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THE QUEZON CITY COUNCIL’S LONE RANGER!


A LONE RANGER! YES HE IS A LONE RANGER! THIS IS WHAT I DESCRIBE COUNCILOR RANULFO LUDOVICA OF QUEZON CITY’S 2ND DISTRICT IN HIS FEARLESS STAND TO DEFEND THE CITY’S 2018 SUPPLEMENTAL BUDGET AMOUNTING TO MORE THAN FIVE BILLION PESOS.



BY DEFINITION A SUPPLEMENTAL BUDGET IS AN ACT APPROPRIATING FUNDS IN ADDITION TO ALREADY ENACTED IN AN ANNUAL APPROPRIATION ACT. SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATION PROVIDES ADDITIONAL BUDGET AUTHORITY USUALLY IN CASES WHERE THE NEEDS FOR FUNDS IS TOO URGENT TO BE POSTPONED UNTIL ENACTMENT OF THE REGULAR APPROPRIATION BILL.

BY THE WAY, THE ANNUAL APPROVED BUDGET OF THE QUEZON CITY GOVERNMENT FOR 2018 IS 19-BILLION PESOS.   
                                                  
ON THIS NOTE, COUNCILOR LUDOVICA QUESTIONED THE TIMING OF THE SUPPLEMENTAL BUDGET AND IF THERE IS AN URGENCY TO PROVIDE ADDITIONAL BUDGET AUTHORITY TO THE EXECUTIVE BRANCH BY PASSING A SUPPLEMENTAL BUDGET APPROPRIATION.

AS COUNCILOR RANULFO LUDOVICA GO THROUGH THE DOCUMENTS GIVEN TO HIM AND TO OTHER COUNCILORS, HE NOTICED SOME OF THE INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS WHICH HE BELIEVES THERE IS NO SENSE OF URGENCY AND THEREFORE SHOULD NOT BE INCLUDED IN THE 2018 SUPPLEMENTAL BUDGET APPROPRIATION.

HE PINPOINTED THE PROPOSED CONSTRUCTION OF A WAREHOUSE NOT ONE BUT TWO WAREHOUSES AMOUNTING TO 15-MILLION AND 313-MILLION RESPECTIVELY. HE ASKS FOR THE JUSTIFICATION FOR THE INCLUSION OF THE SAID PROJECTS IN THE 2018 QUEZON CITY SUPPLEMENTAL BUDGET. HEARING FROM ENGINEER CABUNGCAL AND ARCHITECT RODRIGUEZ EXPLAINED WHY THERE IS A NEED FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE SAID WAREHOUSES, MY PERSONAL VERDICT IS THAT, THERE IS NO URGENCY OF THE PROPOSED WAREHOUSES AND IF HAVE THE ONLY THE POWER, I WILL MOVE FOR THE DELETION OF THE SAID PROJECT.



AS AN OBSERVER, I LOVE TO SEE  THAT THE PEOPLE’S MONEY ARE WELL TAKEN CARE OF. AND THE INTENDED EXPENDITURES SHALL LIKEWISE BENEFITED THEM.

COUNCILOR RAMON P. MEDALLA RAISED A GOOD POINT. HE QUESTIONED THE PROPOSED CONSTRUCTION OF BAGONG SILANGAN BARANGAY HALL. ACCORDING TO HIM, BARANGAY BAGONG SILANGAN OWNS A NEW AND SPACIOUS BARANGAY HALL AND THEREFORE BUILDING ONE IS NOT A PRIORITY AS OF THIS MOMENT.



COUNCILOR RANULFO LUDOVICA, THE LONE RANGER OF THE QUEZON CITY COUNCIL HAVE EARN LITTLE SUPPORT FROM HIS COLLEAGUES BUT NONETHELESS NO AMOUNT OF INTIMIDATION WILL STOP HIM FROM DOING HIS WORK AND DO WHAT HE BELIEVES IS THE RIGHT FOR THE PEOPLE. MY HIGHEST RESPECT GOES TO YOU COUNCILOR RANULFO LUDOVICA.

TO ALL MY BELOVED COUNCILORS OF QUEZON CITY, PLEASE REGARD YOUR CONSTITUENTS AND THE TAX PAYERS OF QUEZON CITY WITH YOUR HIGHEST RESPECT. RESPECT BEGETS RESPECT.

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