You would be shocked to know how many among the well-connected political elite in our country, including both past and present elected and other senior government officials, have a silent partner interest in one or more of the unhealthy fast food establishments that now dominate the Bahamian diet.

Giving 5 or 10% of the profits to 'the right senior goverment or politically connected person' is how the owners of these most unhealthy fast food establishments go about obtaining all of the government permits they need in order to sprout up wherever they want whenever they want, including in many areas that should have remained zoned for residential development only.

I guess this arse Darville wants us to think he doesn't know about all of the messaging that has been sent to Bahamians by public health officials since March 2020. Very deliberate messaging like the following that has kept sick Bahamians away from the hospitals and clinics:

* Be warned, the hospitals and clinics are chockablock full of highly contagious COVID-19 patients with no available beds for new patients, i.e. there's simply no room at the inn so just stay away because we will mostly likely have to turn you away any way.

* The hospitals and clinics have serious shortages of ventilators, oxygen, PPE and properly trained and skilled doctors and nursing staff, so don't expect to get the medical attention you need in a hospital or clinic.

* The hospitals and clinics are without the essential drugs to treat people sick with COVID-19 because the government, in particular senior public health officials, have failed to procure them (see Darville's own words in the 2nd paragraph of the above news story).

With all of that kind messaging of a scaremongering nature, it's no small wonder most Bahamians are not bothering to seek medical attention at a hospital or clinic on a timely basis when warranted by their ill-health. Truth be told, decades of rampant government corruption and mismanagement of our public health system have made it dysfunctional at best, and a killing machine at worst.

And the past and present wannabe politician doctors like Gomez, Minnis, Sands, Darville and others like the past and present incompetent chief medical doctors, directors of public health, directors of nursing, permanent secretaries, etc. have all done their part to literally destroy our public health system, not to mention the entire system having long ago been overwhelmed by the ever increasing number of illegal Haitian nationals in our country.

We didn't expect you to recognize his theatrical tear or two for what they truly are, i.e. crocodile tears.

You really should stick to cooking his stew fish. LOL

And of course you think being a great disliker (possibly hater) of the PLP, Mitchell, Davis, etc. will somehow help fix our broken democracy. You might be right, but I can assure you the political elite within the PLP and FNM are just different sides of the same coin when it comes to their gross incompetence and corruption in governing. Voter stupidity is why all of the pinging and ponging between the FNM party and the PLP party has worked so well for the political elite in both parties over the past 25 years. Minnis came along and wanted to transform us into a police state with himself self-annointed as dictator. But thankfully that was discarded as a logical fix to the problems facing our democracy.

We all came to learn the hard way that the outrageous rules and protocols that he so vindictively inflicted on us as Supreme Ruler never really applied to him.

Right you are. Sore loser Ingraham back then just picked up all of his marbles and went home whining with his little tail dangling between his legs. Yup, Ingraham created the vacuum that allowed monster Minnis to take full control of the FNM party.

Minnis is the focal point of the article, but obviously you're free to talk about all of the "class and order" that you believe the FNM party represents under Culmer and the current members of its executive board and its council.

Bingo!

> “At the end of November, the Free National Movement will hold a one-day convention to elect the leader of the party. I will not nominate for the leadership nor will I allow my name to be placed in nomination. I wish those who will contest for the leadership the very best,” his statement on Friday noted.

Given Minnis's insatiable thirst for power and penchant for tyranny, many of us would be much more comforted had he instead said:

***"I shall never again** seek to be nominated or allow my name to be placed in nomination for the leadership of the FNM."*

To say Minnis has "a measure of class and order" really takes the cake. Only someone with a very short memory could say that.