OBA Candidates: Carl Neblett & Elizabeth Deacon
The One Bermuda Alliance [OBA] has announced Carl Neblett as the approved candidate for Constituency 36, Sandy’s North and Elizabeth Deacon as the approved candidate for Constituency 4, St. George’s South.
Constituency 36 is currently held by the PLP’s Kathy Lynn Simmons, while PLP MP Tinee Furbert is the current MP for Constituency 4.
A spokesperson said, “The One Bermuda Alliance is pleased to announce Carl Neblett as the approved candidate for Constituency 36, Sandy’s North.
“Carl D. Neblett, LSM, QGJM, QDJM, is the Managing Director and co-founder of SKANNA Security Systems and Investigations Limited, an up-and-coming security company that offers a selection of security services in Bermuda.
“Before taking up residency in Bermuda, Carl served in the Barbados Defense Force, the Royal Barbados Police Force as a Detective in the Central Drug Squad Unit. Carl arrived in Bermuda in 1988, and served in the Bermuda Police Service [BPS] in varying areas of the organisation, which included, the Central Burglary Team, the Narcotics Department, the Emergency Response Team, Traffic Department, the Motorcycle Police Section [MCPS] as it was known, Western CID, Special Branch PAU, the Joint Importation Unit, the Serious Crime Unit and concluded his exemplary career in the Central Criminal Investigations Unit.
“During his tenure, he has received Commissioner’s Commendations, Merit Awards, Recognition Awards, certificates and letters of good work, a heroes award, and was recognised by the BPS and the Bermuda Police Association for his dedication, commitment, and exemplary work to the rank and file, as the longest serving member and Chairman of the Bermuda Police Association [BPA].
“Carl has also served on the Superannuation Board, the Pensions Board, and the Health and Organisation Safety Committee to name a few.
“One of the highlights of his career is representing Bermuda at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia. He along with four other Police officers were selected to serve as Commanders at the Olympics, which involved intensive training from the US Secret Service, the Georgia State Olympic Law Enforcement Commission [SOLEC] and from the Georgia Association Chiefs of Police.
“He retired from the BPS six and a half years ago, having completed 35 years of service combined, to become an entrepreneur.
“Carl has also served on the Barbados Association of Bermuda [BAOB] in varying capacities and was elected the President of the Association, where prior to taking up the mantle of the position he was recognised by the BAOB with a lifetime achievement award for his illustrious service to Bermuda.
“During Carl’s spare time, he has committed himself to the Bermuda Bodybuilding fraternity where he served on the Bermuda Bodybuilding Association, competed, was a personal trainer, and in 2021, he became one of the four qualified IFBB/NPC judges on the island.
“Carl’s hobbies are reading, watching movies, attending formula #1 racing, attending the Olympia contest, bodybuilding, walking, but most of all traveling.
“Elizabeth Deacon is the approved candidate for Constituency 4, St. George’s South. Elizabeth was born and raised in Bermuda and comes from a long line of Bermudian family doctors.
“She attended school in Bermuda and gained a BA in French and Russian from the University of Exeter in the UK before returning to Bermuda to work as a journalist. She continued her career in public relations and communications in the UK before moving back to Bermuda in 2006 to work as a senior member of the communications team at PartnerRe.
“The married mother of two returned to Bermuda so her children could experience a Bermuda childhood and the benefits of growing up in a close community.
“As a working woman and a mother, Elizabeth is concerned about the enormous debt Bermuda continues to accumulate under the present government and the burden that will create for future generations.
“During the Covid lockdown, she volunteered in St David’s, handing out meals and groceries. She experienced firsthand how vulnerable many people in Bermuda are and how dependent they are on the third sector to get by and she would like a more robust safety net for Bermudians who fall on hard times.
“Elizabeth would like to see every child in Bermuda receive a world-class education. While a number of Bermudians are building their careers the business sector, she would like to see more graduates from the public education system achieving successful careers in international business.
“At a neighborhood level, she would like Government to be more responsive to residents’ issues, whether noise and air pollution from the private jet facility at Southside, concerns about bio-hazardous waste in St. David’s or dust and noise from quarries at Coney Island. She believes strongly that people deserve accountability from Government and to have their concerns addressed.
“Lastly, she believes strongly in the values of the OBA: diversity, integrity and fiscal responsibility for social fairness.”
Congratulations Carl and Elizabeth!
Wishing Carl and Elizabeth all the best wishes and strength to carry out their aims and goals to the best of their ability
Why you always placing black men at the front of an all white party? It’s not working anymore. This is just a racial tactic which keeps falling.
Actually the obaUBP voter base is 95% white and 5% black.
The PLP voter base is 95% black and 5% white.
So the odds are even lol.
What is your source for those statistics please?
The UBP, when it existed, was a lot more than 5% black. I have no idea what the OBA membership looks like.
Don’t fall for the troll bait mate
Hello comrade. How is the weather in Russia? Or howdy, how is it in trump country? Can I politely ask that you go there bc that’s where you belong? Statistically speaking you’re a numpty
Bermudians thrive on racism.
Both parties are racially divided. However the question remains why does the oba continue its same old tactics by using men and women of color when this simply doesn’t reflect the true demographics of the party? Until someone is honest with the electorate the election results will remain the same.
The OBA is racially diverse, whereas the PLP is not. That is undeniable.
Lies, this why we had a 30-6 last election.
The only lie is that you ever voted OBA.
ObaUBP will lose again. Your new leader is wasting his time. I predict he’ll leave you for a new 3rd party after the next election.
I see Jewel Bank is about as successful as everything else Burt gets into. The world’s most gullible i d 1iot.
Of course they’ll lose.
The majority of the electorate are racist, homophobic and xenophobic, and they’ll continue to vote for that.
So let your new OBA leader know he’s wasting his time. He’s not smart enough to understand that but carry on. Lmfaoooo
Please do not use my name to try to deceive others
The UBPobaaers will never be honest they prefer to remain silent. In the end everyone knows that it’s a white establishment.
a certain portion who all vote for the PLP most certainly do. much like the orange haired buffoon and his lot stateside. ironic dont you think?
No matter what they do it’ll never suit you . They put up a white leader/premier and you’re all screaming that they’re overlooking the black population and a load of other oligarchy cr@p.
Run a black party leader/premier and they’re window dressing and trying to woo the black vote under false pretenses.
You should have far more important issues to complain about or comment on but thanks for showing us what you’re about.
Out of curiosity I searched for the OBA website, then I looked at meet the team. The make up of the OBA is very different from what you’ve said. Take a look for yourself.
https://oba.bm/team/
They don’t want to see it .The propaganda (and their inherent hate ) has them blinded .
The candidates are diverse but that’s only a front. LOL
You’re either a troll from Russia or the problem with our country
A future Minister of National Security
Carl if they were serious about you they would place you in Cole or Jetgate’s seat where I believe you could do the most good. No but instead your a sacrificial lamb.
The OBA continues to announce candidates in PLP strongholds. This is fine but this is not where the elections will be won or lost. They need to take seats from the PLP to win, and Mrs. Deacon has no chance of unseating Tinee Furbert. I am not sure the dynamic in Somerset, nor do I know Mr. Neblett, but I believe Mrs. Simmons will win handily.
Who are the OBA running in C8 to take Cole Simons’ safe seat?
ooh the PLP mouthpiece is here lol !
Yep. Probably Bud.
“noise and air pollution from the private jet facility at Southside“.
My MP from the area already worked on this with us. Show us something new and stop blowing smoke lady that fire was put out a longtime ago. I assume you will ask Skyport to move the private Jet facility they just renovated. That’s not going to happen.
Why not move the whole airport? Perhaps to the Bahamas. That will solve the problem!
You live up West End..yup. I live down further and only time I hear planes period is their arriving. Also, what MP are you speaking about? We have one…
If these numpties aren’t trolls, I am continuously shocked at people defending those we have in office. They continue to pillage our country and yet there will still be people defending them. I guess this is our republican slash trump party. How do we get rid of them? Maybe they would like to go live in America.
The plp are republicans…..but they think they’re democrats.
They loved Obama, but hate every one of his policies.
Obama was not homophobic, xenophobic or racist…yet, the plp are all of those things and more!
While you all fight about who’s black or white, Bermuda is drowning. We have far more important things to address than a 70+ year old way of thinking as it relates to which party they represent. Bermuda should be the sole focus now. Time to change people.
Why change? The policy of the PLP has kept it in power for 20 of the past 25 years.
The only change was the UBP to OBA to runaway from its racist past. Look how that turned out! Denies and more denies 30——6.
Please do not use my name to try to deceive others.
But do keep up the big lie. Never give up on the big lie!
Isn’t the UBP using another name to deceive others? Oh that’s not correct because everyone that was in UBP flip to the OBA in one night! So the question remains why would everyone depart from the might so called UBP to join a pathetic loser party like the OBA?