{"id":145892,"date":"2022-02-02T11:43:18","date_gmt":"2022-02-02T15:43:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/?p=145892"},"modified":"2022-02-02T11:43:18","modified_gmt":"2022-02-02T15:43:18","slug":"letter-a-colossal-national-shame","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/letter-a-colossal-national-shame\/","title":{"rendered":"LETTER: A Colossal National Shame"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Colossal National Shame<\/p>

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Has the sun gone down on the Sunshine Hub?<\/p>\n

Every time I pass by this ‘was-to-be, should-have-been, my blood boils.<\/p>

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Why? Because 27 million USD of our tax dollars is slowly rotting in the sunshine and rain, while politicians play politics and political grandstanding at the expense of ‘we the taxpayers.’<\/p>\n

We the people of Antigua and Barbuda deserves more accountability for our tax dollars and the government, not party, because government is continuous, needs to get their act together and do better with our money.<\/p>

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It’s high time we the people make our voices heard and let the government know that this kind of political game would not be condoned. We want to see our hard-earned tax dollars used for the development of Antigua and Barbuda, for the benefit of all.<\/p>

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Antiguans and Barbudans, what’s your take on this?<\/p>

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Concerned citizen<\/p>\n

Jman<\/p>\n

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