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Mugging

July 21st, 2010 · No Comments · Bermuda Politics

Over at the PLP blog, they are huffing the paint thinner again:

Help Save Bermuda’s City from hundreds of years of cronyism – Say yes to Government’s Municipal reform.  Emancipation Day is almost upon us. Help Government erase the final vestiges of pre-emancipation Bermuda.

A kind reader has supplied the Municipalities Reform Act 2010 law, which … as usual … Government has not made readily available to the public.  Information is power, and they seem to want to retain both for the insiders.  Or cronies as the case may be.

I find the audit requirement of the law to be a hoot.  It’s an admission that Government has no idea what the Corporation owns or does.  They are not looking for accountability … they are looking for help at figuring out what it takes to run a city.  The C of H is already audited;  the documents are here.  Unlike Government, it’s a clean audit.

In my opinion, this is not reform, it is a mugging.  It’s not emancipation, it’s a consolidation of power.

This chaotic draft law should be shelved.  The my$teriou$ consultant report should be made public.  A proper public consultation on reform should be started.

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