The lone candidate for the GOP in tomorrow's special election, Telo Taitague, hails from the southern village of Talofofo. "I think the biggest thing I bring is a fresh face, a fresh commitment to progress. I'm a woman, and I believe that has a big bearing on it - women are not represented enough in the Guam Legislature," she maintained.


Not only does she plan to bring fresh ideas, but Taitague says she'll continue the legacy of leadership left by a late and beloved statesman. "It's very important that I fulfill the duties of the late senator Tony Unpingco, it's very important to make sure the veterans receive the hospital that they've he's already implemented, to make sure the specifications of the building of that hospital is finished and fulfilled, to follow through with that. And, of course, continue his efforts in the tourism, you know tourism is 60% of our revenue, and I'd like to continue to support that. My first order of business is really the economy, bringing new monies into Guam."


Telo is a graduate of George Washington High School and attended the University of Guam and was enrolled in the paralegal program at Fayetville College in North Carolina. She's established two successful businesses - Telephoto Portraits and The Graudate, Inc. She's a certified insurance agent and has been a professional musician for the last 23 years. If elected she plans to focus on three major issues the economy, education and the environment.


While she readily admits she may not have as much experience like the other two candidates, B.J. Cruz and Tom Ada, both Democrats, she brings to the table ambition and a positive attitude. She explained, "What makes me different from the others, I would say that the other two candidates had an opportunity to go in. And you have to ask yourself, what did they do? And if you can't think of anything that's very significant or anything, then I ask for that same opportunity. I have a very short period of time to prove myself. And that most of all, I'm

committed. I'm committed like the last election. I was very close again, number 16, and I guess if that one person walked in to make me number 15, I would probably say the same thing."