Comments on: Ministers Answer SDO Questions On CITV

By: Terry2

Terry2 — Mon, 21 Feb 2011 23:57:51 +0000

Terry, sounds like your bringing history up again, been listening to the good doc too much have we? if all else fails lets have a history lesson on bermuda.
move on as a country terry, no need.
with regards to the building, it should be our (everyones) best interst to stop this. its not sustainable, its money (if any) for the short term. cra*p investment seeing tourism is down in bermuda. sort out a plan to bring people here before coming up with silly spontaneous suggestions that this would be good for bermuda

By: Terry

Terry — Thu, 17 Feb 2011 21:50:12 +0000

RobbieM, what have you done to address these issues. You sound nothing more than a bitter white man who’s mortgage has been called….heritage wise.

It was taken from blacks, used by whites, sold to blacks/whites and now the blacks want a piece of the pie.

What goes around comes around.

Not ther UBP’s fault. Not the PLP’s fault.

Ignorance and greed.

Oh…and for all you LTR and et al…..kiss my ass because you screwed me and now I look down from my tree top and wonder why. Greed.

By: NO!

NO! — Thu, 17 Feb 2011 04:57:05 +0000

Don’t it always seem to go
That you don’t know what you got
‘Till it’s gone
They paved paradise
And put up a parking lot

By: Bottom Line

Bottom Line — Wed, 16 Feb 2011 08:50:10 +0000

The PLP has out UBP’ed the UBP.

By: Tired of nonsense

Tired of nonsense — Tue, 15 Feb 2011 19:57:39 +0000

If the UBP did this there would be persistent cries of how this is just one example of how the UBP is simply a white supremacist party that is only out to protect the foreigner white business mans interest and is more than willing to allow for the destruction of Bermuda to ensure that some white man’s business remains viable.

But when the PLP does it, it is out of sheer necessity and we are doing it for the good of the island and her people as a whole.

Jokers…

By: Tired of nonsense

Tired of nonsense — Tue, 15 Feb 2011 19:53:57 +0000

It’s amazing isn’t it?

So many PLP supporters blame foreigners for the prices of Bermuda, the lack of jobs available and so many other xenophobic arguments.

But when their Government readily allows a locally owned business (i.e. Newstead/Belmont) fail while simultaneously doing everything in their efforts to bail out a foreign owned entity by allowing the destruction of what little natural beauty that Bermuda has left to spare, there is no objection whatsoever. It is hilarious.

On top of that they readily penalize Bermudians, as mentioned above, for not marrying another Bermudian by restricting their activities and enforcing monetary licencing fees related to housing but in the same breath are more than willing to permit the eradication of precious open space so that a foreigner can build what would be effectively a gated community for the richest of the rich. And again not a peep or objection to this hypocritical stance. I am against the labelling of political supporters as sheep or what not, but the silence surrounding this issue irks me to no end. Why so silent now? Is it because it is your team’s idea and thus we shall not object? Where are all the xenophobic haters that routinely talk cr*p about our foreign workers when it comes to this matter, huh?

And RobbieM is right. This is not a tourism venture. If it was, then how come the, in essence, gated community residences outnumber the hotel rooms by a number of 78 to 70?

Sounds and looks like to me that someone is actively seeking to bail out the HSBC commercial loan book. I mean how else can the Govt allow a locally owned property to fail without a peep, but jump through hoops to ensure that TP survives by any means necessary?

What is really going on here?

By: RobbieM

RobbieM — Tue, 15 Feb 2011 19:26:48 +0000

Letariatpro, I agree with everything you say. It is disgraceful how this Government has treated the Bermudian married to a foreigner as a second-class citizen in their own country and yet is ‘aiding and abetting’ and bending over backwards to give these property developers what they want! The Government wants the Bermuda public to believe that this is a tourism product, when in fact it is really a real estate venture, 78 of the planned units being single homes and private residences. This is ‘pure and simply’ real estate speculation! What is most upsetting is that some of the housing units are to be built on property zoned for conservation and other restrictive zonings. It is NOT a tourism initiative at all! The SDO in-principle is a well-planned maneuver to deflect criticism from the Minister onto other parties in the event all aspects of the plan are approved. This Government is selling us out big time to propery developers! Just look at the other SDO’s that have been granted. In the past, Bermudians had no voice when SDO’s were granted. Why they ever thought that several nine-story apartment blocks at Coco Reef would attract buyers, who knows? But Bermudians were left out in the cold and had no say in the matter! SDO’s were designed to permit developments deemed to be of NATIONAL IMPORTANCE. I am sure they were never intended to be used to enable specualative residential units to be built for sale to non-Bermudians, who, by the way, will be permitted to reside in Bermuda for twelve months a year!
PS: Not only did Minister Walter Roban work for HSBC but Minister Patrice Minors once did as well! We all know which Bank has the most to gain with the passage of these measures!
Please make your voices heard so we can stop any further destruction of our Island environment.

By: Letariatpro

Letariatpro — Tue, 15 Feb 2011 17:35:41 +0000

Do they mention the fact that Mr. Robain works for HSBC, the bank that TP owes quite a bit of money to? So it would seem that it would be in his best interest that they get the SDO, if that is not a conflict of interest, I do not know what is. he keeps going on about people being able to object once it goes through and is in planning, protected reserve should not even get that far. And I am not sure I trust planning to listen to objections when there are government ministers who are heavily invested in this venture in one way or another.

Also, why does government come to bat for a foreign owned company like TP, but lets Newstead/Belmont Hills go under? Why is the government even involved? Will they give me some property if I need it for my business to succeed?

And let me get this straight, Bermudians who happen to fall in love with and marry someone from overseas have to pay a license(like licensing a dog, WTF!??!) just to have a home, and cannot own another, collect rent; Bermudians who own a home in the higher ARV can no longer sell to foreigners; BUT some foreign investor who can’t run a hotel to make a profit gets given more pristine land to sell off to other foreigners. Way to sell out the island, way to sell out Bermuda. It feels like the Turks and Caicos in here all of a sudden.

One more thing, this smacks of propaganda and it is disgraceful they are using taxpayer funds to push their agenda through. I feel like I am in China. Mr. Robain was on the radio yesterday as well trying to push it through, telling people not to worry, it’s no big deal, etc. “Pay no attention to what my other hand is doing!”

They seem to be trying really hard to push this through on us.

By: Pete

Pete — Tue, 15 Feb 2011 17:28:56 +0000

I will not be satisfied until this entire island is a 21 sq mile slab of concrete. SDO = YES DO!

After that we can reclaim the sea like they do in Dubai.