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* * * 2006 ANNUAL GOANETTERS MEET - GOA * * *
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WHERE: Foodland Cafe - Miramar Residency - Miramar, Goa
WHEN: December 21, 2006 @ 4:00pm
More info:
http://lists.goanet.org/pipermail/goanet-goanet.org/2006-December/051412.html
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Roland writes.
"Our local dreamers think that Goa will improve, nevertheless."
Sunith responds:
Why do all your posts related to Goa boil down to the above?
Roland writes:
The wasteful expenditure on IFFI being one example. Very little
brainpower needed to estimate that no more than10 cents on the dollar
(or 10 paise on the rupee) must have actually gone into genuine IFFI
expense.
Sunith responds:
Who are you to judge, that the expenditure on IFFI was wasteful? Is it
your tax money that has been spent? Were you part of the target
audience? Have you seen the balance sheets or the work that has been
done for IFFI?
If I don't pay taxes here in England nor attend the Olympics, would it
be right for me to judge whether the government expenditure on the
London Olympics is a waste of the British Taxpayers money?
Cecil has already told us how much he enjoyed the movies as have many
other Goans. As a Ponjekar myself, I can say that the IFFI expenditure
has definitely given a much needed facelift to Panjim. I consider it
money well spent, though the quality of work could have been better.
Large events like the Olympics or World Cup are used all over the world
to rejuvinate cities(Barcelona, London, Munich,etc), the same thing has
happened in a much smaller way with Panjim and IFFI.
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Sunith D Velho
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