Make Anegada a district by itself – Mr Liston Potter
In an open and candid discourse with this news site during a recent visit to the island, Mr Potter addressed the issue, one which reflected the sentiments expressed by several others. “We have seen tremendous growth up here especially in the tourism industry and that this place is progressing, not because of government necessarily but because we the people of Anegada putting our heels to the task and doing what we have to do.”
According to Mr Potter, with the islands having its own District Representative in isolation from Virgin Gorda their issues will stand out in the House of Assembly. “In that way we’ll be able to do a lot more for the island by itself and there’ll be no confusion as far as like with Anegada and Virgin Gorda, we doing this and that. It’s much harder to get things done for Anegada when you competing with the other islands,” said Mr Potter.
Both NDP & VIP to be blamed for Anegada
“This what’s going on in Anegada is to be put on both governments, VIP and NDP because both of them have been in and the situation has never changed. Both government aint do nothing, all these is to blame on both government,” said a resident.
According to the man, who said he feels passionately about the islands as its home to him and sees and knows what it contributes to the territory’s economic development especially in the fishing and tourism industry, the island is not getting back its fair share in subsidy. “So I would wholeheartedly support the call to have Anegada being a district by itself.”
Land issues
On the issue of lands at Anegada, the resident said the situation is different from that of any other in the territory. “Our land was given to us by Queen Victoria and we only getting deeds when elections time coming around,” he said adding, “they need to finish dealing with the people with the airport wall, give them the money for the airport land and continue to give out deeds to the people so they can build their houses and do further development.”
“They keeping back Anegada, that’s what they are doing,” he said. The resident blasted the NDP government for coming just before elections to tar a few road and he said, “Even with that Anegada got some pot holes you can bury people in them.”
Another resident said the issue of transportation in and out of the islands is a sore point that needs to be addressed. “We need transportation in and out of Anegada because we have to go Tortola for everything, this government only paying attention to the main land.”
“They doing a set of foolishness subsising these big airlines, subsise the local carriers, VI Airlink to do a regular schedule every day, we need frequent transportation by air and sea every day.”
Bring back our ambulance
“We had an ambulance over here, brand new, they took it from here carry it Anegada, they ain’t bring it back and that was sent to Anegada for emergency purposes,” said one resident who chose not to be named at this time.
According to the resident, with the population on the islands having grown, emergency response considerations must be in place and currently there is only a limited clinic on the island. He explained that should the need arise to get someone airlifted out there would be many challenges, including the fact that the medical personnel lives some distance away from the health care facility.
“No ambulance, this heartless government wants the man to pay an outrageous rent to live upstairs at the clinic, we are not taken seriously here, we are always like step children,” said the resident.
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27 Responses to “Make Anegada a district by itself – Mr Liston Potter”
You can only access the island three times a week, as if its a foreign country.
There's no regard for Anegada at all. This has been true with both governments.
Clearly, this demonstrates that we cannot get along. Now, we want to add more confusion, who do you think will pay this bill?
AYO BACK OFF A HANNIBAL HE'S FOR ALL AH WE..... I HAVE HEARD HIM SAY ANEGADA NEEDS TO MAKE THEIR OWN DISCIONS....HE DOES LIKE THE WAY ANEGADA HAS BEEN TREATED OVER THE YEARS BY EITHER PARTIES....HE IS THE ONE WID THE BIGGEST B@LL$....HE ANOUNCED HIS INTENTIONS LONG BEFORE ANYONE ELSE AS AN INDEPENENT CANIDATE..... THATS A MAN OF CLASS AND DETERMINATION.
HANNIBAL FOR THE 9TH ......TIS WEEEZ OWN
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