'Everybody got a pop up shop' in Road Town- Claude O. Skelton-Cline
Mr Skelton-Cline aired his concerns during the Tuesday, December 10, 2019, edition of his Honestly Speaking radio show on ZBVI 780 AM, where he also touched on 'liming' by men looking for work as an ongoing issue in the capital city, asserting that it is being ignored.
Vending all over RT
"I am concerned that our town, that our city, our capital... is not as clean as it ought to be, we are more than two years out now in terms of hurricanes Irma and Maria and I see a lot of vendors throughout the place, everybody got a pop-up shop," he said.
The man of the cloth continued, "While we do want to be industrious and while we do want to have persons to express their entrepreneurial spirit, there needs to order and there need to be segregated spaces where these kinds of market place business is conducted."
He said authorities now have a responsibility to manage the growth of the territory, given that several nationalities now call the VI their home.
Preserving Cultures
According to Skelton-Cline, the territory needs to find ways to maintain and preserve the culture of the Virgin Islands (VI), "our own history while having persons in pockets to celebrate their own but where our flag and our culture and our cuisine and everything that is Virgin Islander is pronounced," he said.
On the October 8, 2019 edition of Honestly Speaking, Mr Skelton-Cline had remarked that men 'liming' on corners was a possible social challenge, "I am deeply concerned about what I see emerging as what would be a social challenge for us here in this country," he said.
The activity of liming and sitting around he said, was changing the culture of the territory akin to places like Jamaica and Santo Domingo, which is the capital city of the Dominican Republic.
'Men still liming' - Skelton-Cline
Noting that men continue to 'lime' or 'hangout' at various corners of the territory, he said, "We have to clean up our city, we have to put persons who are selling their wares in segregated spaces, the place as you drive through has to feel safe, smell good, looks good... it is the capital," he said.
Skelton-Cline has previously called for more monitoring of the population as it relates to the high number of males socialising under trees and at corners in various parts of the territory.
30 Responses to “'Everybody got a pop up shop' in Road Town- Claude O. Skelton-Cline”
The man of the cloth was certainly not talking froth.
As for the blocks - it’s an issue now but when you was on a block (waterfront) you didn’t have issue then! So what’s the real talking point Claude?
What you really should be fighting for. From time hurricane Irma, ( everything gone up from Rent insurance water electricity Food materials, stupidity proud boostful arrogant lovers of pleasure and themselves, all these increased, you go riteway after spending so much money you still has to purchase bags, all these things gone up , you can goan talk
You is ok , but there person's who are struggling trying to make ends meets the small man , YOU need to stop with your oppressive spirit, you need deliverance.