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It was another historic month for tourism, as May saw over 114,000 visitor arrivals, making it the third best May in Guam’s tourism history. Guam Visitors Bureau general manager Nate Denight said, “This is really due to the events we had. On May 18 we had FestPac, but we also had Guam Live, Cocos Crossing and the PATA Annual Summit, so May is historically one of the slowest months of the year, but by positioning our signature events in May we can really drive arrivals during that time.”

He said Guam is seeing tremendous growth in Korea visitor arrivals which are up by 45%, as well as both China and the Philippines, which are up over 100%.

Beginning next month GVB will also launch the Guam Summer Beach Festival in an effort to boost arrivals from the struggling Japan visitor market. The festival begins July 16 and will bring local and international entertainment, food, and vendors to Ypao Beach every weekend throughout August 28.

We are the number one fans of Michelle here on the island. It would be a major coup to have one of her regulars stay with us.

Perhaps we can talk you into addressing some of the groups who meet to talk about all things Michelle. Being that you know her personally it will be such a thrill.

Hafa Adai Social Butterfly

[Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi is in a bit of hot water.

The trouble started in June, when the Associated Press reported that Bondi “personally solicited a political contribution from Donald Trump” in 2013 — right around the time she was deciding whether or not to investigate alleged fraud at Trump University. Trump University, of course, is the controversial for-profit school owned by presumptive Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump.

It was only four days after Bondi announced she might join an investigation into Trump University when a Trump family foundation gave $25,000 to a political group supporting Bondi’s re-election. After that money came in, Bondi said she would not pursue a lawsuit against Trump University. Two years later — one day before Florida’s crucial primary election — Bondi endorsed Trump for president.

Bondi has so far denied impropriety, calling the AP’s story “false and misleading.” But the situation is not going away, and calls to investigate Bondi over the donation are piling up.

On Wednesday, the watchdog group Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW) filed two complaints against Bondi — one with the Florida Inspector General’s office and another with the Florida Commission on Ethics. Both complaints request investigations into Bondi, saying more information is needed to see whether Bondi violated Florida ethics law for public officials.}

When Trump breaks the law with an illegal donation and then not reporting it on his income tax it was “multiple clerical errors”

Donald Trump has a politifact rating of 76 percent of pants on fire, false, and mostly false statements.
First grade math taught me 76 is greater than 27.