Dr. Brown To Pay Bill For Wall Repairs
Former Premier Dr. Ewart Brown is paying for repairs carried out by a Public Works Crew on a wall at his Brown Darrell Clinic, Works Minister Derrick Burgess has told the House of Assembly.
Mr. Burgess was responding to concerns raised in Parliament recently by Oppositions United Bermuda Party MPs regarding the wall, which runs parallel to South Shore Road near John Smith’s Bay.
Shadow Education Minister Grant Gibbons said he had been contacted by area residents who wanted to know why public funds had been spent to have a crew rebuild a wall situated on private property over a weekend.
Minister Burgess said the repairs were necessary in the interests of public safety, adding: “Dr. Brown has agreed to pay for that wall.”
Let’s put it this way: if the taxpayer WAS paying for this, you’d never know it. Transparency isn’t a hallmark of the current administration.
Transparency hasn’t been a hallmark of ANY administration, past and present
Two wrongs do not make a right. Why can’t you raise the level of politics?
@ OK, well said. It’s always someone quick to fire back with some ‘the UBP did it too’ bullcrap. Was the PLP put in power to be different, or to do the same as before? I swear party politics has removed the ability of people to think objectively.
On the weekend that’s overtime…..what is it double time or triple. We will never know who pays the bill… I would love to see the cancelled cheque.
Hey Burgess…he’s only paying for it (the wall) after he got found out…you must think everybody in Bermy are dumb asses!!!
@ Truth – with respect, we must be dumb asses – we keep voting the bandits in!!
Either way it all comes down to WE are paying anyway you look at!!!!!
If a wall is crumbling or in need of repairs, Works & Engineering will fix it. But if it is on private property the owner of that property needs to agree to foot the bill before any work gets done.
That is why there are so many caution signs where Bermuda stone walls are in bad shape, the owners don’t want to pay up.
This was an enlightening comment. Thank you.
(I feel like that sounds snarky; I don’t mean it to be. I hadn’t known how the system worked.)