I remember my days growing up in Buxton, particularly in 1992, it was in a very bad state. The roads were so bad that if you were travelling in a car the bottom felt as though it was falling out. The buildings were in a very poor state and there were many folks selling cigarettes and sweets in trays on the road side. A friend once jokingly described the sellers as budding entrepreneurs. There was no worthwhile economic activity and evidence of a very poor quality of life for these residents. And this was all before the 1992 elections.
The PNC and other leadership failed Buxton terribly. There was not a single factory or any private enterprise creating employment for the villagers. They all depended on the state for employment and the PNC for political patronage.
Afro-hegemonic leaders in the PNC, WPA and individuals like David Hinds are hurting Buxton and other Afro- populated communities by advocating against their integration. They want to maintain them as their constituency and as such promote race based politics as opposed to community politics. Buxtonians must leverage their votes for economic prosperity and not for blind racial reasons. Leaders must promote the welfare of a geographical constituency and not a racial group. This is 2010 and an Afro-American is the President of the United States of America. He did not become president by pandering to the black vote. He persuaded Americans of every race to vote for him. David Hinds, you disgust me with your banana republic mentality.