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To: Mr. Bayani Fernando
Chairman, MMDA
Dear Mr. Fernando,
I can’t help but wonder why floods are still everywhere within the Metro Manila area during a down pour, even if your office had already spent millions of tax payer’s money cleaning the estero’s and rehabilitating the pumping stations. I grew up in the same street where I am living now, and I can only remember once or twice (at most) wherein our street got flooded due to heavy rains — take note, “heavy rains”.
But now, it is very much different: the entire street gets flooded after a 20-30 minute rain. No, I am not complaining because I am against you, but I do not see my money’s worth in the way your office handles flood control.
Another thing, was it really necessary to have your face posted in every tarpauline that your office will post in the streets? True public service need not to have a face — people need not to know who leads what agency or office, as long as they are doing their jobs (right). Same goes with the “BAYANI” stickers pasted on almost all buses plying the avenues of the metropolis — is it a necessity?
I am not sure if you are very much aware of how much each tarp poster or sticker cost, but I do not think they are helping in the improvement on how Metro Manila looks from the eyes of a citizen.
Thanks for your time reading this letter. More power, and I do hope to see less of MMDA tarps with your face in the very near future.
Best regards,
BobReyes.com
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Tags: bayani fernando, floods, mmda, open letter, tarpauline
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4 Responses so far to "An Open Letter to Bayani Fernando"
July 16th, 2008 at 3:42 pm
I agree with you sir. In fact, I used to live around the Pasong Tamo area… and by golly the floods there are legendary and have been there forever! And to think there’s a canal right beside Pasong Tamo–underneath the Mile Long Compound! What the hell?!
And you know what they did to ‘beautify’ Pasong Tamo? They put those little reflective studs on the street, from end to end… that’s supposed to help traffic and flooding how?
I want to see receipts of their spending… I want to know where my tax pesos are going!
August 4th, 2008 at 9:50 pm
You cannot always blame someone for everything that is happening on your place. If you think that BF can’t solve your problem then why don’t you guys find a way to solve it yourselves.
It is annoying to see a politician’s face and name in a poster everywhere, but come to think of it, dont we have the right to remove those posters that makes our country more ugly.
Our country is being manage by corrupt and heartless politicians and their families. We have to wake up and act for the better.
August 15th, 2008 at 1:25 am
Bob, why don’t you make a magic out of it? that way those floods will go away in a quick second or better sip it if you can with your mouth then maybe you will realize that controling flood is not that easy as counting 123…
August 16th, 2008 at 12:26 am
Hi Allen! Thanks for the suggestion. But before I consider it, why not unmasked your persona first? Try not to use a proxyfier the next time that you post a comment in my blog. Til next time, AH!