A. A. Fenty

“… For the purpose of trafficking” Today I ask my editor for one of those “time-outs.”

Beginning next Friday I’ll do my very best to avoid the basic issues embedded in today’s two topics.

Compelled to return briefly to my lead issue above, I remind that I wrote in part last Friday: “From submersibles in the North-West District to light aeroplanes to sawmills to arranging US visas, which type of individual(s) is/are most “qualified” to manage such enterprise?” 

I won’t ever use the cliché “Happy Independence Day…” Rather, I normally agree with the annual observance as there is always much more needed for celebration.

– usages – and “mis-usages” Both old First World countries and newer emerging Third World States – especially the latter – proudly proclaim national mottoes.

Trump supporters: ‘Lock her up!’ Two setting-the-scene, background points relevant to my lead issue: (1) I myself was a teacher in the public school system for eleven years before editing and producing educational supplementary readers for the Ministry of Education long before current efforts.

Our head of state seems to prefer visits to country-wide communities over any type of full-fledged press conference.

Bartica boys, backdams and banks Did Rasul ever hear or read about Raleigh?

A sufficiently–prominent Guyanese personality provoked my poor-man senses when he claimed that there is now some new tax on dray-carts, meaning dray-cart drivers/owners.

Greetings to all on this Holiest of Christian Days. I intend to be briefly repetitive.

bravado and big-time thieves Why – as current cost-of-living, quality of life, bread and butter issues “consume” the Guyanese Citizen – am I fast forwarding to some Jubilee general election three years away?

For a long time I’ve wanted to both rebuke and defend (new) government ministers with respect to their attitudes to (their) voters.

-the Radio set and water tank and self-reliance Gosh! Bear with me as I feel compelled to return to the issues of SARU and stolen state assets addressed herein last Friday.

Are they “executive criminals” or “criminal executives?” You choose any appropriate description for those greedy selfish persons who, once elected or catapulted into high public office, use governmental corridors of power to illegally secure wealth from the public purse, exclusively for their inner circle of relatives, friends, cronies and comrades.

I’m supposed to be the “outside” son of a late “Ole Police” Joe Fenty.

-On judging art and talent Before I invoke the early warnings of former Member of Parliament, UG lecturer and knowledgeable commentator Sherwood Lowe, I offer anecdotal observations relevant – even if indirectly – to this lead topic.

General Elections? Another Jubilee already? Well, yes. You-all think I’m being way too premature?

Believe me friends: it is not laziness that drove me to recycle most of the following sentiments which were first penned in this column four years ago.

-Leadership, service, lust and greed First a brief background on Newton -called Newt by his close buddies – would be useful.

– 24 years not out today!! One of my New Year’s prognostications about probable Granger Cabinet changes came through swiftly, (though we were “assured” such would not have occurred.)