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Rama’s plan for new term: ‘Sell SRP lots to halt floods’

mang_tomas

The intention of Mayor Mike Rama to sell SRP lots to solve the drainage problem, improve facilities   and pursue infrastructure projects such as re-blocking,  among others, is  too good to be true.

Now comes this question, does he have the will to effectuate all these highly ambitious projects? It has become crystal clear, the import of his words in challenging the members of the pro-Osmeña-dominated City Council  is appealing the emotion of the public. In the process, putting the pro-Osmeña councilors in bad light.

Well, it is too early to tell. It is too soon to jump over the fence and  tell the world that everything is going nowhere. Councilor Margot Osmeña’s suggestion is a welcome development  telling Mayor Mike to present his proposal in the halls of  City Council to be  thoroughly evaluated which  can be taken as the first step towards a journey of a thousand miles.

The hard fact is that Mayor Mike must count on the strength of his own  initiative to source out funds and  bury the  hatchet with his political nemesis instead of fomenting discontent  that promotes hatred and friction between the executive and legislative.  He is aware that the City Council is geared towards observing the time-honored principle of checks and balances.

If excesses are impressed  on the part of Mayor Mike, then always expect an impasse because things may not be easy to handle as it seems to be.

D_BystandeR

Rama is embarking on an ambitious plan about solving the drainage problem of the city right from the start of his first term where he was already seen salivating at the prospect of selling a huge chunk of SRP lots to satisfy his flair for grandiose projects like buying brand new motor vehicles for mountain barangay officials costing P100M from public funds to subtly captivate their votes and loyalty. And his first announcement on the eve of his assumption to his 2nd term is to put the BOPK councilors at the receiving end of the people's ire should they put the brakes to his plan. Mike Rama has no other plan for the city's development except to keep on harping of putting the good plan for price speculation purposes to naught. Flood is everywhere from Manila down to the smallest barangay of the country.

Is Rama showing he is bankrupt of any idea of solving this problem without selling SRP lots? What about those cities where there is no SRP lots to sell? He was already aware of the plan to hold it for sometime even before he became a city mayor for reasons to boost its price for the good of the city in financial terms.