Another
scenario for Hope Gardens
Satire by Cher
THE
SCENARIO
1) A civil society group, "Concerned Citizens for the Preservation
of the Ambience of Devon House" successfully lobbies for Devon
House (aka The Green Grass Motel) to be closed to the general (non-buying)
public, pending imposition of new entrance fees (to curb tendency
of aforementioned general public to use/abuse the Green Grass section);
2) Overflow from latter action, combined with closure of Hellshire
(due to pollution), less people doing shopping as a pastime (less
money, more expensive goods) and increased rural-urban migration
(persons who'd much rather migrate to the States, Canada or UK,
but can't due to increased visa fees, visa restrictions, airfares,
etc....), leads to greater number of persons going to Hope Gardens
to relax,
3) ...which, in turn, leads to the wonderful sounds of happy-go-lucky
children laughing and playing on the grounds of Hope...
4) ...and annoying the HELL out of our new occupants,who suddenly
realise that:
5) practically the entire PICKINEY population of Kingston/Jamaica
is now running around freely (Read: like leggobeast) their FRONT/BACK
lawns. (And we all know how inquisitive children are - soon, the
little brats are peeping over the walls/through the fences (Read:
casing the joint) to SEE what the occupants have INSIDE,
6) Which of course naturally leads to complaints being lodged by
our new residents (by now calling themselves "Concerned Citizens
for the Protection and Preservation of the Serenity and Peacefulness
of Hope Estate") under the Noise Pollution act,
7) Followed by a (completely unrelated) announcement by the Government
that Hope Gardens will now charge entrance fees (or existing fees
increased),
8) Fees act as carrot to Finance Minister, who sees them as (new)
source of revenue, and who proceeds to raise same over time,
9) Country Club residents, et. al. move to "rescue" Hope
Gardens (suffering from reduction in patronage), by "renovating"
and "beautifying" the Gardens (Read: Mandela Park),
10) Govt. decides that, since Hope Gardens is an obvious failure
as a "Park"/"Gardens", it might as well be moved
to a more suitable and spacious site - the (few remaining) marshlands
of Hellshire. (Oops! Forgot that Hellshire so polluted by now, it's
a health hazard and can't sustain any more form of human habitation),
11) Govt. announces the "re-development" of the "renovated"
Hope Gardens, to pave the way for the development of Hope Country
Club - Phase II.
THE END.
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