Comments on: Campaign Group Writes Objection Letter To MPs

By: serengeti

serengeti — Tue, 30 Jun 2015 15:41:17 +0000

yep, the first one (that got trashed by a reckless vandal), and its replacement.

By: not-the-Chris-Famous-show

not-the-Chris-Famous-show — Tue, 30 Jun 2015 15:22:35 +0000

What is progressive about building a maintenance yard in the middle of a park?

By: Jeremy Deacon

Jeremy Deacon — Tue, 30 Jun 2015 15:20:08 +0000

the BMW was brought in by Ewart Brown … years ago

By: Toodle-oo

Toodle-oo — Sun, 28 Jun 2015 20:07:07 +0000

Are you out of your mind ?

Photos of Bermuda from satellites and space shuttles at any altitude show a completely overdeveloped island white with concrete. The only recognizable green spaces are the golf courses.

By: larry

larry — Sun, 28 Jun 2015 16:48:54 +0000

If u look around there is plenty of open space left both private n public! Check the ariel view when u next fly in or out of bda! Or when the news cameras show videos of the island from above.

By: larry

larry — Sun, 28 Jun 2015 16:39:13 +0000

What difference would meeting the bright spark make? U want to see who u csn hate or who ucan thank? Do. U really want to meet them o r u just talking? I worked there n that space was being used for the same reasons, its only just being upgraded just like kemh!

By: Zen

Zen — Sat, 27 Jun 2015 19:34:53 +0000

Lots of brave commentary….bet none of you have the courage or decency to talk to the actual workers on grounds and get their opinions.
Many of you talk about the environment yet when it comes right down to it it’s really about your own interest Bermuda is in trouble and will continue to be so as long as all are and keep being selfservant and gutter politics and hypocrites the rule of the day so keep dumping cars and metals overboard annihilating breeds of dogs and dumping homeless cats, yup but that’s bda lol bullsh@#a.

By: Ron

Ron — Sat, 27 Jun 2015 18:25:34 +0000

Okay, I’m tired of you “save our parks” people. How many of you even spend any time at Botanical Gardens? Any day you drive by the park it is usually empty. The gardens are pretty big, there is still going to be a lot of park left. Reminds me of the supposed oh so important park in Warwick (Southlands), where you all chased a MAJOR hotel development away. So how many of you go to Southlands on a regular basis? One more thing, our pristine EMPTY beaches, lets have some beach bars, LIKE THE REST OF THE WORLD. Anytime somebody tries something progressive, you guys try to shut it down, for who? Pretty soon it will be for nobody, the way this island is going.

By: bob13

bob13 — Sat, 27 Jun 2015 01:01:56 +0000

Not everything has to be about $$ or maximum return for your investment. There’s a lot to be said for having nice, well manicured green/open spaces…especially on a small island such as ours where they are in short supply. But your small mindedness speaks volumes and shows why we are so far up the creek. Money money money. None of which we have. My point was this: if our elected officials can’t manage to get the grass cut, how can we honestly expect them to run our country. I’m not asking them to cure cancer. Or solve the renewable energy problem. I’m asking them to cut grass. And pull weeds. And trim hedges. On a somewhat regular basis. This stuff isn’t rocket science. We pay parks staff to do this and yet it doesn’t get done. Poor management? No oversight? Where’s your concern with the return on that money spent? Our elected officials suck. They are blanks. Some are bimperts. But that doesn’t stop them from undertaking these grandiose projects and doing photo ops at every opportunity they get. Fiddling whilst Rome burns? It appears to be true… So I’ll say it again… $70m dollars for Anerica’s Cup. Yet no money for simple upkeep of our island. The premier has a BMW. Yet parks don’t have a lawn mower. Wtf?

By: Jonathan S

Jonathan S — Fri, 26 Jun 2015 22:23:22 +0000

I must admit I find that fact that it was only advertised as 169 South Road very disturbing. maybe the plan all along was to sneak this by the public because they knew people who go balastic. So much for transparency and public consultation. I don’t think we’ve heard the last of this

By: Jonathan S

Jonathan S — Fri, 26 Jun 2015 22:17:55 +0000

So ruining one of our top tourist sites is the norm now and we should just lay down? Huh?

By: Jonathan S

Jonathan S — Fri, 26 Jun 2015 22:15:17 +0000

Snap….you just got schooled.

By: Jonathan S

Jonathan S — Fri, 26 Jun 2015 21:53:36 +0000

You must have heard it from one of Gingerbread’s Ace-buys then. This stuff is funny to read. Thanks for the laugh

By: Jonathan S

Jonathan S — Fri, 26 Jun 2015 21:51:04 +0000

If you heard it from one of your Ace-boys then it must be true.

By: Rock Dweller

Rock Dweller — Fri, 26 Jun 2015 19:21:17 +0000

Really? You can’t figure out what part of that is entitled. Let me help you, everything after the “I’m sorry….” Let me ask you, where is all this money to add a park at Marsh Folly going to come from? Are you going to take furlough days to make that happen? Get real

By: Get a Life

Get a Life — Fri, 26 Jun 2015 19:18:04 +0000

What’s wrong with the W&E maintenance yard at the Quarry. Seems like the most obvious place. I heard that Parks don’t “like” the W&E guys which is why they don’t want to work there. Doesn’t seem like a good reason to go ahead with this development

By: Get a Life

Get a Life — Fri, 26 Jun 2015 18:45:15 +0000

Hundreds protested when Government wanted to build a hospital there and now thousands have protested by signing a petition. I’m defending the right to preserve the Botanical Gardens. Kudos to who ever started this NIMBY or not, but it says all we need to know about you.

By: Joe Malone

Joe Malone — Fri, 26 Jun 2015 18:40:16 +0000

Time to Outsource Parks

By: Joe Malone

Joe Malone — Fri, 26 Jun 2015 18:39:57 +0000

Time to Outsource Parks

By: Joe Malone

Joe Malone — Fri, 26 Jun 2015 18:38:59 +0000

Outsource Parks

By: Ian F

Ian F — Fri, 26 Jun 2015 18:37:20 +0000

You can tell the government workers cause all they’ve got it that it’s only a neighbor that doesn’t want this. No wonder the whole place looks like crap, too lazy and no pride in their work. Time to outsource

By: Ian F

Ian F — Fri, 26 Jun 2015 18:09:41 +0000

I wouldn’t be impressed either. Just goes to show the self serving mentality and arrogance of some of our Government workers. Explains a lot too

By: One of the Neighbours

One of the Neighbours — Fri, 26 Jun 2015 17:42:13 +0000

BTW What department do you work in? I’m sure your PS would be impressed.

By: One of the Neighbours

One of the Neighbours — Fri, 26 Jun 2015 17:31:25 +0000

As one of the neighbours of the BG, I am very disappointed to be reading something like this on the internet. I thought part of the code of conduct for civil servants was to be respectful of the people they serve? How would you like it if someone commented about your property on-line? Sorry to disappoint you but this neighbour is not the driving force on anything. I am however, very unimpressed with your behaviour.

By: Gingerbread man

Gingerbread man — Fri, 26 Jun 2015 15:33:09 +0000

Hi! Can you please let me know what I said has an “entitlement” twinge to it. Thanks.

By: Old Onion

Old Onion — Fri, 26 Jun 2015 15:22:12 +0000

If they can’t do the job now, imagine how awful it’s going to look with a truck yard there. The whole thing is shameful. I don’t know how the head of Parks is still in the job. We shouldn’t have to put with something this idiotic when no one but a handful of civil servants want it in the first place. The worst part is that dept. is on the outsourcing list. The sooner the better.

By: Ian F

Ian F — Fri, 26 Jun 2015 15:18:20 +0000

I think everyone agrees that the money should be spend on fixing up the building that are falling apart there instead and this nothing more than a wasteful ego stroking project. Absolutely idiotic

By: Ian F

Ian F — Fri, 26 Jun 2015 15:16:32 +0000

Are u Dir. of Parks?

By: Ian F

Ian F — Fri, 26 Jun 2015 15:13:16 +0000

I’d like to know what type of profit loss analysis was done to get this approved? Just looks like another ego stroking project at taxpayer’s expense to me. Time to pull the plug

By: Rock Dweller

Rock Dweller — Fri, 26 Jun 2015 15:11:09 +0000

Sad. Civil servant entitlement.

By: Rock Dweller

Rock Dweller — Fri, 26 Jun 2015 14:00:34 +0000

The whole thing is outrageously short sighted and ill conceived. For them to be putting a yard back in there just shows that the civil servants involved don’t even have common sense or basic reasoning. They want what they want and don’t care what the consequences are. Maybe it is time to privatize Parks

By: Rock Dweller

Rock Dweller — Fri, 26 Jun 2015 13:55:10 +0000

This is quite a disturbing read and really makes me really question the integrity of the civil servants who came up with this idea in the first place. It sounds like they felt entitled to do whatever they wanted with the gardens. I feel sorry for the staff that have to work for these people. Sounds like aren’t being treated with respect. Puts a whole new perspective on a project that’s already hated by most.

By: Gingerbread man

Gingerbread man — Fri, 26 Jun 2015 11:37:44 +0000

Yup, As far as I know it is a close neighbour who is the driving force. Im sorry, if you have a pool and tennis courts to look at on the other side of your property I am not going to feel too much sympathy for you. Also I think the original idea of TBOP was lets have it at Marsh Folly. Those folks who live around Marsh Folly need open space in their neighbourhood. Not to mention for Trucks to get West it is FAR more of a pain to have to come from Marsh Folly than it is from Botanical Gardens.

By: UmJustSaying

UmJustSaying — Fri, 26 Jun 2015 11:26:35 +0000

169 South Road-
The other meaning for transparency, making it INVISABLE for the people to SEE

By: A Little Wisdom

A Little Wisdom — Fri, 26 Jun 2015 04:54:27 +0000

What strategy or long term plan does the Government have in place for the environment, parks, and agriculture? Everything seems to be ad hoc and poorly thought out, that is assuming there was any though at all. As mentioned in previous letters and petitions, etc, this project even if it is needed should not be put there.

I understand that best is also against this. Again, petitions , letters of objection, etc. seems that no one is listening.

Sad.

By: A Little Wisdom

A Little Wisdom — Fri, 26 Jun 2015 04:41:02 +0000

I suppose that it would be alright to if we had no building code/planning dept. Lat’s don’t what we want anywhere just because. Is this a wise approach?

By: Common Sense

Common Sense — Fri, 26 Jun 2015 02:54:42 +0000

I believe this is already a “done deal” because we can’t afford to be knocking down what’s already been built, but I have a suggestion. If we all have to put up with having a works depot located in the middle of the Botanical Gardens can we have a guarantee that the actual gardens be seriously improved and brought back up to somewhere near the standard they were kept for decades under a pervious (unmentionable) Government.

We used to have pride taking friends and visitors and children to the Botanical Gardens when they were maintained to the highest standard. Now I just feel a sense of shame every time I go there.

By: Larry Marshall

Larry Marshall — Fri, 26 Jun 2015 02:28:38 +0000

So Get a Life and Pathetic are defending the NIMBY driven lobby group.With supporters like you guys my work here is done.On a serious note how can you speak on the make up of the people who signed the petition when nobody knows who they are? And just because someone has an opposing view does not in any way mean they too don’t care about Bermuda.How’s that for logic?

By: drunkenUrsula

drunkenUrsula — Thu, 25 Jun 2015 22:42:26 +0000

Poor Craig the m.p. for the area…doesn’t have a clue no statement from him ,get rid of that poor excuse of an elected official totally clueless …a pure example of his leadership or (LACK)of

By: Spectator

Spectator — Thu, 25 Jun 2015 22:30:43 +0000

There’s a return for your investment with the America’s cup…what return for investment does the Botanical Gardens have besides looking nice?! I’ll wait….

By: HeyBye

HeyBye — Thu, 25 Jun 2015 22:26:26 +0000

BG is looking really shabby and rough.
Once the Portuguese gardeners were sent packing the BG and a matter of fact the whole island’s vegetation is looking really in a mess.
I remember the days when the BG gardens were meticulously manicured with many exotic plants and flowers. There was always a perfume in the air from all of the many species of flowers.
The road sides are also looking really bad, instead of using public works personnel they use some sort of Agent Orange poisonous defoliant to spray the vegetation leaving everything in its wake browned to a crisp and dead. Better off leaving the weeds and vegetation in place at least they are green and safe.
Who knows what this stuff is doing to people and the environment, cancers and mutant frogs?

By: Raymond Ray

Raymond Ray — Thu, 25 Jun 2015 21:41:47 +0000

The tank is already there. Our former Government had planned this and yes, at the present time, it’s an eyesore. I do believe it can be adorned by having vines crawling all over the tank. Now the driveway; it too can be made safer. As oppose to driving out of the present entrance and into the flow of traffic move it a few feet also allow the traffic to enter from Berry Hill Rd. and exit(or reverse)on the South side.
In other words, make it a one way road in / out. Of course, most of the hype come from them, (and their associates) that live adjacent to the depot but as mention, “it’s about $ now.”

By: Larry Marshall

Larry Marshall — Thu, 25 Jun 2015 21:39:30 +0000

And your pen name says it all.

By: Terry

Terry — Thu, 25 Jun 2015 21:28:15 +0000

The old depot at Harrington Sound/Castle Harbor.

So much land for a water tower.

Stoopid OBA,

By: hmmm

hmmm — Thu, 25 Jun 2015 21:07:36 +0000

Common sense…Tourists go to the Botanical Gardens…..oh and on the left is the giant yard and Parks department offices and maintenance yard.

By: Rhonnie aka Blue Familiar

Rhonnie aka Blue Familiar — Thu, 25 Jun 2015 21:00:52 +0000

I have taken a look. It’s a building site. Most look like crap until the work is done.

By: bob13

bob13 — Thu, 25 Jun 2015 21:00:42 +0000

And yet we have $70m to spend on bringing the America’s Cup here..!!!
It’s amazing how the simplest of things can’t be done (cutting of weeds – both here and on the sides of the roads) but yet we seem to think we are a top tourist destination and in the ‘big leagues’. It’s a shame that politicians run the country… because if it doesn’t benefit them then they don’t seem to care…

By: Get a life

Get a life — Thu, 25 Jun 2015 21:00:17 +0000

Larry Larry Larry. Your post says it all. No need to comment.

By: Get a life

Get a life — Thu, 25 Jun 2015 20:57:50 +0000

Ha sorry but that’s funny. Everbody puts truck depots in the middle of there parks. Its OK really, we should do it too. Itll be fun to watch tourists get run over. we could sell tickets to watch us work on the trucks. Free labor

By: Get a life

Get a life — Thu, 25 Jun 2015 20:54:36 +0000

Oh so a large new truck depot in the middle of our largest park whe. We’re trying to revitalize tourism makes sense. And the only problem with that are the neighbours….got it!