I’ve read where someone made a comment about a recent visit that they made to Barbados, and the changes that are being made which aren’t for the better.  As long as I can remember St.James was always where the rich so called white folks lived and bought up whatever they could.  The strange thing to me is that when you build a hotel or resort next to the beach, the public usually gets cut off from using the beach as they once did.  I am seeing Barbados starting for years to belong to people outside of Barbados.  If you keep building all these resorts for visitors and all these different malls to accommodate the visitors, then you are taking away valuable land that once was used for planting different crops and pushing the Bajan population somewhat into the middle of the island while the prime land is sold to outsiders.

I can see within the next 10 to 15 years Barbados being owned by outsiders and most Barbadians working no longer for themselves.  It’s impossible to change a small island into a something that it wasn’t meant to be. What happen to the Bajan’s needs? Why everything is about money instead about a better quality of life and Bajans owning more land that cars?

I remember as a boy everyone wanted to own a piece of land so that they could build a house. What’s going on with that picture these days? Why aren’t we proud to be Barbadians, who our great grand parents worked their fingers to the bone, so that we could own a piece of the rock. Slowly but surely this my brothers and sisters is slipping away from most of you. Whoever has control of the businesses then controls you. You are always going to be at their mercies to make a living for your family. Having a good education and not using good common sense makes you a fool. Start to do something to take back Barbados. I am not suggesting that you do anyone harm, start pooling your resources and start businesses. Stop allowing others to come into Barbados and do what you yourselves are able to do and then to make it even worse you have to work for them. This to me is crazy;  Start looking at the bigger picture. I want Barbados to be prosperous,but not at the cost of Barbadians loosing ground in their own country.

I suggested that you should pass on giving the rights to an outsider in regards to BLP Systems (Barbados Light & Power).. I am sure that you the folks that are representing you should be wise enough to only sell 49 % of anything in Barbados regardless of what it is to any outsider. And maintain 51% which will allow you to still have control;

Kammie Holder I applaud you.  For some reason or reasons it seems that if people are reading the papers, what’s really important seem not to be that important. I have mentioned almost all what you have said in quite a number of articles.  I read where the lady was sleeping on the beach with her baby,and folks responded to that. But what we both has spoken of seem to be taken lightly.

Why should anything change when Barbadians seem to refuse to stand up for the real truth. How in hell can you continue to allow yourselves to be used, it seems just about anyone is taking you for granted.  I am now 70 years old and I was born in Barbados back in 1940. I remember oh so well how respectful people that work in what I called house jobs called their employees Mistress and Mister even the children. That made me so angry knowing that this had to be wrong. No one should have to be that humble to survive for a few dollars. But they did in order to feed the children. Many so called whites came to Barbados as a safe haven  knowing that they could profit from being there.

I started working on the ships at age 17 and got to travel and see the world. This opened my eyes to the way this so called white man thinks when it comes to being in charge. He’s not going to just give you something for nothing. In the end you will pay a higher price. If you don’t you family will. I’m just keeping it real. I am puzzled that  the intelligent people you have chosen to represent you have allowed Barbados to be owned more by outsiders than by Barbadians.  If this deal with the Canadian Firm Emera Inc should go through and you allow the Central Bank or any other bank for that matter to just make these changes when you are crying blood and in need of help, then you are right back to the old days of yes Mistress and yes Master. Ask yourselves what are you really celebrating  when you say that you are independent? What? What? You have given away just about all that you own and what you haven’t given away this so called white man is holding on until you can finish paying for it.  Why is a car more important than land? To this so called white man it’s like a toy that you feel the need to have so you can be placed above the person on the bus. Don’t allow people to play mind games with you even now when you have more education that my parents and other parents in my time who did the best with what little they had. Book sense without commonsense make you a very dangerous to yourself but  very good for this so called white man;  You see this was one of the reasons why when I got the chance to relocate I took it.  Here in American it’s the same old same old game, divide an conquer. This has been his plan,and will remain his plan as long as so called blacks continue to play his game his way.

In Barbados quite a number of so called blacks are living what they call **LARGE**; The most expensive cars, homes and all the trappings. Taking trips to the USA shopping so their family would be different. But meanwhile you are making the money in Barbados but spending it in other countries to be different. That’s not very smart because at the end of the year you cannot get back a dime that you’ve spent in the USA or any place else to be different.  What this so call white man has taught his children is to **INVEST**. Investment gives you control. Control helps you to be **INDEPENDENT**.

Barbados has done better than many of the other islands that are even bigger and has more. We were a people who had values and family first, now it seems that you are just going to keep on saying this company and that company is investing in Barbados and your elected folks are not working with or for you but to me it’s against you. If Barbados is going to continue to keep allowing other to come and grab like my mother used to say,”The lion share”. My brothers and sisters,your children aren’t going to have much but the thought of what should or could have been.

Stop walking around with blinders and being stuck on material things. The most important thing that my parents and the parents of others back in the 40’s all the way to 50’s & 60’s was owing **LAND** owing **LAND** means that you have a piece of Barbados that no one can take away from you.  To be honest with you, and I am not a shame to put it in writing. I cried when I read what Kammie Holder wrote;  If you didn’t believe me and felt that since I am not in Barbados my words means nothing to you. Now you have some others who are doing all that’s in their power to open your eyes to the truth before it becomes too late. You see, could have, should have are words used after the fact.

Speak up as a nation of people that GOD has blessed with many gifts to survive without being taken advantage of and let them know enough is enough and you want more for your children and grandchildren even if you aren’t going to see, or get it. Make a way for them **PLEASE** I am appealing to you, we cannot all be wrong. GOD has given you wisdom and understanding use it wisely to stop yourselves from becoming SLAVES TO MATERIAL THINGS, that has no real value.

I’ll continue to pray as I have been doing and hope that you do what has to be done to better your conditions in the coming years,starting from **NOW**. I am not in Barbados but Barbados still and always will be inside of me. I still eat all the different dishes I ate as a boy with the exception of red meat and pork. Fast foods aren’t on my list.

May GOD continue to guard, guide and protect you all.