Former Premier Alex Scott has spoken out in today’s Royal Unmentionable against Ewart Brown’s proposed move to allow gambling on cruise ships while in port. He said if the legislation reaches the House of Assembly he would abstain from voting. If you disagree with something on moral grounds you should vote against it. What’s more [...]
Entries from September 16th, 2008
The Cost of Power
September 15th, 2008 · Comments Off · Development
No, this isn’t another item about the PLP. Belco has issued a solicitation for companies interested in developing renewable energy generation facilities in Bermuda that will generate power for sale to Belco over the long term, with options ranging from biomass to solar, and wave to wind. At the same time, the Greenrock group is [...]
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Not Getting It
September 13th, 2008 · Comments Off · Bermuda Politics, Development
I don’t get it: With the disastrous terms limits policy, the PLP says there’s not enough room and forces out hundreds of expat workers who are active contributors to our economy and community thus rocking the sector that provides upward professional mobility for Bermudians and generates the most tax income for Bermuda. With its rapid [...]
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Club Med Act – Cheap Sales Tactics
September 12th, 2008 · Comments Off · Development
A Toyota is a Toyota, no matter where no buy it. The base cost is the same. That’s why when you enter a car sales lot in the US, the last thing the salesman wants to talk about is the price of that Toyota. He will take you for a test drive so you can [...]
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Club Med Act – Focus on What’s Important
September 11th, 2008 · Comments Off · Development, Tourism
As I commented earlier, the Government is putting the cart before the horse on the Club Med redevelopment by asking to Bermuda to debate what were are giving away without knowing what we will get for it. It is irresponsible to conduct the debate without clarity on the economic benefits to Bermuda derived from the [...]
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Term Limits
September 11th, 2008 · Comments Off · Bermuda Politics
So, the Bermuda Chamber of Commerce has floated a trial balloon that the PLP Government might be willing to re-consider their disastrous term limits policy. Great, let’s do it. What are we waiting for? And why didn’t the Lt Colonel join him in making this wonderful claim? But make no mistake, the damage has already [...]
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Right of Reply
September 10th, 2008 · Comments Off · Media
The PLP complains that the Royal Gazette does not give their officials equal coverage whenever someone else makes a statement or criticises the performance of the PLP or Government. I have two comments: 1. It seems that the PLP and Government leaders refuse to speak with the Royal Gazette except in the form of canned [...]
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Club Med Act – Putting the Cart Before the Horse
September 8th, 2008 · Comments Off · Development
FreshieBlog points out that Parliament will reconvene this Friday to debate a special bill to permit the conversion of the Club Med property and St George’s public golf club into a new real estate development. There are a lot of unanswered questions about this deal, which will turn public-owned land into a private development for [...]
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By Example
September 8th, 2008 · Comments Off · Bermuda Politics
Our government is the potent, the omnipresent teacher. For good or for ill, it teaches the whole of the people by its example. If the government becomes a lawbreaker, it breeds contempt for the law and invites every man to become a law unto itself. – US Supreme Court Justice Louis Brandeis
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Editorial Independence
September 4th, 2008 · Comments Off · Media
I am not entirely opposed to the creation of a new daily newspaper in Bermuda. Diversity and competition are healthy, and Bermuda has sustained a great variety of newspapers over the years (including the Brown’s own prior effort, The Bermuda Times). There may be an economic shakeout as Bermuda will now have 2 dailies, a [...]
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