Dear Sandeep, We have not met, perhaps only on the Goanet. Your message caught my eye and makes interesting reading and leads me to beleive that you are ardently following the progress/downfall of Goa. Am I correct? I live and work in Dubai, although I know in my Heart that Goa is the place I belonged and will always belong. For your info, I am 50+, spent almost 27 continous years working in the Gulf. If all what you have said below is correct ( I am not doubting a word). How do you back your claim should someone ask you, if its true? With every good wish, Leo. Dubai - UAE. Message: 2Date: Fri, 7 Mar 2008 06:48:12 -0800 (PST)From: sandeep heble <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>Subject: Re: [Goanet] Questions for ParrikarTo: [EMAIL PROTECTED]: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 1. When you demolished the Football Stadium at Campal-Panaji, you assured the Panjim residents that youwould build a bigger and better stadium there. Willyou fulfill that promise or will you utilize thatground for other purposes like building an auditoriumfor Film Festivals or Parking area, etc? 2. During your tenure as the Chief Minister, the powerof office was, at times, misused by you to harass andintimidate those who disagreed with you, your partyand sometimes even your supporters. Prominent citizenslike Dr Francisco Colaco, Datta Naik and ShridharKamat were arrested for opposing your policies. Eventhe great Freedom Fighter Francisco Martins was notspared by the Police. If my memory serves me right, hewas picked up by the cops sometime in the night andwas not even given the opportunity to change hisclothes. Would you agree that these were areas whereyou could have done much better in the past and willyou be more politically mature to realize that in ademocracy there is space for protests and dissent aswell? 3. Presently, the Panel affiliated to the Taleigao MLABabush Monserrate heads the Council of the Corporationof the City of Panjim. From the information that Ihave, a lot of money that is being collected from thecitizens of Panjim by way of taxes is being utilizedfor the development of Taleigao while income from theadded areas of Taleigao is pittance. Your intentionsin adding parts of Taleigao may have been noble butindirectly, the reigns of the city Municipality havebeen handed over to the Taleigao MLA who is treatingit like his personal fiefdom. The present Mayor islike a Puppet who Babush is controlling with thestring in his hands and this Council is the worstever. If the resi dents of the city desire, can not theCCP revert back to its old Municipality status, as wasdone with the Taleigao Panchayat? 4. There are a lot of illegal Roadside shrines thatare causing traffic hazards, mostly ghumtis andcrosses. Most of these illegal structures are built byHindus and Catholics with Muslims unfortunately beingthe only community projected as fanatics. A surveythat you had initiated during your tenure revealedthat there are some 7000 of such illegal religiousshrines in different parts of Goa. What action willyou take against such illegal structures since thecontinuance of the same can have the potential ofdisturbing communal harmony and creating disturbances? 5. So many times, you have been alleged to take aparticular stand on one day and take a diametricallyopposite stand that suits your own interests onanother. I remember, at a Public Meeting in AzadMaidan, you had publicly proclaimed that you would putBabush Monserrate behind bars for all his frauds ands ins if you would come back to power. This was whenBabush had withdrawn support to your Government andyour Government had been dismissed. Now, you tried toform the Government with him. Do you take back allthat you said against Babush Monserrate in the pastand what is your stand vis-?-vis Mr. Monserrate now? 6. Many Panjim residents feel that the wards ofBoca-de-Vaca and Deulwada are your pampered wardswhile you tend to neglect the others. You treat theyouth of Boca-de-Vaca and Deulwada like your sonswhile you treat others from the city like your fostersons. You are prominently seen at all their functionswhile you hardly visit other areas. Could you make aneffort to improve on that? 7. People tend to call you abrasive and arrogant.Would you consciously try to change that image andsmile and laugh a lot more and wish people every timeyou meet them on the streets and at functions, orwould you continue to pretend that you have not seenthem at all? :) Regards and Good wishesSandee p HebleSt. Inez, Panaji. _________________________________________________________________ Express yourself instantly with MSN Messenger! Download today it's FREE! http://messenger.msn.click-url.com/go/onm00200471ave/direct/01/
