EDITOR, The Tribune.

Have standards gone out of the door, with some of our so-called leaders, or simply they don’t know any better? Who is to passed the mantle down to our young people?

I’m so happy to have been given the opportunity in being exposed to what is proper etiquette and general protocol of life at a young age, unless standards have changed, if it has? It seems for the worst.

Watching tonight’s NB-12 news, 2 editions caught my attention, “1” At the youth awards at the Melia last evening, one of the recipients, name not displayed on screen, was dressed in a tan coloured suit, this is an evening affair, after 6pm dark colours are appropriate attire. (2) Then there was Harrison Thompson, the Permanent Secretary of the MOT, decked out in a tan suit; at an evening event, giving out awards, all smiles. These are the leaders who are supposed to be raising the bar.

Do these people know any better? Please, you folks who are in the public eye seek help with your conduct and deportment.

Have you ever seen an American statesman dress the way you so–called leaders in our Bahamas deport yourselves? Also, the rainbow coloured shirts have got to go, the thought of anything goes, get rid of that mindset. You are Leaders, leave a reference point for our youth to be proud of.

Seek help in your ethical, table and grooming manners, some of you leave a lot to be desired.

Can you imagine some of them navigating through a seven course-meal, with their counterparts abroad, my God, what torture!

KELLY D BURROWS

Freeport,

Grand Bahama,

October 27, 2015.