That's exactly why I am encouraging the Long Islanders to vote for their Independent Candidate, Loretta Butler-Turner. After the Bahamas' 1967 election, there was only two (2) relevant personalities in Bahamian politics. Neither one at the time belonged to the PLP, nor the UBP... They were the independent candidates: Fawkes & Brennen.

The other contested seats are restrained because they are being contested by two political agendas that has already been decided by either parties' constitution or the political elites in the two.

Only Long Island is now poised and in the unique position to lead the front line to shape and reform the landscape as to what ought to become representation in Bahamian politics going into the future.
Neither party wants to bring this to the attention of the Long Island electorate. They want to keep Long Islanders in the dark and sneak onto these good people uncertainty. Long Islanders have a real and divine destiny.

Say No to their insults Long Islanders! Not because someone, or a party, addresses you as a horse of a different color ( a donkey), it don't mean you have to respond to them as if what they perceive you as is true.

Say no!!! wrong address!!!! Tell them 'No Thank you but they got the wrong address.

vote for your independent candidate and assure your place in the political history of the bahamas.

vote for loretta butler-turner. god bless...

All of You Missed The Point: this discussion should be about what is good, better and best for long island.

Long Island is poised to reset the political landscape of the entire Bahamas. The end of 'party politics' as we knew it has come to an end. All politicians and political figures from 1967, or to be more exact, 'the Pindling era' will not participate in another election beyond May 10th. the end is now!!!

There is no reason our generation should be shackled with those old ideologies. Note: a growing debt of $7.5 billion, erosion of law and order - crime etc. We are in need of a new vision that inspires love, respect, dignity, hard work and honesty.

Out of the 39 seats contested in this election, Long Island is the only constituency offering an independent candidate with momentum to influence the political landscape of our Country. Loretta Butler-Turner offers Long Island an opportunity to move ahead of the pack and go beyond the status quo of restricted 'party politics'. The life cycle of the 'party politics' as we knew it, is at its end. That leaves a vacuum in our Beloved Bahamas which must be filled. We are left to decide what to fill it with. Party politics offers a restrained party agenda controlled by a few elites. This does not necessarily hold the good of Long Island as it priority.

All elected persons within a party, as Mr. Ingraham iterated, line-up with the party's agenda. Hence, it filter out what is necessarily for the good of Long Island. Long Island is better positioned if the voters of that faithful Island re-elect Loretta Butler-Turner.

Why send a personality to the table with little wit and no guts to sit at the FNM (or PLP's) table to wait for crums that fall from the table???

Instead, Long Island, be the one to set the table - you should not be classed with the other Family Islands as the FNM seeks to do. You have been faithful to your ideals and to our Country. You deserve more than a novice to replace your senior status of representation. long island deserves and should get better. Don't let the FNM address you like this. This is an insult which you will never live down.

Go Together For the Better with Loretta!!! Adrian Gibson represents a regression in your political status - Not progression. You are meant to be going forward - Not Backward!!! Vote for Loretta Butler Turner.

None of these commentators to this column is commenting on what is good for Long Island. What is good for Long Island is that it keeps and hold its reputation as a self-determined people. Not a people by colors. You could put red lipstick on a pig but that will not make it a lady. Long Island must show that it is not blinded by the color red.

loretta butler-turner has raised the standard for parliamentary representation. Let's keep it to that higher standard. God Bless Long Island... God Bless The Commonwealth of The Bahamas.

Now if there is found to be corruption in the early poll voting ballots, it simply means that no one would be held accountable; although there would be the clearest evidence of culpability.

I have to give them credit for forward thinking. The PLP has got this down to a science. Notwithstanding their cleverness, stay tune for the 'Hands of The Lord God of Hosts'...

I strongly suspect that the Early Poll ballots that was cast today will be use to rig or corrupt the outcome of our entire general election. I am saying this because there was nothing in place by which voters who had filled out the 'K-forms' to participate in the early voting for the 3rd May to be screened from the general voting populace.

Notwithstanding the four (4) hours it took me to vote, I observed that there was a very large amount of voters that came out to vote in the early polls. Arguably, this amount of people could near a general election count 'in and of itself'. In no way could it be said that the Parliamentary Commissioners' office handled that amount of application to request permission to vote early. No way!!!

Sadly, this does create the ideal opportunity to corrupt the results of the election.

But do know this.... as the book of Isiah iterates, "wickedness burns as fire".
Wickedness will destroy itself. Indeed, you cannot do wrong and get by. We needn't fret ourselves to address this wrong as much as it will backfire on them... long rope and a short catch!!!

As I understand it, the opposing candidates had erroneously put it out to the Long Island Electorates that Mrs. Butler-Turner misused the constituency discretionary funds. First they said that she could not account for $500,000. Then, at the Long Island candidates' debate, they retracted what the allocation of moneys actually was: $400,000. So much for their ability to give correct information, however, they never apologized for the propaganda.

What they did not know was that every single dime of the allocated funds was accounted for. All moneys spend from the funds were spend on Long Island to assist Long Islanders including the Islands' Educational and Religious Institutions and to assist indigent persons in need.

All of the designated projects had to be and were approved by the Minister of Finance. Furthermore, the funds were distributed by the Island's Administrator - Not Mrs. Butler-Turner.

The publishing of the Constituency Allowance Financial records is what any right minded person would call accountability. This is what the people call for and it is what is needed of those that hold elected office.

all done to the discredit of the reputation of the bahamas and our marketability as a credible tourist destination.

scammers continue to use our government officials to the demise of our country...

then, to avoid full responsibility and culpability... they offer a verbal apology. Depending on who your family, friends or lovers is, if it was a Bahamian, they go before the courts.

return the people's moneys to them!!!

a good name is to be chosen rather than silver and gold.

"the right to the enjoyment of movement by air."????? Help me someone... PLEASE!?!?

"We ..... waisted another 5 million, or more, on this foolishness"?????

Who are you referring to in the above quote by saying "we"?

"Mr McCartney said the recent manoeuvres by certain members of the FNM’s parliamentary caucus against Dr Minnis is akin to “mutiny” – something for which he said those FNM MPs “would need to meet the consequences” if he were in Dr Minnis’ position."

... and we are suppose to believe that the DNA (Democratic National Alliance) is a party that sets out to galvanize the people under a 'democratic' concept? I wonder then what exactly is Mr. McCartney's definition of a 'democracy', or for that fact, what does he mean by 'democratic' seeing that he ax anyone in his parties' executive who expresses a different point of view to him? Obviously his definition don't respect what is outlined and written our Constitution.

Hold him Joe... and don't let um go!