Let me see, I am going to have a contractor come over to have a look at my site and give me an estimate. He says he'll do it for free. Do I then sign a LOI with him for 600 million dollars just to get a free estimate?

This is what Mr. Wells and our PLP government would like us to believe happened. For an engineer, Mr. Wells seems extremely stupid -- for expecting us to believe this nonsense and for believing his PLP plas wouldn't hang him out to dry.

The mandatory 15% gratuity should be done away with entirely. A gratuity should be voluntary and for good service. In our Bahamaland, poor service seems to be the norm and we have lost our way in providing customer service to our own people as well as visitors. In one instance, not too long ago, I got such appalling service at a West Bay Street establishment that I called the manager over and refused to pay the gratuity charged. He took it off my bill.

That said, when I do get good service, I always tip an additional 10-15% in cash that I give directly to the waiter/waitress, as I never know if those mandatory gratuities actually are given to the staff. Restaurants should be made to pay a set minimum wage to workers and not use the excuse that tips make up their salaries. That way, waitstaff will earn regular living wages, but have an incentive to provide good service for tips.

Too much entitlement in our Bahamas has made us lazy.

I'm not sure why USAhelp seems to think this is a Bahamian problem because Disney asked the guests to leave the ship because they felt they could not provide adequate care to such a young child on board the ship. Just because she was "grandfathered" in prior to the new age policy, it does not absolve the parents of common sense. Anyone with a little common sense would think twice before taking a 4 month old child on a cruise ship with minimal medical facilities. Just the fact that the infant was seen and declared healthy by the Bahamian hospital shows that no harm was done so what is the basis for redress? People need to take responsibility for their own choices instead of always blaming others!

Bishop Boyd cuts through the nonsense. If only our government could do the same!

Really, it's not complicated, people! Tell you what, instead of the word "sex", which seems to have everyone in such an uproar, let's use the word "gender". Problem solved.

Now let's get a date for the referundum and support it!

About time! Who fired him and what is the "official" story?

And when they move this illegal booth (c'mon, who actually believes they have a business permit?) will that mean they will sue the government for 3 million dollars like that clown at Potter's Cay some months back?

Oh, but then we have to wait for possibily years while the ever-efficient PLP wheelgrinders look into the facts of the matter...

Let's not forget that only a few years ago women and black people had very few rights -- if any. Activists are the only means by which people can gain their human rights and equality. Will all their work be in vain? Discrimination is wrong. Period. And the hypocrisy of the so-called Christian crowd is appalling. Hiding behind a work of fiction (the Bible is not fact, people!) in order to justify your bigotry and intolerance is downright un-Christian.

Everyone is entitled to be equal and to have the same basic human rights that all people should have.

BEC is already cripplied. Baha Mar coming online will just create more havoc than we already have. Oh, and where is the 200 million going to come from?

Thanks for the clarification, Hogfish!

If Wells signed the letter wihout authorisation, then it's easy enough to tear up the contract, as it's not valid anyhow. But it does keep putting egg on the face of the government as far as having any credibility for foreign investors.