----- Original Message ----- From: "John Eric Gomes" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Herald Letters" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: "Herald Editor" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, November 26, 2007 1:12 AM Subject: DEVIOUS VERSUS STUPID
> Reference Averthanus DSouzas article on ODP (Herald 27Nov), for the > Establishment its business as usual, he has labeled governments "business as usual" as stupid.. It is we who are stupid for > allowing ourselves to be taken for a ride time and time again!The Report > of the expert Swaminathan Committee reviewing CRZ notification 1991 was > accepted by the Center. Reportedly ,Shantaram Naik was recently informed in > Parliament that no representation either opposing or supporting changes > in CRZ was made by > the Government of Goa. However,they have recorded a Report from the Goa > Foundation! > Our Politicians have found it easy to placate the public with expensive > packages that they benefit from, and they have a growing list of > "advisors" who know the intricacies of administration and built in > procedures to keep us running from pillar to post ,with impunity. So its > virtual reality, keeping things on hold when the going gets rough, and > the governance continues based on deals to protect the grounds of > various mafias and powerful vested interests. > The GBA and NGOs are doing their best to educate and galvanise public > opinion. The Courts are overloaded ,slow and are wary of crossing the > Executive/ getting into tangles with the government machinery..Unless we > emulate Nandigram ( I'm afraid of that may be the fallout of this > business as usual), what else can the public do? >