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Dawes says...

Whilst i agree somewhat with the letter writer, this country needs to accept criticism better. When people criticize the police for the shootings (most not all of course), what one of our main criticisms is that there is no follow up. Its almost as though by saying fear for their lives makes the case closed. Maybe all shootings have been correct, but with no court case more and more people are losing faith in the police.
The above is also tied into the judiciary. Of course you have to have bail for everything, if you can't take a suspect to court for 7 years. They need to speed up the court process. Every change of government has brought in someone who says they will speed it up, but then nothing changes. This leads to people feeling there is no justice in this country, which then leads to no faith in the judiciary and also the police.
Get court cases dealt with in a reasonable time frame, and have all police involved shootings dealt with quickly and things should/may change for the better

On Police performance

Posted 8 June 2023, 8:30 a.m. Suggest removal

Dawes says...

LOL i was going to say the same thing. And he says some so that's more then 1. The Bishop has no idea and doesn't care as nothing will come of it. Another waste of Public money

Dawes says...

"To those who worry that a delay will make the eventual increase larger than it otherwise would have been, we can assure you that will not be the case," Mr Davis said in a statement.

Umm what sort of economics is this? If the increase is now you will have a years worth of increase as extra funds which means you would be in a better position. If that's not the case then why can't it wait for two years?

Dawes says...

No he said the PM should be honest with the people and say what needs to be done. In order for the PM to be able to say no new taxes and promote that last week he has pushed off dealing with NIB to later. I assume once he increases it you will be on here fawning about how great it is.

Dawes says...

This is a terrible article. The whole time slating one side for "Well, they don’t lie in seemingly phony concerns expressed only to cover self-interest", and yet the whole article is this so writer doing exactly that. I take it that as it is called an "insight" it can be the writers view with no journalistic skills involved. There is no confirmation of any of the assumptions made, just assumotions used to make the writers point.

Dawes says...

Just pass a law saying the ceiling increases by X% each year. That way there is certainty in the system and no large increases out of the blue. Mind you we are probably only talking about 10 homes if that

On Property tax cap up 25% to hit $150,000

Posted 6 June 2023, 9:08 a.m. Suggest removal

Dawes says...

They have no idea what the real property tax amount is as they have never fixed the land registry. I know of people who keep getting letters demanding large amounts who keep pointing out it has been paid, and yet the next year they get told the same thing.

Dawes says...

I agree with you, but unfortunately i do not think are police themselves know the law in regards to driving. So they don't see anything wrong with the vast majority of wrongdoing on the road.

Dawes says...

Obviously you do not understand what the letter writer has said. Atlantis has a right to speak out, just like you do now and did when FNM was in power. Unless you agree that by speaking out you should be forced to be quiet?

On Why attack Atlantis?

Posted 30 May 2023, 4:46 p.m. Suggest removal

Dawes says...

This has been going on for years, and a number of people have been hurt or killed by the jet skis or the boats (thinking of that baby on PI years ago). it will happen again and then Government will be strict for a couple of weeks, maybe even a month and then it will be back to normal. We don't enforce any laws to protect people here, life is cheap so who cares.

On Swimmers face jet ski dangers

Posted 30 May 2023, 9:39 a.m. Suggest removal