The Selling of Bequia Crown Lands

st vincent better be mindful and not take a 'who cares' attitude about bequia. dollars talk and if the vincy people are oblivious and keep their head in the sand, they could catapult themselves 200 years back into the past and end up landless people working for wealthy landowners once again. i may be going a bit overboard here but just envision this: 21st century colonization, but from asia this time, instead of europe.

in 1776, john byres surveyed bequia and at that time 700 acres of crown lands were put aside for poor white settlers. what a difference 200 years make, huh? i wonder if it's these very same crown lands that are now in the hands of god knows who? hmm...now in 2006 we are selling off crown lands to build an international airport on the mainland? is e.t. joshua airport not good enough? there is already a pink elephant of an airport in bequia sitting virtually empty unless you count the private jets that are parking there for pennies. look y'all, here is a petition that can be signed in support of the protest of the selling of bequia crown lands:
http://sv.usaroots.com/petition.htm

do your duty as a citizen whether you're ULP or NDP. be not afraid.

vincentians - get educated, get aware, and for god's sake and yours, demand more from your government! or vincyland may one day be called st.taiwan or st. malaysia.
thank god for freedom of speech!