Politicians are the same all over the world; The difference is they are accountable and answer to the law and the people in some but answer to no one in others.”
― Peter-Cole C. Onele
The blogmaster, like many, was taken aback by the recent Notice to Develop Land at Graeme Hall, Christ Church. There was an immediate recall of the 2006 proposal to construct a Water Park nearby, which was protested against, and ultimately blocked by the Barbados Labour Party (BLP) government led by the late Owen Arthur.
Barbados has already lost much of its pristine look, and with talk of flyovers, today’s leaders seem hellbent on reshaping Barbados to compete with Monaco. The notion of approving commercial development and a car park in the area of the Graeme Hall Nature Sanctuary, designated a Ramsar Wetland, is nothing short of repulsive.
The document Collaboration and Enforcement: The Missing Pieces of the Puzzle in Managing the Graeme Hall Swamp in Barbados confirms that of the 91 acres Wetland and Sanctuary, more than 50 acres are owned by the government.
There is a trend so obvious that, as the saying goes, a blind man on a trotting horse could see it: the Holetown Police Station and the Old Hospital on Bay Street, both handed out to friends feeding at the trough.
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