I appreciate your opinion, but I believe home ownership is attainable for most Bermudians. Maybe we all won’t be able to afford a home with an acre of land in Paget, but most Bermudians can afford a condo. At least that way Bermudians can have some homeownership satisfaction. Your opinion is very cynical and discouraging. Are you saying that all Bermudians should just give up on the idea of home ownership, sell our land to foreigners and live in slums?

While I too have no personal interest in gambling, I also think casinos should be introduced. After all, if people want to gamble that badly they can bet on sports, go online, attend a poker game or even fly to Vegas. The world is so interconnected these days that it really doesn’t make sense attempting to restrict gambliing in Bermuda. However, if we allow casinos in Bermuda I want strip clubs to be allowed too! If we’re going to piss off the church crowd then lets do the job right! lol

Anyway, I’m not really sure how gambling would affect homeownership for Bermudians but I still don’t think Bermudians should sell our land to non-Bermudians. Once Bermuda’s land is owned by foreiners then what’s really left of Bermuda?

You got that one right, the protectionist policies of the Bermuda Musicians Union, although well meaning, clearly have not worked. Try something else, perhaps the Bermudian artists will benefit from a renewed public interest in concerts and live entertainment. Also those already importing talent will be able to provide more variety instead of hanging on the the same groups for the whole season because of red tape. Growth not restriction.

The dream of home ownership is already gone, in every practical sense. We are out of space and house prices are beyond the reach of most. So the idea that more foreign onership means less Bermudian ownership may not necessarily hold because we can’t afford to buy property in any event.

Perhaps Mr Brannon hasn’t explained it fully I think but he is talking about loosening the restrictions for those people who aren’t in the financial realm of Ross Perot/Michael Bloomberg/Silvio Berlusconi.

The 21 day restriction prevents vistors from taking extended holidays.

While I personally have no interest in gaming, I think the negative reaction has more to do with fear as opposed to fully formed opinions. Given that the issue keeps coming up we need to do a proper assessment, which includes measures to reduce the (potential) social cost.

We are too small to offer the “deserted beach” senario so we do need a certian level of attractions to entice visitors. BTW Monaco seems to do alright with gaming…..

Could you put a cost to your proposals?
and do not forget to include the social impact of the Condo purchase to foreigners…

and also What Benefit(s) each of your proposal will bring to Bermuda

and do not forget, While protecting Bermuda people

You can’t escape your pass Ter..

*Legalize de weed – if guyz legalized, then guyz would come here 2 blaze FET cannons instead of amsterdam, de main reason bein dat beaches r better then coffee shops.
*MAKE tourists gamble – goverment needs 2 pass a law dat says “All tourists have to spend at LEAST 600 dollaz pon crown & anchor during any minimum-10-day visit, under penalty of a heavy fine”. dis way dey can have fun & give us money at de same time. ITS A WIN-WIN, PPL
*MORE gombeys, dun – tourists luv gombeyz way more than people think. they’re not confused at all by them, and love dere costumes. if gombeys drove de buses, we culd support d arts and de BPSU at de same time. If gombeyz acted as customs officers pon airport, little children would absolutely not be intimidated by dere costumes, and parents wuld tell dem bout all de drugs dey hiding.
*Bring back ewart brown – i know dis one may be contrivershal, but guyz need to BRING BACK DE DOCTA. i duneen care if he was as like jooks, he wuz boasty at attracting tourists.

WAKE UP PPL, ONLY PROACTIVE SOLUTIONS CAN BRING BACK TOURISM AND UM GOT WAYYYY MORE