What a bunch of BS. The web shops are already doing non-bank transfers. Putting more lipstick on a pig. Rolle is proving to be the third most useless central bank governor. Wendy comes in second and takes the cake as being a political pawn, while James Smith is a total sell-out PLPtard. John Rolle is closing the gap on them.

If Rolle had any backbone, common sense or cajones, he would have told Crisco Butt that regularising the webshops was to the detriment of the Bahamas.

Methinks that you are not only starting to see the light, but feeling the heat as well. Ain't cognitive dissonance a b*tch? I least that I hope that it all wasn't driven out of you like some auto-immune disorder. Even birdie should have a shred of decency emerge after she is flogged.

But you may also be birdie under a different account. Who knows? Brainwashing is a terrible thing.

What folks here don't realise, is that it doesn't matter what contracts are signed, it doesn't matter who owns what -- if by an act of parliament, Baha Mar is nationalised, it reverts to the sovereign government at whatever price they choose to pay. If it is not sold, then the nationalisation process is much easier.

read it: http://www.investopedia.com/terms/n/nat… They don't even have to pay for it.

So your moral compass is that skewed? Christie is a vomit-swimming, liar. Minnis is not. Christie has lied and lied and lied to the Bahamian public. They are not the same. One is a decent human being and the other is an odious, offensive, anti-patriotic, PLP scumbag.

I was going to write something about you painting Papa with the same sh*t brush as Crisco Butt, but I have something that will intrigue you. Here is something to put into your pipe and smoke.

There have been two casino managers already identified by Baha Mar (whoever the hell that is and is running it -- because there is no sale). But let me fill you in. The two named executives have interesting connections.

If you trot over to the Nassau Guardian website, you will see the names of Pariente and Zaremba. Why has Zaremba stated on social media that he was the VP of casino at Baha Mar in november of last year? Who was paying his salary? The putative buyer hadn't been made public yet. The Fooking guys were not in the picture. The construction guys won't pay a casino VP salary? It had to be coming out of the treasury.

And the other guy -- Pariente was a Baha Mar man when Sarkis was running the joint. Then he went to work for Hard Rock (of which the Nassau version was forcibly repossessed by Pere (Haitian for Dad) Marvin, the father of the ex Minister of Financial Services.) Like about a half a degree of separation between the government and what is going on now.

All of this leads me to believe that their is a hemorrhage of tax payer money out of the Treasury, and the Fooking thing is one huge election ploy and Potemkin village. Glad to see Sarkis using the term, as I was the first to call it this.

Actually, if there was no sale, the property could be nationalised by act of Parliament and handed to Sarkis or anyone.

This could be an opening gambit to get the big money behind the FNM. It is a brilliant strategic move on Minnis' part.

If you think that Bran will step aside, I want some of the stuff that you are smoking. This is the man who lied and said that he was elected as leader by vote. The facts of the matter, is that he is self-anointed and then made the acolytes say that he was then democratically elected leader of the DNA.

As an additional observation, in the Westminster System of Government, there exists a precedent that if the leader of the party is not elected, but fellow party members are, then usually one of the elected gives up his seat to the leader. That is what Bran Flakes will ask for if your big bro wins.

I know that I am smoking something here, but my dream situation is that the FNM wins the election and the DNA is the official opposition. Wouldn't that be nice for the Bahamas?

I bet that you are right about the Bahamian treasury paying for all of this.

Watch the layoffs come if the FNM wins or September rolls around, whichever comes first.

Here is something. Create an economic zone outside of the Port Authority. Only beat the Port Authority at their own game. When an investor walks into the Port Authority, the first thing that they see is fresh meat. It costs money to put in an application. There are fees at every turn. The Port Authority cuts steaks off their racehorses. So you compete with them, and make them irrelevant.

What you do, is follow the pattern of Cayman Enterprise City. You find a large empty building (the one that Obie W. went bankrupt in will do if it is not within the limits of the Port Authority). You cut it into offices. Put in phones, faxes and hire a few staff. One of them is a receptionist. Another is a business development officer. And then you invite knowledge economy entrepreneurs only to open up business in the economic zone. They get maximum services for minimal amounts. They get tax benefits. They get to bring in their cars, and household goods duty free. They get an American dollar bank account. They get business licences for a payment of less than $200. They get work permits for free. The businesses get to import stuff tax free. They get approvals within 10 business days. After setting up, they are encouraged to hire Bahamians, but not mandated to. You want tech startups, you want pharmaceutical companies, you want knowledge aggregators, you want business agents, you want research companies -- both in hard science and social research. You want accountancies. You want any sort of business that requires a tertiary education to operate.

The first thing that you know, is that they will start to employ Bahamians -- first at the entry level jobs, but sooner or later, they will attract Bahamian talent. The seeds of knowledge industries sprout quickly. Look at Jamaica. They are taking business away from India in web design and that all happened because they built a knowledge (ICT) industry in 10 years.

Grand Bahama would be the perfect place to start. And the added benefit, is that it would put the port authority out of business or cause it to change and adapt to actually do some good for Grand Bahama.