Posted by Adam

Thursday June 18, 2009

Amy Winehouse has, unsurprisingly, been branded a “bad” role model.

Former government ‘mouthpiece’ Jeff Fedee is furious that the people of St Lucia have encouraged the former drug-addict to feel at home on the Caribbean island.

“Those who sing the praises of Amy Winehouse are missing the point: she is not a good model for St Lucian citizens, particularly the youth, despite the music,” he writes in local newspaper the St Lucia Star.

“Which begs the question: what positive message is Amy Winehouse conveying to the young people out there?”

Despite his former role as a government representative, Fedee criticizes those who are reportedly considering granting the singer residency status.

“I would strongly urge that Amy Winehouse be denied residency status to purchase property in St Lucia. Is she being given special treatment because police records and statement of character are required for the granting of an Alien Landholding license to foreigners?

“She would be a menace and a dangerous influence to St Lucian society, because the demons that inhabit her tortured body will still have to be fed and I ask whether the authorities are going to ignore the indulgences in illegal substances for which ordinary St Lucians are arrested and incarcerated.

“I predict that the relative peace and tranquility that we enjoy in this country will desert us and untold misery and disasters will visit us.

“We cannot put the future of our country in jeopardy for the sake of the sale of a house to a character that will draw to St Lucia untold human suffering.”

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