As senators clashed over how to protect schools and health care from budget cuts, records reveal the administration poured hundreds of thousands of taxpayer dollars into contracts tied to Lieutenant Governor Joshua Tenorio’s family — stretching across multiple government agencies.

It’s a trail of government checks — and they all lead back to the same two people. From 2019 through this February, the Department of Chamorro Affairs alone spent at least $328,975 on janitorial and lawn services from Comfort Cuts — a business owned by Frankie Rosalin and his girlfriend, Charissa Tenorio, the lieutenant governor’s sister. The pair are a part of seven indicted in a high profile pandemic fraud scheme which is slated for trial. 

The breakdown: nearly $203,000 for the Guam Museum, and another $126,000 for Chamorro Village — even during periods when both facilities were closed to the public. One purchase order alone billed taxpayers $1,500 for a single day of grass cutting.

But the spending didn’t stop there. As KUAM News previously reported, records show the Department of Parks & Recreation also issued contracts with Comfort Cuts, adding more taxpayer dollars flowing to their business.  At Tiguac Cemetery, the grass may grow quietly but the paper trail is screaming.

A KUAM investigation reveals Comfort Cuts was repeatedly paid far above legal limits, billed twice for the same work, and even pocketed thousands for jobs never done. 

The most recent violations stretch into Fiscal Year 2025, where records show DPR approved inflated invoices month after month.  In January, a dry-season month capped at $1,650, Comfort Cuts was paid $2,475 for just one cut, not the two required.

But the red flags go back years. 

We should note, DPR director Angel Sablan had recently terminated their contract as a result of services unfulfilled.  With contracts totaling well over a quarter-million dollars, critics say the government could have hired full-time staff for a fraction of the cost — raising questions of accountability and whether public funds were being used responsibly, or simply directed to political families.