OBA: 5 Things About Auditor’s Report
Opposition Leader Craig Cannonier said, “It’s been nearly two weeks since the Auditor General made public her special report on the Government misusing public money.
“Since then, there has been a steady stream of press reports about wrongdoings at the Bermuda Land Development Company and Government funding a private legal action by two of its ministers.
“We’ve heard ministers and officials deny wrongdoing, ministers contradicting one another, ministers passing the buck and everyone saying they’ve answered enough questions.
“On the weekend, I was trying to take stock of the situation and came up with a list of five things that stick in my mind about Auditor General’s report. I thought I would share them with you. Here they are:
“1. The first is a question that remains unanswered. The Government said it used taxpayer money – about $30,000 – to fund a private law suit by two of its ministers to “protect the integrity” of the Government of Bermuda. Yet when the Auditor General first questioned this use of public money, the Government dropped its support for the case. That made no sense to me. Why was support withdrawn if it was done to protect the integrity of Bermuda’s government? It’s a question the Premier really has to answer.
“2. I’ve spoken with a lot of people about the Auditor General’s report. They are very angry because they perceive insiders working the system to help themselves while they play by the rules. You can’t have one set of rules for the people and another set of rules for insiders. Nothing good can come from that. The fact that so many people today are struggling to make ends meet only deepens their grievance. People need to know the government is on their side. They need to know it is working for them.
“3. The Premier has spoken a lot about the need for greater transparency in government. But by the end of last week she had stopped taking questions on the Auditor’s report. On Monday she shut down a new candidate press conference when the candidate was asked her views on the report. The Premier stopped questions because they perpetuate a controversy that reflects poorly on her government. This was a political calculation that put her party’s interest ahead of transparency and the people’s right to know. The only conclusion to draw from this is that the Premier’s belief in transparency depends on the situation – yes to transparency if it works for her, no if it doesn’t.
“4. The Auditor General reported the Deputy Premier ignoring the Premier’s instructions. In the days following the release of the report, these two most senior ministers were again at odds on the issue of wrongdoing at the BLDC. With other ministers contradicting each other, the credibility and unity of the government came into question. This is not good for Bermuda. Here’s why: Bermuda’s good reputation is essential if we are to remain attractive to local and overseas investors, whose plans and activities generate jobs. If the Government is seen to be untrustworthy or unreliable, then people will be less likely to invest in the island – meaning they will not start a business, they will not build a hotel, they will not participate in the redevelopment of Hamilton’s waterfront – all things that create jobs and career opportunities for the people of this country. That’s something all Bermudians should bear in mind.
“5. Finally, the Auditor General’s report is not an isolated controversy. It is part of an ongoing story of questionable behaviour and careless management of the public purse. We’ve seen it before in controversies and investigations surrounding the Berkeley School, the Housing Corporation, the TCD emissions centre, Heritage Wharf pier, untendered contracts for friends, companies selected over the objections of technical officers, officials disregarding Financial Instructions, unaccounted for millions… the list goes on. But perhaps the most disturbing thing about the Auditor General’s report was the lack of shock over its revelations. Bermudians are getting used to this stuff and that is not good.
“It doesn’t have to be this way. We can make things better. We can restore trust and confidence in our government. And we can make sure it is focused on one thing – the people’s business. That is my goal and that of my colleagues.”
Please get the unethical PLP out of politics PLP
Enuf is enuf !!!!
P lease L eave Politics
OK cancer.. Take this story for all its worth. You just like Craig will get a rude awakening from the polls.
The OBA believes that people should be able to put fake checques into government accounts and the Governmetn shouldn’t respond.
Lets look at this. The BLDC Board approved legal payments, that don’t pass the smell test. They were REMOVED. End of story.
Keep beating the dead horse… didn’t work in 1998, 2003 or 2007 and won’t work now!
@ Tired of OBA< it is not a OBA issue it is a BERMUDA PEOPLE ISSUE. " The people" have the right to know these things and have to trust in govt. PERIOD..
if it looks like a duck quack like a duck.. well it is a duck..
5 things about PLP:
1. They want to exploit like the legacy UBP
2. They care nothing for the common man like legacy UBP
3. They are addicted to power like legacy UBP
4. They can never earn enough money for their elite like legacy UBP
5. They lie about the official opposition like UBP once did.
Unfortunately for your argument, it isn’t the end of the story. This is one more scandal, in a string of scandals with the Govt, that “unethical but not illegal” deals have taken place and we haven’t gotten back a PENNY from any of these shady deals. Maybe that’s not important to you but speak to someone who is struggling at the moment and the Govt cannot help because they are strapped for cash.
You need to be honest, demand better and hold our own people accountable.
That’s the mature thing to do. Simple.
There is only one fact that keeps me up at night! The fact that the Island is in a deep recession and we have a bunch of girls in Parliament squabbling as if they are at a tea party.
You need to get out of “Cyber-Space”, and stop attempting to “lynch” people, under your hood. Especially, individuals who are making a worth while contribution to their society. “Coward act” is all you do, nothing positive to move Bermuda forward. So will you continue to be OBA/UBP Coward and Blind-followers…..after all you call everyone else a name…..guess you not able to accept one for yourself.
Obviously Specialgirl4you is one of the fooled or on a payroll and fears losing that income stream.As what you offer is insult or praise to actions that destroy Bermuda.
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See what I did there?
DO YOU REMEMBER The Bermuda Democratic Alliance has urged the United Bermuda Party to accept it has contributed to Bermuda’s racial divide.
It’s understood BDA representatives called for the UBP to make a statement to that effect during meetings
over a merger between the two party.
The request is said to have been a stumbling block against the amalgamation both groups hope will happen before the end of next week.
It is understood many in the BDA believe the move would demonstrate a new combined party would not be weighed down by the official Opposition’s legacy.
The BDA is also said to be calling for some of the UBP’s old guard of legislators to be phased out to make way for fresh blood. DOES NOT LOOK LIKE ANYONE IS BEING PHASED OUT.
P aula. L eave. P olitics
Cancer you sit on the sidelines, not providing any service to your country. That’s “sad”, at least Premier Cox, is active in her country and works hard to make a different. A politician job is not easy, and it is also a thankless one. So since you do nothing, you need not ask others that are working in the best interest of their country to leave.
“Services is the Rent, we pay for living on earth”……I do not believe you have provided any valuable services to your fellow man. Except your living in “Cyber-space” and lynching people from afar, like a “Coward.”
You speak like you know the person behind the pen name. Do you?
SpecialGirl, Betty, mand other aliases, you sit on the sidelines, not providing any service to your country. I do not believe you have provided any valuable services to your fellow man. Except your living in “Cyber-space” and lynching people from afar, like a “Coward.”
That’s right, Craig. Keep this issue in the spotlight.
No PLP, this just won’t go away until you address this issue!
The UBP now OBA Shadow Finance Minister Bob Richards compared Craig to a colt that wasn’t ready to lead Bermuda. These are serious economic times. Craig Cannonier has no experience and no ideas. And, it doesn’t even appear as if he is leading the opposition!
This is not the time for on the job training. We need steady hands to guide Bermuda through these serious times.
Shadow Finance Minister Bob Richards says the One Bermuda Alliance needs his vast political experience at the helm as it tackles the Progressive Labour Party at the next general election.
He described Senator Craig Cannonier, as unknown and unproven, warning he doesn’t have the background to lead the official Opposition into battle.
Those “steady hands” rejected Bob Richards warning that we were headed for a recession and got us into this mess.
I am happy to give the helm to the OBA. The PLP is comfortable with their MPs being involved in “unethical but not illegal” deals.
No thank you. I deserve better.
What people need to understand is that it is not free money. It is very real money that is coming out of our paychecks in the form of taxes. Bermudians need to do a better job of connecting the dots between how much money gets taken from our pay in taxes and how and where those tax dollars are spent. IT IS NOT PLAY MONEY !
When you read that a project has gone 30M overbudget, that’s 30M in taxes that could have gone towards supporting our seniors or our young peoples social needs or educational scholarships.
This Govt is not protecting the public’s money and I do not believe that we can do another 5 years of this. This isn’t about PLP /UBP or the OBA. This is about Bermuda and Bermudians.
I shutter to think about other back door “unethical but not illegal” deals that has taken place and have ultimately paid a friend of the Govt but has com off of the back of taxpayers.
Wake Up Bermuda- the truth is staring you right in your face.
I agree with you 100%. I hope Mr. Cannonier wil ask the same questions in the “HOUSE” so we can get to the truth. Given the legal opinion that has since suggested that there are other ways the Auditor can demand answers from the Premier I hope that she does it asap.
Craig never talks in the house only spoken once since he has been there and as a supporter of OBA that upsets me as the Opposition Leader he needs to start talking in the HOuse…he only speaks in the news paper and that has me wondering if its his own words or someone writing for him.
Come on Craig i voted for you to be leader of the OBA start tallking in the HOA.
Bermuda and Bermudians cannot AFFORD the PLP/BIU any more! They simply are too reckless with OUR money!
PLUS! the PLP/BIU Party is hopelessly divided… do you want Birch or Burgess as you next Premier? That could very well happen if they get in! Scarey.
We definitely need a CHANGE!
Oh Craig – u just want to keep your name in lights. Give it up already.
1. Perhaps it was withdrawn becuz it was thought the legal costs could outweigh the benefit of the case.
2. Non issue – the govt IS working for the people.
3. The candidate press conference was clearly about the announcement of that particular candidate. Not open fire.
4. More rambling.
5. More rambling.
At the end of the day Premier Cox has instituted rafts of measures to ensure none of this happens again. In addition when presented with the info she acted on it. What more does Craig want? Other than to keep it in the spotlight to try and gain some profile.
Oh. it will happen again nothing is yet really put in place and enforced. Honestly your answers are mute unless it comes from the Government as an officail statement. Why is that the PLP supporters on here wish to see the country bankrupt before you hold your own accountable. At least make them accountable to you the supporters. I find it hard to believe that whole party is behind these actions more than half the thing plp blogers tout as accomplishment have had to be repiled or reduced the only thing left is to cut saleries of the civil service, cut benifits of the civil service(see story about the pension freeze), make redundancies, or lay offs. For a while I thought reducing the work week might help but I think we are passed that point now. Something has to give and the “PLP all the way PLP” is not doing in any more.Vote em back in but please make the MP’s (with the people money for their buget) accountable for the good of our country which includes the PLP supporters.
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This is a bit rich even for the OBA. Having made a career out of painting this Government as untrustworthy, to now turn around and say that appearing to be untrustworthy is harmful to Bermuda is almost schizophrenic. On virtually every issue of these times the OBA is trying to have its cake and eat it too. 18 months ago gaming was bad and we needed time to look into it; now the cry is “what’s taking you all so long”. Every day the list of revisionist history grows longer.The OBA suggests Bermudians are getting used to this stuff and that’s not good. No sir, what Bermudians can do is piece together a calculated campaign when they see one. Not an ounce of ink has been devoted to the Speaker’s smack of the Auditor General for disrespectfully and wrongly releasing her Report to the public before releasing it to the Speaker and the House. Procedures need not be followed when we’re dealing with the “right” enemy I guess. The only thing Bermudians are getting used to is the deliberate targeting of some of the players. For 5 years its been Dr. Brown. Now they’ve moved to Derrick Burgess. Watch and see who’s next.No Auditor leaves their findings to “the court of public opinion”. That is outrageous and people in the profession know it. Its clear bias and smacks of a deliberate hostile intent. Bermuda is wide awake and wants to know what the OBA will do to improve the economy, encourage investment, produce jobs, educate our children, grow the economy and so on. Focus on that for ten minutes and see where it gets you.
I thought see wrote to the speaker cause the accounts commitee had not or would not meet to discuss her report and he read out the letter in the house. Please provide a link to your source.
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“link to my source” ? Heard it with my own ears. The Speaker made an announcement to the House on Friday and said that he really would like to return to the procedure in previous years when Reports of this nature were provided to the House first as required by the statute. A gentle smack but a rebuke nonetheless.
I’m sure the Speaker would like that – no doubt.
Is it ‘deliberate hostile intent’ when the Premier and the Attorney General ‘target’ Burgess’s lack of ethics, or is it only ‘deliberate’ and ‘hostile’ when the OBA does it?
I like your focus here on ‘procedure’. You mention the ‘disrespect’ of the Auditor General for making her report public (i.e. to the taxpayers, who’s freakin money it is that is being squandered on idiocy), prior to giving her report to politicians. You appear upset that a ‘procedure’ was not followed. Were you also upset when a ‘procedure’ was not followed when the Uighers were smuggled in? Or do you manage to get over those feelings when it’s the beloved PLP doing it?
Ever heard of the goose and gander scenario? If this Government farts and doesn’t say excuse me its on the front page and you all want an investigation. Heather rides the line on the release of her Report (for the 2nd time I might add), the Speaker says so on Friday and not a dickie bird about it. That’s not balanced or fair. All I’m saying is equal criticism will achieve true balance every time. For the record, I am not upset about anything.Just out of curiosity, what is the procedure that should have been followed to bring in the Uighurs? I don’t remember any public meetings, referenda, plebicites, votes, debates or otherwise when the Boat People came from China and Vietnam in the 1980s. There’s that balance thing again.
It’s goose and gander that I’m talking about. You didn’t give a rat’s behind about Ewart and Burch smuggling in Uighurs under cover of darkness, but you bleat like a cartoon fairy about ‘process’ when the public gets to know a bit too much about what the Deputy Premier is doing with taxpayer money. Hypocrite.
And don’t start with the ‘what procedure should have been followed bringing in the Uighurs’. What are you freaking talking about. They were smuggled here with no passports, no ‘immigration procedure’, nothing. Any time a tourist wants to come here for a wedding they get strip searched and asked where their return ticket is. These guys were smuggled in in their pyjamas, get given jobs for life, and never have to leave. Is that a ‘process’ you would like to see for all expats who want to come here?
HMMMMMM< you are so right, what about all the dealings of the UBP/OBA when they were in government. There is a long list of jobs that were given to their relatives, cousins, and everyone they liked. I think they need to look in the mirror carefully and review all the jobs they engaged in. Even more known, was that there were no Auditor General Reports for years under their leadership. They were the ones who engaged in unethical behaviour, but now all of a sudden they put a blind eye to their actions. Ask them to list all those jobs, he supported in giving to friends, cousins etc…..thats how they achieve the wealth they have today.
Betty, You are such a moron. You have absolutely no idea at all how to deal with the facts in this case, so you start talking absolute claptrap about things that may or may not have happened 25 or 35 years ago, that have nothing to do with anything.
You can’t defend Derrick Burgess because he is absolutely unethical. He sees himself as being totally justified in doing anything, as long as it is not illegal according to current laws of Bermuda.
The following should be the PLP motto: “You can’t trust us to be ethical, or to tell the truth, but we will do what we can to avoid getting caught directly breaking the current laws in force in Bermuda”
Rich yes name calling, as that only thing your best at doing…..
@Rick the truth is hurting to you….so see Sir John and others, and ask them to have an honest conversation with you. They can list all the contracts,and more. The UBP/OBA also believe that they too were totally justified in doing anything, as long as it is not illegal according to current laws of Bermuda. They did not care about the average man or woman. So do not attempt to throw any ethical nonsense up in my face, as your OBA/UBP were the masters of “unethical behaviours” and still continue such practices today. Face the truth dearest one………………Hey it hurts when the shoe is on the other foot………………
It’s only hurting you and those like you. The PLP used to be more than that. Your admission and acceptance of this nonsense will be Bermuda’s downfall.
When you talk about “caring for the average man and woman”, are you now referring to the Premier, who declines to take a “symbolic” pay but because it won’t help anyone? Yet she wants many “average men and women” to take a pay cut because it would help?
The PLP elite make out they’re “average” and “for the people”. Yet, what we’ve actually seen is that they are shamelessly in it for the money. They want to make every last cent they can out of having political office. They don’t care what people think; they have no ethics; they have no shame. They just want to get as much personal wealth as they possibly can.
Even now, while they are reducing salaries for “average” people, they still go on their all-expenses-paid jaunts to watch space ships take off, pretending that it’s a “third leg of the economy” What a bunch of absolute liars.
You are full of it. There were annual reports by the Auditor General every year. Plus there were several special management reports. You’re getting pretty desperate to be spouting outright lies.
Lies Betty. The problems with government audits started with the PLP.
You must be under 30 years old or have selective amnesia of the political variety.
Stop trying to re-write history to defend your pathetic government.
We all knew very well what was going on with the boat people months and months before they arrived here.. It , and all the discussions surounding it , were ongoing and made public. The ship they came off of was Bermudian flagged and this is what happens sometimes in these situations.
The Quigher debacle was completely illegal and underhanded , thus their current status of being in limbo. And it isn’t going to go away .
The only shock at the next election will be if the PLP get get 51% of the common vote. That will say a ton about ‘us’ as a group.
You cannot honestly sit there and say that Ewart Brown did anything good for the long term future of Bermuda. Even the cruise ship dock is falling apart and that is not even 5 years old! The bottom line is that the PLP have dug themselves a hole so big that they cannot find a way out of it. What happens when there are no pension funds or other pools of money to leverage from? It isn’t even Gov money it belongs to the people and they are trying to dip into that, what happens when that is empty and the people who need that money want to retire? What happens then? Bankruptcy? Is that acceptable…not in reality.
They need to cut government jobs and a lot of them. Assist those cut with placement in the private sector but the Gov cannot afford to continue as they have, otherwise Bermuda will hold no value. These band-aids will do nothing in the long term it is time for major surgery. As a young Bermudian I do not believe that they have the brain power or ingenuity in order to get the job done. Particularly when they offer up a 1 year solution…even I am mature enough to know that will not work.
At the end of the day it is not Paula’s or Ewarts generation that is going to fully realize the pitfalls and consequences of their actions. It is my generation that will have to suffer through or be forced to leave. Nothing the PLP have done since they have been in office has been done with the long term interest of Bermuda at heart; merely the short term to benefit those around them and deceive people into believing that they are working for them. As much as I love Bermuda as a young Bermudian I find it perplexing to believe that their will be a sustainable environment for me to live in and raise a family. The hill is getting steeper and the cart is moving down faster. Sadly it seems no one thought to install the breaks.
At least this is finally and open and objective view of the proceedings from the opposition instead of simply “taking the other side” as they have done thus far. It provokes practical thought, which is finally a commendable response.
Help me out here. If you fire government employees, and there aren’t jobs in the private sector for those people to be fired to be placed in, what happens.
The answer is you deepen the recession and that is exactly what we cannot afford to do. It is a difficuly problem. But no one in the PLP, OBA, Economist nor the chamber of commerce think its a good Idea to cut governmetn jobs at this time.
“Nothing the PLP have done since they have been in office has been done with the long term interest of Bermuda at heart” ont his we’ll disagree. clearly.
Without Government recovering debt there will be no economy to save! At present the Gov is paying off one credit card with another credit card that has a higher limit and hoping the creditors don’t catch up! The US has a similar model which has been sustainable for a bit but is starting to spin out of control. Obama has incurred more debt than the first 41 presidents combined, while this is more a function of the global economy as opposed to purely his doing; what happens when countries start calling in their debts…the system collapses. Bermuda is too small and does not have the natural resources to procur this type of model. At the end of the day we are an attractive jurisdiction due to our financial strength and ease of doing business, tourism is dead and unless we cool our economy the one pillar we have left propping us up will slowly lose its strength and presence to a point where we will never be able to recover. Now is the time to make these changes before it is too late.
The only way to recover debt with any quantity would be to slim the civil servant payroll. As it stands there are too many people employed by government (roughly 2/3′s of the Bermudian workforce) it is not necessary. There are industries on this island that are weathering the depression; they may not be as profitable in previous years but they are still here doing business. Bermudians need to wake up and realize not everyone can make over $100,000 a year. There are tons of pot washer/waitering/landscaping jobs coming to the market. These are not the most desirable of positions but not everyone is qualified to work for Gov or in offices. The economy is overheating it will not be fixed by adding wood to the fire. At the end of the day what is happening now is not working, it is not sustainable and needs to change. The transition will not be easy though it is necessary for the procurement of Bermuda and her people.
I invite you to describe some long term objectives that the PLP have instilled over the years that have not been reversed or found wrongly executed and unsuccessful. None come to mind when I think about it.
Cancer is king of posting. Congrats.
Ha ha! Thanks real talk – it’s an honor!
But to the fake haha above! Your posting is crazy – yet you are another blind follower of the “Leave Politics”
party. Im sure it’ is certainly your wish that this matter be left alone as it makes the “leave politics” party look bad. I along with many others hope Craig and the OBA push this till the very end until all bad apples are exposed. PLP have embarrassed the country enough!
I don’t think it makes the Party look bad. I think it makes Leroy Bean and the BLDC look bad. Howver lets repeat facts.
1) Board approved questionable Payments
2) When queried, board sought an opinion as to whether the payments were legal, adn they were found to be legal.
3) Nonetheless Premier fired the board, and removed the Minister from responsibility of BLDC
4) Indepedent KPMG report done and more strict practices have been put into place.
How does this make the Party look bad. Happened on thier watch, YES.. Action taken YES!
Keep beating the dead horse.
The horse is only still alive, because….
“We’ve heard ministers and officials deny wrongdoing, ministers contradicting one another, ministers passing the buck and everyone saying they’ve answered enough questions”.
Get it sorted PLP, or stop talking about good governance.
1) Actually, if you follow the report, the board approved only 30k of the payments.
2) Pretty much rule of thumb, if you have to query whether something is legal, you know what you’re doing is questionable.
3) And gave him another Ministry with no rebuke whatsoever. Indeed, she effectively hid why she was moving him.
4) More strict practices wouldn’t reward those who did wrong by simply moving them, it would actually punish them and at the very least get our money back. How much has been recovered again? Oh yeah…
….and what is Mr. Bean doing now?
You are great at labeling others as “Blind Followers,” while forgetting that is indeed a “true reflection” of yourself. You follow the OBA/UBP which must follow your definition of what a blind follower truly is. So be careful calling others names, as it also includes yourself. You are a “Cancer”, as you continue to spread political rhetoric and poison and there is no true cure for you. The sad thing is you fail to see yourself in the mirror as dead weight of the OBA/UBP.
You are pretty much defining hypocrisy right now.
So, do you wake up crazy, or do you have to work on it gradually throughout your day?
The truth of the matter is that this is yet another example of poor management of the Bermuda purse by our current Government. In the corporate world, you are held to very stringent audit requirements and have to be accountable for everything. We as Bermudians should hold government accountable in the same manner. Hats off to the Auditor General for bringing these issues to light. We as the people of Bermuda now need to use this information to right this sinking ship! This mismanagement while it sticks of irregularity has not been proven illegal in any way, which would spark real investigations into the use of Bermudian’s hard earn money. The unfortunate out come, as with most of Ewart’s ill-advised programs and doings is that the future generations of Bermudians will suffer!
On this we agree.
“We as Bermudians should hold government accountable in the same manner. Hats off to the Auditor General for bringing these issues to light.”
This is why we have an auditor general, and this is why the PLP strengthened the independence of the Auditor General in 1999.
These issues have been brought to light, and processes have been put in place to ensure they are not repeated. Thats what Audits do, make things work better.
Then how do you explain locking up the Auditor General a couple of years ago?
What this whole episode has proven is that Paula Cox is not a leader. If she was then she would have sacked her Deputy Premier. I guess she wasn’t kidding when she described herself as a ‘cog in the wheel’.
Bermuda’s motto is so apt for the current times. With no apparent leader, as the Deputy Leader just ignores the demands of the Premier with no repurcussions Bermuda is a rudderless ship in the midst of an economic storm.
“No Repercussions”
So you define no repercussions as being stripped of responsiblity for Managing the Government Quangos.
C’mon, get serious.
Talk about rewriting history. Several quangos were moved from one ministry to another, which resulted in a diffreent minister having control. It wasn’t done to “punish” Derrick Burgess. And, despite being in the middle of a financial scandal involving unethical diversion of public money, he is still Deputy Premier, with Furbert’s help. Obviously it’s becoming very clear who the Puppet Master is and who the Puppet is.
Justin, as you are aware the Government cannot lock up anyone. Only the Governor or Police can arrest somebody. Clearly the Auditor did something to cause himself to get arrested, but don’t purpetuate the lie that the PLP locked him up, beucase the PLP doesn’t control the police, the governmnet does.
I disagree with the leadership comment of course. While its easy to sack people, you can very well end up with no-one. If everytime a mistake was made someone was sacked there would be no MPs, govt or opposition.
The Deputy Premier was stripped of responsibility for BLDC & a lot of other things, its called punishment. You may not like it, you may have done something different, but the facts are the facts.
In light of recent developments, we can now expect a different scenario. Furbert and Burgess are now in charge and will give directions to Cox who will comply or else!
“If everytime a mistake was made someone was sacked there would be no MPs, govt or opposition”
That’s certainly so true – if everytime a mistake was made there certainly would be no PLP left. That’s all their known for mistake after mistake, then flip flopping! Cuz the don’t know what their doing.
Specialgirl4you – yes I saw your response – why don’t you just put more effort in sorting your PLP party out! Right now their looking pretty hopeless and are an embarrassment to this country. Like I said before if you blind followers put them back in charge (under Cog/Burgess) the country will be more bankrupt and we’ll deserve the every flogging that we get. Then again who else you got in your party that can run and lead a country? Come with me and vote OBA! The OBA train is coming your way so get on board before it’s too late.
It is unbelievable how people can blindly follow a party which has totally mismanaged and squandered away the peoples money. Make no mistake Bermuda is going down,unless people wake up and send those fools packing.I have not heard them propose one good idea as to how they are going turn things around, other than rob Peter to pay Paul.
The problem is that people are too caught up in the past and race instead of looking at things objectively. peace out!!!
@ Cancer and his friend fired onions…….Bermuda will only go down, if people continue to spread negative messages like you, and continue to discrete the government for not doing anything correct. Both of you speak as if nothing great is going on in Bermuda. Compare Bermuda’s success to other countries, and its record reveals it is doing fairly well. Negative talk and bring Bermuda down, All for what? Political gain and power. Examine the real reasons, as others are doing. Do not just try to spin it as if this government is not capable of doing anything well, as all governments have strengths and weakness, and no government is without fault. But to call the government all kinds of bad names, and bring down people for political purposes does not work. Help unite Bermuda, and ask some of your white friends to move over, as blacks do it everyday.
I’ve tried to stay out of this mud-slinging, but Specialgirl4you, Where are you living if you think “Bermuda’s record reveals it is doing fairly well”??? By what standard or yardstick? If I had sold my property 2 years ago, I could have gotten maybe $1 1/4 million, maybe more. Now, I’d be lucky to get $6-800K. Similarly, I’m begging my tenant not to move and reducing her rent hundreds below the cost of my mortgage as an incentive for her to stay, because there are so many places out there for rent, she can pick, choose and refuse, while I’d be lucky to even find another tenant, much less one who can pay what was a reasonable rent 2 years ago. And why is this? Because so many people have left this island there is a glut of houses on the market, both for rent and for sale; and the people who are left are out of work and can’t pay rent either.
I have almost reached the stage where I’d sell up and leave too – but I can’t afford to, cos nobody is buying.
That’s what I’m sayin fried onion! Your echoing my sentiments exactly. The main loyalists who are so blind that they cant see infront of them specialgirl4you – -d-reader – trident – hmmmm. They refuse to acknowledge how embarrassing the PLP have been for this country. Such a shame!
@Cancer and your friend fried Onion, why are you both not in the “secret meetings?” Or are you busy in “Cyber-space” hiding under your hoods. Guess you do not play a real significant role in the OBA/UBP. You are clueless……as you do not understand the real political underlying factors behind the OBA/UBP, it is not an honest one. Why are these secret meetings necessary, if it is a party that includes all? No blacks at meeting? Only a selective group of white men?
That is preposterous and you know it. Stop spreading propaganda specialgirl4you or Betty which ever hood you wish to hide behind.
@CHA, get your head out of the clouds, …It is not propaganda, it is truth, that you are attempting to push under the carpet, to keep the blind-followers in line. There are secret meetings, and has always been by the UBP/OBA. Here is were the sinister actions take place, maybe, just maybe, the attempt to set up the government with those false checks was developed in this secret meeting….I can image what is been set up next…..PLP what your backs carefully…..I know the truth is difficult, but it is real……
Looks like specialgirl4you is moving to desperation point. Now she’s claiming OBA has secret meetings. Now that is so funny. No need to try to get a campaign together trying to say the OBA is sinister dear lady. The OBA is about change, putting Bermuda first, putting people first. We stand for Opportunity, Responsibilty, and Integrity, along with Transparency. These are assets that your flipPLoP party know nothing about. So no secret meetings here. Like I told you before, clean up your own dirty back yard and take your blinders off… You blind loyalist you… You can’t even see right in front of you! Specialgirl do you wear glasses???
Paster Sly I am so sorry to hear about your plight and i know what anyones says does not make it any easier. I guess I can say is try your best and hang in there! Remember the days when having an apartment was an advantage? As for specialgirl she has her head burried in the sand. In one breath she’s calling the OBA all types of racist names then above she’s asking us to look at the good and help unite Bermuda. She’s saying all this because she can finally see the PLP is failing in most areas. But I for one cannot forgive the damage they have done to this island and continue to do. Everyday is something new. How can that be supported? Sorry specialgirl all I can do is invite you to join the OBA because obviously by your posts you do have some knowledge but you just have to take your damm blinders off!