Tal, as usual your desire to always be at odds with the Tribune (to which you seem to like to be it's biggest contributor) is clouding your judgement. The Numbers business could have been contained probably years ago, when they were really underground business that operated out of various businesses and only a handful of regulars knew what really went on in these establishments. Today however, we have a number shop in practically every neighborhood, with big bright lights and slogans like "Everybody wins" and "Get more with Asue draw". To make this situation even harder to deal with, our laws conceived in an era when our leaders were closed minded and control was the order of the day; have not kept up with the times. Gambling in the number houses will be hard to stop, even if the government closes one shop the business will only go back to the days when they hid in the shadows of legitmate businesses and corruption was the order of the day.

@Arob, What does a constitutional lawyer have to do with the Rules of the HOA. Mr. Smith's contribution should be considered non-partisan as he is a PLP. Wow, once someone does not agree with you point of view they are so easly dismissed.

Even Steve McKinney on his show "Hardcopy" had a show on this and concluded that the Rules of the HOA indicated that the Former Prime Minister should have been the first agenda item for that day.

You know, it is amazing if you attempt to question this government or their followers on any issues expect to be lambasted and insulted to the fullest degree of the law. Ask them about the economy and and why it is taking them so long to get rid of the foreigners and they talk about Hubert Ingraham and the "Red Shirts" locking them into a contract that they can't break. Ask them about the crime stats and the missing figures for July and they talk about Hubert Ingraham and the "Red Shirts" keeping a short leash on the COP. Ask them about their plans for the next five years and they shout and scream that Hubert Ingraham and the "Red Shirts" did not have a plan. Ask them about the babies that died in the Hospital during July and they get offensive and say that the problem been around since Hubert Ingraham and the "Red Shirts" were in office. Ask them about their mortgage plan and when they will be reintroducing it to the public and they will tell you that Hubert Ingraham and the "Red Shirts" conspiring with Moody's to prevent mortgage releif.
It seems that this government is content to coast through the next five years doing nothing and getting mad with us for asking them to do more than just drive their Minister and Senator cars all over town. They need to focus on governing and stop blaming the FNM for everthing that goes wrong.

@mynameis. Just remember, the enemy of my enemy is my friend.

Tal, haven't had an opportunity to speak with you yet. So let me get this straight, you vote for constitutional changes in the house, get outside the house can't understand what you voted for, go to church and someone says to you that they weren't consulted, so you go and tell John Q. Public to vote "No", because the government didn't consult you. WOW.

When the Minister says that murder is down 24%, he has to only be refering to the month, cause if he used the whole year the picture would not be that much prettier.