Bajans have a habit of lambasting the government of the day when things go unattended. In Barbados, the Government is seen as continuous, in that people rarely say the Democratic Labour Party (DLP) Government or the Barbados Labour Party (BLP) Government. They simply say: “Government”. They put the blame squarely at the feet of “Government”.It would be silly for any of the two parties that had the good fortune to govern this country to believe that all complaints come with a political agenda. Truth is, in many cases, people just want relief from whatever ails them, whether it be water woes, bad roads, poor bus service, delayed healthcare or a bad school experience.Taxpayers expect the Government to deliver. They grow less tolerant when they are faced with decades-old problems.This week, two of the issues that made headlines in our publication were the Bawdens, St Andrew road which was in disrepair, and the Porey Spring land issue. Both have been concerns for respective residents for years.
