Comments on: Premier Cannonier On Cabinet Office Expenses

By: god1st

god1st — Mon, 11 Mar 2013 16:42:49 +0000

@ why do we have a office in London lol

By: god1st

god1st — Mon, 11 Mar 2013 16:41:19 +0000

Well done to the bloggers.

By: Why do we have an OFFICE in LONDONq

Why do we have an OFFICE in LONDONq — Fri, 08 Mar 2013 15:12:03 +0000

Still dont get why we have a London Office…… Let me call up there and see if anyone is even in the building. Just to make sure that my taxpayers money on renting the place is not going down the toilet….

Ring Ring ring….no answer….go figure.

By: Let's Have It

Let's Have It — Fri, 08 Mar 2013 14:31:07 +0000

I bet 100k minimum. BRING ON THE CUTS !!!

By: Let's Have It

Let's Have It — Fri, 08 Mar 2013 14:16:38 +0000

@ Truth. I most certainly agree. The rest of us out here in the private sector are being financially squeezed to death, and why??? To pay for SOME govt employees not pulling their weight ??? BRING ON THE CIVIL SERVICE CUTS !!!!

By: stfu

stfu — Fri, 08 Mar 2013 01:17:18 +0000

You act like the ancestor of a former Slave Master. That’s like saying all black people are stupid. This is why we will never unite as one, because of people like you and I voted for OBA. Not because I thought that they were correct, but because everyone should be given a chance as Gov. In 4 to 8 years I could change my vote again back to PLP.

By: Chardanae Mellow

Chardanae Mellow — Fri, 08 Mar 2013 00:02:03 +0000

Wow! How much does the Director in the London Office earn I wonder?

By: Mad Dawg

Mad Dawg — Fri, 08 Mar 2013 00:01:56 +0000

You’ve changed you tune all of a sudden. Not surprising really.

By: Mad Dawg

Mad Dawg — Fri, 08 Mar 2013 00:00:26 +0000

Not true. A lie.

By: Wow

Wow — Thu, 07 Mar 2013 21:51:33 +0000

All you people couldn’t organize a piss up at a brewery! Sit back and watch how OBA run the country! Plp had no one there with any buisness sense!

By: sonoso

sonoso — Thu, 07 Mar 2013 20:18:11 +0000

which is a valid point, and no one really directs their daggers at any particular segment of the civil service. the police force is part of the civil service as well and you dont hear people talking about get rid of more officers. the fact of the matter is that the aggregate civil service numbers, and the costs associated with paying those workers, is grossly higher than the productivity produced by said workers. in the past few years during this whole depression that they say we are in, which sector has seen record job losses? which sector has seen cutbacks in pay? not the public sector.

the real issue is that while thousands of private sector worker have lost their jobs, with their families and mortgages and responsibilities as well, the civil servants have been largely unaffected! in one instance a pay raise was given, albeit 1.5%.

By: A Civil Servant

A Civil Servant — Thu, 07 Mar 2013 18:09:23 +0000

I wish people would stop speaking about the Civil Service employees like we are the most indispensable group of workers in Bermuda. There are hard working dedicated real people behind that term which for some reason seems to be despised amongst many. I for one returned to the Civil Service from the private sector because I enjoy working in a role in which the actions taken directly impacts the community that I love. I accept that sacrifices must be made due to our unprecedented fiscal challenges, but please stop pointing your daggers at us. We have families and mortgages and responsibilities just like everyone else and we are no more deserving of the unemployment line than any other worker in Bermuda.

By: Hmmmmm

Hmmmmm — Thu, 07 Mar 2013 16:48:34 +0000

Take your medication and focus. Ewart is history. If you accept that all of that was wrong, tell your leader to keep his backside in Bermuda and meet investors, world leaders and everyone on Skype.

By: Truth

Truth — Thu, 07 Mar 2013 15:54:15 +0000

The difficult part of leading is doing the stuff that needs to be done that no one wants to do. I encourage the Premier to revisit the policy of not laying off members of the civil service that we cannot afford to pay for. Several million dollars in reductions are required – not several thousand. We must be honest that we can only spend that which we have. It is tough medicine and I encourage the OBA and the PLP to make it happen.

By: Bermy Gooner

Bermy Gooner — Thu, 07 Mar 2013 14:59:52 +0000

“I’ll be doing all the trips Paula did”.

You mean Cannonier will be traveling around the globe to accept frivolous awards?

Or do you mean trips to on the taxayers dime to the Playboy Mansion or to India to procure genetic drug contracts (for yourself, not country) while purporting the excursion to increase tourism while lyign to the people abut a Bollywood film was to be filmed in Bermuda?

Let’s talk about Chinese trips?

By: Bermy Gooner

Bermy Gooner — Thu, 07 Mar 2013 14:56:43 +0000

When did you guys become so worried about debt?

Thought it was racist and hater-like to even mention the level of debt which ballooned under the previous administration.

And on another thread you are whining about the potential paycuts that the civil service will have to endure. You know the pay which eats up 50% of Government revenue and is currently the greatest contributor to our ever-increasing debt levels.

Which one is it?

By: Hmmm

Hmmm — Thu, 07 Mar 2013 14:47:27 +0000

A 3% decrease on a budget that is 25% to high is worthless. And that’s from an OBA supporter!

By: sonoso

sonoso — Thu, 07 Mar 2013 14:43:34 +0000

you can thank DREB for that one, he started this tradition back in 2006 and i am sure that based on the financial situation BDA is in now, that $100k is most likely pocket change compared to what we were previously charged.. just sayin!

By: Hmmmmm

Hmmmmm — Thu, 07 Mar 2013 14:42:17 +0000

Imagine that; travel expenses increased. This from the crowd who campaigned for years on all travel being bad. They all but told Bermudians they would run the country from their offices. Every week they asked Parliamentary Questions about travel, provided them to the press and for days we had stories about ministers’ travel. And NOT ONE media outlet has the increase in travel expenses by the OBA and in particular the Cabinet Office as a headline. This kind of bs and bias is what is so sickening. If travel was bad for the PLP and deserved front page, banner headlines then explain why this increase receives little or no attention. In that debate yesterday the Premier said: “Cabinet Office travel will mirror that of the previous fiscal year…” ; in other words “I’ll be doing all the trips Paula did”.

The ultimate of hypocrisy.

By: Family Man

Family Man — Thu, 07 Mar 2013 14:36:56 +0000

$1.6 million for fancy offices that we don’t need.

$100,000 for tea for (about) 1,800 people. Seriously?? $55.50 per person for tea? For that price you could take them to brunch at Four Ways and still have change left over! Why don’t we contract with Hamilton Princess to put on tea. I’ll bet they’d do it for far less.

By: sonoso

sonoso — Thu, 07 Mar 2013 14:35:34 +0000

lol you lot must definitely be government workers, all over these threads every day.. watch out, civil service expense cuts are coming down the pike next

By: Verbal Kint

Verbal Kint — Thu, 07 Mar 2013 14:33:45 +0000

What part of 3% reduction did you guys not understand?

By: Qball

Qball — Thu, 07 Mar 2013 14:25:59 +0000

Argosy, don’t worry about it man, it will be covered in the $1 Billion debt ceiling increase…..

By: Measure Twice

Measure Twice — Thu, 07 Mar 2013 14:19:13 +0000

Of course the travel budget went up. Craig Travels with an entourage.

By: Argosy

Argosy — Thu, 07 Mar 2013 13:35:09 +0000

What exactly are the benefits of these offices in London and Washington?

I thought we were going to make sacrifices and cut expenses?

$55K MORE for travel….???

I voted for the OBA but don’t have blinkers on and am going to query this thru’ my MP.