Sigh

This is the same lame argument and half baked premise that brought us the CEB bill. If foreign techies wanted to work here in the thousands, theyd be here. They dont.

"*The short answer is that September this year is off from September last year,”*"

Clearly the Ministry of Tourism under Chester Cooper is doing something wrong, since from 2021 they claimed all credit for the post COVID global tourism boom. The credit for the reverse now has to be claimed as well.

"*Mr Wright acknowledged residents’ alerts on September 10, saying the matter was under review but offering no timeline. He later told The Tribune the Inagua Sea was not abandoned, is at anchor with a crew on board and is waiting on a tug for removal,*:

Since Frebruary??? This "*under review*" the same way the Abaco FOCOL oil leak was under review as over 6 months or more, every drip/drop of oil was allowed to seep into the ground

I believe an election was scheduled for this year and had to be put off precisely because this deal fell through.

All the signs pointed to it. That ramp up of road works on Bay St that came to a complete halt. The hundreds of millions in contracts handed out like candy for miles and miles of family island roads in the smallest communities with people wondering where the miles were physically located, conversely with no public disclosure of campaign donors, no way to determine if funds were being cycled to donors for the election. Then that Lucayan campaign rally. Perfectly placed for an August/September election. Any other explanation does not make sense. A big party and chartering planes for an annoucement with no details???

"*My personal life does not define my ability to represent North Eleuthera*"

Not true. It depends on what the personal life details. Now if people are trailing you to detail the day you go to the foodstore, the laundry, the movies, the beach, that's beyond the pale. But if the personal life details factors that are unethical, socially unacceptable, stains on character etc., then those are completely relevant. Just speaking generally, and not implying that any of those exist, I dont know what "personal attacks" have been levied.

"*Oour 900-plus customers in the Rock Sound and Tarpum Bay areas, we responded to all 15 formally logged complaint*"

This is irrelevant. If one person reported oil in WSC piped water that's a very serious matter. Recall the case of was it Andros where a BEC oil leak on someone's property went on for months. Same thing in Abaco where FOCOL's oil leak was left unresolved, never addressed, every single drop of oil from their former fuel station tank was allowed to leak into the ground... for months.

It gets worse...

"*Water coming through our pipes at the clinic smells like diesel, a mechanic’s workshop. Diesel sticks to pipes. How is this ever going to be cleaned? What health prevention is being done to ensure the people don’t get sick? Who will cover the costs of damaged coffee machines, kettles, clothing? From headaches, body rashes to diarrhoea... we’re seeing it all. Come on, Eleuthera needs better, we need essentials and safe.”*

"*It’s probably diesel. It smells like diesel. It was coming out like diesel..*"

That is not good for anybody. Just the odor alone could make people sick.

"*Robert Farquharson, the ex-Bahamas Communications and Public Officers Union (BCOU) president who is now head of the Ministry of Labour’s special projects unit*"

This is odd, the behaviour described in the article, accepted as factual by the successful action against Mr Farwuharsons sister, should render anybody unqualified to hold any senior position at the labour board

This is simple. You cannot stay in any country as a legal immigrant if you cannot afford to live there. And you should not be allowed to linger for years having children then claim a right to stay based on birth right citizenship.

It goes without saying that illegal immigrants arent allowed to stay.