by Rick Lowe
Was Ingraham dem right all along?
Mr. Brave Davis (PLP), Deputy Prime Minister says “The way the roads have been constructed, it will be a challenge changing them. It would be a nightmare to fix that...At the end of the day, it will come down to what we can afford at this time.” (The Nassau Guardian Business, November 27, 2012)
The PLP campaigned mighty heavily on this subject promising heaven and all its accoutrements if the people put them in power. As the old expression goes, how he could fix his mouth to say that?
Mind you, there were several people saying that it would not be possible to change the roads without great expense, yet the crescendo grew louder with each press statement, radio interview and rally.
More false hope was taken to new heights.
Of course there’s lots of blame to go around for failure to coordinate the works properly etc. However, we all know what goes wrong in our small businesses each day, imagine with a mammoth project like that.
Add to that the issues faced from undocumented or badly placed water mains, telephone lines and electricity wires that had to be corrected, loss of sales for businesses and more, it must have been a nightmare for everyone involved.
Let’s hope some valuable lessons were learned so these matters are handled differently going forward.
However, there must be a different level of accountability placed on the PLP government for Bahamians. After being enticed with campaign rhetoric that they would change things and sort it all out, only to be told, Ingraham dem was right all along.
When will we learn not to hang our hopes on the political class?
