Comments on: After Losing Two Constitutional Referendum Votes, What Will Fortuño (and García Padilla) Do Now?

By: g man ny

g man ny — Sat, 17 Nov 2012 04:04:12 +0000

what porto rico need to do right away is get the god dam merder under control,criminle geting right ar you kidding me, what a but the right of victem, if merder is not control,then hard working porto rikin, is going to move the hell out of PR.

By: flyboy56

flyboy56 — Sun, 23 Sep 2012 21:36:01 +0000

Three past referendums, three majority votes for Commonwealth. The fourth this November will again be a majority vote for the status quo. And that is what Puerto Rico will continue to have. Sounds like Congress has made each referendum binding. What I don’t understand is why we continue to have referendums? Isn’t it like redrawing the line in the sand?

By: Julito Varela

Julito Varela — Sat, 22 Sep 2012 03:09:57 +0000

The US Congress is not making PRico’s status a priority and the November plebiscite is still non-binding. I believe that the US where it is politically right now would never allow for Puerto Rico to become a state so when will the island wake up and demand a resolution? Thanks for the comment.

By: Rosa Maria

Rosa Maria — Sat, 22 Sep 2012 00:54:52 +0000

First of all people cannot understanding of the suffering of the Puerto Rican people. They are just and loved very much. But I believe that Puerto Rican’s have to start making laws that benefit the people, firm laws. In order to battle the crime there must be justice for the Puerto Rican’s. The closest justice I can foresee is that we decide our future what ever it is going to be. Good for some and bad for others. Some people work and get the best opportunities where other’s are suffering because there are no opportunities. If so many Puerto Rican’s have left the island throughout the years looking for a better life then that means in Puerto Rico there has been no justice for them. Then the best solution is Statehood. Enough with the land and enough being second. The land belongs to God he lends it to us. If we cannot learn to be just with our own people then how do you expect any kind of progress. Enough with some people getting opportunities. All the Puerto Ricans should be able to be treated fairly and equally. Our only solution is to become a state unless all the rich people, and the people who make laws start doing something for the people of Puerto Rico. You have our life in our hands, enough of the crying and bickering get to work if you have something to offer and if not stop the crap.

By: kaneka

kaneka — Fri, 24 Aug 2012 02:39:59 +0000

P.Rico que pena me da con tigo, Se tiraron la soga de Haorque ustedes mismo.. May God be with you ..

By: flyboy56

flyboy56 — Wed, 22 Aug 2012 21:13:09 +0000

You are looking at just a moment’s snap shot in time with the US Congress. Yes the US Congress has become very divided as of late. America is at a crossroads trying to decide to move to the right towards capitalism or to the left towards socialism.

The fact is Congress has represented the people with 437 members since Alaska became the 50th state and has done so quite effectively.

I really think in light of our debt issues here in PRico, we could do with less representatives and spend the money getting things done rather than just spend all day listening to 78 blow hards talk about getting things done.

But since you are a socialist at heart I can understand your commitment to a large, bloated government. And after all, you do not pay taxes here either so it’s easy for you to be so flippant about the issues here.

By: Julito Varela

Julito Varela — Wed, 22 Aug 2012 20:48:43 +0000

And you are using the US Congress as a model? LOL. I would argue that US Congress is too small and does not represent the 314 million people well. It’s all good. I don’t agree with you. Here’s to 51,000 people being represented by one representative each. Not a bad ratio. This is not how you reform government. Nonetheless, the vote was taken and PRico decided. Even the Gov respected the will of the people.

By: flyboy56

flyboy56 — Wed, 22 Aug 2012 20:36:06 +0000

In the US, there are 437 Representatives in both the House and Senate. The total US population is 314,213,931 million as of August 2012. So…

314,213,931 divided by 437=719,019 people are represented by one elected official.

Here in Puerto Rico there are a total of 78 Representatives. 51 in the House and 27 in the Senate with a population of about 4 million people. So…

4,000,000 divided by 78=51,282 people are represented by one elected official.

We could cut down Puerto Rico’s representatives to 39 and still each representative would represent only about 100,000 people.

By: flyboy56

flyboy56 — Wed, 22 Aug 2012 19:38:52 +0000

“The push to vote NO had everything to do with the rights granted in Puerto Rico’s Constitution and how those rights still mattered.” Julito

Please show me where in the Constitution it grants exactly 78 municipalities, and every defendant is entitled to bail. Every defendant is entitled to a bail hearing, but that is all. I know you are intelligent, but are you truly informed?

By: flyboy56

flyboy56 — Wed, 22 Aug 2012 19:07:18 +0000

It’s not the voters intelligence that is in question, but rather the time the voters spend getting informed on the issues before going to vote. This is exactly what concerned the founding fathers when they decided to go with the Electoral College voting method when voting for the President.

Most polling agencies are experienced professionals who usually get the stats within a +/- 2% margin of error. To be so far off as this vote was merits an investigation by the FBI for possible voter fraud.

“Both YES votes were leading by wide margins in the pre-voting polls, according to El Nuevo Día.”