Seems like Baha Mar (and companies) have been professional all the way. Its PGC and the Chinese that are getting dirty under the sheets. When will we see all the service contracts for swimming pools, and preferential retail locations? Will we ever see the "full picture?" I cannot recall the Bahamas being shamed so badly. Very disheartening.
As long as there are 3 parties. PLP will remain in power. Simple fact. If I was PC, I would be contributing (modestly) to Brans campaign. On the other hand, If DNA could get Loretta and a handful of FNM and a couple of PLP's well then we got something.
Had DNA votes been tabulated in the FNM column (2012 election results available online) the results would have been 24-14 fnm-plp Bran is a spoiler, the 2 need to join ranks again or the FNM needs to fold under Brans wing. Unless your allegiance is with the PLP, then all is fine and dandy. I pray that Perry gets this right. I will praise him if he does, but heaven help us all if he gets this wrong.
2 weeks for a written ruling? 2 years of appeals? cable beach will be a ghost town, all while the US (biggest tourist market) is thriving and spending again. What a "banana republic." Cuba is far more compelling today than it was yesterday.
In 1992, Bacon created The Moore Charitable Foundation (MCF) to provide financial support to nonprofit organizations that work to preserve and protect wildlife habitat and improve water systems.[10] Bacon has donated more than one million dollars to the environmental non-profit organization Riverkeeper.[11][12]
In June 2012, United States Secretary of Interior Ken Salazar and United States Fish and Wildlife Service Director Daniel M. Ashe announced Bacon intends to donate a conservation easement totaling approximately 90,000 acres in the Sangre de Cristo Mountains bordering the San Luis Valley in Colorado. This easement will provide the foundation for the proposed new Sangre de Cristo Conservation Area.[13]
Bacon owns the Trinchera Blanca Ranch located in the San Luis Valley. The Trinchera section of the ranch is currently protected by an easement administered by Colorado Open Lands. The new conservation easement Bacon intends to donate is to protect Blanca – thus protecting all 172,000 acres of land.[14]
In addition to his work in Colorado, Bacon has helped preserve and protect environmentally sensitive land in New York, North Carolina, and the Bahamas. His key conservation projects include:
Robins Island, Long Island, NY: After purchasing the "Jewel of the Peconic" in 1993, Bacon secured the permanent protection of the land through a conservation easement and set about restoring a natural habitat that had been deteriorating for 300 years.[15]
Cow Neck Farm, Long Island, NY: Bacon’s Cow Neck Preserve, LLC purchased the farm in 1998 and donated a 540-acre conservation easement to the Peconic Land Trust, thus preventing development and ensuring the protection of the area’s habitat.[16][17]
He is the 2013 recipient of the Audubon Medal, given in recognition of outstanding achievement in the field of conservation and environmental protection.[18]
Miller doesn't like this plan because he knows that Florida Power and Light aren't going to extend him the credit he is used to. (not paying his bills)
Over the edge refers to "the wall" or underwater cliff. Tongue of the Ocean is the second deepest ocean on the planet. If you ever get the chance to scuba dive "the wall" its an experience you will never forget. The Bahamas is pretty flat above sea level, but under the sea level she is a mountain.
The main hurdle towards privatization, as it has been explained to me, is the governments insistence that the company be divided into Power Generation and Power Distribution, with Distribution rights being held back for the Government to run. And WHY do they want this you ask? Because there is an entire underworld economy when it comes to electricity, in the form of cash payments for illegal connections and no payments for cronies. (not to mention missing fuel) It is very lucrative for those in control of distribution right now. I cannot imagine any private company willing to take such a deal. my2cents
marrcus says...
Seems like Baha Mar (and companies) have been professional all the way. Its PGC and the Chinese that are getting dirty under the sheets. When will we see all the service contracts for swimming pools, and preferential retail locations? Will we ever see the "full picture?" I cannot recall the Bahamas being shamed so badly. Very disheartening.
On Baha Mar plan aims to remove Chinese firm
Posted 28 August 2015, 3:17 p.m. Suggest removal
marrcus says...
As long as there are 3 parties. PLP will remain in power. Simple fact. If I was PC, I would be contributing (modestly) to Brans campaign. On the other hand, If DNA could get Loretta and a handful of FNM and a couple of PLP's well then we got something.
On Chapter 11 bid refused: Baha Mar application denied, Govt ‘vindicated’ by ruling
Posted 23 July 2015, 12:54 p.m. Suggest removal
marrcus says...
1 out of 3 workers in this pay range will lose their jobs.
Used to be ya got 3 for $450, now ya get 2 for $420.
I agree with the incremental approach.
On Chapter 11 bid refused: Baha Mar application denied, Govt ‘vindicated’ by ruling
Posted 22 July 2015, 7:41 p.m. Suggest removal
marrcus says...
Had DNA votes been tabulated in the FNM column (2012 election results available online) the results would have been 24-14 fnm-plp
Bran is a spoiler, the 2 need to join ranks again or the FNM needs to fold under Brans wing. Unless your allegiance is with the PLP, then all is fine and dandy. I pray that Perry gets this right. I will praise him if he does, but heaven help us all if he gets this wrong.
On Chapter 11 bid refused: Baha Mar application denied, Govt ‘vindicated’ by ruling
Posted 22 July 2015, 1:11 p.m. Suggest removal
marrcus says...
2 weeks for a written ruling?
2 years of appeals?
cable beach will be a ghost town, all while the US (biggest tourist market) is thriving and spending again. What a "banana republic." Cuba is far more compelling today than it was yesterday.
On Chapter 11 bid refused: Baha Mar application denied, Govt ‘vindicated’ by ruling
Posted 22 July 2015, 12:27 p.m. Suggest removal
marrcus says...
Philanthropy
In 1992, Bacon created The Moore Charitable Foundation (MCF) to provide financial support to nonprofit organizations that work to preserve and protect wildlife habitat and improve water systems.[10] Bacon has donated more than one million dollars to the environmental non-profit organization Riverkeeper.[11][12]
In June 2012, United States Secretary of Interior Ken Salazar and United States Fish and Wildlife Service Director Daniel M. Ashe announced Bacon intends to donate a conservation easement totaling approximately 90,000 acres in the Sangre de Cristo Mountains bordering the San Luis Valley in Colorado. This easement will provide the foundation for the proposed new Sangre de Cristo Conservation Area.[13]
Bacon owns the Trinchera Blanca Ranch located in the San Luis Valley. The Trinchera section of the ranch is currently protected by an easement administered by Colorado Open Lands. The new conservation easement Bacon intends to donate is to protect Blanca – thus protecting all 172,000 acres of land.[14]
In addition to his work in Colorado, Bacon has helped preserve and protect environmentally sensitive land in New York, North Carolina, and the Bahamas. His key conservation projects include:
Robins Island, Long Island, NY: After purchasing the "Jewel of the Peconic" in 1993, Bacon secured the permanent protection of the land through a conservation easement and set about restoring a natural habitat that had been deteriorating for 300 years.[15]
Cow Neck Farm, Long Island, NY: Bacon’s Cow Neck Preserve, LLC purchased the farm in 1998 and donated a 540-acre conservation easement to the Peconic Land Trust, thus preventing development and ensuring the protection of the area’s habitat.[16][17]
He is the 2013 recipient of the Audubon Medal, given in recognition of outstanding achievement in the field of conservation and environmental protection.[18]
On Bacon offered $15m for Clifton ‘solution’
Posted 9 June 2015, 7:56 p.m. Suggest removal
marrcus says...
Miller doesn't like this plan because he knows that Florida Power and Light aren't going to extend him the credit he is used to. (not paying his bills)
On Miller says DNA $1bn energy plan is ‘inept’
Posted 13 April 2015, 3:35 p.m. Suggest removal
marrcus says...
$120,000 thats a joke............ will be over a million when they are done.
On $120,000 to repair BAMSI
Posted 20 January 2015, 2:24 p.m. Suggest removal
marrcus says...
Over the edge refers to "the wall" or underwater cliff.
Tongue of the Ocean is the second deepest ocean on the planet.
If you ever get the chance to scuba dive "the wall" its an experience you will never forget. The Bahamas is pretty flat above sea level, but under the sea level she is a mountain.
On One man dies as plane ditches into sea
Posted 3 December 2014, 1:19 p.m. Suggest removal
marrcus says...
The main hurdle towards privatization, as it has been explained to me, is the governments insistence that the company be divided into Power Generation and Power Distribution, with Distribution rights being held back for the Government to run. And WHY do they want this you ask? Because there is an entire underworld economy when it comes to electricity, in the form of cash payments for illegal connections and no payments for cronies. (not to mention missing fuel) It is very lucrative for those in control of distribution right now. I cannot imagine any private company willing to take such a deal. my2cents
On YOUNG MAN'S VIEW: Now's the time for BEC to embrace privatisation
Posted 2 December 2014, 9:06 a.m. Suggest removal