I came back recently from a trip to the midwest in the US. The food stores there are modern, well stocked and clean. Stores like Shnucks, Shop and Save and Dierburg are light years of the food stores here on New Providence, this is what happens when you sit back and allow near monopolies in certain areas of your economy. There is little incentive to invest, innovate and modernize since there is little or no competition. A white Caribbean business executive said this about the Bahamas. In his opinion the Bahamas has a closed backward economy.

@ Sheeprunner12 Tony Frguson is a big time FNM supporter. At one time, it was rumored he wanted the FNM nomination for the MICAL seat, His problem like a lot of other FNMs, he did not particularly like many of Hubert Minnis's policies.

What is being proposed is nothing new. The late A.Leonard Archer when he served under the Ingraham administration as the Bahamas's ambassador to Caricom said that. Leslie Miller when he was the Minister of Trade and Industry said the same thing also.

This situation simply reinforces what was said about the Bahamian economy. The Bahamas has a closed backward economy controlled by a handful of firms and families. That was the stated opinion of a foreign white business executive. That is why the so call third richest economy in the Western Hemisphere has not joined the WTO yet. Even Haiti is a member.

Those parliamentarians who do not complied with the disclosures should be prosecuted. The prime minister and the leader of the opposition should disclose the names who have not filed their disclosures.

@Bogart. There is a reason why you want to remove roadside garages from residential areas. Have you ever visited a first world country. There is a good reason why there is proper zoning and land usage policies in those countries.

This was spoken about since Leslie Miller was Minister of Trade and Industry. That was about twenty years ago. in a sensible country, there is enforcement of zoning laws. This s done mainly by local government. The UBP, PLP and FNM parties do not see the need for real local government in this country. They are quite happy about how this plantation operates.

The situation with the eggs expose what said about the Bahamas some time ago. A white foreign business executive said this, The Bahamas has a closed, backward economy despite it's tourism and financial services. The importation of quite a number of goods is controlled by a handful of firms.

The Bahamas as a country will become hollowed out. Many persons in the middle class here, encourage not their children not to return here. The Bahamas will be like some countries in the Caribbean. A country with very wealthy elite, a small struggling middle class and a lot of poor people.

The Bahamas is a deal country. The late Elwood Donaldson said that. The Bahamas has operated like this from the glory days of the UBP. This deal is the senior advisor in the OPM office deal. If you look closer, a big time FNM supporter is involved in this. Of course, the media here do not understand or won't say that. The FS has no part of this.

Dr. Sands only gets part of the story, Clarence Russell was a police superintendent when he was appointed chief passport officer. He was subsequently made Director of Immigration under the Minnis administration There is complaints against him by persons in the immigration department. He never worked in that department until he was made director. Of course, the media here simply write what Dr. Sands said.

The people in the know still remember the disastrous performance of Marlon Johnson as the acting financial secretary. Let Dr. Sands tell you how much he was paid for subpar performance.
Also let Dr. Sands tell you, the honest opinion of one of his fellow cabinet minister opinion of Johnson performance as financial secretary.