Save National Heroes Park
Published:Sunday | May 27, 2018 | 12:00 AM
THE EDITOR, Sir:
The Jamaican Government led by Andrew Holness has a penchant for mega projects that trump's people-centred ones; at least, so it seems to many of the working poor, and those below, that I have interacted with on a daily basis.
Mega projects, like governments, must not only be relevant at least for some constituents, but also relevant in the wider scheme of things.
For no one would honestly speak from an informed position to decry the relevance of a comprehensive parliament com-plex with modern amenities inside and out, but we the people feel sidelined by the ones we put there to serve us, as we believe that our everyday interests are being placed on the altar of expediency.
Concerns such as the Cornwall Regional Hospital saga that has been 'dragged across the coals' of public opinion, minor but extremely important security furnishings that are being overlooked for Flat Bridge and elsewhere, and the placing of only one trained teacher in government basic schools are some ways that the people feel shafted.
ACHIEVING PROSPERITY
Where has the drive gone to move people from poverty to prosperity? I am aware that some persons are now beginning to think that this letter is being written by a Comrade or a traitor Labourite, as many of us are not able to curtail our campaigning even long after the polls have closed.
We need to experience the prosperity in our pockets as well as in the way we treat each other. I rant on, therefore, that we all should expect the best possible services from the elected.
To make matters worse with respect to the location of the proposed parliament building, we understand that homes will be dislocated in the process and that those to be affected learnt this by way of letters.
This is not acceptable and only serves to further alienate our already-impersonal millennial generation, and especially at a time when the youth are not particularly interested in the voting process.
Surely the parliament building can be located on lands between East and Duke streets, including the Jamintel area or west of the park by Stanley Motta and going back to Slipe Pen Road.
Somehow, it would be a great thing, I believe, to develop the green space and maintain it, similar to Emancipation Park, so that residents within that area may have an open space to get away and breathe. Instead of destroying green spaces, the Government ought to develop and maintain more.
a'Lerroy Brown