Sad to say, the mere shaping of these dreams alone into workable concepts and blueprints already takes so much time and money. Anyway, Rome was not built in a day, thus, we can be forgiven if many of our dreams have not yet turned into full reality.
We can honestly say, though, that all of the above dreams are works in progress. But while waiting for the ultimate development dream pie to be baked, government must continue with its humdrum tasks that enable the constituents to live better lives each day. Collecting taxes, sweeping the streets, taking the sludge out of canals, keeping the traffic flowing and safe, keeping the local library newsstand updated, stacking the clinic with much needed gauze or medicines, turning on the faucets or the lights; in other words, keeping the hum of ordinary government machinery alive is also what local governance is all about. Yet, these are tasks that by their very ordinariness too often escape the eye.
We may never know how much they are earning today compared to those times when they were still pushing carts but we can be sure their income now are much better. The government has been making sure of that by keeping the barbecue garden clean and beautiful and by supporting the vendors with regular activities that would tend to attract more people to the place.
And as final note I would like to thank former San Vicente barangay captain Virginia Rodrigo for having the courage and determination to push through with a difficult project and later allowing its use for the city government so that more people may benefit from it. It is a story of cooperation that hopefully will turn into a tradition. For in our beloved city we have inherited a lot of prideful traditions, and it is never a bad thing to add more good ones to those we already have.
Who knows the next one might just help turn one of our big dreams into reality one fine day.
source: cityofbogocebu.gov.ph
