Guam - Senator Matt Rector admits to having pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor burglary charge nearly 26 years ago.

He also alleges a conspiracy to discredit him.

According to a release Senator Rector says:

 “I’ll admit that my friends and I came home on Christmas break had a few drinks at my house and walked over to the mall behind my house and climbed on the roof.  Unfortunately, there was a door open and we stupidly opened it and went in.  After a couple of minutes we decided that it was a pretty stupid thing to do but once we climbed off the roof the police were already there and we were arrested.  We eventually pled guilty to misdemeanor burglary got informal probation and a few hours of community service.  Was it a stupid thing to do? Yes, of course!  Did I lie on my application for a gun license? No I don’t believe so.  It was my understanding that my record was automatically sealed if I kept my nose clean, but I have since learned that I should get the record expunged which is already in the works.”

The release goes on to state that  "When I applied for a concealed weapon permit I had forgotten that I had a misdemeanor conviction 26 years ago.”

 In the release Senator Rector states that he applied for a concealed weapon because he has received numerous threats "Over the last couple of months I have received threatening phone calls that have gotten so persistent that last week I applied for a concealed weapon permit.”

Rector believes these both the threats and negative media reports are tied to his political career.

"It’s no secret that there has been a concerted effort to discredit me, soil my image and do everything possible to stop my efforts to improve the quality of life for Guam’s working families and that includes threatening my life."

The release doesn't say who is threatening him but does allude that threats could be coming from those who oppose his various pieces of legislation.

************************Read Senator Rector's Release in Its Entirity Below*****************************

SENATOR MATT RECTOR: FOR-PROFIT HEALTH INSURANCE COMPANIES WILL STOP AT
NOTHING TO PROTECT THEIR PROFITS

After a long fought campaign by President Barack Obama, Democratic
members, Senator Matt Rector, Guam and  families are on the verge of
becoming  a part of historic healthcare reform, but like their
counterparts across the Nation, at least one of Guam’s for-profit health
insurance companies, Calvo’s SelectCare, is fighting back.

Calvo’s SelectCare, which profits millions of dollars from Guam’s
families, has made it quite clear that they oppose National Health reform
and Guam’s inclusion in it.  Their corporate officers travelled to
Washington DC to lobby against it, in hopes of persuading Congressional
leaders from backing health reform legislation.  However,  Senator Matt
Rector has championed the fight for quality healthcare and healthcare
reform well before he was elected into office.  In recent trips to
Washington, DC, his purpose was to gain support for healthcare reform
legislation.  While there, he met with Congressmen, Senators and White
house staff in efforts to ensure Guam’s families are treated like every
American family and included in the New National Health plan.
Unfortunately, while Guam’s families appreciate those efforts, the people
that profit from status quo and  from denying medical treatment, don’t.

Calvo’s Corporation, which also owns Payless Supermarkets, Mid Pac
distributions, a hotel and a number of other companies employ thousands of
workers.  Its owners, the Calvo’s, stand to  lose thousands of dollars in
profits if Senator Rector’s bills pass, like: The Working Family Health
Leave Act,which provides paid sick leave for private sector employees, the
Democracy for All Act ,which provides 4 hrs of paid democracy leave every
month, the Living Wage for Guam’s Families Act,which requires any company
that receives tax breaks from or does business with GovGuam to pay their
employees at least $13.40 per hour, or the Angel LG Santos Memorial Water
for the People Act which puts water and sewer infrastructure on Chamorro
Land trust land and makes corporate accounts and golf courses pay for it.
Senator Rector  says, “It’s no secret that there has been a concerted
effort to discredit me, soil my image and do everything possible to stop
my efforts to improve the quality of life for Guam’s working families and
that includes threatening my life.  Over the last couple of months I have
received threatening phone calls that have gotten so persistent that last
week I applied for a concealed weapon permit.”

History has shown that time and time again progressive leaders who have
fought against the rich and powerful and the tyranny of corporate power
have been attacked and assassinated.  Martin Luther King, Mahatma Ghandi,
John and Bobby Kennedy, Malcom X, Huey Long and even our very own Senator
Angel Santos have all met their untimely death for standing up for Working
Families.

Senator Rector continues, “Winning a better life for Guam’s Families has
become my foremost mission in life and I can’t get it done if I am dead so
I thought that it was important that I have the means to protect myself
and the people around me.  When I applied for a concealed weapon permit I
had forgotten that I had a misdemeanor conviction 26 years ago.”

Somehow Calvo’s corporation’s media arm, KUAM, got their hands on
confidential information before Senator Rector was even informed that the
FBI report came back saying that there was a Burglary conviction in 1983,
but what the report didn’t say was that it was a misdemeanor conviction
which doesn’t prohibit the issuance of a gun permit.

Senator Rector says, “I’ll admit that my friends and I came home on
Christmas break had a few drinks at my house and walked over to the mall
behind my house and climbed on the roof.  Unfortunately, there was a door
open and we stupidly opened it and went in.  After a couple of minutes we
decided that it was a pretty stupid thing to do but once we climbed off
the roof the police were already there and we were arrested.  We
eventually pled guilty to misdemeanor burglary got informal probation and
a few hours of community service.  Was it a stupid thing to do? Yes, of
course!  Did I lie on my application for a gun license? No I don’t believe
so.  It was my understanding that my record was automatically sealed if I
kept my nose clean, but I have since learned that I should get the record
expunged which is already in the works.”

As always Senator Rector is a champion for truth, justice and a decent
standard of living for all of Guam’s families not just the wealthy few and
this shameful attack full of lies and deceit will not go unnoticed by the
rest of Guam’s families.

Written by :

Clynt Ridgell

 

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