on Hatt 11 1 • ·NEWSPAPEFt :~ STA.Cl<S --- -- -------------- FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 25, 1988-MARIANAS VARIETY NEWS AND VIEWS -- PAGE 3 Page 2 -- MARIANAS VARIETY NEWS AND VIEWS -- FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 25, 1988 Besides being a study of place names and peoples, today geog i',1 raphy is a study which also tries My T[IJtn to answer the why's of situ ations. Why, when you enter a ' ~.. city that dates back to the I.9th By Tom Anderson, staff reporter century does the city have the All opinions expressed herein may or may not reflect the editorial particular shape to it that exists? policies of this newspaper. They are strictly those of the author. Sometimes the answers are so simple they shine with that luster which accompanies common By Tom Anderson person should know as part of their working knowledge of the world. sense. Such as town placements Knowing where you are, were once the direct result of Bidding an old friend "adieu" is never pleasant, espe Koreans and Philippine nationals who had settled here deciding cases. During the decade he served the people of where someone else is, what That effort has spread with Gov. Saipan and the rest of the Marianas, Dame Justice was his Pedro P. Tenorio naming last week how far people could usually cially if that friend has been a cornerstone in your devel their American citizenship. lies between the two points and walk in one day, or how far a opment. So it is with the passing of the torch of federal The people of the Commonwealth have a lot to thank companion. While we may or may not have agreed with how to go from here to there is "CNMI Geography Awareness what the jurist decided on emotional cases, we admire the Week" and with an upcoming Na person on horse back could I justice in the Commonwealth of the Northern Marianas. Laureta for. He forced the United States Government to one of the basic lesson of geog professional way he did his job. tional Geographic Bee to be held travel. From Point A to point B The Honorable Federal DistrictJudgeAlfredLaureta will live up to many portions of the Covenant which had been raphy. Unfortunately for. the was 20 miles because after 20 l Alex Munson will have some very big shoes to fill when Jan. 9 in the Commonwealth. Speaker's words be leaving the CNMl very soon, and this newspaper will winked at for inany years, especially in the matter of future of the United States, stu miles people wanted to rest, so he takes over the robes and gavel of the district judgeship dents and non-students alike are As someone who took a college ' \ miss his presence and clear thinking. citi.ienship and passports. an Inn was built and around the next month. He has had the benefit of many years of becoming more and more igno minor in geography, I hope the ef Laureta has been lauded in other media as being instru Laureta's mark on the legal system of the Common Inn there sprung up services to were used at wrong mental in the formation of the road to justice here in the wealth will remain with us long after he has returned to his experience as the Trust Territory's Chief Justice and of rant of the maps, landfonns, forts to improve geographic knowl being around Laureta. We hope that some of judge Lau edge is successful and I hope more meet the demands of the Inn. Commonwealth. They cited the Timingill Decision as one Hawaiian retirement home. political divisions and peoples Someone came along and sup place and time .... which touched many Micronesians. We agree to some In many ways Laureta is the personification of the reta's wisdom can 'rub off' on Munson. It will be the best of the world. · people will learn to appreciate what plied the food sold at the Inn, Although I ha·1e been ultra-critical of the U.S. Govern extent, but feel that some of his later cases deserve just as people of the Commonwealth. Although a Filipino by of both worlds. Survey after survey has been benefits a knowledge of geography Goodbye Judge Laureta. We wish you well in beautiful another came along and supplied ment for some of its action out here, I felt somewhat much notice because they not only affected the finances of birth, he calls the islands of Hawaii 'home,' and through completed in the U.S. with can give to a person. the drink at the Inn, then came individuals, but their basic human rights. that multi-ethnic background the judge probably has a Hawaii. Remember that you always have another island some results so startling they My interest began when I started uncomfortable however when it was criticized earlier this greater appreciation for the myriad of cultural collision home to come back to in which you have placed your legal another and supplied other serv week for the late issuance of Title One war claims money. Wespeakofhisdecision whichgranteddozensofCNMI are unbelievable. High School traveling. Sometimes I would just ices like a livery, until enough problems we all face here in this new Commonwealth. signature. go over a map of some part of the It was easy to use the phrase "should been" in this instant. residents their Covenant-given right to a U.S. passport. students putting countries in the people were there to call for a dry Above all, the judge followed the letter of the law when United States and be fascinated by But let me try to clarify this misgiving once and for all. Also, we point to his decision which gave dozens of Middle East down around Cen goods store. tral America. Students not the very names of the towns I would Certainly, leveling critical remarks against the U.S. All that and more is found in Government may be good political fodder for posturing , I· being able to say which is South find. ! would wonder why a four geography. I lament that such a roads go into Sweetwater Creek politicians. But I thought that on this one occasion the U.S. and which is North on a map of useful study has fallen into such the World. The man or woman while only one road serves the Government deserves some sincere words of praise and impressively named town of Olym a decline while other less useful gratitude for having shouldered the fmancial responsibil- on the street does not fare any studies are riding a wave of better in the surveys either re pia.

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