by Ian Mabon

January 31st 2008.

The Tribune
Nassau, Bahamas

Attention: The Editor

Dear Editor,

I can’t speak for the rest of the country, but personally I’m thoroughly fed up with the unending vitriolic exchange between the government and opposition. To add insult to injury, the main focus of The Tribune’s editorial and Mondays column these days seems to be purely on scorching Mr. Christie and his followers.

I’m not excusing or exonerating the PLP or the Christie government of their poor governance and their many political debacles of the last five years, however the present government has done very little during their first nine months in office other than to pontificate on and gloat over the already well documented failures of their predecessors.

The Tribune possesses formidable literary talent and it is a shame to see it wasted on chastising only the opposition when the present administration should also have their feet held to the fire for their lack of affirmative action in dealing with our country’s many pressing issues. By and large, all we have had to date from them is lip service; they are far from perfection and must be made aware that people who live in glass houses shouldn’t throw stones.

It’s time to put an end to the blame game, stop fighting like little boys over a bag of marbles, and get on with what you were elected to do, GOVERN!!

In closing, I might add that an objective and unbiased press would help considerably in pointing the way forward.

Sincerely yours,

Ian Mabon