Moving beyond the departure of Galicia

I personally do not care now how much money has been spent in the past. It is already spent. As the old folks would say, “It had some ‘simmy dimmy’ going on there with that huge amount of money being paid daily.” But let us keep out of that sea lane for now. Don’t even go there. Let us deal with what is on the table.

So the barge does not look as pretty and painted white like the Galicia. Sob! Sob! But it has to be used.

Then there are You- Tube photos of people scraping salt off their cars and other vehicles.

The barge’s sides are not high enough. More crying.

The main thing is that this barge is moving between Port-of- Spain and Scarborough.

More slowly yes, but it is moving.

Suddenly the designated ferry boat for taking passengers turns out to be having problems with the steering.

Also, suddenly the barge, too, is having difficulty moving from A to B. Complications with Customs and Excise people. More delaying tactics? So we have both boats being several hours late arriving and/or leaving Tobago.

Is it that everybody and everything concerned, including the ferry and barge engines, need to be doused with holy water? Allegations of deliberate sabotage to make the Government look bad? Allegations are what we do best both in TT .

The crux of the matter is that the Tobago House of Assembly appears to only have teeth in Tobago. A law apparently needs to be passed to allow for more THA people to have a say in the procurement of a suitable new boat for the sea bridge.

After all is said and done, it is really all about the money. Buying anything that expensive has to be allocated from the subventions paid to the THA by the Government in Trinidad.

Autonomy is the political four-letter word that remains spoken but not yet in existence.

Right this minute, flour is thicker than water.

Bad mind, bad mouth and suppositions of opposition interference must take second place to getting goods and services as quickly as humanly possible between Tobago and Trinidad.

LYNETTE JOSEPH Diego Martin