Leadership is key!

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A dreamer. A visionary. A leader.

All in one person or in many persons but is/are so much needed in Grand Bahama right now!

A lot of great things happened with a leader at its helm championing the cause.

Moses brought the children of Israel out  Egypt.

Ghandi championed a free India.

Martin Luther King was champion of the civil rights movement in the United States.

Even Sir Lynden Pindling championed the majority rule in The Bahamas.

There are many who feel the crush of what happened though in Grand Bahama and after one of my posts entitled "The Truth..... What is it?" that was posted on the page "Freeport 60s Kids".

The comments are mainly by persons who felt slighted and or who had to leave after the government changed in the late 60s.

There has been a lot of talk about Freeport being filled with crime and what it once was but what I have not heard is what would make it better?

I cannot make light of what happened to those who had to leave. I felt the departure of my friends and their families who had to leave even in the 80s. But moving on life has had to have shown up ways in which things can be better.

Its not their problem really though. Its ours who are here. And we have to frame out a path in which to go and grow. A new dream  required with strong leadership to push it forward. Not everyone who dreams up the plan can lead but someone who is able to catch the vision can move it forward.

Job vacancy: A leader for a better Grand Bahama. Any takers?






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