Vexed Bermoothes

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 decisions and expenditures have little to do with Bermuda’s prosperity, and everything to do with the Premier’s personal ambitions.

Successful?  Look at the facts:

• Our community is more divided- and ANGRY – than in decades.  In so many of his actions and appointments, one has to ask “is the Premier so out of touch with Bermuda, or did he intend to be divisive?”
  
• Our economy is a mess.  Our reputation is tattered.
  
• Government expenditures are a mess.  The swollen civil service is adrift.
• The public education system remains a blight on the lives of many young people.
  
• We have in a few short years acquired a crippling national debt – with little to show for it.
  
• So far in 2010 in Bermuda, seven people have been murdered and at least 19 people wounded.  Wow.
  

No spin can override these facts.  In my opinion, Dr. Brown is a failed leader whose tenure has been a disaster for Bermuda.

In my view, under Dr. Brown’s leadership, both the PLP and Bermuda have been badly damaged.  Our collective future has been threatened.

So, I hope the Doc’s next trough is deep and far far away.  Now, it’s time to clean house.