Dear Editor,
The so-called Brooks Tower Accord (BTA) has brought mixed feelings in the community. As I understood, it was for those who were working and could maintain themselves, providing that they had a job, but it also seems like even those who are not working can get documents signed, just to stay on the island. Some of them are only liabilities to others, and those who are assets have been turned down.
I know of a case where someone has worked for almost half of their life, and at a certain point in time, for whatever reason, their boss couldn't sign for them anymore, but found it necessary to sign for someone else who was not working for them, and is not working at all. Such people are liabilities who depend on others for help. How can this be fair?
When you call and make a report to the one in charge, Mrs. Roosberg, who is over the BTA, she says there is nothing that can be done, which means they encourage such acts. We are also told we have to report it to the police. The police are not part of the BTA.
Come on, Mr. Lt. Governor, there are many ways to catch a bull by the horn. Make a survey the names of these people already registered. Send out the police to the different homes and work places where these people claim to be working, and sure enough you will find those people not working at all. This is a serious matter that needs to be looked into.
Within the next four months or so, these same people have to renew their papers, and that's a perfect way to have them prove that they are working or not. In this world today, where are fairness, trust and respect for others?
Mr. Lt. Governor, you can get on a TV show or radio station and warn these people of their wrongdoing. You can also have their papers revoked, and have the one who wrote the letter pay a fine, and we will see how things change. There are times you have to get tough or you can be easily trampled on.
Name withheld at author's request.
