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DWI charges dropped against Bruce Springsteen, who pleads guilty to just drinking in the park

(CNN)Bruce Springsteen pleaded guilty Wednesday to charges he imbibed alcohol at New Jersey’s Sandy Hook National Recreation Area, despite knowing it was prohibited.

"I had two small shots of Tequila," Springsteen said in a virtual appearance before New Jersey Federal Court.

The plea came after federal prosecutors agreed to drop charges that Springsteen was operating a vehicle under the influence and driving recklessly, charges Assistant US Attorney Adam Baker said the government would not be able to prove.
"The evidence we reviewed indicates that after the defendant’s arrest, he submitted to a breath test at the ranger station, and his BAC reading was .02, which as the court is aware is well under the legal limit of .08," Baker said.

Noting that the prohibition on alcoholic drinks at Sandy Hook was two years old, and noting Springsteen’s otherwise clean criminal record, Judge Anthony Mautone sentenced The Boss to pay a $500 fine plus $40 in court fees.

While Springsteen has often sung about driving "suicide machines" down the New Jersey Turnpike, bragged of having his "carburetor, baby, cleaned and checked — with her lines blown out she’s running like a turbo jet," and sang of being "sprung from cages on Highway 9 — chrome wheeled, fuel injected, and stepping out over the line," Mautone remarked on the singer’s clean driving record.

"I have in front of me the driver’s abstract of this defendant, going all the way back to 1973," Mautone said. "There’s three violations in the whole abstract. In fact, two of them aren’t even violations and the third one is use of a hand-held cell device. Rarely would you see a driver’s abstract so devoid of any entries as I see before me, Mr. Springsteen."

Springsteen was arrested at Gateway National Recreation Area on November 14 and charged with DWI, reckless driving and consuming alcohol in a closed area, according to a spokesperson for the National Park Service.

That night, a source close to the singer said earlier this month, Springsteen took a shot of alcohol with fans in the park after taking a photo with them. The source added that Springsteen is known to take photographs with fans. "That’s typical Bruce," the source said.

One officer said they observed Springsteen "consume a shot of Patron tequila and then get on his motorcycle and start the engine," according to a probable cause statement obtained by CNN.

Springsteen told the officer he had consumed two shots of tequila in the previous 20 minutes, according to the probable cause statement.

"SPRINGSTEEN smelt strongly of alcohol coming off his person and had glassy eyes," the officer said in the statement, adding he "was visibly swaying back and forth while I observed his eyes."

Springsteen, according to the officer, took 45 steps during the "walk and turn" test "instead of the instructed 18."

Prior to the screening, the officer said he approached Springsteen and informed him alcohol was prohibited in the park and asked whether Springsteen was leaving, to which "he confirmed he was going to drive out of the park," the statement said.

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Gov. Lou Leon Guerrero, Lt. Gov. Joshua Tenorio and freshman Sen. Amanda Shelton are to be commended for their stance and support of the original spirit and intent for the construction of Guma Trankilidat in the middle of Tumon. Notwithstanding the government of Guam’s financial dilemmas or the money-generating potential of that particular Tumon parcel, these three elected leaders exhibit a degree of wisdom which belies their young age. Dangkulu na Si’ Yu’os Ma’ase para y finayi yan tinemtom miyu.

Guam Housing and Urban Renewal Authority’s proposal to lease, or sell, the Tumon property, popularly referred to as Guma Trankilidat, for the development of a hotel or other visitor attraction, is not a novel idea. The idea was first hatched in the late 1980s, by GHURA officials. At that time, an eager off-island developer approached GHURA and other GovGuam leaders, painting visions of eight- and nine-digit windfalls for Guam’s treasury, from the development of that lot, which strategically sits in the middle of Tumon – approximately halfway between Hilton Point and Gun Beach. All of these dreams were based on visions that any tourist-related development would be the “goose which lays golden eggs,” a panacea for GovGuam’s financial woes.

Several years ago, after the old Guam Memorial Hospital building was leveled, people noticed the unbelievable view of Tumhom and Puntan Dos Amantes, from 300 feet above the Tumon shoreline. Off-island developers visited Guam officials with artist renditions of proposed developments designed to hypnotically entice visitors, and gullible locals, to part with their money while enjoying the ambiance, glitz and glamour of Guam’s new Rodeo Drive. To date, Hospital Point remains a vacant lot. A few units of the staff/doctors housing complex are homes to the Hurao Academy and Sagan A’amti while the greater area is overgrown with dense tangantangan and gagu and occasional visiting stray birds.

The late Gov. Ricky Bordallo’s primary justification for Guma Trankilidat was to showcase, to everyone, including island visitors, the value, care and respect the people of Guam extend to their elders and senior citizens. Guma Trankilidat exhibits the compassion and humanity that our people and leaders have for the island’s elderly and senior citizens. Bordallo championed, despite opposition by the Republican establishment, the creation of GHURA, in order to secure a portion of Housing and Urban Development rehabilitation funding. In the aftermath of Supertyphoon Karen, Bordallo was the prime mover, despite opposition by Guam’s Republican leadership, for HUD/GHURA development in Sinajana and Yona.

Bordallo fought to ensure that the reconstruction/redevelopment of Sinajana and Yona mirror the residential and “village” atmosphere of the two villages before Supertyphoon Karen ravaged the island. Since then, all GHURA development has emulated this philosophy and formula, rather than the high-rise “project” orientation prevalent in America’s inner cities where developers look to multiple-floor buildings as a way of housing as many people as possible into developments that quickly turn into “projects” and tenements.

Thank you, Gov. Leon Guerrero, Lt. Gov. Tenorio and Sen. Shelton for your understanding of how your predecessors viewed housing development, but most of all, for your compassion and humanity for this island’s manamko’. Hopefully, when and if I turn 90-plus years, island leaders will understand and know where they came from.

Joaquin P. Perez is a resident of Santa Rita.

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A piece of Tumon Bay beachfront land sold for about $15.6 million for a proposed resort development right before Guam’s real estate transactions slowed because of the COVID-19 shutdown of the government of Guam agency that records these deals.

The buyer, Honhui Guam LLC, is a subsidiary of a Taiwan investment company. The seller, TKY LLC, is a Japan-based investment company, according to a record of the transaction.

The transaction covers 8,915 square meters of land which is one of a few remaining undeveloped parcels in Tumon.

The purchase price per square meter is $1,750.

The property is off Chamorrita Way, along Fujita Road west of Bayshore Condo.

The selling price represents a 20% adjustment from the $13 million price tag when it was previously sold in December 2018, land records show.

Five major undeveloped parcels left in Tumon

There are only about five large undeveloped oceanfront parcels remaining in Tumon Bay between the Hilton Guam Resort & Spa and the Hotel Nikko Guam, said Siska Hutapea, president of real estate appraisal firm Cornerstone Valuation Inc. These are:

• The land next to the Pacific Islands Club, owned by Taiwan-based Lih Pao Investment LLC;

• The land next to the Hyatt Regency Guam which sold to a Taiwan-affiliated investor, Evergreen Phoenix Resort;

• The former Royal Palm hotel location, also affiliated with Taiwan investment;

• The former Fujita Hotel site, owned by Lih Pao; and

• Four acres next to the Westin Guam Resort, also owned by Lih Pao.

Home prices up, number of deals down

Before the COVID-19 shutdown, which stopped the recording of real estate transactions at the Department of Land Management, Cornerstone Valuation data recorded another increase in the median price of single-family houses and condominium units on Guam.

In the first quarter, standalone houses sold for a median price of $299,614, which represents a 24% annual growth. Condo units each sold for a median price of $238,750, an increase of 18%, according to Cornerstone Valuation’s data.

With the Land Management’s closure on March 16, however, the number of real estate transactions on Guam decreased by 19% in the first quarter of 2020 compared to the same period last year.

Cornerstone Valuation is conducting a survey of the local real estate market.

"We are getting the pulse of Guam real estate," Hutapea said. "We will share the survey results on May 5, to celebrate – hopefully – the end of our stay-at-home period."

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The buyer, Honhui Guam LLC, is a subsidiary of a Taiwan investment company. The seller, TKY LLC, is a Japan-based investment company, according to a record of the transaction.

The transaction covers 8,915 square meters of land which is one of a few remaining undeveloped parcels in Tumon.

The purchase price per square meter is $1,750.

The property is off Chamorrita Way, along Fujita Road west of Bayshore Condo.

The selling price represents a 20% adjustment from the $13 million price tag when it was previously sold in December 2018, land records show.

Five major undeveloped parcels left in Tumon

• The land next to the Pacific Islands Club, owned by Taiwan-based Lih Pao Investment LLC;

• The land next to the Hyatt Regency Guam which sold to a Taiwan-affiliated investor, Evergreen Phoenix Resort;

• The former Royal Palm hotel location, also affiliated with Taiwan investment;

• The former Fujita Hotel site, owned by Lih Pao; and

• Four acres next to the Westin Guam Resort, also owned by Lih Pao.

Home prices up, number of deals down

With the Land Management’s closure on March 16, however, the number of real estate transactions on Guam decreased by 19% in the first quarter of 2020 compared to the same period last year.

Cornerstone Valuation is conducting a survey of the local real estate market.

"We are getting the pulse of Guam real estate," Hutapea said. "We will share the survey results on May 5, to celebrate – hopefully – the end of our stay-at-home period."

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The buyer, Honhui Guam LLC, is a subsidiary of a Taiwan investment company. The seller, TKY LLC, is a Japan-based investment company, according to a record of the transaction.

The transaction covers 8,915 square meters of land which is one of a few remaining undeveloped parcels in Tumon.

The purchase price per square meter is $1,750.

The property is off Chamorrita Way, along Fujita Road west of Bayshore Condo.

The selling price represents a 20% adjustment from the $13 million price tag when it was previously sold in December 2018, land records show.

Five major undeveloped parcels left in Tumon

• The land next to the Pacific Islands Club, owned by Taiwan-based Lih Pao Investment LLC;

• The land next to the Hyatt Regency Guam which sold to a Taiwan-affiliated investor, Evergreen Phoenix Resort;

• The former Royal Palm hotel location, also affiliated with Taiwan investment;

• The former Fujita Hotel site, owned by Lih Pao; and

• Four acres next to the Westin Guam Resort, also owned by Lih Pao.

Home prices up, number of deals down

With the Land Management’s closure on March 16, however, the number of real estate transactions on Guam decreased by 19% in the first quarter of 2020 compared to the same period last year.

Cornerstone Valuation is conducting a survey of the local real estate market.

"We are getting the pulse of Guam real estate," Hutapea said. "We will share the survey results on May 5, to celebrate – hopefully – the end of our stay-at-home period."

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