We apologise for any inconvenience and appreciate the interest we’ve received in the Awards Programme.

“SAGE Commission Apologies! They’ll be back up soon – we’ve been asked if some of the submissions can double check some figures in their entries.”

I will still post the originals (if there are changes) on my site later, as those are what the awards were based on.

Good to know that a Civil Servant that breaches their confidentiality Agreement is awarded $12,500 to use the information privy to them for financial gain.

Q1 – Why do we have Four (4) Assistant Cabinet Secretaries? Total Salaries – $726,324.82

Q2 – We have a “Secretary National Security” earning $204,774.82! What EXACTLY does this gentleman do to justify almost a quarter of a million dollars in salary? More importantly – is this the same civil servant who was responsible for the “Faith based Tourism Contract with Mr Andre Curtis that cost the Bermuda taxpayer over $400,000. The contract was so poorly drafted that We – The Bermuda Taxpayer were not able to recoup any of the funds that were given to Mr Curtis despite clear evidence that the monies were not spent as intended when allocated!

Q3 – Nine (9) Permanent Secretaries earning a total of $1,616,155.92. Are any of these civil servants generating any direct income for the country?

Q4 – Do we really need them? Remember the salaries are just the ‘thin end of the wedge’ each of these civil servants has a guilt edge pension plus healthcare benefits for life. The source of all this money is TAXES, the average working person is paying for these exorbitant salaries and benefits every week via the taxes that are deducted from our paychecks and the taxes we pay on everything we purchase that is imported to the island.

Q5 – Are we the workers happy to continue paying the salaries of these highly paid public servants? Are we getting value for money? Are they contributing to the profitability of our Island?

Q6 – SAGE has highlighted the problems and the excesses that exist in the public sector, it is now up to us as voters to start demanding that our government start ‘cutting the fat’ getting rid of the ridiculous excesses in the public sector. Are we ready to start demanding changes?

Better Bermuda :: September 5, 2013 1:58 pm
Our CIVIL SERVICE EXECUTIVE

TITLE NAME ANNUAL SALARY
Secretary To The Cabinet Scott Donald $204,774.82
Assistant Cabinet Secretary Tyrrell Rosemary $179,572.88
Assistant Cabinet Secretary Hall-Bean Judith $187,606.18
Permanent Secretary Francis William $179,572.88
Assistant Cabinet Secretary Azhar Majiedah $179,572.88
Assistant Cabinet Secretary O’brien Florence $179,572.88
Financial Secretary Manders Anthony $204,774.82
Permanent Secretary Jones Warren $179,572.88
Permanent Secretary Monkman Kevin D $179,572.88
Permanent Secretary Rochester Randolph $179,572.88
Permanent Secretary Richardson Francis $179,572.88
Permanent Secretary Binns Dr Derrick $179,572.88
Permanent Secretary Carey Wayne $179,572.88
Secretary National Security Telemaque Marc $204,774.82
Permanent Secretary Whitter Cherie-Lynn $179,572.88
Permanent Secretary Webber Ross $179,572.88

There is no way in hell that these salaries cannot be cut by 15%. $150,000 per year is still a huge amount of money for a civil servant. That would be a $Half-Million right there.

And why is Marc Telemaque still collecting full boat after his demotion? WTF

I’m hoping that SAGE will either give a good reason for removing them, or repost them.

If not, I will post them online on my Catch-A-Fire blog and people can access them there instead.

What is going on Sage Commissioners? What is going on OBA? I am a voter and I want to know – The Truth, The Whole Truth and Nothing But The Truth!

Congratulations to the winners though!

I would hope that the winning submissions are made public so that they could stimulate discussion about their proposals. I’m sure that should be interesting!