Ouch...that's not good...

It looks terrible. Who does the background checks for these major parties? Whoever they are, they need to be changed as they are embarrassing the candidates and the parties at large.

This is 2017. Bradley Roberts drag up 2001 where the man laid the IRS. In fact who has not been audited by the IRS? Maybe bradley should go drag up on his party Mps who
Owe government corporations. Maybe he should search into what their candidates in Grand Bahama doing in kickbacks. This gutter politics shows desperation. Politics has to rise above this gutter level.

gutter level is not to pay bills

i hate bill duckers, from whatever party they come from

Just another shining example of the FNM's non-existent good judgement with Minnis and Collie at the helm. As I've said many times before, a Minnis led FNM government, with the likes of Symonette and D'Aguilar, would make Christie and his merry band of bandits seem like petty thieves in a lollipop store! Please Bahamian voters....THINK, THINK, THINK!!!

why would they nominate this guy?

like is there a such thing as vetting?!

Tax dodgers, thugs, hustlers, foreign bank account holders liars, alleged rapists etc... Seems like the field of politics is reserved for the scum amongst us.

Interesting that the chairman of the PLP all about trying to air the dutty laundry of the FNM candidates while he his party leader remain mum on the firzgerald and shame scandals. So what are we as voters to do? Reject the FNM candidates and allow Fitzgerald, Shame and the rest a yinna to get back in office to continue begging teifin' and cutting deals under the table? You are both just different sides of the same damned coin and both sides are pathetic!

Oh Bradley got plenty dirt on his fellow PLP's as well. That is how he keeps them in check and keeps their ill-gotten gains moving up the chain of command. It's quite a well organized racket they have going. Step out of line and information is leaked and you become a statistic.

People, find a good independent candidate to vote for, so you can sleep at night for the next five years guilt free. Because these parties are JOKING- No difference. Anyone who owe this kinda money- is prime for corruption. I cannot STAND people who don't pay their flippin bills- and they all over these parties. The DNA have a serial renter who owe a slew a people across eastern Nassau but claims to be a millionaire on the declaration and a dude brandishing a gun on social media. The PLP -95% of them just disgraceful and possibly corrupt and the FNM- this one and the next shady one running for Eleuthera, the two forced to resign from the Senate all Slim and not so Slim Shadys. What a disgraceful lot. Country going to hell with these people driving. Dumb and crooked. God help us all.

So what if he owes taxes in the U.S.???
I owe taxes in the U.S. too!

@Cobalt - Why is it I can just hear you saying - "So what if he steals, I steal too!" Or better still - "So what if he murdered an American in the U.S., this is the Bahamas and he ain't murdered no Bahamian!" God only knows how that head of yours is wired Cobalt.

Cobalt is definitely part of the problem. This charge speaks to a lack of honor and character. It signals narcissism, criminality, piss poor fiscal management, a failure to take responsible for mistakes and thus a complete lack of accountability. Such persons do not need to darken the halls of Parliament. I hope he loses.

Listen idiots....... tax dept is different from tax evasion. Lots of people in the United States owe taxes. So what you're supposed to do is consolidate your dept and initiate a payment plan with the IRS.

Lots of people owe the government money. Lots of people are in dept. The United States and the Bahamas as well are millions and trillions of dollars in dept to China. Being in dept doesn't make you a bad person. And how do any of you know that he's truly unaccountable? How do you know the exact details of his finances? If he was guilty of evading taxes, the FBI would have issued a warrant for his arrest by now. Is he a prudent businessman? Maybe not. But that doesn't make him a crook.

Being in dept is not stealing you jackass. Many Americans owe the IRS. The article did not state that he is evading taxes..... it simply states that the man owes money.

The more important issue is whether or not he has been disbarred. If he has, then that doesn't make him a very honorable candidate and he should step down. But owing money to the government doesn't make him a villain. All of you probably owe money to some local agency in some way shape or form. So shut the hell up.

I know someone else who owes US taxes and ran from them to the Bahamas.

Heck I was audited by the IRS and sent a bill for $1200 from 1996 while working in Washington D.C. . .I contacted them to find out how come I owned them. . .they told me that they don't care what I say. . .I owe them the money. . .I went to my job and was told that they don't know what the IRS was talking about. . .but I better pay the money or they IRS will take my salary! I sent the $1200 to them and thought it was that. . .until they called me again 2 years after and informed me that I owe the same $1200. . .my bank gave me the check stub that showed that the US Treasury had gotten the money. . .their big stamp on the check! I called them and informed them that I have the check from the bank showing their stamp and proof that they cashed the check I sent them. . .they told me that they don't care. . .their records show that I owe $1200. . .to date I refused to pay them a next red cent. . .so I too have a bill with that mess called IRS!!

JUST SAYING... I MUCH PREFER A BEGGAR TO A THIEF OR A TAXDODGER.. NO MATTER WHERE IT HAPPENS... DISHONESTY IN ANY FORM IS BAD.....
TAXES ARE NEEDED TO PAY FOR SERVICES SUCH AS HOSPITAL, WATER, ROADS
WHATEVER THE AMOUNT ... COMPLY THEN COMPLAIN...
THE PARTIES ALL HAVE SKELETON IN THEIR CLOSETS BUT ... I WILL HOLD MY NOSE AND VOTE FOR THE BEGGAR ... NOT THE TAXDODGER..
PLUS DR. MINNIS NEEDS SOME BASIC SOCIAL SKILLS, ... HE WILL PASS YOU BOUNCE YOU WITHOUT SAYING A WORD.. MORNING NOON OR NIGHT.. NO MANNERS

SAY WHAT YOU LIKE ABOUT CHRISTIE ... HE HAS A LITTLE MANNERS (MIDDLE FINGER ASIDE)... PITY LBT MESS IN HER NESS.

When you say 'beggar' are you referring to Fitzgerald??

I prefer people who don't type in all capitals and use complete sentences with punctuation.

"Banker ... you are majoring in the minor, CAPITALS and PUNCTUATIONS does not change the subject or the substance. your style is to find faults ... mine is to have a decent discussion, now i see most of you cannot have any semblance of basis common sense to have a discussion .
have a great day

Michael Foulkes has been around the FNM top level leadership team for at least 15-20 years ......... Is it because he has a "legacy surname" that he appears to be like teflon??????? ........ what happens in the PLP elite inner circle???????? ........ Tit for Tat going on up in here

Still, not a good bomb shell (if it IS a bombshell)! Agree with the call for thorough vetting of candidates. Trust the FNM hierarchy will respond to this allegation post-haste. Bradley Roberts is one busy dude!

MR ROBERTS NEEDS TO TELL US HOW THAT STOLEN CAR MR. SMITH DROVE AROUND AND INFORMED HIM THAT THE CAR WAS INDEED STOLEN. . .THEN ENDED UP BACK IN FLORIDA PARKED IN THE STREET!! SO MR. ROBERTS KNEW ABOUT A STOLEN CAR AND DID NOT REPORT THE SAME TO THE POLICE!

This tit for tat between parties and supporters shows the lack of brain power in the Bahamas, however, realize one thing: Minnis is the first leader of the FNM who was not formerly a PLP,
and may well be the First Prime Minister who was not a former PLP!
That alone moves us forward. And I hope he does.

BUT ........... I thought that Perry had called for an end to the "gutter politics" and to keep the campaigning clean ......... BUT .......he is the chief name-caller on the stage!!!!!! ..... Watsayu???

Bradley owes a ton of money in Real Property Tax ! Why he don't talk about that ?