A Lack of Vision and Creativity

At the beginning of this year, the former Director of the Parks Commission, Samuel Gonzalez, expressed to the Legislature and to the Island of Puerto Rico that his agency didn't have the budget necessary to keep parks functioning and that, if these additional funds were not assigned, he would be forced to close down various parks due to the fact that they didn't have the adequate resources to keep them open for the public.

Not even an hour had gone by since Mr. Gonzalez had made his declaration when the governor, Anibal Acevedo Vilá lamented the scarce "crativity" of this member of his cabinet and requested his immediate resignation.

Last Thursday, April 6th, all our newspapers announced that beginning on next May various agencies like the Department of Education and Natural Resources wil not have the money necessary to pay all the people who work there. Since then, we have consistently seen and heard the Governor affirming that the responsibility of assigning funds belongs to the Legislature.

As a citizen worried about the destiny of our Island and of the thousands of workers threatened that they will not receive their salaries, I ask myself, in view of the lack of vision and little creativity, isn't it time that our Governor handed in his resignation? And the legislators, if they are not going to place Puerto Rico as a priority, why don't they also hand in their resignations? We can have new elections and choose a new governor.

April 20, 2006
8:30 AM