Dear Editor,
I was amazed to read an article appearing in the Sunday Observer of April 13, 2014 entitled 'Crime fear grips Port Royal'.
I want to ask how could shanty towns be established without the relevant bodies taking immediate action to halt the massacre of what should be preserved as Jamaica's rich legacy?
It is bad enough that the politicians to date have done nothing to recognise and preserve those parts of Jamaica that are of historical importance, not just to Jamaica but to the rest of the world.
Our politicians lack pride. If they had any pride at all Port Royal and other historical places would be preserved and kept beautiful and dignified.
Let them squander and use taxpayers funds as if it belongs to them and the debts that they incur will be repaid personally by them and not the country. That's what they are excellent at doing.
How could these squatter communities be established without action? Do they go up at nights and dissappear in the morning?
Why is it the newspaper are the ones to bring this to our attention? And if they did not, would it just be allowed to grow and developed into another ghetto? Shame! Shameful!
I urge the politicians to inject an ounce of pride and dignity into their soul and do what should be done to preserve Jamaica.
I would be ashamed to be the leader of a country that is just spiralling into moral decay.
I am reminded of the story of the "one-eyed" king leading a blind man's country.
Faye Jacobs
faye_jacobs22@msn.com
CAP: A section of the sqautter community in Port Royal known as 'Back a Wall' or 'Mitchelin'.
Politicians need to have pride
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I was amazed to read an article appearing in the Sunday Observer of April 13, 2014 entitled 'Crime fear grips Port Royal'.
I want to ask how could shanty towns be established without the relevant bodies taking immediate action to halt the massacre of what should be preserved as Jamaica's rich legacy?
It is bad enough that the politicians to date have done nothing to recognise and preserve those parts of Jamaica that are of historical importance, not just to Jamaica but to the rest of the world.
Our politicians lack pride. If they had any pride at all Port Royal and other historical places would be preserved and kept beautiful and dignified.
Let them squander and use taxpayers funds as if it belongs to them and the debts that they incur will be repaid personally by them and not the country. That's what they are excellent at doing.
How could these squatter communities be established without action? Do they go up at nights and dissappear in the morning?
Why is it the newspaper are the ones to bring this to our attention? And if they did not, would it just be allowed to grow and developed into another ghetto? Shame! Shameful!
I urge the politicians to inject an ounce of pride and dignity into their soul and do what should be done to preserve Jamaica.
I would be ashamed to be the leader of a country that is just spiralling into moral decay.
I am reminded of the story of the "one-eyed" king leading a blind man's country.
Faye Jacobs
faye_jacobs22@msn.com
CAP: A section of the sqautter community in Port Royal known as 'Back a Wall' or 'Mitchelin'.
Politicians need to have pride
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