Filipino Mayor among "World's Best"

[bfg9000]

now what has it got to do with his job as a mayor..is he not sober when reporting to his office?..does his having a potbelly degrades his performance as a mayor?..is his arrogance already out of place?

your being PREJUDICE doesn't make yur arguments right.

First of all, it should be PREJUDICED, not PREJUDICE. Asleep in grammar class?

His being arrogant and a drunk speaks volumes about his character. I told you already, many times (asleep in reading class too?), that you CAN be a good-performing mayor without being arrogant and a drunk. Why should we have to put up with his arrogance? Mayor Rodriguez is proof that you CAN perform well without kicking BBQ vendors and taxi drivers.

Besides, TOMAS's performance is NOT the issue. The issue is why YOU have to keep bringing him up in a thread intended to celebrate Mayor Rodriguez's achievement, and worse, you had to call Mayor Rodriguez's achievement, "a joke".

like i said..i change my mind when i saw the link regarding the methodology of the CONTEST ..i should have not insisted that TOMAS should be on the list...and also we could have avoided crapping this thread if only yu didn't budge yur PREJUDICE opinion on my first querry.

Sigh... so now you admit to "crapping" all over this thread with your Tomas fanboy posts. The point remains, you should NOT have dissed Mayor Rodriguez's achievement, just to push your own TOMAS infatuation.

Anyway... I'm going back to ignoring you. That way you'll have enough time to take your medicine! Hahaha. Wouldn't want you to launch one of your expletive-filled rants again.

[fingolfin]

.. bfg9000, please avoid rude side comments towards your fellow istorian. Anyway... I'm going back to ignoring you. That way you'll have enough time to take your medicine! Hahaha

[tolstoi]

First of all, it should be PREJUDICED, not PREJUDICE. Asleep in grammar class?

His being arrogant and a drunk speaks volumes about his character. I told you already, many times (asleep in reading class too?), that you CAN be a good-performing mayor without being arrogant and a drunk. Why should we have to put up with his arrogance? Mayor Rodriguez is proof that you CAN perform well without kicking BBQ vendors and taxi drivers.

lolz..hasta grammar gipangahoy pa gyud..already exhausted of sound arguments?..

again..and again..these prejudiced [lolz..adjective na ha!] opinion that yu incessantly lunge against the mayor are uncalled for..every people has its own peculiarities!

why don't you focus on his achievements instead of barging on TOMAS distinguishing trait..when in fact these are not the determinants on the true capacity of TOMAS in accomplishing his duty as an elected official.

Besides, TOMAS's performance is NOT the issue. The issue is why YOU have to keep bringing him up in a thread intended to celebrate Mayor Rodriguez's achievement, and worse, you had to call Mayor Rodriguez's achievement, "a joke".

lolz..i thought we've come in to the fourth page of this thread because you are not convince on my statement that TOMAS is the OUTSTANDING MAYOR of the PHILS.

[bfg9000]

@fingolfin

Sorry. But don't you think words like idiot, dumbass, etc... should be classified as "rude side comments"? Also how about being repeatedly off-topic?

@tolstoi

lolz..hasta grammar gipangahoy pa gyud..already exhausted of sound arguments?..

No, I was just trying to help you by correcting your grammar so you won't sound so stupid. I know it's not a typo coz you've been using "PREJUDICE" as an adjective several times already.

why don't you focus on his achievements instead of barging on TOMAS distinguishing trait..when in fact these are not the determinants on the true capacity of TOMAS in accomplishing his duty as an elected official.

Again, for the last time, why should I focus on Tomas' achievements when the thread is about Mayor Rodriguez. You are just as hardheaded as Tomas is.

[tolstoi]

^^why are yu questioning my previous query that TOMAS is the outstanding mayor of the Phil.s when in fact i was only referring to the award he had attained last 2002?

my query was just simple..why was TOMAS not included in the list when for once he was awarded as the best mayor in RP while Rodrigues has not achieved similar distinction?..have yu not question that to yourself?

IF ANYBODY SHOULD REPRESENT THE PHILIPPINES FOR THE WORLD'S BEST MAYOR TITLE THEN IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN TOMAS OR ANY OTHER MAYOR WHO WERE BESTOWED SIMILAR HONOUR UPON!..perhaps the 2003-2004 RP's BEST MAYOR?..what du yu think?

[SPRINGFIELD_XD_40]

It was stated from the report that MAYOR RODRIGUEZ was chosen because of " WIDE SUPPORT " from across the Philippines . Just a YES or NO answer from iSTORYANS , anybody heard of that name prior to the start of the thread ?

TOLSTOI'S arguments are based on who DESERVES more for recognition . On behalf of MAYOR RODRIGUEZ ...

- he was voted as one of the BEST MAYORS of the world by a never heard of maybe private organization . Bet he may have been also the only FILIPINO MAYOR nominee because I can gurantee RODRIGUEZ has no edge over TOMAS kung POPULARITY lang ang storyahan base sa method of voting .

- anyone here been to SAN FERNANDO , PAmpanga ? AFAIK ... ni dawat na lang na siya ug limpyo from the efforts of Gov Lito Lapid rising from the ashes caused by Mt Pinatubo ... compare the progress of CEBU and SAN FERNANDO and it is a no BRAINER from the last 15 years .

- I am not saying Mr Rodriguez is a bad MAYOR but if the argument is about who is the better mayor ACCOMPLISHMENTS and POPULARITY wise , again the ARROGANT and DRUNKARD Tomas is the sure winner ... LOLZ like the very people who called him drunkard knows him personally .

- Votes that came off from the US and Europe also counts for Mayor R , though we all know the population of KAPAMPANGANS abroad but we also know how Tomas is very well known in some parts of Luzon , maybe in the Visayas ( LOLZ ) and in Mindanao . Damn if I knew about it here in the US on the selection of the best mayors of the world , hagbay ra unta ko ni botar pod ni fafa Tomas .

- from the report , MAYOR R was voted because of transforming the town in to city .... si EDDIE GUL diay ? Aw governor man diay to hehehe .

[bfg9000]

@SPRINGFIELD_XD_40

How would you feel if you won an award, someone set up a thread to congratulate you, then people instead started posting in that thread about how you didn't deserve to win and that someone else should have won?

Again, both you and tolstoi should just create a new thread where you can cry to high heavens and gnash your teeth about why your Tomas wasn't chosen. Pareho ra mong duha nga off-topic sour grapers. Deriding the achievement of Mayor Rodriguez to push your own Tomas infatuation. Then again, I have come to expect that from both of you.

[Visual C#]

I've been reading and I'm amused

tolstoi, and everybody else in the "Tomas should have won that $@#!$@ award" camp, take it somewhere else. This has gone way off topic already. Comply or this thread will be locked.

[vipvip68]

First of all, Congrats to Mayor Rodriguez on a job well done!

@ Tolstoi:

I think what you have is the Cebuano pride (this being a predominantly Cebuano based website). While there is nothing wrong with having pride in one's own City, trampling on the accomplishments of other people show signs of the infamous crab mentality as bfg9000 has mentioned in his posts.

Again, based on your posts. you yourself accept that our mayor is Arrogant

That kind of attitude has no place in PUBLIC SERVICE. I guess your devotion to Tomas despite his attitude and wrong doings is a sign of your willingness to settle for less (kani nalang kay wala may lain). Ngano daginoton pa man gyud na nimo? Set aside the Cebuano pride for once... you idolize our mayor so much that you are beginning to be like him (whether thats good or not is up to you) and please show some humility.

I would like to believe that Cebuanos are not arrogant, settle for mediocrity and dont have the crab mentality.

If you do praise our mayor so much, you best tell him to exercise and take better care of himself cause the way he's shaping up...
Your "world's best" mayor might have to step down soon and forego his plans for the city.

Again, Congrats to Mayor Rodriguez for showing us HOW it's done..

[SPRINGFIELD_XD_40]

@ VIKTOR ....... It is really an OFFTOPIC to mention TOMAS in the thread but the argument came when he ( TOLSTOI ) only said that why Tomas didnt get it when for a fact he deserved it the most .

@ BFG9000 and VIVIP ...... if it takes one LEADER to be ARROGANT to transform one city into what it is supposed to be then so be it . The issue was only to comment that Tomas should have been to that award if it is an OFFICIAL RECOGNITION but heck he dont need that anymore .... yeah it just proves that the recognition is a small time achievement only because how could you have one when votes came from ONLINE VOTING . Who knows some Cebuanos also voted for him because he was the only FIlipino nominee but dont really know him but just to give glory to motherland as a whole .

- I do have an issue regarding the topic , yes I am happy for MAYOR R of his recognition , never said he never deserved it and most of all MAYOR R is not a drunkard and arrogant .

- What I wanted to say , on a sidestep matter is that if TOMAS was a nominee also , he could probably in the top 20 in the world .

- I am not sourgraping , what I said is a fact .... have you been to SAN FERNANDO ba lage ? Then here I am offtopic again that I wouldnt deny but deriding his achievement ? I dont think so ... as we all know from the report , MAYOR R is a first termer isnt that great for a FIlipino recognition ?

- Tabla ra diay na ug mo sulti na kinahanglan magpataas pa si PGMA kay potot siya .... there is no CEBUANO PRIDE going on , what TOLSTOI's point of view is supporting TOMAS because we all know him better than the other mayors who was voted for the award from a never heard of maybe private organization .... kung ang UN pa na or say ASEAN organizations then fine no hard feelings but I do agree that there should be a different forum for TOMAS not for his praises but for those people who rants and whines against Tomas .


Again ... congratulations to MAYOR RODRIGUEZ !!