Marina Da Gama Headless Chicken Brigade

If it was not so serious, the situation in Marina Da Gama would be laughable.

Mr. Harrison and his merry band of Excom-members want their new little toy and no amount of logic, community- or government pressure is going to take it away from them.

I am speaking about the changes to the constitution, you know, the ones where Excom are telling us to give them a blank cheque and a lien over our homes.

Don’t you get it? We don’t want this constitution, and no amount of bullying, name-calling or threats are going to make us accept it. You may see us as a bunch of “headless chickens”, “misguided individuals” intent on being “freeloaders” who will have to “face the consequences”, but name-calling will not shoo us away. This bunch of headless chickens are here to stay till the very end, until you are so sick and tired of us that you can spit.

You may sit and sulk about the so-called abuse you are receiving, and, maybe, for once, the objectors are stooping to your level, but if you can’t take it, don’t dish it out. For a year and half you have ridiculed, threatened and insulted the objectors. How dare you, in your position as chairman, call objectors, whom you admit to have valid points, headless chickens. How dare you!!!!

Maybe we should put this in terms that even a baby can understand. We do not want the changes to the constitution. OUR FIGHT IS NOT ABOUT SECURITY!!! IT IS ABOUT THE CONSTITUTION. And until you admit that you have lost this battle, you are going to have us on your back, constantly and persistently.

Harrison(chairman) writes to resident

‘Many of your points, I consider to be a matter of opinion, where clearly we disagree, we really don’t have time to write personal letters to everybody who wants to ride the hobby-horse. I do not intend to engage in protracted correspondence with you, will only acknowledge receipt.