By BEHN FER. HORTALEZA, JR.

LIKE all the rest of his friends and associates (and maybe even the fleetingest of acquaintances), I have nothing but good memories of Jolly Resuello, the executive, tough guy and ready friend. He might have struck fear and awe in the hearts of those who needed some disciplining for progress but that’s par for the course, I believe. In a city where the going can get really tough, only the tough get going, so to speak.

And so, Jolly must have known the risks, the challenges that were sure to come his way when he decided to embark on what to many laid-back people in his city were risky, even foolhardy, propositions just to change the total outlook of San Carlos City – and its residents as well. But if he didn’t take it, so he must have reasoned to himself, no one ever will. And where would his city be but in the doldrums forever Read more