LETTER: From Support to Disappointment: Action Over Talk

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From Support to Disappointment: Action Over Talk

I once supported Mr. Kelvin “Shugy” Simon with hope and belief, like many others in the constituency. Today, however, that hope has turned into disappointment. What we are seeing now is too much talk and very little action.

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Mr. Simon, the people need more than words. Stop the critics and do the work. The constituency needs you now, before it is too late. Leadership is about presence, service, and results, not speeches alone.

I watch Mr. Dwayne George continues to work for the people. Every other Thursday, food is distributed to those in need within the SMS constituency. He is actively involved in community service and makes himself available each Thursday at his branch to meet directly with the people of the constituency. That is leadership in action.


I drive home from work, and I often see Mr. George engaged directly with his constituents, and they need leaders who show up consistently. Action will always speak louder than words.

The people are watching, listening, and waiting, but patience is running out.


If people choose to vote for Mr. George, I would understand why.

The people see effort. They see engagement. They see action.
SMS needs leadership through action, not excuses.

PS I am a strong UPP supporter, We need you, Shuggs

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16 COMMENTS

  1. Wheel and come again ALP supporter…. we know your tactics…. we don’t see the hon Simon taking a photo opp at any opportunity he’s next to excavator or truck. The people love Shuggy and he has done alot for his community with the limited resources he has. George is not a competent politician

  2. Nice damn try by the writer to denigrate the Most Honourable Kelvin Shugy Simon by saying:

    “… what we are seeing now is too much talk and very little action”

    Has the writer forgotten that the ABLP have been governing for almost 12 years now? There’s only so much the UPP can do whilst the government control the treasury purse strings.

    And I’m glad the writer has mentioned the ABLP’s Dwane George, because using the same argument, shouldn’t George – who has more access to treasury finances than Shugy – have achieved 2-3 times more for his constituents and country atlarge?

    Isn’t time that the ABLP supporters place the blame where it squarely lies?

  3. Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha!!!
    Which UPP supporter is afraid to identify him/her self?
    Since when n?
    It is plain to see that the ALP feels that the walls are caving in around them.
    Whenever they feel the squeeze they come out as UPP trying to shed light in dark areas created by them.
    This letter was written by a laboRAT.
    Certainly not by a UPP supporter as the letter claims.
    Firstly, anytime you hear a person making noise over a plate of food know that it is a laboRAT.
    UPP supporters are too independent to depend on a plate of food and go even further as to hold grudges against others for a plate of food.
    That’s the lowest of low.
    Where do you think the findingbfor the plates of food is coming from?
    Do you think it is from Dwayne George’s personal funds?
    Oh no, hungry.
    It is your money.
    It is your tax dollars.
    Dwayne George entered the race broke like a church mouse.
    Lucifer works on Gaston’s farm.
    Use your coconut.
    Then again laboRATs cant do that.
    They have to depend on a thought from Gaston.
    You have blamed Shuggy for not showing initiative and results.
    How do you expect him to fund the initiatives that he is not advancing?
    You are yet to identify a single area where Shuggy has failed.
    Shuggy is presently leading the charge to assist a sick villager.
    What more do you expect of him.
    St Marys South is not only Bolans.
    It includes Crabb Hill, Johnsons Point, Urlings and Cades Bay.
    When last did Lucifer’s son visit any of them?
    He could not lose the screw of his brain, if he has one, to offer such independent people a plate of food.
    Your hope has not turned into disappointment.
    It has turned into greed.
    This is one of tge qualities if a laboRAT.
    Greed!!!!!
    Hope is not fading.
    It is laboRATs greed increasing.
    Shuggy is the man for St Marys South.
    We will never go back to labour.
    You can go have your plate of food.
    You think it is a great idea offering a plate of food.
    No.
    It isn’t.
    It is proof of the poverty and desperation in the constituency and island.
    We need to empower the people rather than keeping them in poverty and a state of dependency.
    Give a man a bread and you feed him for a day.
    Give a laboRAT a plate of food and you feed him for a day.
    Give a man a line and bait and you feed him for life.
    Give a laboRAT a line and bait and you feed him for life.
    However laboRATs do not love independence.
    They prefer a plate of food daily than cooking everyday.

  4. Just who this Over Inflated Windbag Dwayne George thinks he is fooling with this letter. Hon. Kelvin Simon is the people’s choice and will always be once you are the alternative. Photo Ops doesn’t mean a thing to sensible people. You used to cuss Gaston left, right and center and then joined the wicked Cabal. You will once again go down in flames by the people of SMS

  5. Based on my analysis, Senator Dwayne George will lose. His government is in power and nothing substantial is occurring in the Parish or his own village. The opposition, MP Simon’s, main focus is to advocate for the people and to highlight errors. He should even take some of these opportunities to put forward his own ideas, to show competence and innovation. What would add icing on the cake, if you love icing on your cake or in my case, what would add extra salt-fish to my chap-up (with bread), is if the MP Simon, opposition, is able to make substantial difference while in opposition, while having less access to resources, but is still able to implement a community watch (that actually works), provide the schools with security systems, computers and other technology, provide after school programs with teachers, increase the amount of small businesses in the community, have a monthly or yearly community small business fair that involves show casing the work of great community contributors (teacher Cavelle, Mr. Williams (Pacer), Teacher Mrs. Henry (teacher baby Rose), Peters (tennis star) have sporting events regularly to build talent and to keep our youths distracted from criminality, set up community singles gather (this is just for me to find a wife ha ha, I had to through a joke in), but seriously, there should be lasting endeavourd implements that majority (if not all) always remember you (encouraging the government and private entities, mainly the government, to sell shares, bonds and other securities to locals).

    Look into developing a program to keep our aged population occupied, active and happy, to give family members a break that they have no choice but to remember you and support you.

    Pushing for local teams at every game to sell merchandise for players, autographed/signed, encourage local hotels to have local night to celebrate local cricket, basketball, teachers, and tennis stars.

    Giving these players merchandise for their team in which they are charged with selling and pushing their brand. You are not allowed to sell at our beaches or tourism spot without having at least a few merchandise of local sport stars, the stars can be international or national or local.

    But let us start somewhere to make our own big. Each teach should have their own free YouTube channel, with some attempt to record and upload each and every game. We can do this, it is not as hard as people think to morally and legally turn $0 into substantial funds, millions of dollars possibly.

    Which of these leaders will follow my guidance to make the community substantially better and to provide better hope? Who will be innovative and disciplined to stay on this path?

    Who will have local culture days and nights for people to play marbles (hole and angle)? Who will bring back softball cricket? Who will provide treats on independence day? Who will encourage the government to returned fireworks on November 9 (Burn fire night)? Who will see that we must try to bring back our culture but with safety in an attempt to get back that closeness, peace and safety we once had?

    Who will focus more on the substance on what I am saying instead of their hatred for people who say their party is wrong when they clearly are?

  6. This is so true. I am also a UPP supporter and it’s distasteful to see that shuggy is nowhere to be found after election. Where is the branch office so we can sit and speak to our mp? This is so draining and we the UPP supporters need to stop being biased

  7. @ My Way Of Helping
    Your ideas make a lot of sense but it would require a substantial amount of finance. The money people seem to mostly support the government representatives because they are always looking for kickbacks. Opposition Reps are at a big disadvantage

  8. @Man From West Palm Beach Bolans, thank you. I meant to say all local sports teach must have a YouTube travel (should be required) and an attempt to record and upload each game.

    A lot of the ideas I highlighted cost nothing much. Each player is issued extra fan shirts and charged with selling them (percentage of sale to the player and other, to the team). 2 shirts or socks per player to sell to fans. Encourage supporters to wear their favorite player’s jersey at games.

    Let us just celebrate each other and market the games at local hotels as events tourist/visitors can watch.

    The ministry of tourism spent $0 on this area. I estimate it is possible to bring in $100,000usd at minimum to local sports if the minimum amount of marketing is put into it, at local hotels. You will be shocked on how often visitors are interested in jersey collection, worldwide.

    I would love to watch a game of marbles, I have only fund memories of those moments, with the passion and skills of local youths and even adults playing. I love it.

    I am interested on being the owner of Bolans Soccer/football team and SAP football/soccer team. We will make these teams make money for players, staff and their village.

    My first investment would be $250,000.00, if I can get these basic things done with disciplined and professional players.

  9. I hate to say it, but the difference is clear. Mr. George is visible, engaged, and getting things done, regardless of him being the elected MP. Meanwhile, I’ve seen little to nothing from Mr. Simon, despite the promises he made. I gave him a chance, but so far, he hasn’t proven he was the right choice.

  10. As at @Country and town wails:

    “… I am also a UPP supporter and it’s distasteful to see that Shuggy Simon is nowhere to be found …”

    Yeah right at Country and town, of course you are a UPP supporter. 🤣🤣🤣

    The desperate lengths that the ABLP will go to disguise their true selves is just mind boggling.

    However, let me try and give you the benefit of my doubts about you being a UPP supporter. You’d do well to remember that the UPP hasn’t governed 14-15 years and you believe that the Honourable Kelvin Shugy Simon is our problem?

    You sound like a “closet” ABLP supporter…

  11. 😂.GB has been missing in action for the past 12 years on behalf of the people of Antigua, and it’s Shuggy these people going after,again?
    The man is in his first term, not even 2 full years in, and we are coming for his head, again?

    Y’all failed twice when GB and co took him to court over some bogus notion that he shouldn’t be able to contest the seat, and trust me, y’all will fail again.

    That’s all I have to say on this matter.

    The audacity of these people is out this world.

    Go tell GB to go sell his soul to get y’all Visa back, and just leave Shuggy alone.

    Antiguan is in the same sentence as Haiti, on US blacklist, just imagine that!

    Y’all are spineless. Go after GB and his dumb subordinates.

  12. Islanman26, they are all mindless myopic and uncritical supporters of the ABLP.

    Even when I supported them in 2014, I had an open mind about them until they started breaking their manifesto promises.

    Gaston couldn’t pay me to support them again, unlike FORMER UPP members. Tarl!!!

  13. That this ALP supporter expose himself engaging this news paper with visceral emotions instead of proper ideology or logics, Dwayne George is spending government monies and not shuggy, has he forgotten Gaston words verbatim that he will punish constituencies tha didn’t vote for ALP, that threat morphed Dwayne George and Anthony smith into pretending to be red ALP fanatics where they now have the tax payers monies to do personal social exploits and pocket most of the funds, Dwayne George was so helpful he went along with a constituent to the post office assuring them he can expedite their drugs through customs.

  14. That this ALP supporter expose himself engaging this news paper with visceral emotions instead of proper ideology or logics, Dwayne George is spending government monies and not shuggy, has he forgotten Gaston words verbatim that he will punish constituencies that didn’t vote for ALP, that threat morphed Dwayne George and Anthony smith into pretending to be red ALP fanatics where they now have the tax payers monies to do personal social exploits and pocket most of the funds, Dwayne George was so helpful he went along with a constituent to the post office assuring them he can expedite their drugs through customs.

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