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In case you missed it, ben is back! MV Guam publishes the wit and wisdom from the pen of ben, every Thursday. Haters gonna hate, but that never stops 'the ben' from setting 'em straight! And I love him for that!

The return of this intelligently written column warms the cockles of my heart - ok you sophomoric pervs, it's a bivalve mollusc; so grow up already!

Few people on Guam, especially in the capacity of leadership, dare to communicate as boldly as this:

"Why did the governor decide to appeal the payment of income tax refunds within six months but not the payment to the former landowners of the Layon Landfill?

"In both instances, the Office of the Governor has requested to hire its own private law firm to replace the Attorney General of Guam, the chief legal officer of the government of Guam, which means tens of thousands of taxpayer dollars being used to fight to pay the former landowners of the Layon Landfill and fight and appeal that you be paid your tax refund within six months (my emphasis).

"This type of conflicting legal actions taken by the Office of the Governor and his legal team is what I mean when actions taken by government officials cast doubt on the trust and faith the people of Guam place in their government."

Pulan wrote on mvguam.com: "Sen. Dennis Rodriguez's dad owes the Gov't of Guam Millions of tax dollars. Let's watch how he votes on the bills that are great for the people such as, Health Care Options for Government of Guam Workers. He wants select care to be the only health care provider for Government employees. Why?"

Bernard Punzalan wrote on mvguam.com: "Wait a minute…there are businesses that have a QC and an existing debt obligation to the government??? That's a double dip if they get away with it. They are part of the fiscal problem."

From guampdn.com

G. W. Frank Guamataotao wrote: "There is more than one way to structure utility expansion without unduly burdening the public. Other utilities apply an amortization that factors future development. It is unjust to require the poor and low income to carry this burden in this manner."

Guillermo Henderson wrote: "Scumbags that rob and beat innocent people for their own selfish profit should be skinned alive and I don’t mean metaphorically."