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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