Bueventura Geronimo hates reklamador
YRONG-YRONG -- Circa 1996: miss those yonder decade when Yrong-Yrong's reklamador-in-chief in the person of Buenaventura Geronimo, fought tooth and nails against rulers headed by Haring Mansueto. Datu Mansueto allowed his chieftains to fence off Plaza de Salog and fleeced entrance fees from visitors: Reklamador-in-chief Buenaventura screamed illegal, slammed the book Local Government Code of 1991 on his desk during discussions at the city legislature, and hailed Haring Mansueto and cronies to court. The regional trial court went for the reklamador's contention that plazas "are beyond the commerce of man" (of course, of man; do plants and beasts engage in commerce?). In the same year or thereabouts, Reklamador formed the Yrong-Yrong Business Club comprising his handpicked loyal allies. The club spawned another organization, the Anti-Flood Coalition that raised fists and fury, including a major mass mob that capped by a miting-di-abansi of sort at the defunct Provinci...