But there wasn’t, so they didn’t.

Along comes the PLP, as Government this time, & almost immediately unethical behavior starts. The UBP, as an effective Opposition catches it, only to be derailed because there are no laws covering such corruption therefore no charges can be laid. A decade later there are still no laws to make this unethical behavior illegal. The PLP has no interest in making unethical behavior/corruption illegal as long as they can get away with unethical behavior. After all it seems to have been veery profitable, especially for a few.

Hopefully laws dealing with corruption are high on the OBA ‘to do’ list, & anyone found guilty of formally unethical behavior will have new digs up at Westgate for a long long time.

I wonder how Charlie Swan is feeling now. He was so hoping that something would be done with Derrick Burgess and then he would have changed his allegiance from the UBP to the OBA and be announced as the candidate for Constituency 5. Maybe he’ll try for another seat now.

OBA= Obstructing Bermudas Advancement

Therefore are we calling on the right people to put this right? Should all enquiries around who will be held accountable be sent to Donald Scott at the Cabinet Office?

Might this suggest that what was deemed to be illegal prior to 1998 is now able to be conveniently deemed illegal/immoral? Does the AG in acting as “superintendent of the DPP” mean the DPP may also be subject to political influence?

I have a holiday Inn one night stay to sell. It makes you smart.

Did I get it correct….

1. Even if you are a convicted liar you need only say something against Ewart and I’ll take it from there.

2. My Auditor General is out of control and her insinuations of criminality on the part of everyone who doesn’t work in her office aren’t exactly correct.

3. Please, please will someone make something up that’s at least credible so I can finally avenge my embarassment over the Uighurs.

4. Will the rabid right please calm down, you’re embarrassing me… work with a brother!

Why should anyone be surprised at the part she plays in the AG matter?

Through history Bermuda has had a mixed bag of Governors, from those as useful as you know what on a bull to industrious ones who would come down off the hill & be as comfortable on Court St as they were on Front St.

We are past due for an example of the latter type.

LOL

LOL If Bermuda was not getting along better before Brown we are worse now after Brown that is for sure. Bernews please post this as lately my comments have been in moderation for extended amounts of time like two to three days if you do value free speech.

After 12 years of a PLP Government, am I to believe that there was no time to close that legislative loop hole? Conveniently, they left it open and look at how many shady deals have slipped through it and what it has costed the tax payer. Do we assign it incompetence? The knew the loop holes were there. Do we assign it to a collapse of integrity and moral courage? I believe so.

My biggest disappointment with this Government is that they became everything that they once stood against. They became everthing that the UBP said they would be. They have long abandoned the moral high ground and are but a shadow of what the PLP used to be.

Supporters of this Govt may find comfort behind the veil of “but it wasn’t illegal” but the PLP used to be so much more than that. Just contemplate what they have been reduced to and as a result, what your standards have been lowered to accept.

What others have been calling for is a Commission of Royal Inquiry into all the allegations of corruption that have been coming out, as has been done in other jurisdictions (ie, Turks & Caicos). But the Governor has seen what Mr. Weatherall went through in T&C back in 2009 (see article link below)and I can only assume that Mr. Gozney either doesn’t want the trouble himself or lacks the fortitude to take the initiative to tackle this matter.

Mr. Gozney, what are we paying you for?

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/5553260/The-Turks-and-Caicos-Islands-Trouble-in-the-paradise-I-call-home.html

After 12 years of a PLP Government, am I to believe that there was no time to close that legislative loop hole? Conveniently, they left it open and look at how many shady deals have slipped through it and what it has costed the tax payer. Do we assign it incompetence? The knew the loop holes were there. Do we assign it to a collapse of integrity and moral courage? I believe so.

My biggest disappointment with this Government is that they became everything that they once stood against. They became everthing that the UBP said they would be. They have long abandoned the moral high ground and are but a shadow of what the PLP used to be.

Supporters of this Govt may find comfort behind the veil of “but it wasn’t illegal” but the PLP used to be so much more than that. Just contemplate what they have been reduced to and as a result, what your standards have been lowered to accept.

Hang in there PLP; it going to be a difficult ride, this election may be even more dirty, mucky, fraudulent, and unscrupulous than the last one. The OBA/UBP is going to attempt to “win by any means necessary.”

As His Excellency said “Until and unless they have signs of criminality the Police will not investigate”. I guess this means that neither HE, the AG or her advisors, consider the doctoring of cheques as “signs of criminality”. But then again, I guess it depends on who doctors the cheque.

Look at the case the other day where a Colin Simmons “doctored (and not Dr. Brown) a cheque. Bank records showed that the cheque had been cashed, just as the two cheques made out to Dr. Brown and Mr. Burgess. Mr. Colin Simmons has been remanded in custody until February 28. However those responsible for Brown/Burgess cheque fraud are alive, well, and gainfully employed.

I must not be the only person who sees something wrong with that picture.

I think the statement by HE means there will be no Commission of Enquiry.