Tal...... Leslie goin to turn off your lights!!

Hell no!! Don't open this Minnis " can of worms" because another can marked "Leslie Miller" sitting right next to it!!!!!

Give Gomez these names too!!

Give Gomez the names!!

Having previous suggested that government should sue PLP members of government, isn't he simply brown-nosing to re-gain some of his lost "PLP credibility"??

LBT should welcome this attack on her integrity, and has responded in the best possible manner...sue Gomez to clear her name and then, if there are, NO skeletons in her closet, she would emerge as the ONLY squeaky clean candidate vying for Leadership of the FNM.

If Hubert "Minimus" follows the same route, and he too is seen to be above reproach, then the Bahamian voters know exactly where they stand, and the FNM can make corruption, as well as gross incompetence, the two pronged focus of their election campaign!!!

The only way the Bahamian economy can grow at a rate sufficient to meet the needs of the Bahamian people is to encourage and nurture overseas investors who are interested in investing THEIR capital in OUR economy.

We do not "reward the pockets of these investors with huge amounts of taxpayer money", in fact the reverse is true. Projects like Baha Mar provide an income stream for the Bahamas government via hotel and casino taxes, taxes on airline tickets, income from work permit fees, import duty on goods and materials imported by the hotels, etc. The wages and salaries paid by the hotels also, to a large extent flow into the local economy. Once Baha Mar is open and fully operational it projected to represent 12% of the Bahamian economy.

Although the early days of the Pindling administration were their best days, they went downhill from the early 70's, and by the 80's, had tarnished our National image with the "A Nation for Sale" scandals!! So, in answer to your question, I, and most other thinking Bahamians would most definitely NOT want to go back to the days of the Pindling administration.

In fact most Bahamians would like to see this, corruption riddled, out of date, last remaining scrap of the Post Independence PLP government, voted out of office, for the third time, never to return!!!

It could be much simpler than that. If Justice Winder decides that the case made by Corbett QC and Glinton QC showed that the government did, indeed, present "a slap dash case", and if he throws their case out because it was procedurally flawed, then no need to wait until Sept 4th, just call everyone back and make his decision known.

The only question then is, who gets blamed for presenting an ill-conceived, " slap dash" case, and we can probably guess who that would be.

Perhaps Justice Winder already knows that the arguments presented by Baha Mar's two Qcs are valid and would, in all probability, hold up during the Appeals process, so what point is there in him ruling in favor of government? All that would do is waste time and money for Baha Mar and The Bahamas government and would, in no way, provide a solution to the on-going debacle.

So if Justice Winder rules the way he knows he should, his ruling gives government an easy way out. Next they look for a scapegoat...hmm who was it that was responsible for the "shaky" winding up petition. Oh yess!! The AG. Perfect........ Bye bye Allison!! sic ...Gomez on her sorry backside!

"My Fellow Bahamians, our plan to tief Baha Mar did not work, because the AG screwed up the paperwork! Anyway, never mind, now we are going to do as Obie suggests, make-up with Sarkis, and get the show back on the road again!! ..Yeah!!!... Once again your PLP government saves the day!! .... Eight thousand jobs for Bahamians! ...all thanks to your PM!! ...So don't forget, Baha Mar Nation, vote for us, the job creators.!!!... By the way did I tell you we callin an early election?....Yeah, we have to, before any more "stuff" comes out in Delaware!!"

Quick! Someone call Winder and tell him he can "unwind", 'cause we have already made his mind up!

Tal, there is nothing more important than Baha Mar at this particular time in our country's history. The Bahamas is at a pivotal point; government needs to get out of the way, let Baha Mar and CCA sort out their differences.. or not, co-operate re the provisions of the Chapter 11 filing in Delaware and then hope, against hope, that Baha Mar can somehow, with
the goodwill and support of the participating hotels, Baha Mar staff, AND the Bahamas government get their project back on stream.

If not, Baha Ma will be forced to lay off their staff and the project will be "mothballed" for the next several years while the various lawsuits are fought, appealed, fought again, appealed again, ad nauseum.

The ill-advised legal action currently underway in the Bahamas Supreme Court, has, unfortunately, created a situation where everyone loses!!!!