If You Were Puerto Rico's Governor. . . (appointed, violent crime, buy)
U.S. TerritoriesPuerto Rico, Guam, U.S. Virgin Islands, etc.
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If I was PR's Gov right now.....I would resign because I dont know what the hell im doing. Really, This jerkoff just drives around in his Jeep Wrangler trying to look pretty. BTW he looks like the PR version of Bob Saget (when he was on Full House). I may be new here but i dont get why they close the schools and business down so frequently? My kids miss more school here than when we lived in Wisconsin (due to snow or windchill).
I will rank them: 1.) Police Corruption, 2.) Jobs and the Economy, 3.) Drug-Related Crime, 4.) High Cost of Electricity, 5.) Natural Gas Pipeline, 6.) Illegal Immigration, 7.) Waste Management.
I put those in that particular order because like any other politician he will do what gets him re-elected. Forget the waste management issue, that's someone else's problem down the line. Therefore it will just be passed on to someone else. He probably will get re-elected even though he sucks at life. I am changing my voter registration to here just to try to vote him out, but I doubt it will happen.
I will rank them: 1.) Police Corruption, 2.) Jobs and the Economy, 3.) Drug-Related Crime, 4.) High Cost of Electricity, 5.) Natural Gas Pipeline, 6.) Illegal Immigration, 7.) Waste Management.
I put those in that particular order because like any other politician he will do what gets him re-elected. Forget the waste management issue, that's someone else's problem down the line. Therefore it will just be passed on to someone else. He probably will get re-elected even though he sucks at life. I am changing my voter registration to here just to try to vote him out, but I doubt it will happen.
Good post! I would focus on jobs and the economy first. Why? I figure, if people are occupied making a decent wage, they will be less inclined to engage in crime. Any type of illegal activity is not worth risking a good salary. Theoretically, crime should deminish as jobs and wages increase.
Secondly, I'd ensure Puerto Rico incorporates at least two (2) Waste-to-Energy plants into its waste management strategy. Waste management is Puerto Rico's least talked about, yet one of its largest dilemmas. Sadly, as you stated, it's a problem that's been kicked down the road since the Rossello administration. In addition, it has been proven that as economies improve, waste generation increases. People buy more stuff (and therefore produce more trash) as individual incomes increase. So, given that my focus would be "jobs and the economy," by default, I must make waste management my secondary priority.
The third thing I'd focus on would be illegal immigration. Illegals tend to come (and people tend to look the other way) when economies improve.
So, I'd let the next adminstration deal with:
1. Police corruption
2. The natural gas pipeline
3. High cost of electricity
If it was up to me, I'll simplify and streamline the process of getting a concealed firearm license and would make it available to anyone without a criminal record. Violent crime on law abiding citizens will plummet after a few criminals get shot by their victims. This has been the experience of 40 states that have passed right-to-carry legislation.
Police corruption in PR isn't as bad as you might think. There's corruption everywhere, and it needs to be dealt with. But as far as I know, the cops aren't soliciting bribes when they pull you over or shaking down merchants for protection money.
PR won't be able to deal with illegal immigration. The Obama administration has sued several states that have tried to deal with it. The only way that PR would be able to deal with it is by becoming independent, and that ain't happening.
The high cost of electricity has to do with PR's overdependence on oil for power generation. Natural gas and coal are the way to go if you want lower prices. Nuclear is cheap and clean, but there's no way the public will accept a nuclear plant after what happened in Japan, being that PR is also prone to earthquakes.
These are on the first of many pages of articles detailing police corruption in the PR Police Department.
Just google puerto rican police corruption.
Regards
Gemstone1
Read them all and I still stand on my point. There is corruption. No doubt about it. But is nothing compared to the level of corruption that they had in the 1970's. Right now, if you're driving on a road, you don't have to worry about a cop pulling you over for no reason and trying to extort a bribe out of you. If you own a business, you don't have to worry about cops showing up demanding payment for protection. Even if you belong to an opposing political party, you don't have to worry about being harassed for it anymore.
If it was up to me, I'll simplify and streamline the process of getting a concealed firearm license and would make it available to anyone without a criminal record. Violent crime on law abiding citizens will plummet after a few criminals get shot by their victims. This has been the experience of 40 states that have passed right-to-carry legislation.
Police corruption in PR isn't as bad as you might think. There's corruption everywhere, and it needs to be dealt with. But as far as I know, the cops aren't soliciting bribes when they pull you over or shaking down merchants for protection money.
PR won't be able to deal with illegal immigration. The Obama administration has sued several states that have tried to deal with it. The only way that PR would be able to deal with it is by becoming independent, and that ain't happening.
The high cost of electricity has to do with PR's overdependence on oil for power generation. Natural gas and coal are the way to go if you want lower prices. Nuclear is cheap and clean, but there's no way the public will accept a nuclear plant after what happened in Japan, being that PR is also prone to earthquakes.
I haven't googled "right-to-carry" legislation so I won't argue against your POV on this. However, it strains my mind to imagine a bunch of us Boricuas packing loaded guns during "fiestas patronales, noche de San Juan, 4 de Julio, etc." As most of us know, we tend to drink a bit too much during festivities. Could you imagine a scene where a bunch of drunken people are armed with guns? Be it due to drunkeness or emotions getting the best of us, I cannot imagine it as a good thing to have a bunch of people running around with loaded guns. Just a thought.
As an island, theoretically, it should be relatively easy to control illegal immigration in PR. I don't exactly know how so many illegals have made it into PR. Nonetheless, this is something that can and needs to be tightly controlled through existing laws.
As far as I know, part of the reason for Puerto Rico's high cost of electricity is due to rampant theft. Many persons (including the recently appointed head of the AEE, Alberto Escudero) rig their electrical meters to avoid paying their fair share.
Another reason for the high costs is the import and storage of petroleum based fuels.
You probably know of the coal fired power plant in Guayama. It puts out 454MW which is approximately 15% of the island's energy needs. Even though coal is cheap and abundant, it does require lots of handling and preparation prior to combustion. Dealing and disposing of the fly ash and bottlm ash is a whole other subject. Therefore, handling and preparation of coal prior to combustion, combined with the treatment and disposal of fly ash and bottom ash adds significant costs to this fuel. I'm no ardent proponent of coal. However, I cannot deny its abundance and availability in this part of the world.
Last edited by chacho_keva; 10-10-2011 at 07:46 AM..
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