Wrecking corruption
In reference to the article published March 2 on the front page of The Sunday Gleaner, on the topic of corruption in the wrecking industry, the police must be forced to operate within the law, exercising discretion in the interest of serving the people.
The private operators of wreckers must indeed be regulated and forced to act within the traffic laws.
As for the motorists, I encourage them to stay within the law, know the law with regards to their rights, and what the law stipulates with regard to the role of the police and the wrecker service.
For example, is it lawful when a wrecker proceeds to remove a car after the owner/driver has presented himself and made his declaration?
Know the answer to this and it may save you from being intimidated, bamboozled and scared into squeezing cash around the corner into the dirty hands of the wrecking man or woman.
- Michael M. Myles, michaelmyles@masaka.com
Soup kitchens
The key to Jamaica`s crime problem is for the churches, the private sector and the Jamaican Government to come together and set up soup kitchens in the 140 troubled spots in Jamaica, helping to feed those troubled and mostly unemployed youth that are causing the problems in Jamaica.
It would also save the Government millions of dollars for hospital bills, noting how much money it costs the Government for people who get injured from the high violence in Jamaica.
Jamaica's high murder rate prevents Jamaicans who want to come home and invest their money in Jamaica - buying and building homes and bringing money into Jamaica.
- Steve L. Allen, lyndonallen@rogers.com, Toronto, Ontario, Via Go-Jamaica
School violence
Violence in the Jamaican schools is not as bad as violence in the American schools. Thus, this is not the time for Jamaicans to fear the violence in schools, but a time to plan and to strategise how to eradicate future violence in the Jamaican schools.
Therefore, do not despair, but have hope. Unite and mobilise to deal with the issues in order to resolve violence in the Jamaican schools. Develop a plan of action on the present issues in order to make the future free of violence in the schools.
Keep hope alive, and everyone needs to work diligently to free the schools of violence. Nothing is impossible. You have freed yourself from slavery, so making schools free of violence is a much easier task.
- Cargill Kelly, Sr, c465@erols.com, Manassas, VA, Via Go-Jamaica
