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May 4 -10, 2013
TURKS AND CAICOS WEEKLY NEWS
We welcome letters from all members of the public on a variety of topics Please note that all submissions are subject to editing in keeping with defamation laws and newspaper style. Letters should be accompanied by the author’s full name, location and phone number. Names will be withheld if requested.
The lions’ mouths are shut
Dear Editor, You have published several of my letters in your fine paper to our Governor concerning the Dextra Bank case and Judge Harrison, and the only thing I can compare my situation to is Daniel in the lion’s den. Here I am like Daniel wrongly thrown in the den of condemnation and the Governor and all his officials, like the lions, cannot open their mouths when justice is called for by Daniel. I am sure my situation mirrors the sermons on this matter that are preached in our fine churches, which may go this way. Well the great Privy Council has thrown me in here with you Governor, so let’s get it over with. You need to punish me for what I did wrong, or at least tell me who I committed the great crime against so I can make amends. But the lions’ mouths were shut. Am I not in your den, being protected by God’s angel of righteousness, because I have stood up for what is true and just and call for the impartial rule of law in the land? But the lions’ mouths were shut. If myself and God’s angel are wrongly stuck in the den of condemnation behind the seals and judgment stone of the Privy Council, can you not see when we are in here
with you, your mouths are tightly shut so you can’t deal with the spirit of Barabbas and bad boys on the loose? Because when that which is good is wrongly condemned; that which is evil must be loosed, even the judge Pontius Pilot understood this law. But the lions’ mouths were shut. I guess God’s angel and I will have to wait until morn when the light of truth arises, the seals will then be broken and the wrongful judgment stone laid down by Judge Harrison and the Privy Council will be rolled away. God’s angel and I will leave the den of condemnation and then their mouths will be open to eat the evil ones who
Governor has too much power
perverted justice and are now on the loose in our society; am I not correct? But the lions’ mouths were still shut. Maybe this is why I have yet to hear a word from our Governor and all the officers of the court when I ask for justice and truth openly in your fine paper. For their mouths appear to be shut as tightly as the mouths of Babylon’s lions who were in the den with Daniel and God’s angel. May God’s truth shine forth and bless the Turks and Caicos Islands and her people. Sincerely, John D Wildish
– Response to Johnson’s letter Dear Brianca Johnson, I read with interest to your piece in the April 16-22 edition of the Weekly News, headlined ‘Governor, we are wondering why’. I am a retired expat who happens to love these beautiful islands. I stay out of politics most of the time, but I too pondered the exact same questions. Why on earth would the Governor take this stance on the Conch Farm? A nasty thought occurs, which I dismissed immediately: Could the Governor be in Lord Ashcroft’s pocket? Perish the thought. However, one cannot help but see that the Conch Farm is in the way
No hike in firearm licences
Dear Editor, I understand that the Government needs to put a hold on crime and the use of firearm related crimes but don’t they think that they are making the innocent pay for the guilty with their decision to once again double the cost of attaining a keep and carry licence? There is no record of the use of legal firearms and their holders being involved in any firearm related crimes so for the Government to impose a fine of $800 on law abiding
licenced firearm holders is somewhat outrageous. This step they are about to take is more likely to cause people to retain an illegal firearm to protect their businesses and family. They need to take the streets of the Turks and Caicos back and eradicate the violence instead of punishing innocent people that are doing the right thing. Some legal firearm owners earn a monthly salary and have other responsibilities or doesn’t the Government consider that?
In the same breath of trying to protect their families and property that extra money is going where it is not needed. Just food for thought - they should put other measures in place to deal with this crime wave of young people and illegal firearms off the streets so that the people will feel safer instead of drying our pockets. Sincerely, Concerned legal firearm owner
of the Nikki-Mega-Marina-Blue Haven-Monaco of the Caribbean pipe dream. Then I thought about the Dolphinarium and the long line fishing study and it occurred to me that Governor Todd may be the victim of what in the United States is lobbying. It is not illegal and it is not corrupt, although I am not sure exactly why. But it can be very effective. What I am worried about is that the Governor has tremendous power in this British system and I do not see him as understanding the nature of these Islands. Does he snorkel? Does he fish? I invite him to Google ‘reef destruction from dredging’. The good news I read is that the Planning Board refused the Leeward dredging proposal. What surprised me was the fact that the dredging of Star Island etc, had been declared illegal once. Was that not the precedent once? Back to the Conch Farm, for Heaven’s sake, is it not clear what an attraction it could be? And consider the other possibilities, fish farming. So thank you Ms. Johnson, I think you deserve an answer from His Excellency. Sincerely, Concerned resident
COMMENTARY
It’s all about trust WE have an organization known as the National Trust. The word “trust” itself has two definitions. One is believing in something and/ or someone without question. A trust as your banker knows it is an entity which has specified rules which must be followed. Every legal trust must conform to law. Here in the TCI the National Trust fills both definitions, but has been ignored, maligned and been tried and punished for trying to do their prescribed preservation work. The National Trust has a mandate that stands today unchanged and unfunded. Dogooders have ignored the Trust
By David Tapfer and gone off on separate paths to promote their favorite program. The administration, who manipulated themselves into government in 2003, did everything in their power to throw the Trust under
SPACE IS LIMITED!
the bus. They are still here and still have the same agenda. The Interim government was poor because they were poorly advised by the people who are a part of the legacy of the Doctor of Deception. No, not Doctor Ewing, he is a real doctor and now only a pawn. Doctor Michael Misick owns the legacy of the financial and moral mess the country finds itself in today; a phony doctor with a phony agenda. In 2008 I wrote an article posted on the TCI Journal, we all remember the Journal, don't we? The article was entitled ‘Playing Ping Pong with Ft. George Cay’. That Cay is a historical site and was promised to the National Trust.
However Piper another pawn of Doctor Mike was trying to install an aquarium with captured Dolphins. Happily it got nipped in the bud or we would have had another concrete monument with dead dolphins dedicated to the folly of those years. In 2003, Doc Mike preached about his agenda to maintain the environment. My 2008 article attempted to expose him. I will never forget that first 2003 Christmas meeting at the airport in Middle Caicos. We all remember the airport in Middle Caicos don't we? Words flowed from Doctor Mike intended to tickle our fancy. We were promised the moon and some thought we were going up there to taste the green cheese. Up until that meeting I had given Mike a chance but his speech turned me off. It was obviously bull feathers. The Trust has survived all efforts to destroy it and here we go again. Doctor PNP Ewing says he favors the Trust but
wants to “collect revenue” from the cave. The small fee from cave visitors is one of the Trust sources of income needed to pay their employees and wardens. They do not have the fat salaries of the Minister of Home Affairs who has now taken up Portia’s job of dog catcher. Don-Hue wants to install electric lights in the cave. There is no electricity at the cave welcome center because greedy Fortis wants 50 bucks a foot to install it. One of the cave guides says no lights please, it will ruin the ambiance, and we agree. To appreciate the caves history you have to see it as the Indians and ancestors saw it. Here we go again! However the PDM has promised to assist the National Trust achieve their mandate. We believe we can trust them.
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