To Goanet - 'Tis that time of the year. To remind Goans of the rogues who betrayed a movement. It was our last gasp, our final chance to recover Goa, or at least arrest the decay.
I clearly remember the energy and promise of December 2006. But it all came to nought and worse. Goa is today done for. Yet these rogues line up to accept awards for 'saving' Goa or pretend to be eco warriors. This is also an "I TOLD YOU SO" moment for Soter and I. We were the first and the only people to blow the whistle and expose the charlatans masquerading as Goa's saviors. We were 110% right then, we have been 200% vindicated by the events since. These rogues have done worse damage to Goa than our dirty politicians, or all the opportunistic non-Goan leeches like Putturaju and Morad put together. For these guys took the trust and faith of Goans and then "danced footsie." They had the government on the mat post Dec 18, 2006. But they played games and collaborated with the very govt they said they were fighting against. Soter and I told you then about the blue eyed doctor and the smooth talking architect. The architect feigned indignation. As for the good doctor, he fell back on the old chestnut: how dare they question my "integrity," he thundered. As I wrote here once, I'll give the doctor a penny for all his integrity and he can keep the change. If my RTI applications (to over 35 panchayats) revealed something, it was that the architects - Goan and non-Goan - were playing a double game. Pretending to be 'eco-sensitive' while at the same time preserving their business interests. This situation is otherwise known as the fox guarding the henhouse. For months I posted photographs here on Goanet about illegal construction, hill cutting, depleted fields etc, and I posted data about land conversion and other related matters - not ONE activist of any standing from the GBA ever asked to see any details. Now you know why. Admin Noronha was as usual sniping from the sidelines, as is his wont. First he claimed I was "exaggerating," then he blamed my "zoom lens," and when these old maid tactics didn't work, he began casting aspersions on my motives, hinted about my secret Hindutva/RSS/BJP connections, and spread gossip my sources of funding. Alas, nothing worked. Tch tch tch. What we do know now is that it is Admin Noronha who has to do some explaining about "sources of funding." I shall have more to say about Admin Noronha - after all, he started this, and it is a fight I am more than happy to have. And I have infinite patience and zero fear about protecting reputation, mine or anyone else's. My post - "GBA's history rewrite - FAIL" - on Goanet from last December deserves a replay. Please re-read - http://lists.goanet.org/pipermail/goanet-goanet.org/2010-December/202726.html Let me also explicitly cite the links of the posts I made in Dec 2009 - GBA - 3 years of deceit (Part 1/2) - http://lists.goanet.org/pipermail/goanet-goanet.org/2009-December/187272.html GBA - 3 years of deceit (Part 2/2) http://lists.goanet.org/pipermail/goanet-goanet.org/2009-December/187386.html Warm regards, r --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Protect Goa's natural beauty Support Goa's first Tiger Reserve Sign the petition at: http://www.goanet.org/petition/petition.php ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
