THE EDITOR, Sir:
I HAVE absolutely no wish to subtract an iota from the reputation of those deceased politicians whose names are being used as labels for public property. Most of them have been my personal acquaintances, but this must not deter me from the duty of asking the Prime Minister to cease the odious practice of christening and re-naming roads and other national assets to honour his political colleagues.
I am careful to address this plea to the Prime Minister and not to the Government, because I am not aware that any official procedure has been observed in laying down these historical markers. The Opposition and Parliament having been markedly silent on the subject, one may conclude that the Prime Minister and/or his party are solely empowered to decide whose footprints will be left on the asphalt of time.
I now await the opening of the refurbished Rockfort Road; and I won't be surprised if another of my deceased friends gets his name on a signpost to the airport. By the way, for those who do not know: I am not the person whose name is on the airport in Portland.
I am etc.,
KEN JONES
alllerdyce@hotmail.com
Allerdyce Drive
Kingston 8
Via Go-Jamaica
