In what follows, if it seems disjointed and rambling, it is, to some extent; but if you bear with me for a minute, I think that in the end, you will find that there is an inter-relatedness to the apparent disparities. A la John Milton, “When I consider how my life is spent,” I think of the country of my birth and early influences until my mid-teens when I departed thoseidyllic isles, I am left almost incredulous. But governmentder these Turks
and Caicos Islands, it is impossible not to think of the country as I knew it and as it is now, the push and pull of what seems a distant past and the current, constant and ubiquitous chatter of divisions along all sorts of lines, the hyperbolic palling and excoriations of our government and political leaders and the blatant failure of those leaders to honestly and forthrightly keep our people informed and address our calls for dealing with some of our very basic needs – despite the Scylla and Charybdis through which they (the government leaders and politicians) must guide the ole ship of state if a safe journey is to be had. In the last 50 years or so, these little Islands-country have grown and developed with such rapidity, that we have become – to use the oft repeated
phrase – “the envy of the Caribbean region.” True, false or indifferent, the statement is indicative of the fact that
these islands have attracted investors, developers, speculators, workers and others from several different countries. Consequently, our country finds itself in an enviable economic position vis-à-vis
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