I would not like to see a situation arising in my country and East Basseterre, similar to that of the Chernobyl and the Fukushima nuclear disaster where the residents of East Basseterre have a High School built in the area, but the residents and the school children cannot quench their thirst, cook their meals, bathe their skins, water their flower gardens, grow their own food crops in the back of their yards, because the water in the Aquifer is contaminated from the waste impurities coming from the school children and their teachers. Would the Bird Rock, Harbour View, Earle Morne, Frigate Bay, Potato Bay, South East Peninsular areas become ghost towns, their residents and owners being forced to move out of these areas due to the contamination of the Aquifer? The expensive homes for which the mortgage has not been fully paid, cannot even be sold, for the area has become devoid of water? Will the Marriott Resort Hotel have to close and its workers laid off? Will the Jack Tar Resort, the newly opened Christophe Harbour and the entire tourist attractions on the South East Peninsular have to be abandoned because of the infantile decisions made by the babes we so foolishly placed in the halls of Government? When will we as adults come to our senses and realize that we sinned and came short when we elected these babes and infants to perform mature people’s job? When are we willing to say that enough is enough and we just can’t take any more nonsense from these little children?
Just imagine dear reader, that we must foot the bill for the construction of a Heroes Park on the Aquifer again, because our present Prime Minister, who backstabbed the Labour Party and its leadership in the back in order to become the leader of the country, is mortally afraid to attend any function in St. Paul’s which is a Labour stronghold where the stature of the First National Hero is erected and which has enough space to erect 40 more National Heroes.
Because of this FEAR of the People he has betrayed, another National Heroes Park has to be constructed so that he could feel safe attending functions there and to supply his famalaay with the job of clearing and constructing this new Park? When will enough become enough, eh? Why must everything be built on the Aquifer? When will the voices of the inhabitants of East Basseterre whose lives are in peril and in jeopardy, be heard? There was a gentleman from St. Barths, a little French Island just off St. Maarten and Anguilla named ANDRE’ who lived in the street East of the Basseterre Police Station; he used to walk the streets of Basseterre proclaiming that PERILOUS DAYS are coming! Are these the PERILOUS DAYS he was referring to when the properties of so many persons could be disastrously affected by the decisions made by some little children?
Are these the perilous days he was predicting with the lives of so many people in the East Basseterre Area imperiled? Could be snuffed out in the twinkling of an eye from the intake of water polluted with FILTH, coming from the Aquifer? In reflecting seriously upon the subject at hand, I am feeling faint at the idea, that I might not be able to enjoy my abode at Bird Rock for much longer, because I might be poisoned from the water I drink.
The attack on my health might not be attributed to the completion of the building of the school and the occupying thereof. It could very well begin with the amount of chemicals used on the land to prepare it for construction; it could be affected by the water from the concrete when the workers have finished their day’s or week’s work and are cleaning up and washing down. All that concrete water seeping into the land. “Oh! What a cruel web we weave, when first we practice to deceive?” The Christian chorus says, “I SEE TROUBLE COMING!” Where is the VOICE of the Representative of East Basseterre whose constituents Lives are at RISK, are in danger and are threatened? Where is he? Is he planning to live in Sandy Point with the Minister of Education so he cares not a damn about what befalls his constituents who voted for him?