'pan'

Tonight we missed the boat, we committed to a stay home affair not checking our pan calendar. Of course tonight is 'Pan on de Avenue'. How could that be possible? Well, stuff happens and that's that! There is always next year.

My brain is drained these days. It is a challenge to have to deal with all that is happening and not happening on the rock every day.

A guy swimming from Scarborough port to Trinidad, a guy who religiously used the Health and Safety reasons for shutting down offices, a guy who still has the Licensing Office at Wrightson Rd. closing at 1.00 pm, trying to make a point about good governance! There is a fierce current between the island's, that's all I will say.

TTT, imagine? What could the GOTT be thinking? A buss business is a buss business by any name!

The ferry fiasco, the continuing saga. All will be exposed very soon.

DJ Rowley- I have no problem with the PMOTT touching base with the people. The hours that you spent today could have been spent exploring every single idea to help fix this failed economy. We are heading for the cliff and you do a PR stint on radio? I guess it was the same man who decided to bring back TTT who told you that the radio DJ stint was a good idea.

The rock seems to be just rolling along with little or no direction. Unless we the people get our act together and understand that this style of governance is going to take us no where, in fact it will actually be the demise of this wonderful country. Do not for one minute think that 'Gawd is ah Trini', that was probably true when energy prices were twice what they are today. Reality says that we are going to be in this negative position for a very long time unless we drag ourselves out of it.

There has to be another solution to our politics. There is an underground movement that is happening as we speak. The traditional style of politicking will die a natural death and a new system will emerge. This is a system of engagement, a system where people actually become a real part of the policy and decision making without having to be an office holder. How about a way where people can contribute in a real sense to ensure that their views are heard, a method where the politician does not tell the people what they, the people, need to do but the complete reverse. The politician is now voicing the actual views of real people. A bit utopian one might say, well think of it. What can a politician tell the fishermen based in Claxton Bay what is good for them or the person living in Sea Lots, Cumacac or Goodwood Park? If there was a way for the people to communicate with the politician then maybe we could actually get the fix right first time! This is real and will determine the politics going forward.

The time has come, we will need to ditch the old and bring on the real, people involvement in creating a country whose people understand who and what they stand for and are ready to throw out the politics that have done us in for decades. Getting the population involved will create a society who is interested in working hard to build a country.

Missing the pan, good night and good luck!