Yeah, I think All of The Above.
But, think of this Seaman, when his political tenure ends, will he be replaced by someone better, or worse, for the Bahamian people?
Sadly it seems, the government has never, ever truly helped the small person, entrepreneur in this country.
The Family Islands remain in the Dark Ages for this very reason.

Most people in "power", especially politicians, respected, likely feared, Nikki Kelly because they knew she was 10 times smarter, more honest, and more Bahamas-loving them their whole lot put together.

Join the club of many Family Island Bahamians.
Find an island that isn't utterly neglected by this government.
Failure is failure.
This government wants to raise taxes, living expenses, and hamper our ability to improve tourism.
But, they DO NOT want to help Bahamians merely survive.
No politician should be allowed to leave this country until these basic issues of electricity, water, phone service and hurricane shelters are dealt with.
What are these PLPs doing flying around the world, stuffing their fat faces, doing God knows what else, while their constituents are home sweating and suffering due to their complete uselessness and lack of caring.
Do any of these politicians really care about bahamians?

This government lacks all legitimacy with regards to looking out for the country's well-being.
Mr. D'Aguilar is correct about this creating another bureaucracy. Something that this government has been piling on for all Bahamians interested in trying to make a living in this climate.
This PLP government is doing nothing to ease the strain of opening, operating or maintaining a business.
In addition, the new layers of bureaucracy only add insult to injury, as now every functionary has an excuse to tell people to go somewhere else to get relief.
This government does not value our time and money.
They think their jobs are to collect / suck every dollar they can form this economy for their own, to spend as they see fit.
As if, those in politics really believe that just because they were voted into office they can now do as they wish without interference from the nuisance public.
This administration is killing our economy and our middle class, or what's left of it.
The Dept. of Inland Revenue will turn out to be a major factor in destroying this country.
But of course, they are just doing their jobs.
Soon, AI will be doing their work, just as could be done right now.
Since we continue to promote the most ass-kissing functionaries possible, who knows where this will end.
The very bottom line is by doing so, you can always point to someone else, and say it is their fault.

Excellent tribute for all the right reasons.
Thank you for writing this letter.
By doing so, it may encourage others to follow in her footsteps.
Well done.

Hey Sawyers,
You have a right to be disheartened.
But, you have no right to be surprised.
This government is only going for the BIG contracts that they know they can extract a pretty penny from for themselves.
Rather than spread the risk by having many smaller suppliers, the government doesn't / can't see that.
It is percentages. 10% of your $500,000 doesn't add up to much and isn't enough to go around the office. Plus, once they know you are honest and above board, they want nothing to do with you.
But 10% of a 7 or 8 million dollar contract, well now we're getting somewhere.
And, where is the benefit to the Bahamian people?

The Bahamas has lost one its most valuable and beautiful citizens. Period.
In an age when words seem to mean nothing to the Bahamian people, whether politicians, pastors, police or the average person on the street, she held fast to honesty and integrity.
Those ideals, honesty and integrity, seem to have little to no meaning in this country anymore.
This is a fact. Words, meant to inform and communicate, now have such little value here that it is painful to hear them spoken, knowing that the sounds of words here have such little bearing on truth and honesty..
When the PM, any MP, any pastor, any police speaks, are there really people who believe them?
If so, why?
Rest in peace Nikki Kelly, and thank you for not smiling for the photo.
Your beauty had nothing to do with your "look".
True beauty rarely does.

Poor Mr. Wilson.
Couldn't have addressed these problems already?
Couldn't say, "pack it in, pack it out?"
All waste generated by the cruise ships goes out with the cruise ships.
No, we have to create another administrative hurdle.
When will the average struggling hard working Bahamian get a break Mr., Wilson?
Are you really paying attention to what's happening to this country?
Are you able to, or do you have other plans, bank accounts, properties to fly off to?

I am not suggesting the every politician is a problem. But most are.
And, yes, I would throw this baby out with the bath water.
We have very, very little to lose by making sure anyone who has ever held, or presently holds political office, is never in power again.
Yes, start with a clean slate of young, optimistic, honest and nation building kids.
Throw out the compromised gang of politicians we currently have, and things can only get better..
Is someone going to tell me that the FNM or the PLP have ever, ever led the way towards a Better Bahamas?
But, they all seem to be doing OK for themselves, hey?

I recently had a conversation with a teacher. I asked her why we put so much emphasis on educating our kids when they come home to a family setting, and a community, that despises educated people, have no books in their homes, and no spark to learn anything?. What would an educated child come back to The Bahamas for?
Would it be for excellent job opportunities based on merit, education, and character?
Would it be to go into politics, so they could be surrounded by some of the most unscrupulous people in our nation?
Without doubt, the brain drain has caught up to us.
Now, the foxes feel fully entitled to take what they wish, See PLP.administration.
If any Bahamian administration truly cared about the Bahamian people, would they not move to pay our people, teachers, nurses, doctors, etc. competitive salaries so that we didn't continually have to find foreigners to fill these essential positions? Wouldn't a real "leader" call for true nation building before taking more money for travel expenses, to fatten up already robust politicians flying around the world eating better food than the average Bahamian? Just how do these politicians become so rich after 5 years of doing absolutely nothing except running their mouths?
Are we really that dense that we can't see that these jokers in power today, care only about themselves?
The problems in this country are solvable, were we truly motivated to see a better Bahamas.
Unfortunately, the proof of the pudding is in the eating. The statistics, the social rot that exists today is real. So are the straightforward ways of solving many of these problems.
From my perspective, the major element lacking in our society is that we just don't care.
I cannot fully understand the reasons. Perhaps it is from being beaten down at every turn, and being led by a gang of thugs, I am not entirely sure.
But, one thing I am certain of, is that our national way of raising children, with far too much struggle to make ends meet, the overwhelming amount of father-less children whose mothers are over worked and underpaid, is a huge part of the problem.
Presently, there seems not to be a person in political office who understands any of this, which means they are a major part of the problem.
Myles Munroe stated unambiguously, "Politicians are not leaders." And leaders are rarely politicians.
I say start from the top. Time to clean house for the good of The Bahamas.