SHARED IN my Facebook page was an open letter urging Angeles City councilor Amos Rivera to run for city mayor in 2022, posted over the weekend in the FB page of Joy L. Cruz, “former Heritage, Culture and Arts Officer of the Angeles City Tourism Office (2010-June 30, 2019), former Executive Director, Kuliat Foundation Inc. (2009-2016), among others.
“You check all the boxes
of my ideal leader for this city,” she said, citing what she considers as
Rivera’s virtues making him the perfect mayoralty candidate. As much as a
virtual candidate for sainthood, going by her drift.
There is absolutely
nothing wrong with Cruz’s enthusiastic endorsement of her candidate. She is
well within her right in doing so. She should have just stayed at her encomia
of her hero though.
But no, the goodness, aye,
that “bestness,” of Rivera over and above all others needed to shine brighter.
Hence, the utter damnation of the current city administration: “The people are
not receiving their rights (sic) from the government, the truth is being
suppressed, many from the media are paid to hide the truth…”
Of the government, I take
no issue. It can defend itself.
But there was a scathing general
indictment of the local media. And I said so in my comment to her post, asking
her to “name names, damn the damnable, spare the innocent, provide proofs of
her accusation.”
Her reply: she took down
the post.
Having circulated in the
web, only God knows – okay Google and FB too – how many had read that post before
its takedown. The harm has clearly been done. It cannot be undone by simply
expunging it from the page.
So, I shall continue to
hound Cruz with the challenge to identify “the many from the media paid to hide
the truth,” whoever paid them, and to reveal whatever that truth they hid.
Else, she would be nothing
to me but a sycophant lying to ingratiate herself to a prospective patron.
Already, city hall
habitues have tossed my way morsels of information relating to cancelled food
concessions, discovered overpriced purchases, and hostile employment severance,
as the proverbial axes to grind against the current city administration.
No. I refuse to dignify
these hearsays, absent any indubitable proof, read: documentary, as in subpoena
duces tecum of legalese. Otherwise, I would be just going down the level of Cruz
making reckless shotgun accusations.
Of course, Cruz can just
disregard my challenge to her as easily as she took down her post and think
nothing of it.
Be forewarned then, Amos
Rivera and all other candidates Cruz would publicly support this coming 2022 elections
: I shall tag you all as “ENDORSED BY A LYING SYCOPHANT.”
