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Algernon \u201cSerpent\u201d Watts is accusing the Development Control Authority (DCA) of deliberately using delays to prevent him from erecting a tent for a fundraising activity.<\/p>

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Watts, the United Progressive Party Candidate for St. George, says he had begun erecting the structure, but was ordered by DCA inspectors to cease and desist.\u00a0 He complied.<\/p>\n

Watts says he was given instructions on how he should apply for approval and thereafter applied to the DCA by way of a letter.\u00a0 But, since that time, he says, he has been blocked every step of the way.<\/p>

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The UPP Candidate claims his attempts are being derailed by someone close to his opponent, the current MP for St. George.<\/p>

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Watts says he will not stand for this type of political victimization, which seems to be the\u00a0modus operandi<\/em>\u00a0of the Labour Party.<\/p>\n

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Algernon \u201cSerpent\u201d Watts is accusing the Development Control Authority (DCA) of deliberately using delays to prevent him from erecting a tent for a fundraising activity. Watts, the United Progressive Party Candidate for St. George, says he had begun erecting the structure, but was ordered by DCA inspectors to cease and desist.\u00a0 He complied. 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