ONLINE FEEDBACK

Below are edited excerpts from comments posted online at www.jamaica-gleaner.com by readers to yesterday's lead story, 'Sloppy servants - House committee blasts technocrats for cost overruns'.

Fire corrupt officials

Every day I hear this chastisement of technocrats and civil servants for doing their basic job requirements, but we hardly hear about any firing.

No, I'm not talking about departmental leave, or reassignment - FIRE!

You guys know what that means. You can talk to a guy one time, two times, but the third should come with a dismissal letter. And, I do not want to hear about any laws that protect lazy workers.

The other thing, if these loans are being given out by the Development Bank of Jamaica why can't the Access to Information Act be used to disclose how public funds end up with the already-rich. A revolution will soon occur in this country ... remember what Captain Jerry Rawlings from Ghana did about corruption there!

Doubtfulthomas

Whipping a dead donkey

The same old people are there doing things their way - lackadaisically all along. So trying now to whip a dead donkey, over cost overruns, is not going to cut it. Get new blood! Give new contracts, say what you mean! I guess the longer a project stays, the more money someone earns.

Veejay

Easy on the rough language

There is unnecessary starkness to the language used. Maybe it mirrors the harshness of Jamaican life. Is there no alternative to 'sloppy servant', "blast" and "riot act"? We need to try to move towards a kinder and gentler society and our choice of utterances could be a start.

Doreen

OK ... so who's getting fired?

Cha24389

This is beyond ridiculous

It is amazing that approximately three miles of road is costing taxpayers $2.6 billion. This works out to be $866.66 million per mile. This is beyond ridiculous. The entire management and all the technical people of the National Works Agency should be fired. Harsh language and ranting and raving by the appropriations committee is not enough. We cannot, as a poor country, continue like this. We need to hear from the minister responsible for this one.

These are the kinds of issues our media should be investigating and holding government accountable for. I guess this is just wishful thinking.

C. Sterling