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Friday, 24 Feb 2012 04:00am
LETTER TO THE EDITOR
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REGARDING your editorial in the Thursday, Feb. 23 edition of the Marianas Variety entitled “JFK another Southern?” I have the following comments:

First mistake: location. For sentimental reasons, JFK was re-rebuilt on land fronting the busiest highway on Guam ... a chunk of high-tax value real estate better suited to commercial development. Little evident thought was given to traffic flow, entry/exit.

Second blunder: selection of a contractor without a lengthy record of work with the Navy or Air Force ... where early/on-time completion is standard. Over the years, Black Construction was awarded many military contracts – even when they were NOT the lowest bidder – because contracting officers always knew a project built by Black would be done 100 percent right, on schedule and usually early.

Third error: keeping the name of J.F. Kennedy, whose only memorable contribution to Guam was the appointment of a charming – but erratic – character named Bill Daniel whose term as Governor of Guam was completed by a wise and competent man from Guam by the name of Manuel F.L Guerrero.

Bill Gibson,
Mathews, N.C.

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-2 #1 Mathew 2012-02-24 07:09
You forgot to mention another error, Bill Gibson. The media here, along with various politicians of all stripes, jumped on that JFK bandwagon as well as the prior move to Tiyan to house the JFK students, which is why it will always cost more to do anything here. The media here, like the media in the States, especially the kind you like, are bottom-feeders, by and large, so you might want to start there first.
 

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