Comments on: Premier/PLP Hosts ‘Open Mic’ Night

By: Had Enough

Had Enough — Tue, 03 Jan 2012 22:04:47 +0000

As you see why the event was held on the 28th of December. It was so that the PLP(Please Leave Parliament)can say that the turnout was low but they still gave people the chance to voice there concerns.
This is there DUE DILIGENCE as they will call it.
But really it is the same rhetoric they have been spinning since 1998.
Lets stop talking and start to fix and heal the ENTIRE community by helping people not making it harder for them.

By: specialgirl4you

specialgirl4you — Tue, 03 Jan 2012 20:27:25 +0000

@ Jim Bean OBA/UBP dieheart……This proves that Blacks are willing to move, it is the whites that are not !! Many of these folks listed really should have never been associated with the UBP in the first place. Thanks to God they have come home to their true roots!! “PLP PLP all the way PLP”.

By: Red Flag

Red Flag — Fri, 30 Dec 2011 20:38:13 +0000

@ 65 Thieves That’s exactly what the PLP are doing, Putting forward quality candidates and putting in work on behalf of the people. If you can’t speak to the event then why post on the story? There are plenty of places for you to pass out milk on behalf of the milk king.

By: 65 Thieves

65 Thieves — Fri, 30 Dec 2011 08:07:31 +0000

Dear Paula & Co,

Your time is running out not even grassroots supporters are interested in your smokes and mirrors routine anymore, and all this nonsense must now end. The PLP must give Bermuda credible leadership and candidates.

By: Liars

Liars — Thu, 29 Dec 2011 20:28:20 +0000

lets have tea at the lighthouse this afternoon and have conversations on racism and the cliff dive Bermuda has taken in the last 13 years under PLP “RULE”. I think not, l’d rather bash them on here thanks.

By: The End is Near

The End is Near — Thu, 29 Dec 2011 19:46:28 +0000

………using false or exaggerated information to win support for a political cause or point of view……read a book about the last days of the Third Reich

many paralells, particularly the paranoia that everyone is out to get you

watch as the trips overseas increase for inner cirle to get away from the Bermudians, lets go shopping with Renee in Paris I say.

By: J Starling

J Starling — Thu, 29 Dec 2011 19:44:15 +0000

You forgot the PLP Chairman, Anthony Santucci. I believe he was involved with both the UBP and NLP prior to his more recent (post-1998) association with the PLP.

By: Jim Bean

Jim Bean — Thu, 29 Dec 2011 19:39:28 +0000

What do they all have in common?
Wayne Furbert
Darius Tucker
Larry Scott
Jonathan Smith
Jamahal Simmons
Julian Hall
Vincent Ingham
Maxwell Burgess
They were all ex- UBP members or MP’s or actively assisted in UBP fundraisers. PLP=UBP
Stephen Todd – ex BDA.
When will Kim Swan move now that we works at Port Royal?

By: Jim Bean

Jim Bean — Thu, 29 Dec 2011 18:42:43 +0000

plp – pathetic losing party

By: Letariatpro

Letariatpro — Thu, 29 Dec 2011 17:26:57 +0000

Dockies is a well known Parkside hangout, perhaps the OBA Youth Wing was looking for some folks who get things done?

Agreed The RBYC would be a poor compromise, but I think a nice town hall Q&A on neutral ground would appear more balanced.

Buy hey, I guess you have to cater to your voters.

By: Just saying!!

Just saying!! — Thu, 29 Dec 2011 15:35:41 +0000

My question is “What has this Government (PLP) done to tightening their belts” in these hard economic times
We are all told to tighten our belts for the hard ride ahead.
Guess what alot of these hard times were created by this Government (PLP) As they were spending, spending like drunken saliors and our finance minister (Yes the COG) was in charge of our finances as she is today.
And I am suppose to believe in her. HECK NO

By: Death to party politics

Death to party politics — Thu, 29 Dec 2011 13:01:52 +0000

Meh….party politics needs to end.

By: #herewegoagain

#herewegoagain — Thu, 29 Dec 2011 12:58:58 +0000

Good opportunity to voice your concerns, ask your questions, get answers and dialogue. If you are really concerned with trying to progress location should not be an issue. I look forward to the next one.

By: J Starling

J Starling — Thu, 29 Dec 2011 12:40:01 +0000

As said, I’m not trying to attack, just understand. What constellation of factors makes it a Black space as opposed to a White space or a race-neutral space?

The OBA Youth Wing have held events at Docksiders and Moon, but they haven’t held an event at Swinging Doors or, in this case Shines. Perhaps this is on their schedule (and the PLP for Docksiders and the Yacht Club)?

By: Hmm

Hmm — Thu, 29 Dec 2011 12:32:44 +0000

To be objective, did she and her government not hold town hall meetings like a year ago? If I remember they did. I understand your point, but the Yatch Club?!

By: Friendly Faces

Friendly Faces — Thu, 29 Dec 2011 12:08:17 +0000

You know very well what I am saying. I don’t know what it was like 15 years ago, and I’ve no reason to suggest it isn’t a welcoming place, but its predominantly a black club these days. I’m not looking to score political or racial points here, I’m just stating the facts. I would just like to see Paula Cox experience the other side of the coin, the people of Bermuda that are really unhappy, and that is not going to happen at a self satisfied PLP Q&A in Shines. Fact.

By: Cancer

Cancer — Thu, 29 Dec 2011 12:05:21 +0000

Not interested….. OBA all the way!

By: Hmm

Hmm — Thu, 29 Dec 2011 11:35:16 +0000

Job well done given it took place on Dec. 28 with people away and the downpour of rain. I was there it was a chance for anyone to come and give questions and to me it attracted mostly non-pro PLP so job well done. If more of these type of events take place it will be nothing but positive. Also, the OBA’s was good…I’m undecided so at this point OBA or PLP have the chance to grab my vote.

By: J Starling

J Starling — Thu, 29 Dec 2011 11:28:37 +0000

I was unable to make it myself, but I am curious, FF (or anyone, just FF inspired the questions) if you could answer the following:

1) What questions would you have asked (not being full-wide tosses hit for six)? Perhaps you, or others, could take these questions to the next event.

2) How is Shine’s a ‘venue likely to attract PLP members only’? I’m really not sure what you mean by that. Why is Shine’s such? What qualities about Shine’s render it scary or unattractive to non-PLPers? The implication I’m getting is that it is not welcoming to Whites (as opposed to the Yacht Club, where the opposite would be at play, not welcoming to Blacks). It can’t be the location, as when it was Studio 52 (or whatever, memory is foggy) back in the late 1990s it was certainly quite a diverse crowd. So, I’m just trying to work out why the place is seen by you the way you imply. I’m not coming down on you, I’m just genuinely trying to understand your perceptions and reasonings.

By: Friendly Faces

Friendly Faces — Thu, 29 Dec 2011 11:11:55 +0000

It sounds as though this was more than a PLP xmas jaunt and should be commended. It would be very easy for these people to sit at home with their feet up on 28 Dec. My one criticism is that it appears very safe, questions that are wide full tosses easily hit to the boundary, and that the venue is likely to attract PLP members only (which I’m sure was the intention given the balloons). How about some
bravery and doing the next one, open house at the Yacht Club?

By: Lazy Fools

Lazy Fools — Thu, 29 Dec 2011 11:05:10 +0000

HAH! The cog still spins… I don’t know what’s worse- these gangster politicians still preaching their bull, or the fact that some people still believe what they say!