Taking pennies from pensioners

From Barry Breuilly.

WHAT sort of Island are we living in?

Those clowns, who call themselves politicians, are profligate with our money which runs into many millions of pounds, yet they want to claw back relevant pennies from our deserving pensioners by banning them from peak-time travel on the buses.

How can Transport Minister Mike Jackson even consider this proposition when the list of incompetence grows within the States?

Most recently the incinerator farce which is likely to cost the Island between £3 and £9 million, yes millions, for not fixing the euro rate and which will undoubtedly result in yet another cover-up.

Then you have £600,000 being handed to 28 investors who entrusted their piggy banks to an insurance company who gave them duff advice and we have to pick up the tab. Why?

Then Planning and Environment don’t appear to be able to join up the dots, despite them still being a conjoined entity, over the Trinity landfill site and once again it’s costing the taxpayer somewhere in the region of £500,000. However, the true figure will not be divulged. Why?

Even the ‘man in the street’, Senator Terry Le Main of Housing fame, contrived to lose £1.5 million over the botched sale of houses at Le Squez.

The Treasury even got in on the act by literally shredding £2,500. Whoops!

Bear in mind, there is no end to the catalogue of wasted funds that these people write off, going as far back – dare I mention it – as the Cavern and, as far as I recall, a figure of £31 million is still under dispute with the contractor. What happened to this, or has it been written off as usual?

No, Mr Jackson, look elsewhere for your pennies and leave the deserving pensioners to enjoy at least one perk in their retirement, lest you bring upon yourself a blue rinse civil row.

3 St Julien Apartments,

Langley Park,

St Saviour.