And while Finnegan seems to have taken charge of recruitments, he also provided some comic relief. He says he's over 60 but still feeling "Spritely":
Hon. Michael Finnegan - Area Representative, Mesopotamia
"I am one of those people that says, 'What is those kind of music are those young people playing? How do those young people behave like that?' Mr. Speaker, I try to understand their music. I try to learn and dance it, and shake the shoulder; I try to be young. You will ask what kind of clothes those young people wear, Mr. Speaker. I fall in line, and I try to dress like them, I don't want to look like any old man. Furthermore Mr. Speaker, I saw an advertisement some weeks ago during the Channel 5 broadcast news or Channel 7, one of them, but this ad was an ad promoting the 4G digicell train, and this young girl who was performing on this ad, Prime Minister, shake my heart to pieces. I said, 'Who the hell is she?' Well I could tell you, Prime Minister, Elle Marie is no joke, no ease. That's a damn competent lady, and I would want to meet her, Mr. Speaker, but you and I may meet her together sir."
And Santino Castillo - who owns a cycling team and Finnegan both spiced up their presentations with cross country predictions:
Hon. Santino Castillo - Area Representative, Caribbean Shores
"I, for myself, will be doing my Belizean duty, to bring the Belizean Marlon Castillo to the Cross Country finish line on Holy Saturday."
Hon. Michael Finnegan
"I want to assure my friend from the Caribbean Shores that next week Saturday after 12:30 quarter to 1, that Brandon Cattouse will be the new Cross Country champion of Belize, and weather he want to believe it or want to believe it not, you and I will drink 2 nice double block net week Saturday."
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