Hon Pickering reveals EE housing scheme plans
Foolish talk
Speaking at an open air campaign rally in Greenland last evening, June 2, 2015, Hon Pickering denounced his critics as "people who are talking foolishness" especially as it relates to works and initiatives that have been executed under his portfolio.
Referring to the several works that have been executed in the communities of East End, including Beef Island, he said, “Yet still we got people talking foolishness but we selling out the country, we who doing more than anybody else to protect this community and protect our natural environment and I will continue to fight with every last breath that I have, fight to protect our fisheries.”
Conchs & whelks disappearing
Endorsed by members of the audience, Hon Pickering alluded to the disappearance of conchs from the Red Rock area and the disappearance of whelks from Buck Island. “Everybody knows when you could have set fishpot off Beef Island and catch plenty fish, you can’t do it now but if we continue at the rate at which we going, if we continue to remove without protection, we soon wouldn’t have anything at all.”
Hon Pickering has been the subject of harsh criticisms by several members of the opposing side on the campaign trail and even his own constituents, for not having done anything for the District he was placed in office to represent. But, according to him, he has been focusing more on the bigger pictures.
“Despite all the criticism I get, despite all the venom that has been thrown against me by people in this community who I have grown up with, I will even work twice as hard to ensure that we protect the natural environment of this country because it is our number one asset and it is one that will sustain us in years to come,” he said.
New housing scheme on preserved Steven’s land
The Deputy Premier also came equipped to disclose plans for a housing scheme and a park for senior citizens in the Seventh District.
“In case you don’t know, the piece of land next to Sheebo right in front of Taxo over there is reserved by the covenants of the land that was given to the government by the Stevens’ family. Three acres of the land is reserved for a park in honour of senior citizens,” announced Hon Pickering as he alluded to housing plans for the community he said he had held back so he could deliberately announce last night.
He told residents that while a section of the land left by the Stevens' is specifically for the establishment of a park for senior citizens, two and a half acres of the land was reserved specifically for housing for locals.
The incumbent displayed a drawing, which he showed to those present, of the plans already made out for the development of that housing scheme. He said the design was done by Deon Crabbe and Deon Stoutt and it was the hope it would have gone to cabinet before elections.
“But the boss called elections before we had time to finish, but I guarantee you that one of the first things on the agenda for the next government when you send us back to the House of Assembly is going to be this project,” declared Hon Pickering.
Residents were told that already one person has committed to the construction of the first house out of his pocket for which he would be repaid when that house would have been sold. Hon Pickering declined to name the individual.
The design for the housing scheme allows for some 14 houses.
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40 Responses to “Hon Pickering reveals EE housing scheme plans”
It seems that the smell of those white people money is driving him crazy. I was so impressed with the Done Deal minister before he made it up to the 16 years.
He would have been much more productive in giving the constituents of the 7the District the representation that they deserve, if only he would have stayed out of the white people place up at Oil Nut Bay, Necker Island, ScruB and and LDB.
These houses would be for h*m and the Cr****s. They got all the work up East End. Pure Lie.
NDP really think that we are fools! Why didn't the Honourable minister allowed you to finish the project then call election? Another political gimmick just to get votes.
So what going on. Since when a district candidate telling us what he doing in somebody else district but his own.
And i bet them Cr***e will get the job to build. Just sickning!
1) How could you say you care about the people who elected u and the only time they see you is election time and the rest of your time Oil Nut Bay
2) How could you love your people when they cannot approach you
3) How could you say you love your people and 16 years after Suzie, Kung fu, Flock Bull, kumbaya, Champy, etc still looking the same and eating meal a day
4) How could you love your people and you don't tell them you love them
5) How could you love your people when you continue to limit their opportunity to be their own boss
6) How could you love them when you only see them as bush cutters
7) How could u love them when you only mingle with a selected few and proud of your rich friends
8) How could you love them after lying to them for 16 years promising them homes just like today
9) How could you love them with so many of the unemployed?
10) How could you love them when you only put them to work around election, August and Christmas
11) How could you love them when they crying out to you for help and you ignoring them
12) How could you love them you taking their land
13) How could you love them when you encouraging them to go out miles away to fish and haven't made the right preparations for them to do so
14) How you cannot take the land from the people who own long bay beach to develop it
15) How you cannot encourage those young guys on the block to go long bay beach and sell food and drinks
16) Why long bay beach have to be a park and not a place of business for opportunities, Cane Garden Bay can only hold so much
17) How many parks do we need
18) Why Kung fu eating out the garbage (only one meal a day)
19) Why only now you fixing the roads
20) Why only now the ideas
21) How much more years do you need
Maynard will do more for the people than u