Talk:Aníbal Acevedo Vilá/Archive 1

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I did some minor cleanup on the article; if you think I did anything poorly, feel free to change it back. I was wondering: the table says he was born in San Juan, and the text says in Hato Rey. So is Hato Rey a part of San Juan, or is this is a contradiction? Everyking 00:27, 24 Feb 2005 (UTC)

• • Hato Rey is a suburb of San Juan. I will change the text so San Juan also, cause i understand that it might create a contradiction for those people who are not from Puerto Rico. Thanx for your interest on this article. User:Coburnpharr04, Feb 23, 2005

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Puerto Rico has no lieutenant governor, and I did not put:

Resident Commissioner: Luis Fortuño

in the infobox instead, because this position is not equivalent to lieutenant governor. In the event of death, resignation, etc., of a Puerto Rican governor, succession goes to the secretary of state. — FREAK OF NUR_xTURE (TALK) 03:31, Jan. 15, 2006

• • I understand that PR does not have a lieutenant governor, however, the Resident Commissioner is the second most important political position of the island. That is why all of the rest of the governor;s articles have the resident commissioner instead of the Secretary of State.<<Coburn_Pharr>> 05:50, 15 January 2006 (UTC)

• • • This is an article about the Governor, not the island or the political landscape of it. Resident Commissioner has noting to do with this person other than being in office at the same time. -- Netoholic @ 07:01, 15 January 2006 (UTC)

The article stated that under the Young bill, the so-called Commonwealth option was to be left out. This is incorrect. This status option was in the bill but it would cease to be considered a permanent solution to the status problem. Ergo, it would have to be renewed by a seires of referendums to be held every ten years.

To the whole discussion about governor or lieutenant governor:

Resident Commissioner is NOT the second most powerful political post on the island. That is a view of the position driven through by pro-statehood elements that believe in a close working relationship with Congress and believe that the House and Senate should have the biggest role in PR-related decisions.

The Secretary of State or the Secretary to the Governor is the closest thing we have to the post of Lieutenant Governor. That can also be defined or undefined, however, as one wishes.

I agree, the closest thing we have to a Lieutenant Governor would be the Governor's Chief of Staff, known in spanish as "Secretario de la Gobernación" (the literal translation would be Secretary to the Governor).Emvazquez 16:43, 4 November 2007 (UTC)

please post a current event mark

the part "Under Federal Grand Jury Investigation for Tax Evasion" needs a current event mark. This information is not really proved at this time.

Interpretation of PR voting options

I'm surprised to see people still arguing that voting for a party slate and replacing individual candidate votes with votes for other party's candidates is either illegal or in any way means votes are counted twice. This is a PERFECTLY legal practice in Puerto Rico. The party mark identifies the voter as a supporter of a party for purposes of party certification and to choose the default slate of candidates to which the voter wishes to give his/her vote. It is them COMPLETELY LEGAL to mark individual candidates from the slates of other parties in order to take away the vote from a individual candidate from your party you do not support, and give it to the individual candidate from the other party that you do support. You statehooders ought to stop whining and lying about this. Flybd5 01:14, 7 October 2006 (UTC)

Salvador

Can someone give a reference to his middle name? I have never heard salvador as his middle name. Not even the official governor website says so. Cjrs 79 01:15, 6 December 2006 (UTC)

• Salvador is his late father's first name, and that's why it's his middle name. [1]. DC Political Report also refers to him by his full name. [2].Flybd5 03:10, 6 December 2006 (UTC)

More Mixed Vote controversy

Regarding the ballot controversy: The voting instructions state that there are two ways to vote a straight party ticket. One way is to make a mark under the party insignia. The other way is two make individual marks next to each candidate on the party ticket. The ballots in controversy contained marks under one party insignia and marks next to all the candidates on the ballot from the other party insignia. This results in the voter voting a straight party ticket for two parties for purposes of party inscription. This is not to be confused with a "mixed vote" in which one mark is made under the party insignia and a particular candidate is excluded by voting for the competing candidate from anther party. The governorship ballot only contains votes for two offices: the governorship and the resident commissioner's office. That is why the bottom of the ballot clearly states: "to vote a mixed vote, make one x under the party insginia and one x under one candidate from another party". Another element of this controversy is that there were several of these ballots in which the x under the insignia was made in pencil (supplied at the ballot box) and the xs made next to the individual candidate were made in ball point pen.

The ballot instructions are not the law, the CEE and Commonwealth voting regulations are. There is no restriction in the law stating that if you place a mark under a party, you are limited to placing one mark on any ballot. The law also clearly states how mixed vote ballots are counted -- placing a mark under a party and next to all candidates for another party is not a double vote. Besides, inscription and candidate votes are two completely separate matters. Furthermore, there is no restriction of what means you use to mark your ballot. I've seen people bring colored markers to mark their ballots. Unless there is evidence of fraud, the votes are counted like any other. In other words, when in doubt the burden of proof lies on the recuser, not the voter. Flybd5 05:42, 5 February 2007 (UTC)

Another interesting fact is that the tie breaking vote in the state Supreme Court panel was given by Judge Hernandez Denton for whom Candidate Anibal Acevedo Vila worked for as accurately stated in your article. Judge Hernandez Denton had also been campaign manager for former Governor Rafael Hernandez Colon before being nominated to teh supreme court by him. Anibal Acevedo Vila also worked for Rafel Hernandez Colon as an aide during his governorship. This is clearly a conflict of interest and Judge Hernandez Denton should have recused himself from the process. Instead, he canceled his vacations and traveled back to PR to participate in the process. The new progressive party sued in Federal Court, but the 1st Ciruit Court of Appeals in Boston ruled that the federal courts did not have jurisdiction in a state electoral matter.

They went farther than that. They 1st circuit judges told the local federal judge he had grossly overstepped his bounds. Flybd5 05:42, 5 February 2007 (UTC)

Conflict of interest for Chief Justice Hernandez Denton? But how about Justice Corrada Del Rio, who was Rosello's running mate in the 1988 elections as well as his first Secretary of State. And how about Justice Rivera Perez who was Legal Advisor to Rossello during his second term and also sub-secretary of justice. That would be two "pro-rossello" votes that would have to be recused according to your logic.<<Coburn_Pharr>> 20:46, 7 August 2007 (UTC)

Approval ratings

"The largest newspaper in Puerto Rico, El Nuevo Día, published a poll which showed that more than 49% percent of the population graded the governor's efforts and work as either a D or an F. Acevedo-Vilá is, therefore, the lowest rated Governor in the history of Puerto Rico."

This statement is inaccurate, unsubstantiated and violates Wikipedia's NPOV policy. The total percent of the population that graded the governor with a D or F was actually 45%, while 55% gave him a grade of A, B or C. This would be interpreted in any Western country as an approval rating of 55%, which is far from the lowest rating a governor has received in the history of Puerto Rico. Please refrain from making biased interpretations of polling data. 66.50.75.25 02:56, 1 July 2007 (UTC)

Economic analysis

"The deficit for fiscal year 2007 is projected to come in at around $350 million. This is the third year of his administration that closes with an operating deficit. All the increases have negatively impacted the local economy which was already in dire straits. For the first time ever, GDP growth in Puerto Rico lags behind that of the US."

I removed this statement because it has not been verified and seems to be biased and not in accordance with NPOV. 64.237.166.186 03:24, 6 August 2007 (UTC)