Dear Editor,
The Mayor and City Council 2025 purported permission to David Sugrim for use of Farnum’s Playing Field ends 23 March 2026. To date the unconsulted residents of Subryanville remain unconsulted. Despite repeated reports in the media no extension for permission to use Farnum’s Playing Field has been sighted by the said unconsulted residents. It is unclear whether there has been a full council vote on any permission to extend as various Councilors have varying explanations.
Several government agencies and the City Council have, to date, not taken effective steps to remove David Sugrim and/or Mae’s Schools from occupying Farnum Ground. As end of the year’s permit approaches, David Sugrim and Mae’s Schools have decided to entrench their position of permanence and continue to build on Farnum. Recently another structure was added. This emphasizes the residents’ initial concern about the permanency of the unauthorized, illegal and unlawful prefab structure. Therefore, it is understandable that residents of Subryanville and other law-abiding citizens may perceive selective enforcement of institutional and/or governmental shielding of illegalities.
If the Mayor Mentore and City Council, CH&PA, Ministers Croal and Benn of Housing, Minister Parag of Education (despite public statements that no approval was granted for private schools to operate there), and GPL (despite concerns about an unauthorized and unlawful electricity supply) are all declining to remove construction, the public is left with a serious question: why is this matter not being enforced like others? Are there influential interests involved? Do these influential interests trump the rule of law? Is land grabbing acceptable for some and by some?