Anguilla: A Place Of Many Issues

The Editor,
Dear Sir:

ANGUILLA: A PLACE OF MANY ISSUES

I’d be grateful if you would kindly publish this letter which addresses a few matters and one which I fully take responsibility for.

It is a long time since I have not written in The Anguillian but I have been reading it regularly both on the internet and the hard copy which a friend mails to me. I have found that there are many issues in Anguilla to consider and write about as I read the wide coverage of events on the island.
Some of these issues are dealt with by the paper itself and Colville Petty continues to be a writer whose articles I look forward to and the research that is most times involved. I would like to hear more about such matters as the constitutional and electoral reform now taking place; law reform as it relates to social development and the family; women’s rights and development; the rights and protection of children; youth development; education; development of the health sector; the tourism sector; control of crime and youth violence; and other issues.
I admire the fact that Ijahnya Christian has been one of the columnists over the years and she obviously has a good flare for writing. I wish to cause no offence, but I have noted that invariably she writes about such matters as Rastafarianism and the late Emperor of Ethiopia with all the cultural trimmings, norms, fantasies, etc.
I have no problem with her personal beliefs, but I do think that she needs to concentrate on matters that have a direct bearing on the development and empowerment of the Anguillian society and its people. I do not think it is fair to promote one’s own interest or that of any particular group or sect all the time. A mixture is good. How about articles on some of the above topics, and other subjects to stimulate the thinking of readers and to pass on information that would be enlightening to them?
I hope I am not misunderstood and have not landed myself in some hot water for this, but I too have freedom of expression and like change and variety.

Sylvia Richardson-Gumbs, Atlanta, GA.