Vexed Bermoothes

Government reports that the 2010 census has so far managed to collect data on less than 30% of households, saying that many residents are hesitant to answer the census questions. It’s no surprise:  this year’s Bermuda census includes a whopping list of sensitive personal questions ranging from pay levels to education to health conditions … [...]

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The Bermuda Sun points out that the three contenders to become Premier are all, to one degree or another, seeking to define themselves as the “un-Ewart”. Under his leadership, Mr. Lister declared, we will be “dusting off the welcome mat and starting over”. Ms. Cox declared: “What the country needs is someone who is going [...]

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Sorry for the paucity of postings.  Dog days of summer and all.  Plus, I’m beyond vexed; I’m sad for Bermuda. Here’s my opinion:  huge resources have been applied to “package” Dr. Brown as a successful leader … both to Bermudians but even more to his social circles in the United States.  I believe that many [...]

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The problem with the PLP’s management of Bermuda’s finances is that eventually you run out of other people’s money. I have great difficulty getting excited about Paula Cox as a potential Premier, as she has been an integral part of Bermuda’s unsustainable profligacy over the past few years.

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The list of scandals during Dr. Brown’s great destructathon is so long that it’s hard to keep up.  They even overlap so that one event is eclipsed by the next, and I fear that the damage wrought on Bermuda’s community and economy will rattle on for years. One of the early controversial events was the [...]

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Bermuda’s central Government is unlikely to make public the $800,000 report behind the unpopular municipalities law because, in my opinion, rather than discussing reform, it is all about the tactics of taking over Bermuda’s local governments. You see, it would be difficult for Government simply take them over, both from a public opinion perspective and [...]

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It’s a major element of the PLP arsenal of discontent:  back in the bad ole days if someone made off, the legend goes, the Forty Thieves would have their employer fire them or the bank would pull their mortgage. Then what the hell is ImmiMin David Burch doing having letters written to local employers, quizzing [...]

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