Since submitting his resignation as the Parliamentary Representative for St. Mary’s South, Kelvin “Shugy” Simon has hit the ground running.
By vacating the seat, Simon’s unprecedented move, will trigger a by-election in the Constituency which by law, must be called within 120 days.
As Simon prepares to launch his re-election bid, he continues to touch the lives of his constituents as a highly regarded community organizer, guidance counselor and coach.
In the past two days, he has conducted community walk-throughs, to specifically answer any questions or concerns that voters may have about the upcoming by-elections.
The former MP has been warmly received by voters and many have expressed support for his resignation, given the court challenges that have been mounted by the ABLP.
“They are fired up and prepared to go back to the polls to reject Samantha Marshall once again, and to send an even stronger message that they are dissatisfied with her representation of St. Mary’s South Constituency,” Simon said.
According to Simon, many of Marshall’s campaign promises remain unfulfilled. During his most recent outings, Simon identified some of the constituents’ greatest concerns:
- The newly constructed clinic in Bolans that was completed in December 2022 and handed over in March 2023, is still ill-equipped and inoperable.
- The Johnson’s Point Pharmacy is closed, and residents in St. Mary’s South must travel to either Browne’s Avenue or Grays Farm clinics to fill their prescriptions.
- Roads are still in bad shape and a broken guard rail and erosion on the Johnson’s Point Road continues to pose danger to motorists and pedestrians.
- The basketball court in Urlings remains in a state of disrepair.
- The Cades Bay Pineapple Farm, home of the Antigua Black Pineapple, was virtually abandoned by Marshall when she served as Minister of Agriculture.
Simon notes that while Marshall has been absent from the community since the elections in January, during the past few days, there has been some activity on a Sports Complex in Urlings.
Although plans for this facility were unveiled in October 2022, work only commenced after the announcement of his resignation.
He describes this as “By-Election Fever,” and anticipates that there will be a rush to complete many unfulfilled promises.
“We can expect a lot of activity in the Constituency in the next few weeks. But if it took my resignation to get things going, I am delighted that the people will finally get some of the services that they deserve and have been pleading for.
Samantha Marshall has failed to address the needs of the community while in office for almost 10 years.
It will be interesting to see how much Ms. Marshall can accomplish in 120 days,” Simon said.
During his short tenure as the representative for the St. Mary’s South Constituency, Simon has demonstrated his commitment to help meet the needs of the community through mobilization and partnerships with various businesses to positively impact the lives of his constituents.
He has been actively involved in creating a sports camp, community clean-ups, food distribution, and sourcing school and sporting equipment.
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A vote for Samantha Marshall is a vote for Gaston. Reject Samantha Marshall and Gaston Browne.
Just imagine that the things that a government should be doing (provide health-care, good school infrastructure etc) is counted as ‘accomplishments’ by Samantha and Gaston. Imagine dat.
Infrastructure and services that are made possible by taxpayers’ monies are referred to by these failures as ‘accomplishments’.
Vote against Samantha Marshall. Vote against Gaston Browne. Vote against the A.L.P.
Samantha Marshall was never a strong candidate. She won by 81 votes and 31 votes. Now that she has lost by 199 votes, she can handle it.
She is in for a sound beating in the buy-election. Hopefully she will keep her tail part quiet after that. Stop wasting the people’s time and money. She done wid.
Sammo… Real talk! Me like you plenty plenty.. You probably going to lose the by-election but not necessarily because of you, but your boss. He is perceived as being, greedy, selfish, bellicose, duplicitous and arrogant. His attitude is not cute anymore. The tide has turned against him and unfortunately, you will be a casualty. I really do like you. Sad to say I don’t have a quick fix. I have a fix but it’s not quick..
Samantha won the election. Shugy was never a legitimate candidate. I hope the UPP and Supporters will stop BLOWING hot air and read the CONSTITUTION. UPP Advisors have been giving SHUGY , JAMAL PRINGLE and others bad advice. According to Mr .Knight of Observer Radio “ SHUGY and JAMAL PRINGLE should get rid of the old FARTS such as CHAKU , D GISEL ISSAC , HAROLD LOVELL et al from around the Party.
Shugy submit His resignation trying to circumvent the court. He should be charged with CONTEMPT of court.
Friday night on KNIGHT program “ Observer Radio “ BRAWLING , FISH MARKET JOAN McEWEN “ was voiceless “ real toothless tiger. She realized that She cannot jet off to The Virgin Islands for Brunch anymore.
Samantha should be installed as the MP for St. Mary’s South. Shugy should be charged for CONTEMPT of court.
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