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July 26, 2004The Guam DelegationBy Byron LaMastersI had the opportunity to make it down to the convention floor earlier where I literally ran into the Guam delegation walking on to the floor of the Fleet Center. They were easy to recognize with their bright red Hawaiin shirts with "GUAM" written on them. It was an interesting group. All of the delegates were either Kerry delegates or unpledged. They had quite a journey to get here. The leader of their delegation, an attorney named Mike Phillips had travelled from Guam to Hawaii to Los Angeles to Boston. It takes about a day. Mike has an interesting story himself. He's attending his second convention - his first was the 1992 convention in New York that gave Bill Clinton his historic convention bounce. Back in 1992, Mike was one of the youngest state chairs and the security / credentials people didn't believe him at first when he tried to show up at several caucuses. Mike's serving his third (non-consecutive) term as chair of the Guam Democratic Party. He's lived in Guam all his life except for college at UCLA and graduate school at the University of Hawaii. I asked Mike what the most important issues were for Guam. He said there were three key issues. The first was the war in Iraq, as young people from Guam have served alongside young people from the fifty states in the war. Second, is the Guam economy. Mike noted that whenever the Asian economy goes into recession, as it did in the late 1990s, it seriously effects the Guam economy, and they have little representation in Washington D.C. to attain relief. Third, are issues of self-determination. Guam is a unique case. It's too small to realistically be admitted as a U.S. State. Yet, it relies upon the U.S. government heavily in many ways, so most in Guam would probably not be interested in Independence. Still, Mike would like to see greater self-determination for Guam while maintaining bonds with the United States. Mike noted specific historical injustices in Guam. Guam became a U.S. territory in 1898, yet only was able to elect their own governor in 1970, and only afforded the right to trial by jury in 1972. Anyway, Mike said that with no real representation in Congress, it is critical that he uses events like the Democratic convention to be able to share his concerns with others, and seek the change Guam seeks. I hope that this post can help him achieve that. Posted by Byron LaMasters at July 26, 2004 06:37 PM | TrackBack
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Hey B: This is the story you can provide by being there in person that we couldn't otherwise get. The human interest story. Keep 'em coming. Posted by: Ryan at July 26, 2004 07:26 PMIf you run into the Guam delegation again, tell 'em a former resident says hello. I was there from 1969-1970 and even attended University of Guam for a semester. Posted by: Linkmeister at July 26, 2004 08:52 PMThanks for the insight - very intersting and enlightening. Posted by: GT at July 27, 2004 08:46 AM
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