Comments on: Agricultural Show: MOU Signed For Three Years

By: Stacey

Stacey — Wed, 28 Dec 2016 17:11:55 +0000

Of course volunteers have political influence.

By: Jus' Askin'

Jus' Askin' — Fri, 23 Dec 2016 07:14:32 +0000

@ Knock Knock
Do You know that charities make tens of thousands from the Ag show every year it is held?

It actually is the yearly event that most charities look forward to.

So when OBA decided there were “no monies available” to host it, many charities were hit hard as well as the people that benefit from their services

A party that proves time and time and time again that Bermudians Do Not Matter

The Ag show pays for itself every time it is held and it has an immediate return, so the cost is a temporary burden on the taxpayer

“NOT ONE govt worker is being asked to sacrifice anything” WOW

You definitely don’t work for government

By: Knock Knock

Knock Knock — Fri, 23 Dec 2016 01:14:29 +0000

@Jus Askin’: The AG Show is using volunteer work to raise funds so that the cost of the Show does not fall on the taxpayer. In addition stop with YOUR lie that somehow any govt worker is being put out. NOT ONE govt worker is being asked to sacrifice anything. At the same time tens of thousands of dollars are being raised for charity.

By: mmm

mmm — Thu, 22 Dec 2016 22:59:52 +0000

Well isn,t that interesting, it cost $200,000.00 to run the Ag Show, and that does not include labour…and Ag Show Ltd ran it last year only with volunteers….that is incredible…so some very die hard volunteers gave more than a hundred hours to see a public event take revealing Bermuda,s plant and animal life…Hats off to them, in particular an event for our children.

By: Antwan

Antwan — Thu, 22 Dec 2016 20:48:15 +0000

* The same entity, AG Show Ltd. (ASL), which ran the 2016 Exhibition is the same entity who just signed a 3 year MOU with Govt.

*As we mentioned early this year, the estimate cost to run the Exhibition, not including labour, is about $200-$250K. I don’t know what Govt salaries are but if you want to factor in labour, add an additional $75-$100K…maybe even more.

*Govt has run it from it’s very existence. They have gleaned over THEIR books and realise they can’t afford to run it; which is why it was cancelled in 2015.

* AG Show Ltd. isn’t being paid. We are all volunteers.

By: Onion Juice

Onion Juice — Thu, 22 Dec 2016 19:45:01 +0000

Government gives breaks to those who dont need it.
Mmmmmm

By: Onion Juice

Onion Juice — Thu, 22 Dec 2016 19:42:57 +0000

Anytime when workers dont have any form of representation against some greedy employers is a perfect recipe for exploitation and abuse of workers rights, but I know that dont go well with Capitalist and right-wing ideology.

By: Onion Juice

Onion Juice — Thu, 22 Dec 2016 19:38:20 +0000

Prove me wrong.
Tic Toc
LMFAO

By: Terry

Terry — Thu, 22 Dec 2016 17:31:01 +0000

Very valid points ‘mmm’

You know where the Leader of the Opposition has their office?
Go ask him. Write down what he says and then ask the Auditor General for a report (if she can incorporate) the 14 year reign of the PLP and where all the bloody money went and the debt left to the people and for the OBA to try and sort out and keep us afloat.

MERRY CHRISTMAS.

By: Average Bermudian

Average Bermudian — Thu, 22 Dec 2016 17:22:13 +0000

The Airport is proposed to be privatised.

By: Jus' Askin'

Jus' Askin' — Thu, 22 Dec 2016 17:19:46 +0000

Ag Show brings in revenue and hires Parks Staff

The airport brings in revenue

Both now in other people’s hands to collect what should be going to government

By: Terry

Terry — Thu, 22 Dec 2016 16:18:56 +0000

Get of the juice dood.

By: hmmmmmmmmmmm

hmmmmmmmmmmm — Thu, 22 Dec 2016 11:20:20 +0000

ok really, so what about the hustle truck, which pays $500 a week with a three week minimum, or workforce development with free training and assistance in getting employment. what about financial assistance which helps hundreds every month including giving them insurance.

not really sure what more you want government to do. there are tax breaks for hiring Bermudians, breaks on import duty.

really what more do you want government to do. there are programs out there to help but people don’t want to do what is required to receive the assistance.

government cannot continue to give breaks etc without finding new avenues of revenue to supplement these initiatives, which was the down fall of the previous government, but every time they are making ways into bringing in revenue people want to stop them and protest.

we have to stop looking at our individual circumstances and look at the collective whole of the country. And honestly after you look at the country as a whole can you honestly say they are not making headway in improving the country in order to help everyone.

signed an unemployed black woman who understands.

By: Onion Juice

Onion Juice — Thu, 22 Dec 2016 11:18:04 +0000

Privitization is another form of surpressing organized labour and promoting cheap labor without representation which leads to a higher profit margin.
Explotation of cheap labor is de in thing.

By: Onion Juice

Onion Juice — Thu, 22 Dec 2016 11:12:29 +0000

So do you think that volunteeres dont have political influence?
LMFAO

By: mmm

mmm — Thu, 22 Dec 2016 10:30:56 +0000

I firmly believe that a look at the total cost of running the Ag Show should be made, each year, over the last 7 or 8 years, to see if they broke even or became more and more expensive to operate. This information may very well be public knowledge, but I myself have not seen the figures. Do we need to put 25 people on the payroll for six weeks, along with the 30 to 40 volunteers. And one very, very important question, is why has a deal been signed for three years, didnt a private concern run it last year, should we not have gleaned enough information to say say we can adjust this and that to ensure that it returns to government hands within a year. Is the money to pay these folks coming from gate receipts only ? and charity stalls ? Remember that private business is always looking to increase their business, and in a sluggish economy, why not. How-ever government has a duty to look out for its returning students, it has a summer work program, so why not include the Ag Show, for those students/young people unable to find work. Some of the tasks may not require a high skill set, so hire accordingly.

By: Jus' Askin'

Jus' Askin' — Thu, 22 Dec 2016 00:45:38 +0000

I Am Afraid of More and More Bermudians becoming Unemployed and Displaced

FYI I don’t paint

By: mmm

mmm — Thu, 22 Dec 2016 00:43:43 +0000

I wish that Government would make use of the un=employed, the prisoners and some Bermuda College students to revive the Ag Show. Does the current 3 year deal allow for these persons I have listed? The Airport redevelopment project is a already in private hands somehow, somewhere they found money for the Americas Cup but cannot find a funds to assist unemployed Bermudians for a few months, give them some dignity, give them an opportunity to focus and realise a few small goals. Mr. Lopes and others can help in directing these persons.

By: Are you kidding me?

Are you kidding me? — Thu, 22 Dec 2016 00:16:17 +0000

What are you afraid off .?as long as you pull your weight you should have nothing to be afraid off,unless your trying to say something and while your at it try not to paint everyone with the same brush….

By: Jus' Askin'

Jus' Askin' — Wed, 21 Dec 2016 20:59:13 +0000

More Unemployed Locals is what You really Mean

By: Jus' Askin'

Jus' Askin' — Wed, 21 Dec 2016 20:55:13 +0000

“Keep telling a LIE, until it becomes the truth…”

By: Even Hand

Even Hand — Wed, 21 Dec 2016 19:55:55 +0000

Why do people throw around privatization like a bad word? Don’t believe everything you hear on the news, read in the newspaper or get from your favorite politician.

By: All the Best

All the Best — Wed, 21 Dec 2016 18:28:24 +0000

Even if they donate $75,000 the building is going to cost three times as much to repair so their donation isn’t going to really help to get the building done! Also in the coming years what are the AG Shows plans with the profit they receive from the next three years?!

By: smh

smh — Wed, 21 Dec 2016 18:23:24 +0000

This just proves that privatization works. Time to privatize W&E & Parks and they’re would be still money left over to repair our infrastructure

By: Onion Juice

Onion Juice — Wed, 21 Dec 2016 18:19:54 +0000

Ya like de banks, hotels, buisnesess ……………

By: Triangle Drifter

Triangle Drifter — Wed, 21 Dec 2016 18:11:48 +0000

Look at it as taken out of political hands & put into volunteer hands again where it belongs.

By: sandgrownan

sandgrownan — Wed, 21 Dec 2016 18:04:44 +0000

Ag Show given a lifeline. Remember, there is no money. Do we need to keep reminding you why?

By: Jus' Askin'

Jus' Askin' — Wed, 21 Dec 2016 17:38:17 +0000

Ag Show Privatized