"*collapse was not The Bahamas’ fault – far from it, the ones to blame are those who led FTX itself.*"

This isnt 100% correct. People are still asking how was clico able to get money out the country. That was "*somebody's*" fault. Not explained to date

Here's what we need with candidates. We need them to appear in 2026 with well thought solutions and execution plans for all the old stories, not show how well versed they are at reciting old stories 2 years into office then ask for another 5 years to get to work on them. If you have to go to someone to for them to give you ideas then help you write your housing plan and you're fashioning yourself as the next minister of housing, please keep your old job and save the country 5 years of pain

We need people who could think on their feet. That's the idea behind "*no written speeches*" in the parliamentary debate. It demonstrates that you have a command of the area for which you have oversight. Some of these guys get these written speeches and cant even read it properly

"*So if you are increasing taxes without growth, it’s going to become a burden on the people. And even when you do make that increase, and it goes up, it’s going to plateau."

The real danger is it will do more than plateau. As they squeeze more and more from consumers they will first break them. When they break consumers who will buy goods? When noone can buy goods what will happen to small businesses? When small businesses crumble what will happen to the nation? What they are doing, in absence of any real strides to create or support growth, is the recipe for economic collapse

lol. fight after school

Exactly. That was my point Diane Phillips ran the marketing campaign for RCI to bring thousands of tourists to an untouched strip of land on Paradise Island. I'm not implying that she's a bad person but what makes Balmoral different from PI?

"*they were blindsided by the fact that somehow the club had gained preliminary approval of a site plan in February*"

"*from noise to peace of mind, from strain on already strained resources was wrong with the proposed project, they said, a project that would surely shatter the peace and security ...*"

"*They said it would invite massive traffic.*"

"*They cited a strain on infrastructure that is already at a breaking point*"

**All politics is indeed local**. This is the very argument used against Royal Caribbean as they appropriated Toby Smith's beach club venture. "*This will change the landscape forever*". Who got behind in me and promoted that massive development?

If I remember correctly Sam had in all his clothes too while this alledged billion dollar unauthorized movement of client funds was underway.

Clothes or lack thereof are not a required ingredient for unethical behaviour. On the other hand, acceptance of gifts of high value, like a Rolex watch for example, very often is. This is why companies frequently put in black and white strict policies around acceptance of gifts limiting the value of such gifts to amounts under say 100 dollars. Acceptance of a gift valued at 5000-10000 dollars would never be ethically approved.

Did I say you **cant** be in the room? The danger is being in there **alone**, you're then subject to your rose eyed glasses judgement. The second danger is exactly what I said *purchasing favour*, its the seed of unethical judgement. Who guh rat on the drug dealer who buy all the kids Xboxes and bicycles for christmas?

The first rule was broken, the PM should never be in a position where he is in the room alone with an investor, financier, good samaritan whether in person or virtual.

These men and women need year round training on ethical standards with real life example of why something like accepting a watch from someone who's submitting a residency application to you is unethical. Basically what they're doing is "buying" you *favour*, in any decisions to follow your judgement will be clouded by the favour already bought. I mean it was a really nice Rolex that you're proud to show to your buddies on the golf course

Christina Rolle also fell into this trap shovelling dirt at the ground breaking for the organization she would hav ed to oversee. "*Favour bought.*"

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