POLICE had to be called in to quell a volatile situation between a well-known Tobago building contractor and a female principal of a secondary school in the Windward region of the island. The contractor has been making a name for himself as a “daily caller” from a southwestern village in the Sister Isle, to all the popular radio and television call-in programmes both local and national. He even went so far as to inscribe his call-in radio name on his flashy SUV vehicle and loves to “bling” with his fingers, hands and neck laden with gold jewellery. He openly boasts of his support for the ruling Orville London-led People’s National Movement (PNM) administration and has been receiving several construction projects from the Tobago House of Assembly (THA) across the Sister Isle. Known for his abrasive, no-nonsense approach, the contractor had often been critical of the education system expressing negative views about the dress code of teachers and also the general deportment of secondary school students. It is alleged, however that the contractor may have cracked under pressure when confronted about the work being done at the secondary school last week. And the situation was threatening to turn violent according to one staff member at the school. “The building contractor came onto the premises and began mobilising his workers to carry out some repair work at the school,” reported the staff member. “The man did not even speak to the principal, who according to education protocol is responsible for all that happens on the physical school plant,” the staff member pointed out. “He just moved in and started the project. “When the principal came out to investigate what was taking place, she saw the men workers cutting down plants and confronted him about his presence. “There was a heated verbal exchange between the principal and the contractor, which was threatening to turn violent,” the school source told Mirror Weekend. “The contractor was heard using heated language in the presence of the teachers and students,” cried the source. Contacted, a source close to the contractor confirmed the incident but insisted that it was the principal who was the aggressor and had chucked off the contractor on two occasions during the heated confrontation. “This situation could have been avoided if the contractor had observed the necessary protocols in liaising with the principal first before commencing work on the school compound,” admitted the source.