Comments on: MP Brown Questions Bermuda Stone Removal

By: Redman

Redman — Tue, 05 May 2015 16:33:16 +0000

@ Truth Teller,

If 98% of white folks didn’t vote for the PLP over last 50 years because they thought that they didn’t have a clue on how to run the Island or that they felt there would be serious financial irregularities, or that they would wreck the local economy and ruin ‘the miracle of the Atlantic’ all I can say is they where right.

Its a pity that too many Black Bermudians continued to trust them especially after BHC, Berkley… I could go on & on couldn’t I?!

By: Redman

Redman — Mon, 04 May 2015 11:51:28 +0000

The PLP are clutching at straws as usual. None of this stone was earmarked to be disassembled and stored, in fact the stone wall was going to be demolished and trashed by W & E in the very near future. Besides to my knowledge W & E had been allowing individuals to remove stone from the site prior to demolition, my company was one allowed to do so for a client. An W & E foreman even showed up when we we’re there just to see what was happening. The only stipulations where that a course of stone would be left in place between the road & that those removing the stone would be sure to clean up any bits that fell on the main road.

This is probably where Mr. G got the idea to see if he could get some of the stone. However he has certainly jumped the gun and that is unfortunate, he really should have been sure to get permission.

I personally called the road Highway superintendent/engineer about two weeks prior (a Saturday) as I had seen an individual with a green car removing sections of the wall. He told me that he had already been notified about this just prior to my call and was looking into the matter. I believe he said that an individual had been given permission but he needed to be sure that it was the same person; or words to that effect.

By: stunned...

stunned... — Sat, 02 May 2015 05:18:59 +0000

this is a pathetic attempt to discredit Minsister Cannonier. given that Min. Cannonier experienced one of life’s humiliating events, and then received a second chance to redeem himself, no right thinking person would believe he would jeopardise his return with something as silly as to authorize someone to remove the stone on a Saturday without the proper course of action.

some things are lower than a snake’s belly…

By: Raymond Ray

Raymond Ray — Sat, 02 May 2015 01:02:39 +0000

If the cameras are / were operational?

By: Raymond Ray

Raymond Ray — Sat, 02 May 2015 00:59:04 +0000

It would be another case of, “the blind leading the blind bie’” Sad yes but true.

By: Raymond Ray

Raymond Ray — Sat, 02 May 2015 00:11:44 +0000

I agree, “a horse by any colour is still a horse” which bring to mind, “PAC-GATE”

By: Raymond Ray

Raymond Ray — Sat, 02 May 2015 00:08:44 +0000

I certainly hope there isn’t any sh– with this Why give the Opposition grounds to criticize you on Minister Craig Cannonier / O.B.A ?
“Minister Cannonier must immediately confirm if permission was given by the Permanent Secretary for the Bermuda Stone to be removed. If permission was not given, Minister Cannonier must confirm that this matter has been referred to the Bermuda Police Service in accordance with Government’s Financial Instructions.”

By: Keepin' it Real!...4Real!

Keepin' it Real!...4Real! — Fri, 01 May 2015 23:47:46 +0000

yeah…both probably in the shadow of the $800.000.000…but don’t worry about now that’s history …yessadays news bie go way bie.

By: Keepin' it Real!...4Real!

Keepin' it Real!...4Real! — Fri, 01 May 2015 23:43:12 +0000

it was probably cheaper to let him take it away at his own expense compared to having to pay W/E to dismantle, transport and storage of the re-usable limestone blocks…it was gone in a couple of hours…how long would it have taken W/E…time=money, work it out.

i wanna know who all these resources are that provided Mr. Brown with this most vital information…hey Walton, it’s on a need to know basis…so if you didn’t know…then i guess you didn’t need to know.

By: ImJustSayin

ImJustSayin — Fri, 01 May 2015 22:04:39 +0000

Who gives a crap about some bloody stone wall or cedar beams there are more important things to worry about. Big deal. OMG!!

By: mj

mj — Fri, 01 May 2015 22:02:42 +0000

birdbrain—bermuda limestone is hard to come by, it certainly isn’t TRASH! to go to so much effort to take it means that it was a treasure, coz someone else would have taken it a long time ago it had been dismantled and there already, maybe minister doesn’t realize the value of the stone to just give it away Allegedly… he who is without sin cast the first stone…

By: Zevon

Zevon — Fri, 01 May 2015 21:56:46 +0000

Well, it turns out Brown was mouthing off without knowing the facts.
Again.
You tell enough lies to enough stupid people, you gotta hope they believe some of them, eh Walton?

By: more than enough

more than enough — Fri, 01 May 2015 21:51:07 +0000

time for craig to hit the gate… tired of this guy and his f up’s!

By: Southampton #29

Southampton #29 — Fri, 01 May 2015 21:17:38 +0000

@Ann stealing is stealing no matter what you take!

By: Ringmaster

Ringmaster — Fri, 01 May 2015 21:14:06 +0000

You are 100% correct. It doesn’t seem as if either Walton Brown MP or David Burt MP want to actually use the law to protect Government assets. They just want to look important to their people and throw out unsubstantiated rumours. Very convenient that allegedly having had permission from the Minister the stone is removed at 5.30am on a Sunday. I guess some will believe the BS.

By: Redman

Redman — Fri, 01 May 2015 21:08:18 +0000

@ Regina,

lol. Best comment so far.

By: Mockingjay

Mockingjay — Fri, 01 May 2015 21:00:04 +0000

Well Scotland Yard needs to pack it in then.
LMFAO

By: Mockingjay

Mockingjay — Fri, 01 May 2015 20:57:02 +0000

Well one things for sure it would be much more Transparency and a Gateless Community.
LMFAO

By: Mockingjay

Mockingjay — Fri, 01 May 2015 20:52:46 +0000

That was good stone which some of our original houses are built from.
Probably could cut some slate from them for roofs that are STILL not repaired from the hurricanes.
Point is it smells like a Rat Gate.
LMFAO

By: Ringmaster

Ringmaster — Fri, 01 May 2015 20:48:26 +0000

Are the laws quoted by David Burt something new? If not why haven’t they been applied for many of the other alleged thefts of Government property that have been disclosed in the media over the last 15 years?

By: Mockingjay

Mockingjay — Fri, 01 May 2015 20:47:22 +0000

You’ll get a feel of it like we did with Craig’s List.
Its gotta grow on you.

By: Paul Revere

Paul Revere — Fri, 01 May 2015 20:43:56 +0000

and why not be concerned. All I ever hear and read, is that the former government stole this and stole that, so I guess you ok that a Bermuda Stone wall goes missing, without the proper authorization? I guess as long as you drinking Red Kool Aid its ok to do whatever you want and no-one should question it.
Damn tricks are for kids

By: Paul Revere

Paul Revere — Fri, 01 May 2015 20:43:40 +0000

By: Unbelievable

Unbelievable — Fri, 01 May 2015 19:36:22 +0000

exactly

By: C James

C James — Fri, 01 May 2015 19:28:56 +0000

Wow, just imagine trash is picked up and PLP still complaining. Mockgay take a pill.

By: serengeti

serengeti — Fri, 01 May 2015 19:27:52 +0000

If the stone was stolen and Walton Brown knows anything about who might have taken it, he has a duty to tell what he knows to the police. He should go to the police and tell them what his “Multiple sources” told him.

Has he done that? has he been to the police?

Is he really interested in finding out what happened to the stone, or is he just interested in grandstanding and shooting his mouth off in the media?

By: C James

C James — Fri, 01 May 2015 19:26:46 +0000

Cos things would be so much better under the PLP. We’d all be rich and there would be free beer for everyone. Nobody would have to work cos there’s be free money.

Dream on Mockgay.

By: Ladeej

Ladeej — Fri, 01 May 2015 19:25:00 +0000

This situation is not humorous!! There has been a theft of public property allegedly by someone who is “independently wealthy” and can afford to buy his own stone! He needs to be outed and to return the property asap.

By: C James

C James — Fri, 01 May 2015 19:24:06 +0000

Walton has reached desperation point if this is the best he can do. Its not like this was cedar beams. It was Bermuda stone that had been cemented together therefore virtually unusable a second time.

Pathetic is the only other word that describes this.

Note for Walton: The sun will be rising in the east tomorrow unfairly shining on Tuckers Town and all those rich people before anyone else.

Better get a press realease together to complain about this injustice!

By: Mockingjay

Mockingjay — Fri, 01 May 2015 19:09:55 +0000

His name was mentioned.

By: Mockingjay

Mockingjay — Fri, 01 May 2015 19:05:45 +0000

So a Govt. Official complains about a theft of Govt. property and you’re still crying like a baby.

By: Mockingjay

Mockingjay — Fri, 01 May 2015 19:01:28 +0000

By: Mockingjay

Mockingjay — Fri, 01 May 2015 19:00:24 +0000

At tom cooke, I’ve seen people go court for stealing pampers for their babies!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

By: Mockingjay

Mockingjay — Fri, 01 May 2015 18:56:11 +0000

As long as these Dreamers are in power it will never end.
Gate Party.

By: Mockingjay

Mockingjay — Fri, 01 May 2015 18:53:06 +0000

The wall was already down and packed up

By: In the Dark

In the Dark — Fri, 01 May 2015 18:18:26 +0000

If you did not write about it Ann, perhaps the discussion would stop. I do however, agree this is a trifling issue, but lets face it, this is the comic strip. Right?

By: Y-Gurl

Y-Gurl — Fri, 01 May 2015 17:40:46 +0000

Wow…. This is what Brown has time to focus on..mind you he might do better at the stone investigation of 2015 than some of his other endedevours

By: Regina

Regina — Fri, 01 May 2015 15:03:33 +0000

When we find him we hould hire him for W&E – gets to work early, works weekends and gets the job done!!

By: enough

enough — Fri, 01 May 2015 14:51:40 +0000

If Mr. Brown’s “Resoures” know someone removed the stone at 5:30am on Sunday then they must know who it is

By: iabingi

iabingi — Fri, 01 May 2015 14:04:45 +0000

“we will leave no stone unturned”

By: Truth Teller

Truth Teller — Fri, 01 May 2015 13:48:42 +0000

Madeiros,
Stop with the white Bermudian tea party style comments. This is what I will bet you; that neither you nor your parents have ever voted PLP.

You see in Bermuda while one can not be sure how most black Bermudians will vote; at least 98 percent of white voters have voted OBA/UBP over the last 50 years and will continue to do so no matter what.

And my guess is that you are proudly – I might add – one of them.

By: Archie

Archie — Fri, 01 May 2015 13:02:57 +0000

Or stonedgate?

By: Ann

Ann — Fri, 01 May 2015 12:46:38 +0000

I have found “stone gate ” to be humerous, what I don’t find humerous is the fact that we will be hearing about some stupid stone for months, but yet we don’t seem to be bothered about 800 million of unaccounted for funds, some 80 million unpaid taxes, and a civil service that is double the size that it should be. So thanks for the joke Mr. Brown this morning, but please can we start dealing with the things that can change our Country.

By: Hmmm

Hmmm — Fri, 01 May 2015 12:25:58 +0000

I think the bigger question here is why did the W&E employee go running to Walton and not use the proper channels (or contact the Police if he believed a crime had been committed)….. it wouldn’t surprise me if it was a setup from day one

By: watching

watching — Fri, 01 May 2015 12:23:49 +0000

The stone was taken. If no one authorized it then the Minister/PS or DEpartment has a responsibility to report the stone as stolen. Have they done so?

By: Mockingbird

Mockingbird — Fri, 01 May 2015 11:13:19 +0000

@Mockingjay. Dismantling a wall that size QUICKLY would make sense if they were using a bobcat to destroy, cart away, then dump the stone. However, based on the tone of Mr. Browns concern and the implied theft, one would assume that the wall was broken down CAREFULLY do that it could be reused and reassembled. That can not be done in a matter of hours, my friend. If you think for a minute that that wall , as crooked as it is, was built in a reasonable amount of time and cost, you are the one lacking Common Sense.

By: Toodle-oo

Toodle-oo — Fri, 01 May 2015 10:53:01 +0000

The cedar beams were not imaginary .

We know where they came from.
We know they existed.
We know they vanished
We know they are still missing.
We know that all we got was denial about them.

Kind of like the unaccounted for $800 mil , eh ?

Your welcome .

By: jt

jt — Fri, 01 May 2015 10:52:32 +0000

Weak.

By: Frank

Frank — Fri, 01 May 2015 10:52:31 +0000

I’ll give you two guesses!

But first I would encourage you to do the obvious and read the article first!

By: Franklin Jr

Franklin Jr — Fri, 01 May 2015 10:16:40 +0000

The mere fact that it’s even plausible that a MINISTER could get directly involved with such a project, and that an MP has time to whine about it proves that we have too many of both! Government bloat starts at the top!