Vexed Bermoothes

The PLP insiders often complain about the swirl of innuendo and distrust directed towards them by a broad cross section of the community.

But it’s little wonder this happens when so often their opaque actions breed a lack of trust.  Example at hand:

The proposed hotel development at Southlands was shoved down the community’s throat with a rushed SDO, that was only retracted in the face of strong local protest.  Then, a sweet land swap was arranged with the developers to give them a large tract at Morgan’s Point instead.  At the time, the Premier announced that Government intended to protect Southlands as a park.  In good faith, the move to protect Warwick’s open space received much local support.

But since then, nothing.

In fact, to the contrary, environmental groups are now complaining that a significant piece of Southlands will be zoned R1 – for intensive development – in the new Draft Bermuda Plan 2008, and little information about the Morgan’s Point land swap has been made public.

Inconsistent actions like this tell the community that we cannot trust the words of our leaders.