Dear Editor,
Please allow me an opportunity to express my disgust with the tremendous waste of taxpayers’ money on “Kimsha” beach in concrete for a so-called parking lot.
For as long as I can remember parking in that area has never been a problem, yet MP Lake, Minister Meyers and the current Government thought it was an urgent project that just had to be completed, coincidentally before elections. Perhaps it is their proverbial notch on the headboard of what the Government has accomplished.
The only one benefitting from this slab of concrete seems to be the roadside food hut which is now prominently situated on the parking lot.
For arguments sake, let’s say this wasteful project is costing, we the people, NAf. 500,000. Yes, I know, I am being conservative after all this is a Government project, but to keep matters simple let’s call it half a million guilders. Where else could this money have been spent?
How about the school fees for 1,000 students of parents struggling to make ends meet this month?
Or 100,000 warm meals for our students who sometimes go to school hungry.
Or perhaps 55 30-second ads on CNN to promote the island.
Or maybe 700 laptops for less fortunate kids to have access to a computer.
Or even six months free electricity for all our senior citizens.
We need to keep things in perspective and hold our elected officials accountable for their decisions and actions. We do not need or deserve this level of misuse of our tax money.
Our people are struggling, so I have to ask or rather demand that MP Lake and Minister Meyers and the current Government forget “Back to Basics” and Get Back to Reality.
Name withheld at author's request.
