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NEWS: Session resumes without progress- $67M shortfall looms
March 6, 2018 Hagåtña — Weeks into the fiscal crisis, senators made no meaningful progress today in addressing the fiscal crisis. In session this afternoon, Senators Frank Aguon and freshman Senator Regina Lee continued to demonstrate their lack of understanding of the magnitude of the fiscal crisis before the people of Guam. Each senator passed...
NEWS: Thank you to Senators who tried to work a solution
March 6, 2018 Hagåtña — Senators Tommy Morrison and Jim Espaldon fought for compromise amendments that could have led to a solution to be passed today. They offered to reduce the percentage point increase on BPT to 1% BPT and reduce the timeline of the increased BPT from two years to one. Unfortunately, the amendments only garnered 7 votes. The...
FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS (FAQs) Frequently Asked Questions: What you need to know as we start another week with government furloughs looming.
March 5, 2018 Q. What is this fiscal crisis everyone is talking about? A. There are two critical issues facing our community, federal tax cuts and our people’s healthcare via funding for our island’s only public hospital: 1. The federal government on Dec. 22, 2017 passed the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, reducing corporate taxes by about 40% and...
NEWS: Legislative inaction leads to Credit Watch on bond ratings Governor to Senators: Forget November! We must look further ahead at our island’s and our children’s future.
March 6, 2018 Hagåtña — Earlier today, S&P Global Ratings announced that it placed bond ratings for the Government of Guam’s General Obligation and certificates of participation on “Credit Watch with negative implications.” According to S&P Global Ratings: “The CreditWatch placement reflects the government's disclosure that its...
NEWS: Amended EO removes exemptions, reflects new timelines
March 4, 2018 Hagåtña – The Governor has signed Executive Order 2018-04, which revises the timeline for the furlough process and also removes any exemptions. The Attorney General, last week, recommended that the Governor NOT start the 32-hour work week this week as originally planned. She said that implementing a 32-hour-work week requires...
NEWS: GFD bill doesn’t address immediate need to bridge a $67M revenue shortfall Cruz Crisis continues. Furloughs, continued curtailing of government services loom.
March 5, 2018 Hagåtña — An effort by the Public Safety Chairwoman to raise fees to help the Guam Fire Department is appreciated, but it falls short of the $67 million revenue reduction for the entire government and we’re quickly running out of time. Each day that goes by where the Legislature fails to pass a bill providing a viable solution, we...
NEWS: Fire and police stations closed. Senators recess for holiday. Cruz crisis continues. Senators still asking for information already provided.
March 4, 2018 Hagåtña — After weeks of meetings in Special Economic Services, Committees of the Whole, and public hearings, and sharing hundreds of pages of data and information provided, Senators are still without a solution. Worst yet, more time has been spent grilling agency heads rather than passing a bill to stabilize the Government of Guam...
NEWS: Legislature Sends Mixed Messages On Fiscal Crisis. No progress made since January.
March 4, 2018 Hagåtña — Today, senators sent mixed messages to the public and the Administration on how they want to address the fiscal crisis and the shortfall for the next six months. Acting Speaker Terlaje acknowledged that the government is facing a $67 million shortfall in revenues for the current fiscal year. Frequently Asked...
NEWS: Public safety chairwoman lost: What’s going on with the public safety?
March 4, 2018 Hagåtña – The Public Safety Committee Chairwoman objected to the presence of the police and fire chiefs at the legislature even though she and other senators had questions related to the safety agencies. Sen. Telena Nelson and Sen. Regine Biscoe Lee were asking Department of Administration Deputy Director Vince Arriola about GPD and...
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