Time to clean up stink city

THE EDITOR: I wish to remind our government authorities that while billions of dollars are passing through this little island, our beautiful capital continues to go to pieces. The hub of this coutnry is the working class and the pavements of our capital is in dire need of repairs, I mean most of the pavements.

Our city continues to smell very nasty; particularly Broadway. Coming into the city every morning is quite a challenge. While those who can afford expensive cars sit and just get off in front their locations, those who have to taxi it, get off and walk to their destinations and are left to withstand the stink city. What’s going on, who is passing the buck on who here? Then bring CEPEP in Port-of-Spain. Scrub down the streets, use some disinfectant, employ people to do this. About the garbage in the city, all the business people should be in charge of thier own garbage, whether they are vendors or store-keepers. There’s too much garbage in Port-of-Spain. The government should make bsuinessmen in Port-of-Spain responsible for their own garbage. Employ litter wardens; the funds you can generate from the monies the authorities can accrue from fines will pay the litter wardens.

It’s too much. Employ crews to scrub the streets. The government should also get persons whose buildigns remain dirty for years and years to paint them, beautify the place. If not, get CEPEP to white wash the front of the buildigns, the edges of the pavements. I am sure the authorities are aware of how dirty Port-of-Spain is and as a tax-paying citizen I demand to walk on clean streets when I have to go to work becuase I too pay taxes before I get my money at the end of the month. I’m sure every other citizen who walk the streets will agree with me. Also, please, please get these untidy vagrants off the streets, get them off the park benches. If your authorities cannot do it, there are men out there whom you can employ; pay them, let them help you round up the vagrants and place them in an environment where systems can be put in place to care for them. Come on, let’s take care of our people, and of our country. Thanks Mr Manning for paying attention.

CYNTHIA CABRAL
Haleland Park