Showing posts with label Senator Frank Blas. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Senator Frank Blas. Show all posts

Sunday, December 11, 2016

PACIFIC DAILY NEWS. DECEMBER 11, 2016

Senators: Number of clergy sex abuse accusers shocking, unfortunate

The author of the bill that has paved the way for 12 former altar boys, so far, to sue for alleged rape or sexual abuse they went through in the hands of priests decades ago, said the sheer numbers come as a shock but not necessarily a surprise. CONTINUED

Also see Tim Rohr's op-ed: "Blas did the right thing."

Sunday, December 4, 2016

LET'S MAKE RICK PEREZ FAMOUS!

Posted by Tim

I thought I'd copy the comments on my op-ed today and have some fun. Join me!

Rick Perez
Rohr, reminds me of the typical angry white guy looking for a colonial pulpit to preach on.

He claims Guam has a problem and cites the Guam PDN on rape statistics making comparative statements.

Should an island community of less than 200k people be compared to a nation of over 300 million people?

In my opinion, no way.

The Guam PDN would be well served to publish the data sets referenced by Rohr.

Rohr's tone in this article reminds me of a ideologue bulldozer seeking to steamroll without any plan to achieve some desired end-state.

Rohr does a great job at postulating, assigning blame on horses that have long been beaten several times over by the media, and he intimates no respect for the Chamorro population.

Maybe he is seeking a future lt. gov. position on McNinch's future run for governor or is prepping for a run in the legislature.

OPINION: BLAS DID RIGHT WITH BILL

In his post-election analysis on a local news show, Guam pollster Ron McNinch attributed Sen. Frank Blas Jr.’s loss to his introduction of a bill lifting the civil statute of limitations on crimes involving child sexual abuse of minors.

McNinch may be right, but so what. 

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NOTE: Here are the sources for the news items I referred to. I ALWAYS USE SOURCES.


"According to national and local statistics, Guam's per capita rate of reported forcible rape is more than twice the national average."

"Child abuse is frightening epidemic for Guam"