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11.5.04

Puerto Rico 2025

By Keith W. Tyras Romanello 2004: 10.22 10.29 11.12 11.19 11.26 12.3 12.10 12.17 12.24 12.31

2005: 1.7 1.14 1.21 1.28 2.4 2.11 2.18 2.25 3.4 3.11 3.18 3.25 4.1 4.8 4.15 4.22 4.29 5.6 5.13 5.20 5.27 6.3 6.10 6.17 6.24 7.1 7.8 7.15 7.22 7.29 8.5 8.12 8.19 8.26 9.2

What will Puerto Rico be like 20 years from now? If back in 1965, everyone was able to see Puerto Rico 20 years into the future -- the contrast would have been shocking to say the least. If back in 1985, everyone was able to see Puerto Rico 20 years into the future -- as it is today -- the contrast would be equally shocking. In these two 20-year periods, there were many great things accomplished that enhanced the quality of life for everyone.

One of the good things about the passing of time is that you can always revisit the past and compare it to the way things are today. Some things are a lot better, some things remain the same and some things are much worse.

While back in 1965 you could not drive an SUV, cook a frozen dinner in 4 minutes or choose from over 500 TV programs and movies to watch on a 6 foot television set hanging on the wall in your den -- you can do all these things today.

All these things that are available today are great and make life a lot more convenient and comfortable -- but having all these technological advances means very little when you cannot be sure your family members will arrive home alive at the end of each day.

When too many people -especially kids- are being shot, beaten and/or stabbed to death, killed by drunk drivers and/or people driving way too fast, it doesn't really matter that you can make a phone call from your car or standing in the middle of El Yunque.

When after decades there is still a very high unemployment rate and too many children are being left so far behind in Puerto Rico's public schools, it doesn't really matter that you can watch an alternate ending to a movie on a DVD or eventually take the TU from Caguas to San Juan.

When teachers, police officers, firefighters and too many others in Puerto Rico are paid today the same wages their counterparts earned in any of the 50 States a decade or more ago, it doesn't really matter that you can purchase just about anything on Amazon.com or a million other websites from your living room.

There are so many problems facing Puerto Rico today. So many of the same problems that have gotten worse rather than better. It doesn't matter who governs the Island as no one person can overcome and completely fix all the major problems in any 4 or 8 year period.

What is broken today will take 20+ years to fix AND ONLY with a comprehensive plan with everyone working together as ONE BIG TEAM. The next GREAT governor of Puerto Rico will create a 20 or 30 year comprehensive plan that will correct EVERYTHING that is currently broken -- slowly, BUT SURELY. Some things will and can be corrected quickly -- other things will take a generation to correct.

This plan will involve everyone contributing -- each in their own way, with specific responsibilities and a COMMON GOAL. The goal making Puerto Rico #1.

This plan will be developed and implemented by hundreds of top professionals and experts from every field who on a daily basis are currently instrumental in making their own worlds #1.

As an example, while it may take up to 8 years to greatly reduce the number of drunk drivers on the road, up to 20 years to greatly reduce the number of teen pregnancies and up to 25 years to reduce the number of murders to just a couple of dozen per year -- the plan has to start somewhere and it has to be constructed with realistic goals that can and will be achieved.

The next great governor of Puerto Rico will be the governor who begins this comprehensive plan, explains it fully to everyone, assigns and delegates specific responsibilities to everyone and inspires all future governors to continue, expand and improve this plan.

With a plan and teamwork, EVERYTHING is possible. WITHOUT a plan and teamwork -- the bad guys win EVERY TIME.

It's about time that a governor of Puerto Rico came up with a comprehensive plan that everyone will understand, embrace and work towards guaranteeing its eventual success.

Well, that's all folks! Until next Friday.

Keith

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