Sir Frankie was way ahead of the curve when he had a Tax Symposium in September 2012. He could see the writing on the wall and was trying to get the whole Country to focus on it.

True to form, because we weren't yet feeling the pain we went blindly on.

Thank you for your comments Sir Franklyn.

I agree with The Oracle, this has been a long time coming.

When I was young we bought cutlery made in Sheffield, England. Today you buy cutlery from China. The steel industry is now very small in the UK.

Most of our electrical appliances and tools would come from the US. Today they come from South Korea, China and Taiwan.

There are going to be certain industries that we can no longer do. Sodas and the like are one of them.

Please give us the name of the previous tenant. This might be most interesting. Was there any relationship with the previous tenant and Pat Mortimer?

So what did he do for all this money. Can someone point to 5 or 10 million dollars of income as a result of us hiring him?

The "mystery" that we can't do is is called Planning, Responsibility for your actions, and Maintenance.

Birdie, how many islands in the Thousands Islands, in Canada, have been sold to foreigners....oh that's right, the Canadians are not xenophobic.

Amazing what one can do if you are
(I) not prosecuted for an illegal activity that you operated for years;
(ii) had your illegal activity legalized and,
(iii) are allowed to keep all your ill gotten gains tax and, virtually, penalty free.

I think that Eddie Victor should create his own power company for East and West End Grand Bahama so that we can have cheap power.

He can show the GBPA and GB Power how it can be done by doing it himself.

The auditing of the various Government Departments is a good start. Prosecute those who are guilty. If we don't prosecute the problems will continue.

I agree with Edison Sumner, we need to pass a Fiscal Responsibility Act right away. We also need to pass the Freedom of Information Act, amended as recommended by the NGOs.

The above three things would go a long way to putting the Country on a better financial footing.

It has already WASTED $25 million why should we waste more?