We hear from various posters that we remote controllers (those not resident in Goa, but live abroad), ought to do something constructive by moving back to Goa and doing something about the issues instead of mouthing off. I would love to come back to Goa, if someone will feed, clothe & house me and my family. I will dedicate as much time as Rajan & all the other posters but exactly where will all my blood sweat & tears get me? Will be just another one who will cry & moan, complain endlessly about the past politicians, current policians & grubby business men & bankers, government officials who take bribes or are threatened & 'all those migrants' who are the main cause of our woes. Time is not a factor here, the migrants are in Goa to stay, they cannot leave unless the local goverment pay them to go back to where they came from, and keep away from Goa, the NIMBY factor strikes again. Migrants go anywhere, but NOT IN MY BACK YARD. I have said it before, act before its too late. Its now too late to be continually moaning about the already "settled" migrants & the new migrants now, they are in Goa to stay! Nobody has the will to do anything, other than ensure they are a vote-bank, or cheap labour for some companies, you can of course complain about it, more are arriving every day, by train & bus, bull-cart & leaving their mark wherever they travel. On Goanet, and by emails to various departments, I have asked, suggested, commented, even close to begging some of the posters on this forum to stand up and be counted, no matter where you are, you DONT have to be in Goa only to help Goa, anyone of any colour, creed or social rank can help, just by writing to the MLA's, emailing and bringing to attention of the National Government of India & departments there, with information on mis-deeds & corruption, local goverment are not doing anything to help the migrants with housing or work, they are sleeping on the pavements, on other bona-fide land belonging to other people. You can stand talk for hours on podiums & in conferences, this is water off a duck's back, it does nothing but fire up the listeners, then protests gather momentum with verbal abuse, physical violence. Not at all constructive. Its far too late now to do anything at all about the inward migration, the Indians from ALL the other States have a legal right to come to Goa, or Goans to go to their State, no matter about this, just ensure that those who do come, have an ADDRESS they are staying at, no matter if its a hostel for 10 holding 40, or a house for 4 holding 20, as long as they are have an address. IF no address, then its the local police & the local authority with the courts help (all to be uncorrupted..........) who are the responsible for moving on any illegal settlers. Sounds easy, but it's not, so where is the blame for this? The remote controllers abroad? The residents of Goa who are legally there? Who will back you or help you? Your neighbours are the first point of call............ those physcially close to you, and for Rajan who has supplied us with many thousands of photos, for JoeGoaUK, for all who are currently IN Goa to contact the person next door & get some groupings together, then people like Rajan who are good at talking the talk, to walk the walk. We remote controllers will do our bit, by badgering more and more, after all we cant physically be there, its frustrating for us, so please no more pilloring those who are trying to help, its dividing us, again. Unite and march forward to your destiny, its in your hands, not mine or other remote controllers in far away lands, get rid of the corruption first, not the migrants, they are legally there, the corrupt politicians are not, they fooled everyone who voted for them. And please, dont harrass those who are abroad, they have the same feeling for Goa, as they did when they lived there, they are just sad to hear, how badly things are going, but are powerless to help, so sometimes by scratching the surface they get spat upon, not nice. John Monteiro ----------------------------------------------------------------
"Rajan P. Parrikar" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Goa has become a magnet for dregs from India and beyond. We have ceded control of our homeland to guttersnipes and criminal elements from all over. ----------------------------------------------------------------- Regards John Monteiro
