Sidney Sweeting, DDS
The Tribune today (November 17, 2009) had its usual catalogue of crimes, namely:
Man found guilty of unnatural intercourse with 16 year old boy
Boy stabbed during school argument
Shot police officer identified
Worker murdered at church building site
Police find man stabbed several times
Soldier road club robbed at gunpoint
Man, woman detained after gun, ammunition found
It surely must be time for the Minister of National Security and the Commissioner of Police to have another photo-op and announce that there will now be zero tolerance for crime (again) so we can once more have that warm and cuddly feeling that we get from a sense of security.
The Minister of National Security and the Commissioner of Police, and zero tolerance for crime… these almost appear to be mutually exclusive! Maybe my concept of zero tolerance is different from what I am seeing from them.
Their definition seems to be…
“STOP BREAKING THE LAW OR ELSE…!!!”
Or else what?????
“OR ELSE WE’LL SAY STOP AGAIN!!!”
Yea Doc… I’m getting that warm cuddly feeling…
What a coincidence AGR, I got that same warm cuddly feeling.I’m sorry, but I have come to the conclusion that The national security Minister & the Commissioner seem to be incompetent, what else could it be ?They must be suffering from some form of “I can’t do crap” disease.
They have undermined the system,
and find themselves undermined.
We have moved so far away from being a society based on rule of law,
that we cannot even return to the law.
The path is to long, hard and erased.
Our politicians have been lying to us for so long, that we nor they can tell the truth, or fathom the reflection in the mirror.
An example would be our prime minister who,
In perhaps an honest effort to right some percieved wrongs,
ends up as a not so benevolent dictator, as he is
surrounded by the corrupt, inept, and jaded.
It is too easy for him and his ilk to persecute, ridicule, and demean anyone else who perhaps he feels threatened by.
For want of true and proper constitutionally guided leadership, we wander down the trail following whatever feeble excuse we find.
Is it really any surprise that we are where we are?
I see that the present Commissioner is retiring in January. Can we make that NOW, along with Turnquest ?
Government is all talk and no action.. This is truth of both political parties as both have failed on issues of law and order.. When so-called elected governments fail can authoritarianism rule not be far behind??
All I can say is that you do not get a second chance to make the first impression. The PLP and FNM has fail the people of the Bahamas. FOR EG: Bay Street and the water sports industry has dried up mainly because our top government official has diverted those criuse ship to their own private island or cays where the cruise ship owns all the water sport equipment. See Nicky Kelly report in the punch on 12 Nov 2009. Or the report of the Tour boat association. We need a change and that change is the NDP National Development Party.
http://www.nationaldevelopmentparty.com
The statement that “a top government official has diverted those cruse ship to their own private island or cays” is questionable at best and has little to do with the government or any individual in government.. In fact it may be just the opposite.. Concerns for passenger safety, the lack of attractive on-shore activities and passengers just not wanting to debark in Nassau are the real reasons.. “We don’t want to go to Nassau” is a common complaint as potential cruse ship passengers ask for alternative destinations..
The loss of the Japanese visitors market experienced similar visitor complaints.. Japan’s largest tour operator closed their Nassau office early last year and moved their Caribbean operations to Mexico.. Extremely high fixed operating costs with little destination demand were given as the primary reasons for their departure.. Our lost is now Mexico’s gain.. Lets hope the Ministry of Tourism take positive action to change Nassau’s and the country’s image.. It is never to late to change, but in the case of the Japanese market the rising sun has suddenly set..