Thursday, October 30, 2008  291. Yay-Phillies  Um, yeah. Yay!
Phillies. Good win.  Tuesday, October 28, 2008  290. Sorting
through the Legal-Speak  I read the article in today's Tribune
where Greg Baka responds to Tina Sablan's Open Government Act
request. I can't help but comment! I'm thinking out loud here,
so please feel free to point out where I've gone astray.  Greg
seems to give 2 basic reasons not to disclose how the CNMI
government is funding the lawsuit against the US challenging
federalization of our immigration. The Open Government Act
doesn't apply because the information is "litigation related"
and there are no other "non-litigation related documents."  The
Open Government Act--OGA The people of the CNMI did not yield
their sovereignty to the Governor or government which serves
them. The people, in delegating authority, did not give their
public servants the right to decide what is good for the people
to know and what is not good for them to know. The people must
remain informed so that they may