Thursday, June 15th., 2017
"Crónica de una muerte anunciada"* ...
"Crónica de una muerte anunciada"* ...
"Chronicle of a Death Foretold"...
"Χρονικόν ενός προαναγγελθέντος θανάτου" ...
*by Gabriel García Márquez
*by Gabriel García Márquez
“It is a truly terrifying thought but the Grenfell Action Group firmly believe that only a catastrophic event will expose the ineptitude and incompetence of our landlord, the KCTMO, and bring an end to the dangerous living conditions and neglect of health and safety legislation that they inflict upon their tenants and leaseholders,” the post reads.
“It is our conviction that a serious fire in a tower block or similar high density residential property is the most likely reason that those who wield power at the KCTMO will be found out and brought to justice!”
"...But the scandal seems to reach beyond local council remit, as the Mirror reports that former Housing Minister Brandon Lewis “sat on” information about the several fire risks in buildings such as Grenfell Tower...."
"... Safety irregularities, neglect of health and safety legislation etc., " were spotted .Various persons and groups remonstrated with the relative authorities, protested, complained... to no avail. Thus, this hapless Tower and its Human inhabitants were turned to butter on the Chaos Powers - PTB- bread. And a very cost effective 'nazi project' too!
No need for high-tech/high specs, costly to their application super nukes and psy-ops involvement, as was the case with the Twin Towers . On this occasion negligence, exploitation, conflict, dispute were simply cultivated over time , thorny communication was encouraged, hatred was methodically instigated.
The Building's severe problems were widely exposed and so was the negligence to cure them.All the negative, fruitless attention that the building attracted, generated further malevolence.There even were disaster-to-soon-possibly-manifest descriptions, by the residents, or neighbors, or relative groups involved.
Slowly and steadily the whole situation morphed into the status of the "Chronicle of a Death Foretold".The society, the public opinion, the residents, the Public Bodies somehow mesmerized, somehow immobilized did nothing but wait for the 'accident' or 'calamity'... to occur.
On the other hand it obviously took some easy, non costly tricks to force feed the original fire/explosion/circuit failure in such a way as to exponentially expand and in dt time engulf the whole building.
Last spasmodic, criminal atrocities against Humanity before the negative forces' coming demise.
Heartfelt wishes to those who lost family members, friends and properies for strength, courage, consolation and actual governmental support in this dire moment.
Maria L. Pelekanaki
Blogger gagged by council after warning about Grenfell Tower fire threat
A blogger who warned the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea
council of the dangers lurking in Grenfell Tower was threatened by
local officials for writing about problems in the building.
Home to over 600 people, Grenfell Tower, in the Lancaster West estate, west London, was engulfed in flames in the early hours of Wednesday morning. The true scale of the tragedy is only gradually becoming clear.
As early as 2013, a man named Francis O’Connor, a member of the Grenfell Action Group (GAG), urged councillors and landlord Kensington and Chelsea Tenant Management Organization (KCTMO) to address the fire safety risks that new works on the building would cause.
GAG had several times tried to warn the council and the landlord that the building of a school and gym next to the estate would restrict emergency services’ access, including firefighting vehicles.
But a leaked letter reveals that officials at the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea tried to silence the campaigners, sending a lawyer to threaten O’Connor.
“I am instructed that you previously posted blogs that have in general been critical of everything that takes place at Lancaster West in relation to the Kensington Academy Leisure Centre and investment on the estate,” solicitor Vimal Sarna wrote to O’Connor in July 2013.
It then instructs the group to delete the blog – an order the group did not follow.
LIAM BYRNE @byrneliam854
As early as 2013, a man named Francis O’Connor, a member of the Grenfell Action Group (GAG), urged councillors and landlord Kensington and Chelsea Tenant Management Organization (KCTMO) to address the fire safety risks that new works on the building would cause.
GAG had several times tried to warn the council and the landlord that the building of a school and gym next to the estate would restrict emergency services’ access, including firefighting vehicles.
But a leaked letter reveals that officials at the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea tried to silence the campaigners, sending a lawyer to threaten O’Connor.
“I am instructed that you previously posted blogs that have in general been critical of everything that takes place at Lancaster West in relation to the Kensington Academy Leisure Centre and investment on the estate,” solicitor Vimal Sarna wrote to O’Connor in July 2013.
It then instructs the group to delete the blog – an order the group did not follow.
LIAM BYRNE @byrneliam854
council threating blogger who highlighted the danger in #GrenfellTower
“It is a truly terrifying thought but the Grenfell Action Group firmly believe that only a catastrophic event will expose the ineptitude and incompetence of our landlord, the KCTMO, and bring an end to the dangerous living conditions and neglect of health and safety legislation that they inflict upon their tenants and leaseholders,” the post reads.
“It is our conviction that a serious fire in a tower block or similar high density residential property is the most likely reason that those who wield power at the KCTMO will be found out and brought to justice!”
But the scandal seems to reach beyond local council remit, as the Mirror reports that former Housing Minister Brandon Lewis “sat on” information about the several fire risks in buildings such as Grenfell Tower.
According to the newspaper, Lewis did not take action on safety irregularities on tower blocks over 30 meters tall because it could “discourage building.” Instead he shrugged off suggestions that sprinklers should be installed in the block. Other ministers are believed to have also known about the damning evidence.