ANGUILLA... I TRULY CARE ABOUT YOU!

FRITZ4CHANGE - 2015

Mr. Statchel "Fritz" Warner, D-6 Independent Candidate 
2015 - General Elections on Anguilla 

My Fellow Anguillians

It's quite natural that you the electorate would want to hear my plans and ideas for the upcoming general elections, and how I will represent you, my people. I have a number of pet projects that I know will be of tremendous long-term benefit to Anguilla. I already discussed several of these ideas with the present government but apparently they lacked the initiative or intellectual capacity to follow through. I also find the opposition to conservative to make the radical changes that will transform Anguilla.

Outside of the normal issues in Health and Education that I know most Anguillians are concerned about, problems that arise from our small-scale operations. I believe the next important issue that threatens Anguilla survival, as a modern economy is ENERGY. After all we are living in the last days of affordable crude oil and its time Anguilla make a speedy transition to a greener future. There will be significant health and environmental benefits from this transition. When I am elected if it means that I have to globe troth like our present Chief Minister, it will be to ensure Anguilla gets a SOLAR THERMAL PLANT. This is my number one priority. The cost of electricity in Anguilla must become affordable to all persons and businesses if we are going to be competitive.

My number two priority is to push for ELECTORAL REFORM. I expect to receive much resistance form the entrenched elements in the political arena as any reform could change the entire game. However its time we make our democracy work and create a system capable of moving Anguilla forward. Thirdly, I will push for TAX REFORM; the present structures handicap the economy and significantly reduce Anguilla competitiveness with surrounding islands. Finally, I would like to see IMMIGRATION REFORM; our xenophobia might have served us well in the past but its time we change to survive.

If I can accomplish this rather short but fundamental list given to you in a nutshell, I can go return to my
children and rest assured that Anguilla is on the path to sustainable growth and development.

By: Statchel Warner
Mr. Statchel Warner studied BSc International Relations, Cert. Social Services at University of the West Indies. He is a Thinker, Writer, Activist, Politician (former Anguillian National Alliance (ANA) Candidate), Entrepreneur, and a candidate for the Road South District-6 Constituency in the General Elections on Anguilla in 2015.

ANGUILLIANS HAVE BECOME TOO INDIVIDUALISTIC, SELF-CENTERED, TOO DRIVEN BY GREED, THAN BY ANY FORM OF HIGHER AMBITION...

Fritz4Change - 2015

Mr. Statchel "Fritz" Warner, D-6 Independent Candidate
2015 - General Elections on Anguilla  

As a candidate contesting the upcoming election I want to share my reasons for running for change and to encourage you to support me.

First of all, we live in a beautiful island that has been graced by an abundance of natural attributes and resources, and we live relatively free of strife and conflict. Anguillians have a lot to be grateful for and I am. I also believe that because we have been given so much, it is our duty and responsibility to look after what we have and pass it on to our children.

I am concerned that Anguilla is on the wrong track to achieve any of those goals. We have become too individualistic, too self-centred, too driven by greed than by any form of higher ambition. That is not the type of Anguilla I want to live in nor is it one that I want to pass on to my children and their children.

I don’t blame only the government, or politicians, all of us have been party to letting go of many of our values and traditions. Governments however are elected to lead us and right now in Anguilla we are heading in the wrong direction. At present we are burying our birthright and our future in the name of empty rhetoric. Our Leaders are heading in the wrong direction with just about every decision they have taken or failed to take.

We are moving in the wrong direction when it comes to protecting the environment and in our relationship with the British, food security, energy security, taxation, or how we treat non-Anguillians. We are not supporting our students or our seniors, and we are dishonouring our teachers and women. Our world view is based on an ideology anchored in the 1950’s, and ideology driven by emotions rather than integrity propel our International relations. We are being taught to accept that corruption as normal that it’s okay to make negative and misleading political statements that only serve to bring people down instead of inspiring all Anguillians to be great.

We have much to do in Anguilla but I believe that the place to start is inside ourselves, Anguillians need to commit to a vision of Anguilla that is open, and inclusive, and diverse, and welcoming, to each other and to anyone willing and able to make a contribution. Let us talk to each other about sharing that vision of a clean energy secure Anguilla that is prosperous and capable of taking its rightful place in a world that is constantly changing. After we have done that we then need to elect political leaders that are capable of helping us move towards that vision.

Anguillians and those who love Anguilla will have to work, very hard, to elect that special type of political leaders who want to help us get there. And to defeat those politicians who do not share our goals for this island. We need to make our democracy work for those who helped build Anguilla and for those who have dreams of a better Anguilla for our children and our grandchildren.

That’s why I’m running. I hope you will support me.

By: Statchel Warner

Mr. Statchel Warner studied BSc International Relations, Cert. Social Services at University of the West Indies. He is a Thinker, Writer, Activist, Politician (former Anguillian National Alliance (ANA) Candidate), Entrepreneur, and a candidate for the Road South District-6 Constituency in the General Elections on Anguilla in 2015.

TO A FATHER WITH HONESTY, INTEGRITY AND HUMILITY...

TO MY FATHER...

All those times I cried for you, you never came
Out of all the sports I played

You never showed up at one game

All of the awards I received

I never heard you clap

You were never there

For me to sit on your lap.

All the times I fell

and scratched my knee

You were the one who wasn't there

To comfort me

All those times I was bored

And wanted someone to call

You still weren't there

Not there at all.

I always tried to make you proud

Hoping you would love me more

but you never seemed to care

So what did I even do it for?

You weren't there for any of my firsts

Might not be for any of my lasts

It's like you're not here in my present

Just like you weren't there in my past.

I try to move on

But no one knows how hard it is

For your own father not to love you

As much as he loves his other kids.

But I hold my head high

To keep things from looking so bad

But deep down I still wish

I had love of my dad.

Happy Fathers Day to the men who are there for their kids...all of their kids!

By: Kenroy Herbert