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**Flatlytaize** · 12-20-2010, 04:11 PM

"One doesn’t have to look far to note that what was a stretch of virgin sand — Madiou is holding up an ’80s-era photograph against the horizon — is defiled now by concrete buildings mere steps from the water’s edge. “For me this is a paradise,” he says, staring at the snapshot. He raises his eyes to the newer reality: “That is very ugly.” There’s the usual tale of corruption and short-term thinking and serial local politicians with pocket-fattening agendas that don’t include, say, shoreline preservation. "

You can't learn from what you don't read.

12-20-2010, 04:11 PM	#3
Flatlytaize Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 471 Senior Member	"One doesn’t have to look far to note that what was a stretch of virgin sand — Madiou is holding up an ’80s-era photograph against the horizon — is defiled now by concrete buildings mere steps from the water’s edge. “For me this is a paradise,” he says, staring at the snapshot. He raises his eyes to the newer reality: “That is very ugly.” There’s the usual tale of corruption and short-term thinking and serial local politicians with pocket-fattening agendas that don’t include, say, shoreline preservation. " You can't learn from what you don't read.
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