Comments on: Government Responds: Auditor General’s Comments

By: observer

observer — Wed, 30 May 2012 01:41:11 +0000

How true that is, a muppet and a puppet, his entire family are PLP.

By: Same S**t Different Day

Same S**t Different Day — Wed, 30 May 2012 01:39:40 +0000

Can anyone say “Outside Auditing is needed”. Call some forensic accountants frm the US Treasury and lets get to the bottom of this deep spirialing hole we call a national debt.

By: John Dog

John Dog — Tue, 29 May 2012 19:07:34 +0000

Yet more nonsense. What they haven’t said is they will make those responsible culpable for their actions. More words and no action. All you have to do is to look at the BLDC Report. The Auditor General called it correctly: they haven’t held anyone accountable. In fact, one of the two men responsible are now looking to stand for election for the PLP and Burgess continues to hold his post. I don’t see a lot of accountability!

By: Voice of Reason

Voice of Reason — Tue, 29 May 2012 18:56:45 +0000

What change exactly do we need?

By: Hypocrites

Hypocrites — Tue, 29 May 2012 18:09:17 +0000

At least they have the gumption, conscience and morality to prosecute their own instead of promoting them and simply switching them around the carousel of Ministries

By: Joonya

Joonya — Tue, 29 May 2012 18:02:27 +0000

So you read…goody-gumdrops for you.
Ok then, so just let this government spend money which they dont have, and generally do what they want shall we. Bermudians are known to do what we want anyway.

By: Hmmmmm

Hmmmmm — Tue, 29 May 2012 17:40:44 +0000

They’re too busy investigating their own or don’t you read the papers? In the last week:

1. Met Police fraud officers arrested for corruption.
2. Chairman of the Tory Party investigated for undeclared expenses claimed off the taxpayer
3. Senior Minister found to have colluded on the BSkyB deal
4. loads of civil servants found to have fiddled their contracts to ensure they paid little or no tax on their earnings.
5. Fraud Police are even investigating the sale of the Duke of York’s home.

And yet, idiots like you and dare I say it, the OBA. STILL think British ice is colder.

By: Lying to our faces

Lying to our faces — Tue, 29 May 2012 16:16:24 +0000

Mr. Scott is lying to our faces.

I know several civil servants who are aware of improper practices but are too afraid to speak out. Whenever someone releases a document that shows malpractice or misuse of public funds, a witch-hunt to find and punish that person quickly ensues. We should be giving these people medals and promoting them up the civil service, not scaring them from speaking out.

The people at the top have too much to hide and are now afraid of what the truth can reveal. It is obvious that no-one in power really wants to see the implementation of the Public Access To Information bill – no doubt it is taking a long time to implement as there is a massive, complex and incriminating paper trail that needs to be hidden and no-one knows where to start.

We need to make it easier for whistleblowers to be properly protected, and the system needs to be proven so others can see they can also speak freely. We don’t need new laws – just a change of the culture inside the civil service, but where is this change going to come from? Not the top.

The people of Bermuda need to demand that public access to information is implemented immediately. Lets not continue to pretend implementation is more of an issue than it really is, there are more than enough civil servants with idle hands who could enable this to happen.

By: Truth is killin' me...

Truth is killin' me... — Tue, 29 May 2012 15:54:15 +0000

Heather for Premier. COG must GO!!!

By: Truth is killin' me...

Truth is killin' me... — Tue, 29 May 2012 15:52:53 +0000

Scott…epic fail! You are all eating at the trough while people are hurting. FAIL…FAIL…FAIL!!!!!!!

By: Truth (Original)

Truth (Original) — Tue, 29 May 2012 15:34:28 +0000

“It is not helpful, constructive or appropriate to discuss matters of internal discipline in the media when these may be subject to ongoing investigation”

WRONG.

Jusstice must not just be done, it must be seen to be done. That is woefully missing in both the Govt and the Civil Service.

By: Joonya

Joonya — Tue, 29 May 2012 15:22:35 +0000

The Teflon Party. Hey Gov. Fergusson, bring in the Financial Crimes Unit of Scotland Yard and they will “Clean House”.

By: Soooo

Soooo — Tue, 29 May 2012 15:22:15 +0000

What did you expect Mr Scott to say, if he said otherwise he’d be admitting that he hasn’t been doing his job….

Heather seems to be the only one who has the …. to speak the facts and try to do something about the questionable spending… KEEP IT UP HEATHER!!!!

By: Mike

Mike — Tue, 29 May 2012 15:12:18 +0000

Whilst realising Mr Scott has to say something, he must also realise just how pathetic and condescending he sounds.

By: Yup

Yup — Tue, 29 May 2012 15:06:13 +0000

Unfortunately Bermudians don’t care about that laundry list of mis-deeds. And that is a crime shame. If OBA wins the election it will only be because there is personal pain……folks out of work….landlords without tenants…..parents having to take in their adult kids who cannot afford their apt cuz they are out of work. Too many take this view…”if my neighbour has fallen into bad time we have a recession, but time goes on…..but when I fall into hard times we have a depression and WE NEED CHANGE.”

By: Yup

Yup — Tue, 29 May 2012 15:00:45 +0000

Hey Bermuda!!! When the rot is at the top, then we are all screwed!!!! The Cog can pass as many “good governance” laws as she likes. Let’s put this into perspective…in Russia corruption is illegal…yet the entire system’s life blood is corruption. Putin is the Czar of Russia, and everyone knows it.

By: Yup

Yup — Tue, 29 May 2012 14:56:31 +0000

I think Heather would love to say everything is peaches & cream in govt. But she can’t cuz she is seeing otherwize. As for Mr. Donald Scott…he is just a muppet for the PLP elite who are bringing this island down.

By: pebblebeach

pebblebeach — Tue, 29 May 2012 14:29:46 +0000

save it Mr Scott

By: R U for real?

R U for real? — Tue, 29 May 2012 14:15:41 +0000

“The vast majority of Bermuda’s public servants are honest and have high integrity.” Shouldn’t they ALL be honest and have high integrity? When a senior manager does NOT fit into the ‘vast majority’ category, and the powers that be fail to effect the necessary and appropriate discipline, the breeding ground for corruption is created. The Burrows’ case was a prime example.

By: Family Man

Family Man — Tue, 29 May 2012 13:43:48 +0000

Pay to play lunches.
Faith based tourism.
BHC scandals.
No bid construction contracts for golf courses, TCD buildings, broken down docks.
Invoices for goods and services never provided.
Personal use of government credit cards.
No bid contracts for “affordable” housing with no room for the promised hotels.
No bid contracts for prefab project housing.
Chairmen hiring themselves as “consultants”
Secret deals to subsidize private sports clubs at outrageous costs.

There might be a pattern here. I think Heather’s on to something…

By: TheFuture

TheFuture — Tue, 29 May 2012 13:21:29 +0000

We are approaching a decade of known documented financial abuses and no charges have been pressed against those in authority who aided this by omission or commission. Yet these empty words from Mr. Scott are supposed to make it all better. Meanwhile there are people ripping off “the people” via their access to “other people’s property” as you read this sentence. If it wasn’t so serious is would be comical.

By: joe

joe — Tue, 29 May 2012 13:17:23 +0000

blah blah blah.
Of course it is right to discuss this in the open. Few trust the PLP government to resolve anything here; it is taxpayers money that is being stolen; and clearly some Civil Servants are involved. If this was a bank, the shareholders would be demanding action against senior managers -and perhaps compensation. why is it that Bermudians in the public sector believe that the public has little or no right to question what they do? It is anathema to what ‘public’ means. All this legislation nonsense is just that. Such an old cliche, but why close the door after the horse has bolted?
So you sanctimonious lot, just come clean and deal with your house so we don’t have to keep on discovering these things through the media!!

By: navin johnson

navin johnson — Tue, 29 May 2012 13:00:07 +0000

I trust Heather…..how about you?