We the People - Grenada

Keeping an eye on the people's business

“Democracy is not a spectator sport.”
Lotte Scharfman
“The most important political office is that of the private citizen.”
Louis Brandeis
“I wish I could shut up. But I can’t and I won’t.”
Archbishop Desmond Tutu
“It is the first responsibility of every citizen to question authority.”
Benjamin Franklyn
“A nation of sheep will beget a government of wolves.”
Edward Murrow
“The most common way people give up their power is by thinking they don’t have any.”
Alice Walker
“When a government loses integrity, times are dangerous. When the populace accepts the loss, times are desperate.”
Pam Brown
“Every country gets the government it deserves.”
Joseph de Maistr
“Free and fair elections can give us a government of the people; but only an active, informed and vigilant citizen can give us a government by the people for the people.”
H. Kwasi Prempeh

November 6, 2007

Re Squatter Funds

Broadcaster, George Grant, one of the media persons who visited Beausejour site on Friday, November 2nd, 2007.  Beausejour is one of the sites to which residents of the Islander Gap – Mt. Panday, had been removed.  On Sunday, November 4th, 2007, via Grenada Broadcast, George hosted a Sundays with George Grant programme on the visit.  Sen. Brenda Hood was one of his guests.

Following the programme, Rick Hallam, Director of Operations (DeSavary Group) sent  e-mail to Sen. Hood advising as follows:-   Port Louis have contributed an initial $425,000.00 USD. Government contributed $400,000.00 USD from funds paid to them by Port Louis as a part of the H.O.A.   Port Louis has subsequently contributed a further $500,000.00 USD, to date, in various installed payments to total of $1,325,000.00 USD.

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