Uncaring barriers at Bamboo

THE EDITOR: The authorities were very inconsiderate to erect barriers on the highway by Grand Bazaar to disrupt the lives of the people of the Bamboo settlement. That they chose to do so at the start of the school year reveals a lack of caring and foresight. Surely with their university degrees and flashy salaries they would at least have some common sense to match. There is a time and place for everything, and those barriers should have been erected at Mucurapo long ago.

The people were within their rights to protest, but were met with the might of the law. Some were roughed up by the police and one person was arrested. Yet, when a soldier goes into a bank and behaves like a hooligan he is allowed to walk away scott free and the matter settled amicably. If only the people of Bamboo could be so lucky!

SHERRY ANN LAKHAN
Williamsville