Another push for control.
Following the lead of the international bankers. our locals see $$$$.
No benefits for The People will arise.
I was on hold for 17 minutes with BOB the other evening, unable to use their platform, only for them to tell me they were updating their system, which they are doing nightly now.
Customer service? Please!
All empty words. Just like our MPs.
And, an uneducated populace who questions nothing, understands nothing and couldn't give a rat's ass.

A striking story.
Maybe this will help create a better future for our children in this dying country.

Now I get it.
The government wants to provide water, electricity and phone service only some of the time in normal conditions to Family Island residents so that they are well adjusted to the effects of hurricanes.
With hurricanes, sometimes the water, electricity and communications all go out for weeks, maybe months.
The government, in their wisdom, makes sure that Family Islanders are well adjusted to doing without. That way, when the storm passes, everyone is already used to being without.
I always figured that the MPs were much smarter than everyone else.

Sure you will.
Just like Abaco and Grand Bahama were rebuilt after Dorian.
Words, words, words,
But, these words actually win court cases and elections here.
Truth has died in The Bahamas.

Sad.
Having flown Bahamasair dozens and dozens of times, they must hire a CEO that takes other people's time into consideration.
Last week, on a flight from Ft. Lauderdale, we were supposed to leave FLL at 9:30, arriving in Nassau at 10:30. After delays in Ft. Lauderdale and then delays getting to the gate in Nassau, we deplaned the plane at 12:00 noon.
Anywhere else in the world this is not acceptable.
Clearly, there is something wrong with this operation.
Is Bahamasair ever on time?
Do we need a non-Bahamian to lead this company?
At least someone who cares about people's time.

I appreciate this letter.
Thank you for taking the time to write it.
There is little to criticize, and much to agree with and support.
The fact that there is little to no comment on this letter suggests a few things.
As a society, we have already entered the chaos period.
Second, we have already managed to suppress those who have the ability to speak out.
In other countries, if a police applicant scores too high on their "intelligence" test, they are rejected.
I wonder why that could be?
Is it because we don't want thinking people in positions of power?
Is it because the powers that be only want obedient and loyal police?
Looking at this antics of this particular administration, can a thinking person imagine who would be left if they arrested all of those who committed crimes, both large and small?
Who would be left in Parliament if we had law and honest order in this country?
While I agree that it is ALL of our responsibility to obey the law and the rules set out, we have a saying here in The Bahamas, "The fish rots from the head down."
For far too long, we have tolerated a group of slimy, dishonest and self-serving people who call themselves "leaders" and "politicians".
Until we hold these mis-leaders to account, none more blatantly obvious than the current Davis administration, nothing will change, nothing can change.
While I agree that the police need to up their game, so to speak, the real efforts should be to rid ourselves of the smooth talking and forked-tongue leaders and politicians that presently occupy the corridors of power.

I disagree with Gowan Bowe on many issues.
However, this interview is spot on.
We have regressed, gone backwards, and it is to be laid at each political parties feet.
The larger question, however, is that these politicians are all Bahamian.
What it says to me is that our nation is adrift. The Bahamas is awash in dishonesty, lack of education, corruption, nepotism, racism and sexism.
How can we hold our representatives to a higher standard, when our population exhibits the characteristics of a sick, sick patient?
Our society has gone backwards, as seen in our national development.
We refuse to hold the well=known criminals to account. And there are many, including in parliament.
The problem is much, much greater than a National Development Plan Mr. Bowe.
Far too many of our best and brightest have fled this country.
And who could blame them?

Mr Thompson,
You are brave and correct.
Speaking out in this climate is dangerous.
Especially here in The Bahamas and the US.
Our politicians are owned.
They do NOT care about the people.
They care about taking as much as they can for themselves, as quickly as they can.
There will be no transparency or procedures, or standards.
They don't care.
Politics, seemingly everywhere now, is a criminal enterprise.
This is the truth.
It is likely worse here for many reasons.
No truth, or decorum will come from this administration.
None.

I wish irony was the worst of it.

Which will soon come to nations like ours.
We can only hope the sneeze yields a cold, and not a fast terminal illness.