Posted by The PM on July 14, 2001 at 07:29:07:
In Reply to: Immediate Response posted by George Major on July 12, 2001 at 15:28:51:
To the GM:
George, sorry I did not get back to you sooner.
The Bahamian government allocates its monies based on population. Imagine what attention the folks in Red Bays, Andros get? Acklins? Crooked Island? Cat? Long? Mayaguana?
I think the great people of Eleuthera need to look elsewhere for developmental dollars. The folks in Nassau are not going to make it happen.
Outside investors with big money need to come in and build eco-friendly resorts along with a committment to spending a % to develop the local communities, roads etc. Tourists should be encouraged to interact with and spend money at the local community businesses- not staying within resort walls to drink pina coladas and smell chlorine.
The resort should by its food from the local fisherman and gardeners. I have alot of ideas on this topic and look forward to sharing more of them. I will step back (for a moment) and allow another opinion to step up to the podium.
The PM
: I think todays Immediate response program in Harbor Island has proven one thing that governments hold on Local Government and its using local government as a scape for one of the most productive areas in the Bahamas is self evident. Our governments are crude, obnoxious and do not have the interests of any areas other than Abaco, Nassau and Freeport at heart. They are uncaring, calous and tyrinical. Our system of governance in the Bahamas must be changed of the Out Islands are to prosper at any level at all. Spending only 1% of national revenue in Eleuthera is what the governments are all about. They don't really care about anyone other than themselves and their immediate income and issues.
: George Major