According to a report by the Guam Pacific Daily News, which can be found here:
http://www.guampdn.com/article/20120725/NEWS01/207250317/Calvo-travel-London, Guam Governor Eddie Calvo and his wife First Lady Christine Calvo were able to travel to the 2012 Summer Olympics in London for a whopping $10,000 which was funded by taxpayers. Evidently the people of Guam paid for such a trip so they can meet the Queen of the United Kingdom, who has so much power that she will be able to help the people of Guam overcome its deficit problem, late tax refund payments, no funding for school busses, no funding for extra teachers and education staff, and the list goes on and on.
Yet, a few days after Guam's governor and his spouse flew to the Olympics (accompanied by a security officer) a Guam senator introduced legislation that would cut the pay of Guam senators by as much as $5,000 dollars each so we can finally be able to pay for ONE SCHOOL BUS or TWO MECHANICS, because quite frankly we don't see us getting any more school busses with only $120,000 to spare.
We have no problems cutting or reforming excessive or unwarranted government programs (such as funding the Guam Territorial Band every fiscal year - WHEN EVERY OTHER COMPARABLE COMMUNITY ORGANIZATION HAS TO FUNDRAISE ON THEIR OWN or eliminating all DEPUTY DIRECTOR positions OR even eliminating the OFFICE OF THE LT. GOVERNOR. However, when the taxpayers have to pay $10,000 to send Guam's governor and his wife to the Olympics, we have only two questions that should be answered:
1. How many other state governors and their wives travelled to the Olympics at taxpayer expense?
2. Where was that Guam senator who now wants to cut the pay of the Legislative Branch when word first came out about the $10,000 Olympic expense?
