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alfalfa says...

John, we have witnessed many times over, what the PLP thinks of court decisions. If they are not in their favour, they ignore them. The Government is the majority shareholder in the Bank, but the minority shareholders, could institute action against the management and Board who approved the loans in question. At very least Resolve, and the Bank should be forced to sell the assets being held as security, as well as obtain judgement for as much personal assets as possible. It is ludicrous to think that you can owe millions of dollars on property that you still own, and run a business in same, all the while laughing at the Bank, holding the loans, and the shareholders, whose investments you have destroyed. In a "civilized" actual democracy, some of these, including the Management and Board, would be facing criminal charges and incarceration. This will never happen here.

On BOB bailout doubts raised

Posted 8 May 2017, 1:10 p.m. Suggest removal

alfalfa says...

These observers are going to get a good lesson on how to run an election without an accurate voters registration list; how not to seal ballot boxes properly, and how to make them disappear for a few hours. Chaos and confusion are perfect distractions for voter fraud.

alfalfa says...

Well mudda, you are correct. The shenanigans occurred under both the FNM and PLP. No doubt about it. McWeeny was hired under the FNM and while having little commercial bank experience, came in as senior management. The majority of the bad loans relative to those with political connections, are however, PLP MP's and cronies. It has been stated in the press that Leslie Miller, Obie Wilchcombe, Pat Mortimer, are some of these offenders. Jarrett's political appointment to chairman has always been questioned, as it is rumored that he too, obtained a mortgage at BOB, which ended up delinquent.

On BOB bailout doubts raised

Posted 8 May 2017, 11:38 a.m. Suggest removal

alfalfa says...

Yes Every Bahamian matters birdie. But if the company that you are employed by, and the government of the Bahamas has been ordered by the Supreme Court of our country to close down, you are employed with the wrong company. You expect to justify the callous ignoring of the court instructions by your PLP government, with the employment of 100 workers. Get real. Your government will pay them unemployment and give them politically connected jobs. Then you will be happy.

alfalfa says...

Our courts have no meaning. The Government has the final say on everything. Vote them back in and kiss your --- goodbye.

alfalfa says...

So, if all of the political parties, and their leaders are corrupt, what do we do "well mudda, an tell it"? Will we continue on with the same PLP, or try the FNM, or DNA. Or do we call on mother England to rescue us from our "corrupt" politicians, and tell them we can't run our country; so come in and take over like in Turks and Caicos? What are the solutions? We will never have the "good" winning candidates from the FNM join hands with the "good" winning candidates of the PLP, and form a unified coalition. Should we do away with political parties altogether, and go back to the way it was prior to the UBP days. I, for one, believe that the FNM is the best option right now. They MAY prove to be corrupt, OR NOT, but the plp have proven to be corrupt.

alfalfa says...

Well mudda, I hear you saying think, think. think. So should it be an honest "dimwitted" Minnis, or a proven ineffective, and corrupt, Christie. Think, Think, Think. Then honestly say what is the best alternative.

On $4m annual bill to market Baha Mar

Posted 2 May 2017, 9:18 p.m. Suggest removal

alfalfa says...

Try opening your own boutique hotel, and see if you get these concessions. To the contrary, they make it almost impossible with their red tape, requirements, that after reading all of the s--t above, seem only to apply to Bahamian developers. I tried, but got turned around at every corner, by government. Any one able to figure out when the Government will earn any money for this deal (other than that earned by those in the negotiation circle)?

On $4m annual bill to market Baha Mar

Posted 2 May 2017, 9:57 a.m. Suggest removal

alfalfa says...

Jackass.

alfalfa says...

I don't know who the advisers to these people were, but irrespective of that, the people paid $12,000.00 to sleep in a tent. And the ministry of tourism was aware of this. Where did the tents come from? What about showers and sanitation? Wifi and tv? Who was contracted to serve hundreds of people this "gourmet" food. One thing is for certain, the Bahamas received excellent coverage for this screw up, and the lead statement to some of these reports on international news stations is "They say it's better in the Bahamas, but is it"? People who expect to make millions of dollars off of events staged in the Bahamas should be made to pay a hefty contingency deposit to the government to cover situations like this, that seem to occur more often than not. JA RULE.