I sat quietly and observed for the past 3 years. I waited with baited
breath hoping that you would do some soul searching and come to your
senses. A son of our Marigot where villagers came together to support
you because we were of the belief that we were in the struggle
together. You Gregory got the perfect opportunity to move to
establishing a unified Marigot. But alas, you threw that opportunity
down the drain. You saw your moment of fame as opposed to seeing
Marigot's progress. It never dawned on us that you were longing to rob
shoulders with the so called elite whom you so strongly criticized
Somewhere, somehow you think you had arrived at the top and would never
need us for support.
We know you had subtle characteristics that earned you the name Bluff.
You took pleasure in trickery, your word always left us wondering. We
missed the indicators but as we looked at you with lazar beam scrutiny
during your three year term with your new found loves, we saw bright
flashes tainted with money, power, greed, vindictiveness, the usual
bluffer mentality, claiming fame for projects that you know nothing
about, casting aside people who helped you, guided you and paved the way
for you to achieve a level of maturity in the community. All you see
now is red, and that's ok, because this has definitely clouded your
judgement but left us with eyes wide open.
You are now considered as a hindrance to progress in the village.
Young people who would normally support you are now expressing that you
should just relocate to one of your many portions of land you received
at Warner. Those who you promised to assist recognize and now see you
as someone whose word cannot be trusted. Those qualified young people
who have been trying to keep their head above water are being blocked by
you because they share a different political viewpoint from you. The
playing field is not at all even my brother. The handful of young
people who were in your corner are vowing not to support you because of
your discriminatory practices. You stand in the village and Pitt us
against each other as you constantly ask your choir members to dress in
red to attend all functions, and don't you dare deny it. You did it for
the opening of the Doris Musgrave Health center, you did it for for the
recommisoning of the Wills Strathmore School and the list can go on.
Hurricane Maria came, Marigot was dealt a heavy blow our WSS school and
other facilities and private homes suffered tremendous damage. The
village council, Parliamentary Rep and other stake holders in the
community jumped into action and formed a group which was named 3 R
committee. Recover, Restore and Rebuild. Were you a member of that
group? Asking for other curious friends. I mention this organization
because, it was a sub committe of the 3 R group; which included
Principal Alven Abraham and others who engaged the Canadian High
Commission, knowing that the school was initially built by the Canadian
Government, and successfully secured a commitment from them to
restore and rebuild the school. Then up you come claiming credit for
it. Then comes the Hospital, another critical building something you
knew nothing about. Me hear you dey ay claim dat to.
You came up with fertilizer to be distributed in the village. The
farmers group had the list of farmers and the crops to facilitate the
sharing of the fertilizer in a way that was more beneficial to the
farmers. What did you do? You cast aside authentic farmers because you
had your own list. You are now claiming to have refurbished the
Fisheries Complex, Do you know that we all know, the maintenance of
this structure has been in place with the Japanese from the time they
agreed to build it. The 10 houses you were responsible for, became an
issue because you chose to discriminate against die hard labourites and
selectively decided to give the houses to your chosen few. It is by
one's actions that they are recognized. Over Gutter road we all know
was done for your launching 3 years ago. Talk to us about the Valley
Road that you ripped apart and placed tarish with the hope of fixing it.
Three years later , and all the heavy rainfall, the tarish is all gone
and no road has been fixed. You took action to stop our christmas
lighting activity last year. This has been the initiative of a
villager, but your desire to be relevant set you in competition with her
and because your event didn't quite go as planned, you in your position
of authority robbed us Marigotians from enjoying ourselves. Covid came
you were sharing little yellow bags again you showed full blown
discrimination by giving assistance to those you thought were in your
corner. So how now you going to every door trying beg them for
support.
So now, you just wake up and realize you need, because, your Chief in
command has announced his election. This will affect you right? You
have not served a five year term so you busy in the village, you
remember every hole in the Marigot and you walking, and you talking
misleading people again and again. Adding more promises to the unbroken
ones of the previous cycle. Your to do list is longer this time because
you have incomplete tasks and you are now adding more to it. Who does
that? So now you remember everybady. De Valley people ay get wah nehda
six fou wha nine, you saying again you will fix Valley road, you will
give people assistance with their restaurant, you will will give land
paper, Hospital will open, mini stadium will come. Wooow. You even
have your eye on the possibility of you being Prime Minister since you
feel you ah wah senior member ah Laba. What do you expect us to do?
Fall for those sweet sayings.
Another thing, you claim you love us so much, yet you busy threatening
our dear elderly people to take away di pittance of 300 dollars if they
doh vote for you. Alas Gregory some a dem same people dey help to look
after you we. Then our NEP employees under pressure from you too because
you telling them if they don't vote for you dey will loose their job,
while at de same time you in public saying their pay will increase, but
alas what Marigot people do you so?
Gregory my dear. If I may quote your Chief in command "How you make
your bed is so you will sleep in it." This is so applicable to you and
your kind of service.
What should have been a walk in the park for you has now become a very
tiring trek up a extremely steep hill. Who do you blame Gregory?
I smile, you may ask why, this is because someone who grew up around
people who used idioms all the time, it baffles me that you never took
heed. Here are a few others which were always used in the village. I
encourage you to always keep them close at hand. Yes my boy "make new
friends, but keep the old 'cause one is silver the other is gold",
"honesty is the best policy", "arle dag hah des day".
Put these into context and see which is applicable to your situation.
Always keeping at the fore front the one that your leader dash at us
last weekend "How you make your bed that is so you will sleep in it"; so
put this in your pipe and smoke it.
From Marigot with Love.
