To Goanet - Folks keep forwarding to me letters to CM supposedly written by Claude Alvares asking for action on this mine or that. Apparently, Claude has a laundry list of items he wants addressed faster than the speed of light. He is not alone. An entire army of Goans has suddenly awakened (strictly on Facebook) and want this issue fixed, that officer fired, that electrical hazard tended to. And let's not get into the sudden flowering of Goan economists in the past 4 weeks, armed with the magic mot du jour: "revenue."
Claude has a lot of patience, sometimes running into decades, when he pursues his cases in courts of law. It is perplexing that he gives no breather to Manohar Parrikar, who has just completed 4 weeks in office. Is Claude unaware that for the last 7 years we had a criminal raj? The Kangress crime syndicate that ruled Goa shat on it and looted it. Now you want a fix in a month or two or three? Which la-la land is Claude living in? Surely he and we will have plenty of time to slam Manohar-bab if he does not deliver. To be sure, I sympathize with Claude and others like him. Things have gotten so bad that we want to will an immediate solution. I myself have a long roster - 2 lists, one for Panjim, the other for Goa - of action items that needs attention. I met Manohar-bab in February, a couple of weeks before the election, and gave him a quick presentation. He was very receptive and agreed with me on every point except one (which one, I may have more to say, in the coming week/months). I say, give the administration time. For me, 100 days will be a very preliminary assessment, 6 months would indicate the trend. That time period won't be sufficient to solve any of the big ticket issues, but will signal intent. Others will have their own timeline and that is perfectly fine. Even bozos with half a brain know that one month is not it. Even a corrupt dirty old politico like Pratapsing says that he will watch for 100 days before giving his 'verdict' (why didn't the patracar vomit on him?). r
