Ms; Butler Turner will be very disappointed when the Baha Mar deal is completed. It is her hope that all will go wrong. But it will not.

She is right in her assessment. The Prime Minister's pronouncement have not been accurate today. She is simply saying, if he has gotten it wrong for the last year, then he is not a very reliable source.

She is also right in that he needs to disclose to the Bahamian people what is taking place or keep quiet. She wants it open, but less talk and more action from our PM.

How about this Birdie, if Christie turns out to be right Loretta has to give him a public apology, and if he is lying as he is known to do, then you leave this newspaper's message board for good?

Sounds like a good deal. Ms. Loretta Butler-Turner's pronouncements, what she says generally comes to pass if it already hasn't.

Her name is synonymous with truth.

Birdie,every time that I think the level of ignorance displayed by yourself can't get any lower you always manage to surprise me.
Of course she and all the rest of us want Baha Mar to fail so we can continue to live in the rat hole that you and yours have made of our country.

PLP trolls gotta get paid.....

Some Comrade who got's da direct-line phone number, does need rings upstairs over at Shirley & Deveaux to update the red party's files on who to contact for da party's position on issues.
You're not supposed to laugh out loud from reading the Tribune and certainly not just by them reporters tickling you with all these Loretta comments offering all her various positions.
But I guess this is the newspapers way of using a pen to hammer away at what's left Minnis leadership stability, by repeatedly striking away at he patella with they hammer pen.
Ouch Tribune reporters that shi# does hurts.

...always has something to say about everything this woman. She is no longer in a leadership position but has to remain on a 24 hour a day PR campaign on everything. Surely there is a pothole in the road in Long Island that requires her attention or finding a foreign investor to develop part of the island but no, that would take focus and vision. It is far easier to bitch and complain all the time. She is essentially the female version of Jimmy Knowles.

Regardless, please read paragraph 3. It clearly states "she was contacted by the newspaper." There is a good reason why the media follows her. She can be counted on to give good arguments and be a good opposition member and hold the government's feet to the fire. If her colleagues would follow her example maybe the rest of us outside of the PLP and Minnis camps would want to hear from them.

Exactly, the paper contacted her because her statements invariably have the ring of truth to them; they're reliable assessments of conditions both present and future.

Birdie the PLP spider

Spins her web so well!

She works so hard for her masters

As ev’ry one can tell.

Whene’er their plans go amiss

Birdie’s job is to spin and twist.

And if the people complain

Birdie brings them pain

She spits her venom at those who get mad

Even though she knows her masters been bad.

Emac, a few more lines to your great poem...

And just when Birdie's spell
Has got the PLP's own web spinning
And everything in this country's gone to hell
Birdie still thinks they're winning.

Lol...Brilliant!

The reason why the PM is positive is because he doesn't actually know any better.

Foreign investors are coming in and looking at the property, not because they believe in Bahamas, but because they want to see if they can pick up a piece of prime property for a bargain price.

They are vultures circling, not validation that the PM has made the Bahamas a great place to invest.

There is a very big difference between showing interest and making an offer that China ExIm will accept. Though for the sake of Bahamas, I hope Butler-Turner is wrong...

Who said we British cousins over in London, don't have sense of humour
Believe me I does feels your red pain from all way in London. No truer blog than yours but may I suggest all the foreigners have do, is copy the paperwork for the same deal Papa made and they will really NOT overpay for anything on those prime tracks lands at Cable Beach.
Tell foreigners looks closely for da thickest file marked:
"CONFIDENTIAL FROM DA CABINET OFFICE: Don't Expect Pay True Market Values for any These Prime Lands".

How much will Bahamar cause our economy to slump (since June 2015) for the next 2 years??? ............ either in jobs creation, private sector/domestic investment, international investor confidence, national debt, GDP/GNP growth etc

What does the Blue Hills Park and Bah Mar have in common? They both sit idle, near completion, but unused and unoccupied... being victims of the elements, prone to deterioration. and vandalism...for almost a year resources sitting idle, going wasted the elements and vandals eating into the newness and the usefulness..dry rot and decay..sun faded painted surfaces..weeds overtaking the landscape... in the case of Blue Hills park ..its the people's money just sitting not idle..but falling into disrepair.