The revitalization of Georgetown involves an axis of multiple partnerships
Apr 10, 2019
It does not have to be. When it rains, there is the sense of a city in a swamp. When it is hot and parched, there is the claustrophobia of an overcrowded marketplace. The smells, the sights, and the blights are not of a Garden City or of a city by the sea or of a city on the move – upward. It is of a town and a place lacklustre as to pride and civic responsibility, collective priority, and individual dignity. It does not have to be.
Start with the little things. All those tiny things cost big money. Must be found. Must be done. Or else… Same cries! Same states! Same embarrassments! Rates and taxes collected are unrealistic and unhelpful. They need to be revised. Fairly and gradually. It is mandatory that this must be collected. COLLECTED. Or else…It would be the same place with the same results and the same decayed desultory outlook. It does not have to be. Some citizens are willing to pay their fair share, but the evidence of enhancements has to follow. Soon enough. Continue reading
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Children in abusive relationships – By Annan Boodram
Children should be the most critical reason not to stay in an abusive relationship
Very often victims of gender based abuse say that they choose not to walk away because of the children. The fact is that staying in an abusive relationship because of the children will cause the children to be scarred for life as growing up in such a home is one of the most terrifying and traumatic experience a child can go through.
Children in abusive relationships may blame themselves for the abuse, thinking if they had not done or said a particular thing, the abuse would not have occurred. They may also become angry at their siblings or their mothers for triggering the abuse and may display increased aggression towards peers or mothers.
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