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Daily Archives: December 15, 2007
Blast From the Past: 2001 Elections Spending
This is late but we only discovered the figures on how much your congressional representatives spent during the 2001 elections. We’d like to see their campaign spending report on the 2007 elections but we don’t have the data yet. So let’s settle for the 2001 figures for now.
Some observations:
If the figures are correct, then running for Congress is not that expensive. It should give hope to penniless people who dream of representing our congressional districts someday. If the figures are not correct, then our Representatives are lying. If they are in Grade 1, they deserve to be spanked for not telling the truth (pero bawal na yata itong gawin ng titser). 🙂
If the figures are correct then our favorite Cordillera Congressman, Baguio Rep. Mauricio Domogan, is the biggest spender of them all. If this is the case, then maybe we should “boo” him for spending the most money. Eh ang liit pa naman ng Baguio so he need not spend much in terms of transportation. But if the figures are not correct, then we should give Rep. Domogan kudos for being the “most honest” in a group of dishonest men.
Lastly, cheers to those who submitted their 2001 campaign spending reports. No cheers for those who haven’t submitted (Apayao Rep. Elias Bulut and Mt. Province Rep. Victor Dominguez). Excited pa naman tayong malaman kung magkano ang ginastos ng ating Mt. Province Congressman.
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Photo of the Day
Here’s an abandoned New People’s Army camp in Abra. You can read the story of how it got abandoned here.
So the longest running communist insurgency in Asia (the world?) continues and it continues to cost lives and money which should be spent on more important things.
Kaigorotan Updates
Here’s the links to the latest posts on kaigorotan.com:
How much did your Congressman spend during the 2001 elections. Read it here. We don’t have the figures yet for the 2007 elections but we hope to eventually get our hands on that.
If the creation of a new Bago province is going to be very challenging (because it will affect three provinces who might not be willing to give up their towns), a new Tingguian province carved out of Abra looks more promising. Read the very short story here.