I am basically populating a map with polygons, I am using the flex sdk. The problem I am having is that each time it adds a parish it keep adding to the previous polygons and treating it as one. HELP!!

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<mx:Application xmlns:mx="http://www.adobe.com/2006/mxml" layout="absolute">
    <maps:Map xmlns:maps="com.google.maps.*" id="map" mapevent_mapready="onMapReady(event)" width="100%" height="100%" key="ABQIAAAAGe0Fqwt-nY7G2oB81ZIicRT2yXp_ZAY8_ufC3CFXhHIE1NvwkxRcFmaI_t1gtsS5UN6mWQkH9kIw6Q"/>
    <mx:Script>
        <![CDATA[ 
            import com.google.maps.Color;
            import com.google.maps.LatLng;
            import com.google.maps.Map;
            import com.google.maps.MapEvent;
            import com.google.maps.MapType;
            import com.google.maps.controls.ZoomControl;
            import com.google.maps.overlays.Polygon;
            import com.google.maps.overlays.PolygonOptions;
            import com.google.maps.styles.FillStyle;
            import com.google.maps.styles.StrokeStyle;

            import mx.controls.Alert;
            import mx.utils.ColorUtil;
            import mx.utils.object_proxy;



            private var polys:Array = new Array();
            private var labels:Array = new Array();
    //      private var pts:Array = new Array();
    //      private var poly:Polygon;
        //  private var map:Map;

            private function onMapReady(event:Event):void {
                map.setCenter(new LatLng(18.070146,-77.225647), 9, MapType.NORMAL_MAP_TYPE);
                map.addControl(new ZoomControl());
                map.enableScrollWheelZoom();
                map.enableContinuousZoom();
                getXml();
            }

            public function getXml():void {
                var xmlString:URLRequest = new URLRequest("parish.xml");
                var xmlLoader:URLLoader = new URLLoader(xmlString);
                xmlLoader.addEventListener("complete", readXml);
            }

            private function readXml(event:Event):void {
                var markersXML:XML = new XML(event.target.data);
                var markers:XMLList = markersXML..parish;
                //var markersCount:int = markers.length();
                var i:Number;
                var t:Number;
                for(i=0; i < markers.length(); i++) {
                    var marker:XML = markers[i];
                    var name:String = marker.@name;
                    var colour:String = marker.@colour;
            //      Alert.show("");
                    var the_p:XMLList = markers..point;
                    var pts:Array = [];         
                    for(t=0; t < the_p.length(); t++) {
                        var theparish:XML = the_p[t];
                        pts[t] = new LatLng(theparish.@lat,theparish.@lng);
                    //  Alert.show("working" + theparish.@lat);

                        // var pts.push(new LatLng(theparish.@lat,theparish.@lng)); 
                    }
                    var poly:Polygon = new Polygon(pts,
                        new PolygonOptions({
                            strokyStyle: new StrokeStyle({
                                color: colour,
                                thickness: 1,
                                alpha: 0.2}),
                            fillStyle: new FillStyle({
                                color: colour,
                                alpha: 0.2})
                            }));
                //polys.push(poly);
                //labels.push(name);
                    Alert.show("this");
                    pts = []
                map.addOverlay(poly);
                }
            }

    /*      public function createMarker(latlng:LatLng, name:String, address:String, type:String): Marker {
                var marker:Marker = new Marker(latlng, new MarkerOptions({icon: new customIcons[type], iconOffset: new Point(-16, -32)}));
                var html:String = "<b>" + name + "</b> <br/>" + address;
                marker.addEventListener(MapMouseEvent.CLICK, function(e:MapMouseEvent):void {
                    marker.openInfoWindow(new InfoWindowOptions({contentHTML:html}));
                });
                return marker;
            } 
    */      

        ]]>
    </mx:Script>
</mx:Application>