tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37949944.post7748186478371218272..comments2023-05-05T07:13:41.889-04:00Comments on Corruption-free Anguilla: ComplaintsUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37949944.post-17587950294398004552008-01-17T19:31:00.000-04:002008-01-17T19:31:00.000-04:00negativity is really killing us ,we dont need to a...negativity is really killing us ,we dont need to adopt evrything that others are doing.What we can do is look closely at the short comings of their approaches and customize them to fit our situations.We can accomplish much if we leave the cynicism out of our plans.We have a great deal to learn and yet we choose to ignore the pitfalls of other countries.It goes to say that something is seroiusly wrong with our thinking or approach to our problems.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37949944.post-53520496255856238842008-01-15T17:23:00.000-04:002008-01-15T17:23:00.000-04:00From a Mid Ocean News editorial on ruling party co...From a Mid Ocean News editorial on ruling party corruption in Bermuda, published 25 December 2004:<BR/><BR/>Recently, for instance, legislation was introduced to create an Ombudsman's office in Bermuda. The result was every bit as disastrous as what might be expected from charging a pyromaniac with organising security at a petroleum refinery.<BR/><BR/>By definition, a public Ombudsman should be a cross-breed blood hound and watchdog, a tireless and utterly fearless detector of public malfeasance, but Bermuda will end up with a de-fanged, de-clawed and de-balled mongrel.<BR/><BR/>By cynically limiting the Ombudsman's terms of reference to preclude Cabinet-level investigations, by making the office holder answerable to the Government rather than the Governor, what was billed as an exercise in political and bureaucratic house-cleaning was stillborn.<BR/><BR/>THE Ombudsman will have no genuine power in terms of running the most serious public sector wrongdoers to ground. The office will be largely ceremonial – expensive window-dressing rather than what's urgently required, a legitimate and sharp-edged<BR/>instrument for both dissecting and removing official corruption.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37949944.post-50772014914422708002008-01-15T16:41:00.000-04:002008-01-15T16:41:00.000-04:00Unfortunately, the gutless Cayman Ministers exempt...Unfortunately, the gutless Cayman Ministers exempted their own decisions from OCC review.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37949944.post-30310762540711995182008-01-15T16:39:00.000-04:002008-01-15T16:39:00.000-04:00Dr. Epp, who has become a national hero for being ...Dr. Epp, who has become a national hero for being the Don Mitchell of Cayman, has released a summary of an additional 9 cases:<BR/>http://tinyurl.com/2ho8fyAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com