VI needs a local Gov’t system – Douglas Wheatley
Speaking on his radio programme “Speak Out BVI” last evening April 17, 2012, talk show host Douglas Wheatley told listeners that “we need some aspect of local Government.”
“I would like to see the persons who are elected be more concerned with national issues and the issues that concern the various districts we can have a local Government...a local council to deal with those matters and just allow the persons in the national legislature to deal with federal type issues,” the talk show host opined.
According to Mr. Wheatley, the VI would be a better country if it was like that.“... for example in Road Town if you had a City Council dealing with Road Town they would be tasked with improving Road Town, beautifying RT, taking care of the garbage collection and a number of things like that...I know there are some persons who are definitely against it, and some are in favour,” he added.
So over the next few months Wheatley intends to have individuals from both sides of the fence to air their views on the show, and will try to get a draft law from another Caribbean country that has a local Government, have it modified to determine if it can work in the VI.
And whist people may think he is nuts for tackling such a project, Wheatley said, “we have to look down the road 25 years, 35 years, 50 years, and we have to decide what kind of BVI we would want to have at that time. Those of us in my age bracket would not be around at that time, but our children and grandchildren will be. We want to make sure that this little BVI that we are so proud of, it will still be there.”
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