Toolbox

Mr Miller should urge Bartica residents to pay up rates and taxes

Dear Editor,
I read the letter published by your paper dated Friday, October 3, 2008 written by Mr. Winston Miller and was forced to write this letter since I cannot understand why someone of his status would write a letter of this nature.
Editor, Garbage is collected by the NDC and of course this collection cannot adequately serve the community. Why? They do not have enough transportation to do so. They have one old tractor which was given to them by the British Government since 1986 to deal with the garbage collection. They collaborated with a businessman, who collects garbage on a regular basic.

But the problem is that some members of the business community and some residents are dirty and refuse to comply because they do not regard their environment. The NDC has continuously pleaded with those persons to stop, even threatening to charge them.

The writer is well aware that flooding in Bartica really started after the new concrete drains were put in place and is due to the design of the drains and not because of the NDC.

Concerning the present system of disposal of waste by the abattoir, this system was established by the then Public Health Inspector approximately 14 years ago and persons were swimming in the area, all the time. Also the animals waste is taken way offshore and dumped in the middle of the river.

If the writer has a suggestion to deal with it, I am sure all Bartica will welcome it. Mind you I am concerned about this method, but what else can they do. The park known as the Smartt’s Park was handed over to the Lion’s Club who is responsible for its maintenance.

Yes, two regattas are held annually one is private, but the writer very often works closely with both committees, also the Bartica Regatta Racers Club and is fully aware of what transpires. Please note these regattas have nothing to do with the NDC. I think the writer should encourage residents to pay their rates and taxes which will help the NDC to better deal with these issues.I have personally asked at several forums for help to deal with these issues and all we get is promises. The last was at the Poverty Reduction Strategy Consultation and what have we received - nothing. The NDC chairman went on the TV station several times talking to residents on these issue.

AS Barticans let’s stop this and work together for the proper development of our beautiful community. Also let this be a call for those in authority to help the NDC deal with this problem.
Yours faithfully,
Name and address supplied

Comments

About Comments

We thank all readers who have contributed to this site since its relaunch. This section of the website is intended to provide a forum for reasoned and reasonable debate on the newspaper's content and we hope that readers make full use of it as many have already done.

The comments section is an extension of the newspaper and what it has become well known for over its history: accuracy, balance and fairness.
In recent weeks a large proportion of the comments posted have contained attacks on other users, slander, coarse language and profanity. Comments of these types will be deleted.
Comments which contain gratuitous and incendiary references to race and ethnicity will be struck.
We reserve the right to edit/delete comments for length, any libel and taste. We moderate all comments so be patient while your message waits to be approved.
Curious about the little images next to each commenter's name ? Go here and sign up using the same email address you used to register for Stabroeknews.com then upload your image and confirm it.

2 Responses to “Mr Miller should urge Bartica residents to pay up rates and taxes”

deflect
on October 10th, 2008 12:41 pm

It is appalling that the community of Bartica and its environs are still faced with garbage disposal problems since there should have been, by now at least, as a part of the IDB Urban Rehab Project, drafted, discussed and approved, the establishment, among other things, of a modern refuse disposal arrangement for Bartica. I’m am aware that, because of partisan political reasons, there was a consorted effort by Central Government to inordinately delay all projects of this nature in order to make the PNC lead Regional Democratic Council, and the Neighbourhood Democratic Council ‘look bad’ so to speak. But by now, one would have expected that these positive projects would have come to fruition after sixteen years.

These projects, by the way, were part of the Economic Recovery Project adumbrated by the Hoyte administration, and like the Omai mining project, were scheduled to come on stream just at the time when Hoyte unfortunately lost the election and was not at the helm of Government to over see their speedy implementation.

The PPP knew fully well that had they allowed these projects to come on stream as scheduled the people would have seen through their usual claims to all the ERP projects as the PPP brain child. So, they set about to delay implementation with the hope that as time elapses they can slowly allow the projects to come on stream and claim ownership in order to fool the Bartica community into believing that the idea and money being spent were of the PPP Government and were not as a result of the PNC’s Economic Recovery Programme.

Why should people should the people and community be made to suffer because of political expediency?

It is time that Mr. Miller help to rally his supporters to use his programme to lobby the central government to implement these vital projects without delay, taking into consideration the need also for recycling arrangements.

[Reply to this]
Caesar
on October 10th, 2008 5:07 pm

Cut their utilities off.Simple.They’ll pay up.

[Reply to this]