There is already a private cruise port in Eleuthera...hasn’t done squat for the economy...why would anybody with a brain think another one would accomplish what the first one hasn’t?
False equivalency.....I’m not a big fan of them but the Chinese investments are not only government sanctioned and in partnership with government in some cases but far surpass anything Disney is proposing...plus the Chinese investments do employ hundreds upon hundreds of Bahamians. Disney at best will employ a few Bahamians in basic construction jobs for a few months and a few others in menial toilet-cleaning jobs while at the same time closing off more beaches to Bahamians and destroying one of the most beautiful natural wonders of the Bahamas. No comparison at all.
Anybody else notice on the Disney map how Bahamians lose ALL access to the whole of the point and lose all access to the best part of the beaches? As far as Castaway Cay...how many Bahamians are employed full time there and in what kind of jobs??? And if these cruise-ports are so great for the Bahamas can any Bahamian actually show all the great economic improvements that have happened in the Berry Islands or Castaway Cay or at Princess Cay in Eleuthera since these cruise lines built them 10, 20 and 30 years ago? Go on...We are waiting.
Nice try at diverting the question and why are you so focused on One Eleuthera and Shaun Ingraham? You keep bringing him up seems like you have a personal issue with him, a bit of Black crab syndrome maybe? One Eleuthera didn’t exist back when Princess Cay was developed..now how about answering my question...what happened to all the fantastic game changing economic improvements by the development of Princess Cay.
Ashley14 and all of you who are for this Disney project and who keep saying it “will be a game changer” and the Eleuthera “ economy will explode” and that “ it could rejuvenate the Eleuthera economy for decades” please explain to the rest of us, if that is really what will happen why is it then that the already existing Princess Cay cruise ship port just down the road a couple of miles, that has been there for years, hasn’t already done all those wonderful things that you claim will happen because of Disney? Princess Cays hasn’t done anything beyond providing a few menial jobs cleaning toilets etc. to a very small number of locals. The economy didn’t take off. By what magical and mystical thinking do you actually think that anything diffrent will happen with Disney? Open your eyes, Disney will rape the land, make millions off of it and throw 20 menial jobs to a few locals and that’s it. Period. Same exact formula Princess used down the road and same all the other cruise lines, Disney included, used at their other private spots in the Bahamas.
OldFort2012......you talk about jobs for Bahamians....well to see how beneficial these cruiseports are for Bahamians just look a couple of miles down the road to the Princess Cay cruise port that has been operating for many years. It has not been of any major benefit to the locals beyond a few menial step-and-fetchit jobs. The local settlements are just as poor as they were before it was built. These cruise lines and their private islands and ports do nothing for the locals. The examples are scattered all over the country.
becks says...
There is already a private cruise port in Eleuthera...hasn’t done squat for the economy...why would anybody with a brain think another one would accomplish what the first one hasn’t?
On Disney urged not to kill Eleuthera 'golden goose'
Posted 25 September 2018, 7:51 p.m. Suggest removal
becks says...
False equivalency.....I’m not a big fan of them but the Chinese investments are not only government sanctioned and in partnership with government in some cases but far surpass anything Disney is proposing...plus the Chinese investments do employ hundreds upon hundreds of Bahamians. Disney at best will employ a few Bahamians in basic construction jobs for a few months and a few others in menial toilet-cleaning jobs while at the same time closing off more beaches to Bahamians and destroying one of the most beautiful natural wonders of the Bahamas. No comparison at all.
On INSIGHT: Disney’s plan ‘no cause for alarm’
Posted 25 September 2018, 9:49 a.m. Suggest removal
becks says...
Anybody else notice on the Disney map how Bahamians lose ALL access to the whole of the point and lose all access to the best part of the beaches? As far as Castaway Cay...how many Bahamians are employed full time there and in what kind of jobs??? And if these cruise-ports are so great for the Bahamas can any Bahamian actually show all the great economic improvements that have happened in the Berry Islands or Castaway Cay or at Princess Cay in Eleuthera since these cruise lines built them 10, 20 and 30 years ago? Go on...We are waiting.
On INSIGHT: Disney’s plan ‘no cause for alarm’
Posted 24 September 2018, 2:11 p.m. Suggest removal
becks says...
Ere it is from the Americans themselves...https://www.bloomberg.com/…
On Eleuthera families: We want Disney
Posted 24 September 2018, 9:32 a.m. Suggest removal
becks says...
Disney deals with it by not hiring them but instead bringing in their own employees from outside of the country.
On Eleuthera families: We want Disney
Posted 23 September 2018, 8:49 p.m. Suggest removal
becks says...
Nice try at diverting the question and why are you so focused on One Eleuthera and Shaun Ingraham? You keep bringing him up seems like you have a personal issue with him, a bit of Black crab syndrome maybe? One Eleuthera didn’t exist back when Princess Cay was developed..now how about answering my question...what happened to all the fantastic game changing economic improvements by the development of Princess Cay.
On Eleuthera families: We want Disney
Posted 22 September 2018, 7:37 p.m. Suggest removal
becks says...
Ashley14 and all of you who are for this Disney project and who keep saying it “will be a game changer” and the Eleuthera “ economy will explode” and that “ it could rejuvenate the Eleuthera economy for decades” please explain to the rest of us, if that is really what will happen why is it then that the already existing Princess Cay cruise ship port just down the road a couple of miles, that has been there for years, hasn’t already done all those wonderful things that you claim will happen because of Disney? Princess Cays hasn’t done anything beyond providing a few menial jobs cleaning toilets etc. to a very small number of locals. The economy didn’t take off. By what magical and mystical thinking do you actually think that anything diffrent will happen with Disney? Open your eyes, Disney will rape the land, make millions off of it and throw 20 menial jobs to a few locals and that’s it. Period. Same exact formula Princess used down the road and same all the other cruise lines, Disney included, used at their other private spots in the Bahamas.
On Eleuthera families: We want Disney
Posted 22 September 2018, 2:52 p.m. Suggest removal
becks says...
OldFort2012......you talk about jobs for Bahamians....well to see how beneficial these cruiseports are for Bahamians just look a couple of miles down the road to the Princess Cay cruise port that has been operating for many years. It has not been of any major benefit to the locals beyond a few menial step-and-fetchit jobs. The local settlements are just as poor as they were before it was built. These cruise lines and their private islands and ports do nothing for the locals. The examples are scattered all over the country.
On INSIGHT: We come here for the real thing, not a plastic, vomitous Disney recreation
Posted 4 September 2018, 1:53 p.m. Suggest removal
becks says...
Gasoline vapors and a bilge pump go boom. Happens all the time.
On Boat fire: Six injured at PMH, four transported to Florida
Posted 2 July 2018, 12:54 p.m. Suggest removal
becks says...
Observer2 is not only having a bad day but he is unclear and a bit misinformed on both Canadian tax law and Bahamian permanent residency.
On Tax change threat to Out Islands' 'survival'
Posted 22 June 2018, 1:49 p.m. Suggest removal