New Political Era

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With a new government are we expecting more unlikely surprises?

 First, it was a record election that was completed earlier than expected, the landslide was not foreseen and the Ministry for Grand Bahama going to Sen. Kwasi Thompson also a surprise.

 None of these were bad surprises, just surprises.

 Now to rebuild and hopefully with better ways of doing things.

 A CPA to balance books, our very own Member of East End, who is the Deputy Prime Minister K. Peter Turnquest says he will change the way the money is handled.

 This is something the country needs and we can't wait to see.

 What does this mean for Grand Bahama?

 Well, we promise to have a word with the new Minister for the island to find out.

 Many changes are expected and the way of the past is expected to change, despite the fact that the majority of the cabinet members are old/career politicians. Hopefully, there will be a push to have things changed.

 We are looking for a great ease of doing business in Grand Bahama. We are looking for more foreign investments that are not threatened by the need for more people to come to the country who are not Bahamians to live and work. We are looking at the return of Bahamians to work in their fields and making great contributions to their own country at rates they can live with.

 We are looking for transparency in our government, and more encouragement for entrepreneurs.

 We do not want fish, we want to learn to fish so that we can eat when we want to and not when we are told to.  

 The new majority voter is looking forward to better governance and will demand it, unencumbered with the things of the past nor the way things used to be, but looking forward to a better way. 

 FORWARD, UPWARD, ONWARD, TOGETHER.

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