Comments on: Live Updates: Airport Project Protest/Presentation

By: Onion Juice

Onion Juice — Fri, 20 May 2016 11:14:31 +0000

Tell that to de Black Bermudian Contractors who built this island and cant get jobs, Build a Better Bermuda my @$$ !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

By: Sunfish

Sunfish — Fri, 20 May 2016 01:04:01 +0000

But wait,,, Tweed has to tell you what to write on the posters and then chack de spellin!!

By: Sunfish

Sunfish — Fri, 20 May 2016 00:55:51 +0000

POT A CORK IN IT YOU!!! OBA BUILD THE AIRPORT NOW,,ITS A GOOD DAM DEAL FOR F#$% SAKE!!!

By: Sunfish

Sunfish — Fri, 20 May 2016 00:52:22 +0000

you would know !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

By: Sunfish

Sunfish — Fri, 20 May 2016 00:46:02 +0000

Poor you and your people! You had 14 years to do something and FAILED,,,and you are still failing!! Pathetic.

By: steve

steve — Thu, 19 May 2016 23:19:46 +0000

-many consultants past and present(PLP also proposed a new airport) insist a new airport is needed.
-Respected contractors &Service companies that work at the airport say it is a falling apart dump.
- Bermuda needs a major construction project(jobs) very soon as the Greens have kept the construction industry above water long enough and seem to be cooling out for while
- Bermuda is broke and cant afford to build it now or in the next few years… maybe never(who knows)

all the best.

that’s just the way it is for those living in the now without political motive.

By: JUNK YARD DOG

JUNK YARD DOG — Thu, 19 May 2016 21:47:26 +0000

Who among you all has a 10 year crystal ball let alone a 30 year crystal ball ? No body !

We heard of a passenger jet that went down today, ships are becoming more popular,go with what works today.

Mr. Richards drop that hot potato and lick your wounds.

Put our talented people to do repair work know them I have worked with them.

By: wahoo

wahoo — Thu, 19 May 2016 20:05:41 +0000

He is de-ranged! Haha

By: Sara

Sara — Thu, 19 May 2016 18:19:39 +0000

Boom, which is why I am calling BS on all this protesting. You can’t convince me that this is all genuine. If they care now, they would have cared then!

By: Sara

Sara — Thu, 19 May 2016 18:16:45 +0000

Exactly, and why didn’t these same people care about the most important thing to happen to Bermuda in 30 years? Our debt is why everything on this island is suffering. Yet nobody cared. Isn’t that interesting? And that is exactly why I call bs on all this Bermuda for Bermudians campaign. The truth is, if they REALLY were Bermuda for Bermudians then they would have held their elected officials responsible for the debt. SO I call BS on all of this.

By: innna

innna — Thu, 19 May 2016 17:04:03 +0000

I want money too

By: Person who knows a little

Person who knows a little — Thu, 19 May 2016 16:25:33 +0000

At least make sense.

By: serengeti

serengeti — Thu, 19 May 2016 15:35:06 +0000

And now it’s all ‘different’ because a couple of dozen misfits show up with home-made signs at City Hall.

The ‘planned protest’ at the airport today? Not a single person showed up. Just the Police, there to keep the ‘crowd’ under control.

By: seriously?

seriously? — Thu, 19 May 2016 15:20:04 +0000

I protested a number of things during those years. The Uighurs included. We were basically told they didn’t care what we thought and could do what they wanted. “This too shall pass”.

By: jt

jt — Thu, 19 May 2016 14:44:01 +0000

Do you use “de” for a particular reason. I think you do.

By: bluebird

bluebird — Thu, 19 May 2016 14:30:19 +0000

A new airport at a cost of $250Million dollars and “NO INCREASE IN OUR PLP NATIONAL DEBT of $2BILLION dollars.
All the demonstrators must be friends and family members.

By: jt

jt — Thu, 19 May 2016 13:59:05 +0000

Where does money to pay BIU members come from?
Publicly funded.

By: Starting Point

Starting Point — Thu, 19 May 2016 13:19:07 +0000

You use ‘de’ so much in your posts that it seems fake, i.e. you pretend to be a son of soil Bermudian when in actual fact I imagine your are some entitled, had an easy life Bermudian college graduate with a IB job kid who throws on the accent to fake his way when around other Bermudians.

By: jt

jt — Thu, 19 May 2016 13:07:30 +0000

I recall an open meeting on pathways that was shouted down by a few so no one could be informed. This is a reasonable response. Open meetings will come, if they are shouted down again at least some will have had the opportunity to listen maturely.

By: Full Fuulish

Full Fuulish — Thu, 19 May 2016 11:44:21 +0000

Never Ending Pity Party!

By: Full Fuulish

Full Fuulish — Thu, 19 May 2016 11:40:33 +0000

Hahah

By: Hutch

Hutch — Thu, 19 May 2016 11:10:32 +0000

The pot calling the kettle….. Remember that made up story you told about your friend walking past the protesters on the hill to get lunch, and how you pointed out she was a WHITE BORN BERMUDIAN and someone told her to go back home…..A CROC OF S**T !!!!

By: SUNFISH

SUNFISH — Thu, 19 May 2016 10:44:10 +0000

The 100 puppets of Tweed,PLP.

By: aceboy

aceboy — Thu, 19 May 2016 10:30:13 +0000

No he can’t. These same PLP supporters show once again that they simply want to disrupt and shout down any talks on the subject. It is the equivalent to little children putting fingers in their ears and yelling “I can’t hear you!” They don’t even want to be educated. The chiefs have told them what their opinion is and they simply line up like lemmings.

By: aceboy

aceboy — Thu, 19 May 2016 10:27:12 +0000

I hope you are wrong but suspect you are absolutely right. This is a big project and there is plenty of opportunity for shenanigans. That is why the PLP are so upset. They had a *go* at the waterfront but that won’t be happening anytime soon, so the airport is the next big one. They loved the Hospital…errr…wing of the hospital. I look forward to what the COI have to say on that project

By: Chaos Theory

Chaos Theory — Thu, 19 May 2016 09:56:05 +0000

or working their butts off to make a living and thereby helping Bermuda ?!?!

By: wahoo

wahoo — Thu, 19 May 2016 09:27:50 +0000

Perhaps it is the style or mandate of the opposition that requires policing.

By: Onion Juice

Onion Juice — Thu, 19 May 2016 09:27:06 +0000

I think you need to simplify it more so Bermy can get it.
LMFAO

By: Onion Juice

Onion Juice — Thu, 19 May 2016 09:24:20 +0000

To you its boring, but to others its reality.
It’s an embarrassing Historical event to you but de benefits suit you well !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

By: Its me again

Its me again — Thu, 19 May 2016 04:04:20 +0000

Westpalm lol

By: Public

Public — Thu, 19 May 2016 04:02:00 +0000

I have no issues with people protesting. I do not agree fully with this situation. The issues I do have are the political nature of these protests and there are other things that affect us all even more than this that people could protest about.

1. Government (Under the UBP, PLP and OBA) have not done anything to regulate banks. The banks can charge you whatever interest they like in loans and mortgages, charge whatever fees they like and pay you no interest on your deposits. HSBC charges people with the least amount of money 10% interest on loans and people with the most money 6% interest on loans. How is it right to charge somebody more when they are the poorest? Do we not deserve regulation of banks?
2. Government (Again, under all three Governments) continually allow the costs of health care to spiral out of control by allowing doctors and the hospital, to a lesser extent, to charge what they like. The insurance companies are going to soon be on the verge of not being able to provide health insurance. Where is the regulation we deserve?
3. Where were the protests when the former Government continually overspent on so many projects and the overspends are unaccounted for.

By: Bob

Bob — Thu, 19 May 2016 03:53:04 +0000

Facts often are!!

By: Bob

Bob — Thu, 19 May 2016 03:47:31 +0000

Tommy, are you having a laugh ? Politicians have duped the ave Joe the world over – how else do you explain Hitler and Trump or closer to home Lord Pitt’s exposure of the UBP?

By: shame On You 4 Stealing

shame On You 4 Stealing — Thu, 19 May 2016 03:37:04 +0000

Our airport could been renovated in stages. Its not the type of airport where people are laid over for long periods nor is it an airport in which you transfer. You come and go and it is shut down overnight. If this is a way to attract overseas business no need they don’t spend anytime at the airport because they travel via private planes forthe most.if you attraction at the airport put a cover over that junk yard of a dump which is a sore eye when flying in.

By: Bob

Bob — Thu, 19 May 2016 03:36:46 +0000

Sad Ed – Not very funny, albeit, extremely insensitive … Grow up !!

By: Bob

Bob — Thu, 19 May 2016 03:33:37 +0000

They vote!!

By: Make a new plan Stan

Make a new plan Stan — Thu, 19 May 2016 03:02:05 +0000

Since there have been “plenty of such meetings for members of the public who are not OBA members” what more needs to be said that is specific to OBA members?

I’ve seen comments regarding the special meeting for taxi drivers and I imagine they spoke about their unique position in the community and maybe things that would not interest or pertain to people who ARE NOT taxi drivers.

What in the world is there to say to OBA members about this project that does not pertain to the people who were addressed in the previous PUBLIC meetings?

People keep saying there have been x amount of public meetings…….so why do OBA members need a special meeting about an issue that has been addressed publicly so many times?

The OBA continues to make moves that have the appearance of exclusiveness and divisiveness.

My theory is that they don’t want to be the government any more……..I think some of them were shocked they got in in the first place.

Much to the chagrin of many in the OBA and the PLP they have to be in for the next 6 years to fulfill the promises they made when they were running their 2012 campaign and to complete the projects (read schemes) they have started since they took over.

By: aceboy

aceboy — Thu, 19 May 2016 02:20:29 +0000

Yea, it’s a real shame none of these people protested the more than doubling of the Berkley contract, the Court Building, The Grand Atlantic, sale of properties to government quangos for a large profit, the over priced wharf that required as much to fix it as build it, the over priced and totally unnecessary emissions control facility, etc etc etc etc

By: Build a Better Bermuda

Build a Better Bermuda — Thu, 19 May 2016 02:17:19 +0000

Actually, most of the top Caribbean destinations have redone or expanded and built new additions to their airports recently, a couple of them actually redoing them with jetways. Past through ours recently and they have a section cordoned off in the American departures area as there is water damage from the roof leaking I am told.

By: Build a Better Bermuda

Build a Better Bermuda — Thu, 19 May 2016 02:11:45 +0000

Its not segregation keeping you down now, it’s yourself.

By: Gcode4lyfe

Gcode4lyfe — Thu, 19 May 2016 02:03:45 +0000

Bermuda is selling its soul on a daily basis, soon we’ll be having to sell our houses next because of some sort of loophole. Smfh

By: Beans

Beans — Thu, 19 May 2016 01:51:37 +0000

But that was after the event. There was no Town Hall meeting to discuss whether bringing them here in the first place was a good idea.

By: Hurricane

Hurricane — Thu, 19 May 2016 01:23:19 +0000

Whenever you have anything to say, it’s tells me your “stuck on stupid”

By: Its me again

Its me again — Thu, 19 May 2016 01:16:43 +0000

Google the uighers.

Big massive protest on front street with people screaming “brown must go”.

By: Tom Cooke

Tom Cooke — Thu, 19 May 2016 00:52:39 +0000

I have only read a few co.men’s. ..
Funny how there where no protests over the new hospital for twice the price… and seeing some of the wages paid to non Dr’s on the excutive level… small minds bermuda

By: Beans

Beans — Thu, 19 May 2016 00:35:01 +0000

100% INACCURATE. There have been town hall meetings where anyone was free to attend. ANYONE. You, me, Bermudian, expat, gay, straight, EVERYONE!!!!!!!!!!!

Come on Quinton, you’re better than that. Don’t be a sheep, use that brain the good lord gave you.

By: Serious Though

Serious Though — Thu, 19 May 2016 00:31:20 +0000

check OBA website under mini platform, a consultant wrote it not OBA politicians, liars

By: JUNK YARD DOG

JUNK YARD DOG — Thu, 19 May 2016 00:29:37 +0000

I doubt very much if a new Airport would last 30 years or even come close, How about maintenance and insurance ,plumbing and wiring will go first, next comes erosion followed by total decay.

As a consequence, we all will be in debt all over again for another 30, that is if we last that long as a nation in debt to another.

We need to repair and up grade what we already have one brick at a time,we can go up one floor with covered car park under, the place does not have to look like a “star wars” palace.

Bermudians have the absolute right to keep and up grade their own airport.

A fancy airport will not do anything for Bermuda , we are what we are, fancy 5 star hospitality works every time, it is called the ” Bermuda experience.” we are an island in the sun.
An Anglo – American seaside place.

“Political Peace and Public Harmony every body”.

By: Triangle Drifter

Triangle Drifter — Thu, 19 May 2016 00:23:09 +0000

Looking at the pictures, always the same few people in the rent a mob. Does not matter if they are there for PLP, BIU, BPSA, so-called Concerned Citizens. Always the same noisy few.

By: High Road

High Road — Thu, 19 May 2016 00:22:21 +0000

LMFAO!!!!