It would be so good if one of the mega-rich gambling oligarchs was not given the contract to organize this, however one lesson learnt from the corruption smeared Christie plp government is that money given to the right people can buy you future wealth.

If your paycheck is controlled by the circus master, and you are offered the position of vice- putty ringmaster rather than clown-car-clown then you gonna take the opportunity. With very few exceptions people's decisions are based on power and money.

Much of what happens in the political arena occurs unreported behind closed doors. Suffice to say that it may be interesting to see if Robert is granted the government contract, that he has tried to get for so long, under the next administration. sigh.

Please note that no suggestion of a 3 member HOA was made. As for the senate, it is a powerless toothless tiger, and a complete waste of our taxpayers money. The House of Lords in the UK is a ridiculous anachronism. There is talk of major adjustments to the way members are selected.

The political system in the country is based on the UK'ssystem of parliamentary democracy. The typical size of an MPs constituency is around 38,000 voters. If the Bahamas had a similar ratio of MPs to voters, then there would be 3 members only in The House of Assembly. Like most all government entities the HOA is grossly overstaffed.

An unrealistic goal, every new constituency costs the tax payers hundreds of thousands of dollars. Why not give Guana Cay it's own MP, and Green Teurtle, Man'o'war, etc., etc.?

Well, rosiepit, the figures that you cite just do not seem correct to my cursory reading. Perhaps they are based on data suppled by Bahamas government entities which is just about as good and trustworthy as it should be....

IMO, for whatever it may be worth, Mexico is as much at risk of a USA intervention as is Cuba. Both countries have a history of this happening but Mexico has the obvious distinction of being a real gateway country for the influx of fentanyl , Cuba less so. Anyway, let all Bahamians pray to the Almighty that FM Fred sits quiet and says nothing more provocative than he has already done. Surely none of us want to see Ms. Anne-Marie shackled in leg irons appearing in a NY court next to her husband.

It should be understood that the plp administration has government employees who choose who will be awarded the various honours; the list of names is sent the relevant department in the British government and the honors are then given out. Does the king actually see the list of names sent in by the 56 countries that do so? I doubt it,

Lesser known old time Bahamian sating; "Free tings kill Nassau people."