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.
Having worked with the cruise ships and having an exclusive contract with one of the cruise lines for over 16 years I can honestly say they actually bring no tangible benefits to the country compared to the negatives. If I could repeat history I would have nothing to do with the cruise ships. As far as the cruise-line private islands...terrible idea for the country, they operate as their own country within the Bahamas.
My2centz..we get it...slaughterhouses are bad too. You’ve made your point. And you are correct..we don't really know how bad it is at various slaughterhouses except when we see videos filmed undercover. Got it. But we aren’t having a general discussion about slaughterhouses here. We are talking about one specific event that happened 2 days ago in our neighbourhood.
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
becks says...
You’re very wrong Chucky, nowhere even close to a 40% margin, especially since VAT came into effect.
On Contractors seek VAT 'waiver', six month transition
Posted 8 June 2018, 10:34 a.m. Suggest removal
becks says...
Renward Wells is the biggest danger to sustainable fisheries in the Bahamas. He should be removed from this portfolio forthwith.
On PM, officials at odds over fishing ‘debacle’
Posted 28 April 2018, 2:26 p.m. Suggest removal
becks says...
Talk,talk,talk...blah blah blah blah!
On Eleuthera developer mulls subsidiary's IPO
Posted 28 April 2018, 2:21 p.m. Suggest removal
becks says...
Having worked with the cruise ships and having an exclusive contract with one of the cruise lines for over 16 years I can honestly say they actually bring no tangible benefits to the country compared to the negatives. If I could repeat history I would have nothing to do with the cruise ships. As far as the cruise-line private islands...terrible idea for the country, they operate as their own country within the Bahamas.
On Minister’s ‘close eye’ on cruise line islands
Posted 20 March 2018, 9:03 a.m. Suggest removal
becks says...
My2centz..we get it...slaughterhouses are bad too. You’ve made your point. And you are correct..we don't really know how bad it is at various slaughterhouses except when we see videos filmed undercover. Got it. But we aren’t having a general discussion about slaughterhouses here. We are talking about one specific event that happened 2 days ago in our neighbourhood.
On Hunt for turtle’s hammer killer
Posted 8 March 2018, 2:24 p.m. Suggest removal