thanks for the feedback and of course your support for the negative vote for the division of Quezon.

If I may add my two-cent worth, I wonder what the present leadership could accomplish with a dismembered Quezon Province and the tremendously reduced number of voters in the resulting provinces, when with one Quezon and its way over a million voting population, they could not deliver the assistance and infrastructure that our province badly needed and richly deserved. Just posing a food for serious thought and consideration of the proponents, i.e., if they have genuine interest of Quezon and our provincemates.

Again, thank you and God bless.jr

If I may add my two-cent worth, if with united Quezon and its more than a million voting population, our province leadership is helpless in securing the needed infrastructure

Daks: Thanks. btw, you may visit calauag.com the latest on our hometown. sa plebisito, let’s vote nope sa pagkatay ng NoseK…

I am a Quezonian all my life. My family hailed from coconut farming clans of Lopez and Calauag. But of course my grandparents break their backs so that my parent become teachers and not farmers like them. These babyboomers generations (like my parents) after long years in the public service are now retired, or either “five feet below” had us schooled well in Manila universities and we “the kids” are now either Global Pinoys (OFWs) or working somewhere in Manila. I choose to stay. Being the latter, i have frequent chance of visiting Quezon for i support a group of locale in a Gumaca village market their banana chips to Metro Manila. I also sell Quezon souvenir shirts in a selected site in the province. What i saw is lack of development of infrastructure particularly in the 3rd and 4th districts. Because this province is always an opposition to the goverment (Erap won here, Gloria lost here). The dream of completely cementing Catanauan to Lopez and Lopez to Buenavista road will forever be a promise that are meant to be broken. “Mahina daw tayo sa Malakanyang dahil ang mga kongresman natin ay oposisyon”. But one doesnt have to be an administration representative or governor to get that Mega Infrastructure budget that Gloria is saying. “Mas mapalad pa ata ang Mindanao at Visayas provinces sa atin”. One more thing, modern farming must be radiated down to the smallest of farmer. Support them so that the mayor dont have to go to the Jueteng lord to ask for assistance “ay madami pong humihingi ng tulong ay kaya tuloy ang bola”. Example: Last year, we had typhoon, 2 two vast storms that affected farmers and destroyed our banana in Lopez and in Bondoc Peninsula. I dont exactly know, but not one in the area have told me that a municipal or a provincial agriculture officer or a congressman talked about helping them how to plant new banana suck (suhi) the right way. So that in few months, “may pang-tiangge na tayo. “Di na tayo aasa sa jueteng.” Now, our bananas for banana chips were sourced from as far General Santos, Davao and Cagayan de Oro. (average of 20-24 thousand finger of banana per manufacturer monthly) A few years ago, i remember, it was Lopez anniversary, and a congressman was invited to talk in front of mostly farmers. He kept on commenting about national political issues and what he think is the problem. He could have shared to them that, you know “mga ka-distrito, ito ang programa ko sa agrikultura sa bayan ninyo..” Point blank. When you are in the congress you legislate law or approved bills”. But when you are in your district, one must focus in helping them to get rid of the number one problem. Poverty. Point-blank. We are a great peninsula with a vast of potential waiting to discover. We can be a backdoor to key areas, a modern agro-industrial center in the heart of Luzon. Tourism is underexplored (look at Camarines sur, Wake boarding are visited by tourist worlwide). Lets go beyond Pahiyas. Global trends possibilities are vast.

That our fruits and vegatables sans typhoons and floods can make it to the world market way beyond copras. And that local autonomy means more resoursefulness for mayors and barangay captains down to “simpleng tao”. National Government agencies (DA, DAR, DENR) when fully maximized and sourced through can give us more assistance more than the “jueteng intellihensya”.

I prayed for our politicos that they may find their heart and really think of this great province. The people will follow. We need leaders!

That would give us more reason to stay and make us proud Quezonians.