Dear Editor,
The great Lao Tzu says: "The journey of a thousand miles begins with the first step." But was this step by Prime Minister Portia Simpson Miller a good one?
Look at it, weeks upon weeks of controversy over the purchase of the Outameni property in Orange Grove, Trelawny, yet still additional appointments and not firing. What has this country gone to?
Chairman of the National Housing Trust board, Easton Douglas, says that the Trust acted within its mandate. But spending money on a failing attraction, when the poor of this country can't even afford a decent one-bedroom house? This is appalling! The responsible minister and the entire board need to be sacked!
This has gone too far! It must be stopped! It is high time for people to take responsibility and stop playing games with the affairs of the country. These directors sit in their big chairs, wearing black jackets, making all these decisions, but how sure are they that their moves are the best for the Jamaican people?
When the National Housing Trust was established, it was mandated to build affordable houses for the citizens of the country. However, look at it now, poor Mary Jane working all her life, paying her monthly contributions, and after a number of years, still can't afford the housing solutions. These things need to be addressed. So stop spending our money to bail out attractions! Our money is to provide housing solutions. I'm not saying the Trust must not invest, but invest in something that is worthwhile, not Outameni.
Madam PM, on the appointment of these four persons to add to those already on the board, what was going through your mind? The people are losing faith
in you, can't you feel it? Your decisions are so wrong for the forward movement of this
nation, especially the recent NHT/Outameni controversy. My only thing to you, though, Madam Prime Minister, is to re-strategise and come again. Don't lose the people, because April 2015 is too far away.
Concerned Citizen
Mandeville, Manchester
April 2015 may be your D-Day, PM
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The great Lao Tzu says: "The journey of a thousand miles begins with the first step." But was this step by Prime Minister Portia Simpson Miller a good one?
Look at it, weeks upon weeks of controversy over the purchase of the Outameni property in Orange Grove, Trelawny, yet still additional appointments and not firing. What has this country gone to?
Chairman of the National Housing Trust board, Easton Douglas, says that the Trust acted within its mandate. But spending money on a failing attraction, when the poor of this country can't even afford a decent one-bedroom house? This is appalling! The responsible minister and the entire board need to be sacked!
This has gone too far! It must be stopped! It is high time for people to take responsibility and stop playing games with the affairs of the country. These directors sit in their big chairs, wearing black jackets, making all these decisions, but how sure are they that their moves are the best for the Jamaican people?
When the National Housing Trust was established, it was mandated to build affordable houses for the citizens of the country. However, look at it now, poor Mary Jane working all her life, paying her monthly contributions, and after a number of years, still can't afford the housing solutions. These things need to be addressed. So stop spending our money to bail out attractions! Our money is to provide housing solutions. I'm not saying the Trust must not invest, but invest in something that is worthwhile, not Outameni.
Madam PM, on the appointment of these four persons to add to those already on the board, what was going through your mind? The people are losing faith
in you, can't you feel it? Your decisions are so wrong for the forward movement of this
nation, especially the recent NHT/Outameni controversy. My only thing to you, though, Madam Prime Minister, is to re-strategise and come again. Don't lose the people, because April 2015 is too far away.
Concerned Citizen
Mandeville, Manchester
April 2015 may be your D-Day, PM
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