The FNM is in a worse position than the PLP was in the aftermath of their 2017 spanking. The PLP had a chance to shed the unpopularity of the 2012-17 Christie administration because Perry got sent home by his constituents, he had no platform to continue to drag the party down with rash statements. The FNM made a big mistake in not forcing Minnis to resign his Killarney seat in the aftermath of the September spanking. They would have lost it in the by-election, but it is not like one seat was going to make a difference in a 32-7 House of Assembly. It would have went red again at the next election purely due to demographics, and it would spared the party of having to deal with Minnis continually hogging up the public spotlight with these kinds of statements. Minnis is just as unpopular as Christie was in 2017, except that he is not giving anyone a chance to forget about him.
I think that digitizing the real property tax process is a very good idea, as well as examining whether valuations are up to par with current market value (even if I disagree with the valuations themselves). That being said, a software development firm is not qualified to perform appraisals. Whoever made that decision needs to be fired. Did a US based software development firm have access to Bahamas MLS data to find comps that can be used to accurately ascertain the worth of a property? The short answer is that they didn't, which begs the question of how they calculated these valuations in the first place. The only explanation is voodoo magic was used to come to these numbers.
None of this even mentions that I find it ridiculous that a US based company was contracted in the first place. There are Bahamian developers that could have handled the software aspect, and frankly, it is insulting that a government would contract foreign appraisers with no knowledge of the Bahamian real estate market instead of turning to one of the experienced in-country appraisers first. There is no shortage of BREA licensed appraisers here.
Just more proof that COVID is nothing more than a giant grift. Where is "the science" that supports arbitrarily changing quarantine length? Can you still become symptomatic up to 14 days out?
That is just the way that inflation works. No way you can just print off a ton of money and not expect this to happen, on top of the supply chain issues.
Brave needs to stop talking garbage and go break down the COVID "hospitalizations" by being hospitalized for/with all the way back to the start of 2020. Funny how all of a sudden there has been a massive shift in policy the minute the sales pitch for these shots goes sour.
Minnis deserved the September spanking he got for this atrocity alone. What a complete waste of money. Guess we need to raise VAT or add another tax to pay for all of this BS, right?
So the solution to a labour shortage is refusing to hire/firing half (probably over half considering that a lot of retired folks have the shots) of the workforce?
LastManStanding says...
The FNM is in a worse position than the PLP was in the aftermath of their 2017 spanking. The PLP had a chance to shed the unpopularity of the 2012-17 Christie administration because Perry got sent home by his constituents, he had no platform to continue to drag the party down with rash statements. The FNM made a big mistake in not forcing Minnis to resign his Killarney seat in the aftermath of the September spanking. They would have lost it in the by-election, but it is not like one seat was going to make a difference in a 32-7 House of Assembly. It would have went red again at the next election purely due to demographics, and it would spared the party of having to deal with Minnis continually hogging up the public spotlight with these kinds of statements. Minnis is just as unpopular as Christie was in 2017, except that he is not giving anyone a chance to forget about him.
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LastManStanding says...
I think that digitizing the real property tax process is a very good idea, as well as examining whether valuations are up to par with current market value (even if I disagree with the valuations themselves). That being said, a software development firm is not qualified to perform appraisals. Whoever made that decision needs to be fired. Did a US based software development firm have access to Bahamas MLS data to find comps that can be used to accurately ascertain the worth of a property? The short answer is that they didn't, which begs the question of how they calculated these valuations in the first place. The only explanation is voodoo magic was used to come to these numbers.
None of this even mentions that I find it ridiculous that a US based company was contracted in the first place. There are Bahamian developers that could have handled the software aspect, and frankly, it is insulting that a government would contract foreign appraisers with no knowledge of the Bahamian real estate market instead of turning to one of the experienced in-country appraisers first. There is no shortage of BREA licensed appraisers here.
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Posted 27 January 2022, 8:46 p.m. Suggest removal
LastManStanding says...
How about government figure out how to keep power and water on first?
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LastManStanding says...
Just more proof that COVID is nothing more than a giant grift. Where is "the science" that supports arbitrarily changing quarantine length? Can you still become symptomatic up to 14 days out?
On COVID quarantine change: ‘Right direction on all fronts’
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LastManStanding says...
That is just the way that inflation works. No way you can just print off a ton of money and not expect this to happen, on top of the supply chain issues.
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LastManStanding says...
Brave needs to stop talking garbage and go break down the COVID "hospitalizations" by being hospitalized for/with all the way back to the start of 2020. Funny how all of a sudden there has been a massive shift in policy the minute the sales pitch for these shots goes sour.
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LastManStanding says...
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LastManStanding says...
> Office of the Spouse
Minnis deserved the September spanking he got for this atrocity alone. What a complete waste of money. Guess we need to raise VAT or add another tax to pay for all of this BS, right?
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LastManStanding says...
May he RIP.
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LastManStanding says...
So the solution to a labour shortage is refusing to hire/firing half (probably over half considering that a lot of retired folks have the shots) of the workforce?
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