"*Disclosing that he "doesn't hope for things coming out of the Budget", describing the communication as the "selling of euphoria...*"

I read with interest the Tribunes poll question, "*were you satisfied with the budget*", and wondered exactly what was the question asking? Did he read the speech well?

I think Gowon Bowe is 100% correct in his assessment, but I as always get the impression that he's forgotten the people. What do I mean by that. If he was talking to a business, fire 5 employees, reduce salaries, streamline, reduce cost of goods, etc, those kind of emotionless, divorced, black and white decisions can be made when the only consideration is cost and profit. Govt is is different thing, it requires some empathy even for the undeserving, it's not a business. It can certainly be run better though.

Our problem isnt so much that we dont make the harsh decisions it's corruption, too much money goes missing by whatever means theft, bribery, wastage, graft, excess, poor management, our problem is the election process that gives us non thinkers and unethical candidates who rely on corruption. And if you make harsh decisions and dont eliminate corruption, God save us all, the zombies will be crawling over the gates at Albany looking for food.

I give them leeway sometimes, when you're put on the spot it's possible to say something nonsensical. Like outcomes from 8 people is a "*trend*"

What most likely happened, as has happened to thousands of Bahamians, someone who cant produce their own good ideas, somewhere along the chain from top to bottom, saw your plan, realized how much income it could generate and decided theyd "*do it themselves*".

Unfortunatrly these brain dead IP theives never get the full import of the idea or the vision and end up implementing it's crazy cousin which never scales well but can be patched and propped to limp along for years until the next administration comes in and their person scraps it to implement their crazy cousin. Dont let it be something technical, administration's can wow the public just by saying, here click this button, we digital. It's a plus if they can mention blockchain or AI

Isnt someone doing the heavy truck driving certification now?

The police can do **alot** more than theyre doing to reduce traffic accidents. As it doesnt make sense that theyre doing nothing, someone must be setting themselves to make some traffic control related dollars.

I saw a police car at the stop light heading south on marathon, opposite them on the other side of the road was a car at a stop almost in the middle of the marathon/marathon mall intersection as cars turning into and out of the mall carefully maneuvered around them. No car was behind them, all other cars were appropriately positioned for a red light stop. That driver should have been given double tickets for blocking an intersection and impeding the flow of traffic. On Prince Charles AGAIN, that eatery next to Shell gas station is a nuisance, road traffic could simply post a no parking sign there to stop cars from blocking the road as they park half on the **sidewalk** half in the road with no regard for traffic. Cars continue to zip into turning lanes to jump the traffic line. another sign, cars in left/right turn lane must make a left/right turn

I saw a tractor digging a trench at the end of Prince charles... it appears like they were doing prep work to extend the sidewalk. If we're doing "*something*", why dont we get the right thing done? people claim they walk in the road because the sidewalk either isnt well lit or because the sidewalk is too uneven for exercise. So instead of extending a walkway, construct a proper well lit, running trail. There's more than enough space. construct it properly so it doesnt crumble and shift with rain. And a running path can also be used by walkers

"*I noticed we have vagrants. It is a form of mental illness that I am concerned about,” he said*"

Vagrancy is **not** a form of mental illness. Vagrancy is an inability to afford, access or maintain regular housing. Some vagtants *may* be mentally ill, the illness possibly the cause of their vagrancy

"*getting the site into a natural habitat,"*

what that mean? some moght say what's left after dredging a harbour is "a" *natural environment*, its still ocean..

I foolishly thought theyd reclaim the waterfront view for Bahamians to enjoy. Move the buildings off the foreshore and let the entire northern side be a boardwalk **everybody** could enjoy. After all its not the absence of tourists that killed Bay St, its the absence of regular Bahamians. How could I be so foolish? The proposal appears to be to reclaim the northern side so we can make another exclusive high rise for wealthy foreigners/bahamians to enjoy another closed off sea front view. In some caribbean there's a novel concept that development doesnt happen on the shore side, its actually a sustainability measure

"*You'd push Bay Street south to create the necessary real estate to build high rise apartments*"

Why not leave bay st right where it is and push the high rise ed apts south? Once again planning for the foreigners as opposed to Bahamians

"*AI experts have said society is still **a long way from developing the kind of artificial general intelligence that is the stuff of science fiction**; today’s cutting edge chatbots largely **reproduce patterns based on training data** they’ve been fed and **do not think for themselves**.Still, the flood of hype...*" -cnn.com

It never ceases to amaze me how some Bahamians especially politicians latch onto buzz phrases as if it suddenly makes them enlightened. Everybody is now talking about how they'll use AI to do this and that and how we need to get ready for AI, another "*opportunities for young people* dead end, when at best what todays AI could be doing is reading patterns. Stuff that's been done for decades. The things Bahamians need to be concerned about are, the ability to read, do math and basic digital skills. Lacking those skills will wipe out their jobs way before any AI robot starts pumping gas or serving food.

In 20 years maybe someone will create a sentient robot, not today

I dont know we been trying to pick up garbage for decades. Whatever we're doing it's not working