@DB - do you , in fact, live on sark? if you do and you disagree then i must assume that you are one of the few. probably financially comfortable. probably nearing or passed, retirement. probably unconcerned with what other people think. Well let me educate you. Sark is a beautiful island run by ugly people. The island is a unique place and always has been, i couldn't have asked for a finer place to grow up. but with age comes realisation and that is the realisation that the island will never be anything other than an oddity. a quirky place with a nice summer and a poor winter. there was never year round work, there has never been a proper infrastructure. the island continues to do as it always has done, failing to realise that a lot of what it has always done is wrong. the treatment of sewage, the burning of rubbish at the harbours, the incredibly poor state of the roads, the lack of investment in itself, the ridiculous cost of living, gas prices, oil, food.... the list is probably quite long indeed! half of the avenue, the main street of the island, was essentially derelict before the barclays invested in sark. the hotels they have bought have been refurbished, admittedly not to everyone's taste and nowhere near everyone's budget,but they look better - that is undeniable. my point about this whole sorry mess is that if chief pleas had talked with Delaney and planned and thought things through they could have had the opportunity of a lifetime. but they pretty much stamped their collective foot and said no. yes Delaney has been, and continues to be, a prat but can anyone say that the members of our parliament have been better? rushing through legislation to stop projects? writing threatening letters for minor building works? doing anything they can to slow and disrupt the progress of SEM without a thought for the working man that their actions will affect? when the money started rolling in it benefited the whole island every business did well because there was more money, people could afford to go out, eat better food, worry less about bills etc... lastly, in this increasingly lengthy diatribe, nobody ever mentions the good that the barclays have done. the times their hated helicopter has been used in search and rescue, the times their boats have helped yachts and other craft in distress.Even in the fatal carriage accident. double standards everywhere.. sark could have had it so good.......
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