I’M A SURVIVOR
Monday, March 15th, 2010DENIS KELLMAN’S COLUMN - THE DEBATE
SEPTEMBER 27, 2007
I have always said that Clyde Mascoll is a technocrat and not a politician, something which angered him when I tried to implore him to find the right mix. He needs not worry about that comment emanating from my mouth anymore because after hearing him on Sunday, I am now convinced the he has promoted himself to be a politician and he has finally been able to rid himself of being a technocrat.
He has demonstrated without a shadow of a doubt that he is a full fledge B and that he is prepared to go to any length to protect territory, even if it means damaging his professional capabilities in the eyes of the public.
I was the most surprised man to hear that an official from 3S did not speak about increased cost for the Highway. I saw a gentleman purported to be from 3S on my TV speaking about increased cost for the highway with clarity and surety. After hearing last Sunday’s program, I must ask CBC why they are using computer images of persons purporting to be someone else.
What I heard on television is not an official seeking increased cost, but someone informing the public what the cost is going to be. This action is not surprising to me. What was surprising was that the moderator did not remember what I said about BOLT arrangements. It was also surprising to hear that Dr. Howard and another person disagreed with Mr. Mascoll about the increased in population, but the name of the other person was never mentioned.
It is evident that some persons believe that they are persons who should never be stars and set about to keep vital information from the public. These persons believe that by playing sides that someday they will be rewarded. I have always been a loner and it started very early. When I started to work, I was treated the same way because of jealous persons. Mr. Mascoll could write a book about the treatment that was meted out to me. I am still surviving on my own stream, along with the blessings from the public.
I have always been accused of jealousy even though I have always offered and not deprived persons of their due. I have always been deprived of what is legally mine, but got the blame that should have fallen on someone else.
Good Parliamentary representatives always take their fair share of tribulations and pray for redemption, because it is on that day everyone has to reveal everything.
Clyde will be well served to see certain topics and leave them alone unless he is under pressure from the hive. The man I worked with was never known for swiping, but it seems that he has given up his bat and pad stance and is now using long-handled bats. He has to be careful how he continues to sky the ball within the boundary.
His answer to Gems was a gem. He demonstrated that he used the occasion to acknowledge that his Government agrees with the policy being practiced in the private sector. This is to sell a business for the capital gains and not run it to make yearly profits. I was very critical of persons who owned successful businesses and sold them for capital gains, but understood the reason why it was occurring and that is the reason why I offered Kellmanomics.
I have observed that it is for them, one cow head that is more important than the sheep head a day. It is one thing for Government to sell their assets, but is troubling when this pattern is followed by the private sector. The unions need to have a careful look at what is happening. It seems to be a recipe for the degradation of the labour movement.
The answer given for the costs of overruns was surprising coming from a technocrat. He knows better than anyone else that it is important to have local businesses and to encourage them to be recurrent. Mr. Mascoll knows accounting. I have seen him interpreting final statements when he was a technocrat operating within the DLP. He has always been praised for his ability as a technocrat and he needs not divorce himself from it. If he wants to change, he must now seek the tutoring that he was given when he was in the DLP from the “Iman.” He has to learn to blend the two, or he will destroy everything he was taught.
He has to understand what caused his boss to be where he is today and to reflect on what caused the loyal ones to be ignored in preference for the not wanted. He is now trying to be more B that Sir Louis and Cynthia Forde. If he wants upward mobility, he has to be able to read the political current and stop trying to convince persons of his political loyalty. Party loyalty cannot be the only asset that is for party supporters and I am not aware of your push for such positions.
The Government has now exposed its position on BS&T by what was said about the capital gains for Gems. The only reason that it has not opposed the sale/merger is the justification of the sale of Gems’ assets.
Had Mascoll known the Right Excellent Errol Barrow, he would have known that the project for the South Coast Hotels was neither location nor size, but an expansionary idea to keep and expand capacity in your most important sector. This concept was not new and it was done by the DLP before in the Sugar Industry. The Scotland District was not about location, but about a concept and that is why it stretches from St. Lucy to St. Philip and not only St. Andrew. It is for this reason, that I could not understand why the Government refused to acquire North Point.
I was severely criticized by my comrades for not joining the debate on Gems, but I have always said to some of my comrades that I could not join anyone in criticizing a good concept conceived by the DLP under the O’Neale’s leadership.
I have lived to see that I have been redeemed and still believe that gems should have been tackled from a management perspective.
We have to be careful how we allow strangers in the pew to destroy our concepts. Once we know the philosophy of the party, one can speak on any topic with clarity. Goodwill is something that we must protect, and I have always tried to protect that goodwill for the party. I understood how it was allowed to be taken by family connections. We must face up to the facts and accept that we have given up goodwill in the wrong name.
I have watched the other side doing their best to be Barrowites and we must ensure that we stop the slide. Our territory must be recaptured and the best opportunity is now.
Mr. Mascoll will live to regret his mouthing n Capital Gains and Cost Overruns. Had he been schooled in accountancy, he would not have made that error. He would have appreciated that a business is a contentious entity and not a one off.
It is regrettable that I have to teach him from across the brow and that he did not perform a Mr. Bruce Golding approach as advised by me when he was leaving the party. He has to understand that competition is good for the institution and the more the merrier. Competition allows continuity and it assures the voting public that a crisis can easily be resolved when your back is against the wall.
A man’s professional abilities must always be respected, whether he is a shopkeeper or an economist.
“Wha ya don’t like for ya self, don’t do to others.”
Peace, love, unity, humility, Kellmanomics, wisdom and understanding.
