Politicking Mood

Written on a bland Sunday morning right after laptop was powered up and I have not yet drank my usual sugar-saturated hot coffee (that is why I am going to be a bit vitriolic here)

My little component city under the Philippine skies have existed for a long time. Granted that it has been a city for only several years, it is still no excuse for how it governs the precious residents that live in it.

When I passed by the Christmas Capital of our region, I was shocked to see a strange building illuminated by the festive lights of Christmas.

I was not able to recover from the fact that this municipality has a Municipal Library, Museum and Archives.

Yes, I was not able to enter the place and checked out the local artifacts. However, I still cannot deny the fact that it has provided for an infrastructure that would house the intellectual treasures of their town.

While we have a building portion for our City Information Office.

Huh?


Municipalities and Cities, according to the Local Government Code of the Philippines, should provide for the maintenance of a public library.

And what does our beautiful city have?

An office.

Duh. We have enough offices here to fill two cities.

What an insult. It sort of shows that the residents of this particular place is not interested in books or are too immersed in the economic and fiscal department to ever wonder about the glorious world of the arts and humanities.

I felt cheated. I am aware that several municipalities here in this region have public libraries. I mean, we are supposed to be a rich city. So why can’t we provide ourselves with a Public Library, Museum and Archives?

I am so freaked out about this.

And when I checked the local governemtn code, I found out that a whole book is dedicated to fiscal and financial matters.
Another huh.

I was supposed to be looking for some provisions about the moral duties of a local government to its constituents and what did I find?

A whole book on fiscal matters, taxation, real estate and bidding.

What does it show about human nature, huh? That because of our greed we cannot be trusted to regulate the funds using our conscience.

Soulless trapos.

And you know what, I really need to wipe up the table now so I could leave this space clean and dry.

Trapos are good for that. Keeping the slates clean.

I just hate politics!