Public purse set to lose $38M over failed dump deal
(CNS): Dwayne Seymour, the latest minister to take over responsibility for the dump, was tight-lipped about the current situation regarding the talks over ReGen, the failed dump deal with Dart, this week when he was asked about the issue in parliament by the previous minister. Kathy Ebanks-Wilks MP (WBC) wanted to know why the notice of termination had been extended to the end of the year and whether the government was effectively still on the hook for some $38 million. However, she got very little information.
Seymour said the direction to terminate issued in early June by Cabinet to her as the minister responsible was to find a mutually agreeable way to exit the project by October. “No progress had been made towards this, so it was extended to remedy this situation,” he said.
Pressed about discussions on defraying what she said was the $38 million with land swaps or concessions, Seymour said he didn’t understand the question and asked her to rephrase. In response, Ebanks-Wilks asked if the arrangement to find that mutually agreed way to exit the deal still “looked like a cash payment on termination” or like something different.
Seymour then refused to add more, stating that the discussions were ongoing and he was not able to comment further.
Opposition Leader Joey Hew, whose party was responsible for signing the deal just weeks before the 2021 General Election, asked if the cost to terminate the contract was indeed $38 million. At this point, Speaker Alden McLaughlin, who spearheaded that deal, intervened and suggested it was a difficult question for the minister to answer, given that the $38 million had come from the previous minister.
In response, Hew inexplicably withdrew the question, leaving the country still wondering about another significant payout from the public purse as a direct result of the poor decision-making by this and previous governments in relation to this extremely costly deal to take care of the country’s waste management.
Following the meeting, Ebanks-Wilks posted her concerns on social media, saying that the government was now deviating from the original termination terms that had been agreed by Cabinet and reported to parliament this summer.
“When asked if the termination costs were going to be paid in cash or settled with land swaps and concessions, the Minister would not answer,” Ebanks-Wilks posted. “The people deserve to know what discussions are being had and what potential land swaps and concessions are being discussed.”
In response to her posts, Seymour made an angry short statement in the House Friday morning that still left the public without any answers about the price it will be paying for the catalogue of poor decisions surrounding this deal from its inception.
He said the former minister should have been well aware of the situation relating to the deal because she was involved in the termination deal. He said it was ill-advised to discuss the specific details at this stage, and the government’s objective was that the best interest of the people would be protected.
But this appears to be far from the case. The government has already admitted to the loss of more than $16.5 million in relation to the project for various consultancy fees. The apparent loss of another $38 million brings the total to over $54.5 million — a significant hit to the public finances.
It is also understood that the poor decision-making on this may not be over. There are additional concerns that the country could lose more crown beachfront land to Dart as part of the termination agreement.
It is understood that before Ebanks-Wilks resigned from the UPM in October (alongside André Ebanks, Sabrina Turner and Heather Bodden), Seymour had been engaging in side talks with Dart, separate from the official government talks she had been leading as the minister responsible, apparently sanctioned by Premier Juliana O’Connor-Connolly. This would make it difficult for Ebanks-Wilks to be aware of what is actually going on.
While the details of those sideline talks have not been revealed, there was some indication that this was an effort to save the potential deal despite the grave concerns about the excessive costs.
CNS understands that the price of continuing with the deal could have put the country in real danger of falling foul of the Public Management and Finance Law and the inevitable intervention, again, of the UK government in local public finances.
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Interested in Customs duty fees on the new Amazon ‘free shipping’ to Cayman. When I, as a business owner, received free shipping for a high volume order, Customs assessed duty on the shipping they believed would have been paid, if said shipping was not ‘free’. Is this not the case now?
Say what? Public Purse to what? Every single one of the politicians should be footing the 38M payout. Why? All involved in racking up the public debt to Dart and others. If not directly involved then indirectly for not standing up for the best interest of the people of our country rather than finding ever lasting ways to line their own purse.
Ready to review that decades long Mega Billions Duty Fee Development Waiver yet?!!!
In my opinion, this is the worst mess this country has been in and sad to say the voters are to blame for electing people like Ju Ju, jon Jon and Kenny. These individuals cannot run a chicken coop much less government. There is zero accountability and bonuses are paid out as a reward for reckless behavior. The country deserves better than this!
Yet, no one will be held accountable! Very FEW occurrences in Govt/Public administration and process, which enable or disable our society’s political, civic and economic goals, do not involve the Civil Service! Although, I could be wrong. The cart could well be pulling the horse. “Hero?” Jim Bodden saw to that in the 70s. If we’re still there, indicating an “arrangement” where the politicians are the “experts” and the CS is the gofer, then why and what is the Head of the CS (Dep. Gov) doing to correct it under his watch…passing the buck?
The CS, is the “machine” which guides and drives the elected Government’s political will. Directives to the CS (should) come APPROVED by Cabinet, through the respective Minister. The Minister should NOT indivudually direct the CS. The knowledge, legal due diligence/regulations, technical research, documentation, advice,
i.e..”EXPERTISE”, should come from the CS and go back up to Cabinet for decision-making. After Legislation, it reverts to the “expertise” of the Civil Service, through its Head, its Chief Officers and Department Heads to implement and regulate the legal will….in the most efficient and effective manner for the public!
Our Civil Service is collectively failing miserably in its role(s)! The fundamental advance “guidance”, provided to any sitting Government is usual weak and the tail-end (pun intended) administration is poor. I don’t care what the DG’s Smiley Face statistics show, the numerous critical OAG Reports over the years and this $38m “oops” is clear evidence!
Whether these failures over the years are pure stupidity and incompetence (85%) or laxity with public funds (at the very least, collecting fat salaries and not delivering the worth,
if not wanton waste and worse), gross maladministration is and has been evident!
Do we endorse that?? Are we all sheep?? Someone must be held accountable! Meanwhile DG, smiles and boasts “world-class”??
Drain the CS Swamp!
This KYD$38mln should be footed by the PPM party, and by that, I mean Dart from hand to hand: they should eat their own cooking to dissuade them from pulling these stunts.
Here’s a refined version of the Adeptus Ridiculous of the Cayman Islands introduction, weaving in specific references to Warhammer 40K lore, including the Omnissiah and the Emperor, while maintaining the satirical focus:
About the Adeptus Ridiculous of the Cayman Islands
Hail, citizens of this embattled paradise! I am the self-appointed Adeptus Ridiculous of the Cayman Islands, sworn servitor of satire and ordained chronicler of absurdity. In these tumultuous times, where mismanagement burns brighter than the fires of Mount Trashmore and governance teeters on the brink of heresy, I stand as a humble Tech-Priest of Truth, armed with the sacred rites of sarcasm and wielding the blessed cog of wit.
In the spirit of the great Adeptus Mechanicus, I revere the Omnissiah of Accountability, the divine aspect of governance that we in Cayman can only dream of. My prayers go out daily to the Emperor of Fiscal Responsibility, who sits, silent and unmoving, upon the Golden Throne of Fort Street, watching over an empire of dysfunction while doing little to prevent its descent into chaos.
On the Sacred Machine of Governance
Like the ancient, clanking constructs of the Mechanicus, our government is a relic of a forgotten age—cumbersome, inefficient, and fueled by the incantations of incompetence. The Omnissiah weeps as our leaders pour holy oil not onto the gears of reform but onto the rusted mechanisms of mismanagement. The $38 million dump deal? A tech-heresy of the highest order! The mounting civil service bloat? Proof that the Machine Spirit of Democracy is crying out for maintenance, yet is ignored in favor of political expediency.
On Fridgocracy and the Dark Gods of Patronage
In this grim territory, where frozen turkeys sway elections and political fridges hum with unholy energy, we have fallen to the temptations of the Chaos Gods of Patronage and Nepotism. The Emperor’s Vision of accountability and fairness has been all but lost to the Warp, replaced by the schemes of petty barons and the manipulations of the Caymanian kingmaker—a figure as shadowy and self-serving as any Traitor Primarch.
The Governor: A Silent Custodian
Our Governor, the appointed Custodian of Cayman, presides over this descent into madness, her grin as constant as the Emperor’s Vigil. But while the Emperor’s inaction sustains the Imperium, her inaction leaves us vulnerable to corruption, mismanagement, and a system that continues to fail its people. One must ask: is her role that of the Emperor, guiding us silently, or of the Fabricator-General of Absurdistan, complicit in maintaining the dysfunction?
Our Holy Mission
As the Adeptus Ridiculous, I call for a crusade of clarity, a reclamation of Cayman’s honor from the Warp of absurdity. Together, we must undertake the sacred rituals of reform:
• Praise the Omnissiah of Transparency: Demand campaign finance disclosure and rigorous due diligence for Politically Exposed Persons.
• Recite the Litany of Oversight: Enact external reviews of governance and establish independent mechanisms for accountability.
• Invoke the Emperor’s Wrath: Enforce strict codes of conduct in public service, ensuring compliance under threat of exile from the hallowed halls of power.
• Forge the Cog of Public Engagement: Mobilize Cayman’s citizens to become active participants in reshaping our future, lest we fall further into the depths of bureaucratic hell.
Onward, Ridiculous Crusaders!
We must reclaim the Machine Spirit of Governance and bring balance back to our democracy. It is not too late to banish the chaos of incompetence, to repair the golden gears of accountability, and to rekindle the Emperor’s light in these darkened times. Together, we march forward—not in silly walks but in steadfast strides—armed with satire, wit, and an unyielding faith in the power of reform.
For the Omnissiah of Accountability! For the Emperor of Transparency!
I like the imagery of organizing an Alcoholic Anonymous convention in Las Vegas.
Our current court of jesters without a king is not only incompetent , narcissistic and narrow minded that would bear comparison to a banana republic!
Their discourse and dishonesty should be exposed by our governor which just keeps on grinning and takes absolutely no action, including in her “battle against corruption” that continues with all levels of the government, I feel that her own lack of action on many matters will leave the island in a worse position that when she started her tenure.
The alternative political aisle is not a real alternative unfortunately as the PPM signed the deal for the sake of making a deal right before the elections as the public was up in arms about the lack of action on the matter and the lack of remediation after Mount Trashmore now one of the landmarks of the island caught fire for several days!
Our dear Premier’s fiefdom for lack of a better choice of words will have her white elephant of a school , no matter if it will cost triple the original amount!
Our territory could really use Direct Rule to tackle the current circus that have become our government and our democracy where fridges sway political opinions provides them filled with frozen turkeys !
For those who might doubt:
https://caymannewsservice.com/2024/09/ideas-and-oratory-versus-fridgocracy/
As to why the Governor doesn’t put a stop to the madness is a complete mystery to everyone she
keeps on smiling for the photo and doesn’t address the issues at hand !
Or is there another agenda at play here ? (independence , leaving the island fending for itself with the present loony bin at 33 Fort Street, and yes , sadly that would include both political sides, leaving a chosen few to play the role of kingmaker otherwise known as the Barmaid Strangler)
The local kingmaker has absolutely NO intention nor interest that competent people would access office as it would be the end of his career and power!)
Much to the contrary, the most inept are failing upwards on a regular basis and the opposition is left drooling 🤤 at the mouth until the Kingmaker decides to act in their favor if ever popular vote decides to swing to the opposition !
What are the solutions ?
Recall of the present governor whom has failed her mandate so many times in a short time to inspire change s to the chaos we face !
Impose Direct Rule for a fixed period of time, and at the end of the period have a clearly defined referendum, monitored by an external authority to ensure fairness, clarity.
Full disclosure of campaign finance contributions for all candidates. Submission of relatives of Politically Exposed Persons to strict due diligence and compliance such as the one that every person applying for residency has to go through.
Current stakeholders have NO interest in those changes but , if we want to avoid crashing on the reef the way ship wreckers lead ships to the iron shore.
Public engagement will also be a cornerstone of the success of the needed reforms and implementation of the code of conduct for public service in FULL with mandatory attendance to the ACC’s training lest the incumbents be removed from their positions ! We must end the unacceptable unaccountability rife in the public service!
Otherwise the bloat of the Civil service will continue unabated accountability will remain nothing less than a myth , the FFR will be gutted and I suspect so by either sides of the political landscape as the UPM considers it shackles and the PPM stays eerily silent on the matter meaning they aren’t opposed to the idea , all the more that they will be landed with a sizable deficit as the civil service are already being paid by the emergency facilities ! I would not be surprised if some would already be selling the island’s debt as its quality would degrade significantly in either scenarios given the situation that the Swill Stroganoff guzzlers will end us holding the bag of …)
Our alternatives are clear :
1)continued chaos and escalating financial mismanagement. Without intervention, the civil service will bloat further, the Framework for Fiscal Responsibility (FFR) will erode, and Cayman’s financial future will be jeopardized. Leadership is failing upwards while the opposition drools at the sidelines, waiting for the kingmaker to throw them a bone.
2) Consistant reform of the voting system, strict enforcement and compliance of the government with FOI requests issued by various members of the public. End the de facto segregation in public schools give parents a say in
The Head Janitor of Starship Cayman may think this is all a joke, but the consequences are anything but funny. If we do not act decisively, the Cayman Islands will become a shipwreck, dashed against the iron shore by leaders too preoccupied with their own antics to steer us clear.
Anything Wayne touches turns toʻ trash
Dum Dumb Dwayne you mean.
They were mostly trash before Wayne started to court them.
Seymour is Minister for Culture.
Sorry I needed a laugh
Isn’t Joey Hew business based at Camana Bay?! Time for a straight flush
A circular “flush” would be appropriate also.
please for the love of god and country, do not give away more of our precious land to that awful man.
You better elect better Ministers – your own fault!
lol you act like theres a bunch of great ones to pick. for most elections for the past like 20 years everyone is stuck between the lesser of both evils so… yeah… you acting like everyone bypassed great people when no one has proved to be on the straight road to success. nice try tho
Another example of our MLA’s doing away with the public purse with reckless abandon ! Even drunken sailors on shore leave have better plans and foresight than the present set of self serving jesters at 33 Fort Street !
Cayman islands has its own form of Zombieland me thinks with the attraction park location at 33 Fort Street in George Town of all places.
The rides are deadly, the ambiance a stark reminder of a psychiatric hospital circa 19th century, the food is either KFC by large buckets , swill Stroganoff, Turtle Stew with a generous amount grade C sauce of unknown ingredients and origins for such knowledge is a well guarded state secret of the highest order ! Don’t believe me ? Just look at their ever growing waistlines ! Some might have forgotten what their toes look like from the top looking down !
The generosity and let’s be realistic hasn’t been witnessed before the present 3 rings circus 🎪 has come to power (the vote buying that keeps going on is a clear attempt to corrupt what passes as a democratic process) with a special mention to our Premier for building a school whose building cost will probably triple along the way for 40 students total , the only thing missing is an olympic sized pool to complement the lot !
The only thing I can see missing in this future while elephant are a dungeon, a chapel and a section to practice exorcisms.
That was the good old days, but I am sure these will probably happen again in the coming years ! And to boot the woman was cleared of all charges and reinstated and guess by whom ? Our present Premier of all people as at that time she was Minister of Education ! look it up ! The headlines keep on writing themselves with that bunch !
John-John our local donkey riders quip just is the latest example of the many dysfunctions that plague our society from the top down.
Here we still have to separate state from church which is still quite a unique situation voting districts are still almost a copy paste of the parishes that dot the island!
To avoid the elevation and persistence of tensions the island needs to evolve towards a national vote with transparency being the motivation and accountability of the candidates running for office all parties in an election including the family of Politically Exposed Persons should come under the due diligence process that financial services and high net worth individuals have to go through to do something as simple as to open a bank account.
campaign financing should also be declared to the public with full disclosure of ownership/origination in a way similar of the F1 pilots sponsorships are worn during events! I am sure this will provide some
entertainment and encourage some of the less honest to seek employment opportunities under more clement skies and put a severe blow to the parochialism the island insofar a shining example of !
Yes, the evolution stated above will surely change the face of the island’s political landscape, but it will certainly avoid us a real revolution in which everyone loses !
The problem we need to focus on is that the PPM and Hew irresponsibly signed an open-ended non-specific “deal to make a deal” with Dart, who was not the winning bidder or even short-listed, and Dart predictably used that meritless unqualified position to strong arm the people of the Cayman Islands. We cannot do business with them. They are bad actors that haven’t honored previous deals, with just $30mln in duty waivers, long ago exhausted they are capitalizing on negligent administrations. It’s their conditioned specialty as vultures.
Curious to know how close/entangled the new Wellness Minister is with certain high ranking Dart officials…. Wouldn’t be surprised if the new solid waste facility is really slated to return to Bodden Town after the 2025 elections. Pretty sure the new port in Breakers will make the Dart organization happy as well. John-John is easily persuaded with the appropriate incentives….Vote wisely BTE, don’t be fooled by the many freebies….
The last straw that broke the camel’s back..Let us ALL GO OUT AND VOTE FOR CHANGE IN THE UPCOMING ELECTION.. WE MUSTChange every single one including the governor ❌
Dear Lord, hear our prayer. Please allow 5:12’s wish to be viable, in the form of actual choices to vote for in order to create beneficial change. I know I usually only come to You when I’m/we’re in trouble, Lord, and we’re deep in it right now. We are at the very uncomfortable place, God, where a completely unskilled, but honest person would be preferable to the weak and corrupt.
I know You never give us a burden that is more than we can carry; we need Your hand more than ever to help us shoulder the load of presenting new candidates for us to vote for.
Some of Your vocal servants appear to have lost their way. We also ask that You show them the path to leave their positions gracefully. “He hath founded it upon the seas,” Psalms 24:2, and also the motto of this formerly humble territory.
thank You for Your time to listen.
CHANGE OF WHO?!?!?
everyone saying this like it isnt the same recycled people since i was a kid like be forreal. Everyone sucks just because ppm or WHOEVER has a new face its the same BS regardless.
IM sure you rememeber the flipflop between ppm and udp is the same shit
The DG also! HE NEEDS TO GO!
The government will be seriously strapped for cash by election time. Pissing money away on a new Sunday school in JuJu’s backyard, a park for drug addicts and drunks in Kenny’s backyard. Jon Jon already pissed away $38M and we got zero or maybe lost a beach for that travesty.
CIG is already paying wages with their overdraft facility, what next another loan to cover more squander on window dressing projects except the critical ones like the dump and transport? FFR what, where, here? UK paying out the rope to these idiots to really do a good lynch job.
If Caymanian’s had the intolerance of some other jurisdictions, heads would literally be rolling. Instead the polls will close next year with some of these abject moron politicians still in their seats having been elected by less than 1% of the potential voting population.
This is not how a democracy is sustained. We’re no better than the worst of the banana republics of the world. We get what we deserve if this continues.
lets see how many bold lost souls are going to push for an independents led government in the nest elections. this time you voted this mess in.
It clear that we are up the creek without a paddle. I for one will not be casting a vote until this deal comes to light. No more PPM, UPM, UDP, PACT or any other independent persons or party. Just garbage and self interest.
I hope you recognize that abstaining from voting is effectively a vote for the PPM. They are very well-funded by foreign interests and have bought their supporters unwavering loyalty, so they will get the votes they need if there is not proper voting from actual sensible human beings that want better for Cayman.
All sensible people votes. If one don’t vote he/she is not sensible.If don’t vote, keep your mouth shut, you don’t have any say. Just stop to think if everyone don’t vote, it will be like North Korea.
Dum Dum read my message again. I never said I wasn’t going to vote. Its fool fools like you that voted the idiots that are currently in power.
Cayman… Dear, Dear Cayman… You have NO CLUE. I have no words at how out-leagued you are. You really have NO CLUE!
Well, lead us then, all-knowing, uber enlightened sayer of sooth!!
People like you are a dime a dozen. ANYBODY can identify the problems, Skippy; it takes resolve and insight to create a viable solution. Since you don’t include yourself among us, I don’t think your view matters. Please contribute something useful in the future, other than derision.*
*piss off, if it is right that you do so.
LOL! The ‘all-knowing, uber enlightened sayer of sooth’ grants you the title: ‘Oh pitiful cluelessly hopeful.’ Being hopeful is admirable, but results in folks with smiles and poor living conditions and grievances. Actually taking responsibility for your situation is the first step to making positive changes. However, far too many still blame others for what they have the ability to control; thus clueless.
dart must have been falling over himself when he found this place, tax free after exiling from the states, no more bad publicity or designated ‘public enemy # 1,’ after levering vulture fundsfrom Argentina or Greece, just roll up here get your status and have the Govt. exalt you whilst throwing you millions in free money…
Omg! How flipping deceitful and incompetent can you be? This would be shocking if it didn’t happen every flipping day here. They are so selfish, and craven, I can only hope they do not believe in God. Because if there is a God, they should be afraid.
There are not words to express how detrimental this party has been to Caymanians. They are the threat to within. How many small businesses have been destroyed by there idiocy. I came name many. But, hey…give yourself an award and a big bonus. You have no decency nor accountability.
Don’t leave off that this buffoon of a labor minister has allowed the “buy a work permit” crowd to multiply and wreck legitimate construction businesses. Look at the LG Hyatt fiasco.
You must mean the PPM who signed an open-ended deal to make a deal, outside of the procurement law with bandits?
Louder!
na lol most people here have short term memory loss hence the flip flop between the same people every 4 years. they let the same people fool them every single time. aint shit going change until there a clean sweep of that gov building. but at the same time unfortunately theres no one new that arent tainted by those before jsut to get in. sad.
So disappointed by the lack of any accountability, integrity, or basic understanding of anything regarding the people’s needs or Econ 101 (Or really any understanding of anything at all). They have destroyed George Town, crippled businesses, spent money like Hunter on a crack binge, and given themselves bonuses.
Any betting line that Dart’s land swap is wanting the public beach near their 2 hotels? Maybe he’ll give the country the land north of the Kimpton(former Kaboo site) in exchange.
They own that already lol
I’ll take the bet. How much you putting down?
Seriously? More of Caymans money going down the swanky soon then. This guy couldn’t organize a night out
Kathy pulled the plug knowing what the cost would be now trying to pass the buck? She must be friends with Sabrina.
Lose more beach? How? FFS
Seymour isn’t fit to run a bath let alone a government department.
Dum Dum Seymour needs to exit on the donkey he rode in on (Mac).
Why didn’t Kathy tell us about these fees. She is so far out of her league.
What a @#&%*^ waste. It is still my belief that once the selection of the Dart organisation to undertake this project was made, it was destined to fail. They simply did not want the waste processing solution next to their property. So they will win twice: get paid a lot for not much AND get the solution located elsewhere as the present location will likely be out of space before a replacement solution can be arranged.
When will our leaders learn that they are not really a “friend”. That is a facade. That organisation will always be looking after their interests first, regardless of how good the deal/agreement appears.
while I agree with the first part of this, what else are they going to do? They’re dealing with an inept government and of course they want something that’s going to benefit them as well. The problem is the government doesn’t know what they’re doing and dart keeps reaping the benefits because Jon Jon, juju and felon kenny are in charge and they are all way to stupid to understand how to run a country.
Government should have bailed the minute the Dart financial ‘negotiations’ started to go south and to have gone back (per the Bid terms) to the 2nd Preferred Bidder (CNIM + WM consortium with more experience with this stuff than Dart) and closed the deal with them. At the very least, the whiff of C that has pervaded the Dart bid from time, would have been dissipated…
“Shambles” is the politest term I can think of to describe this mess we are in.
Time for our MP’s to give themselves another raise!?
SMH!! f*$king disgrace!!!
We only get what we pay for. Perhaps if voters increased the salaries and benefits of our Ministers, we would get better results from them.
Yeah, right…
We tried that and look at what it got us since. Some of the biggest criminals are smart and earn big salaries yet they still commit various crimes and believe they are above the law because of their positions be it public or private sector.
Character and experience are two virtues that the electorate SHOULD consider carefully when going to polls.
Public Service is not about big salaries, its about SERVICE for the public good.
Rodney, You obviously do not know that our Ministers and PM are the highest paid political officials in the world. More than America, UK, Canada, etc.
This is total insanity paying people this much to rule 3 dinky islands with less than 100,000 people.
Politicians here are on the best $$$ gravy train in the world.
Where is the Anti-Corruption investigation into this disaster that involves PPM, UPM, the Civil service and Dart?
Most likely the ACC has been given the line from Mac about “a cockroach has no…”. In other words, hands off. You must know how it goes if you know how it go?
Add CUC to that list…we were all looking at $0.40 per kWh under this proposal made outside of the procurement process. We were going to be charged at every point along the input and output chain – for the honour of unregulated, unsightly, and toxic burning of our own trash!
Dumb Dumb strikes again BTE must be so proud of him
Jon Jon has been a disaster as a Minister in every govt and position he has held. Time for him and Juju to go back to ppm and help Joey finish destroying that party
You’d never know he’s supposed to work FOR THE PEOPLE — not for himself.
That’s what the lampost and crane said, to no avail! Nobody listened!
The Minister for Wellness, Mr Seymour, has packed on an awful lot of pounds in the last few years he has been an MP.
Guzzle, guzzle, why the personal trainer not sort him out! Only after the wifey! Paid from our money during lickdown!
They refunded us?
Pigs are the trough.
Seymour is a real donkey’s ass, how in the world could this person be doing side deal talks with anyone let alone Dart’s vultures.Alden & Hew still trying to protect the deal so they can still suck up to Dart. What a fiasco, oh well it is only money so they can just raise some more fees to pay for it. Here is a better deal, just trade the current government & Governor to Dart and call it even.
just another day in wonderland where absolutely nothing makes sense.
It makes perfect sense if you follow the money. Our elected politicians (and wanna-be elected politicians like Foolio) are the minions of rich handlers who want to be richer. These people want to tell us to believe them and not our own eyes. I have come to the sad conclusion that Legge was right and we were too proud or delusional to believe him.
Of course he was right, he was heavily involved in the corruption before tucking tail and cowering when shit hit the fan.
time for class action lawsuit against the incompetence of the civil service and cig.
shambolic….i hope dart take cig to the cleaners…
Cayman citizens, residents and UK should take Dart and CIG to court, they not paying with own their personal money, they are reaping ours!
Joey and PPM should be paying 100% of the settlement costs, plus interest, and penalties.
Just go back to a conventional, sensible, properly-lined modern landfill at the originally proposed site in the Bodden Town district (which was far north from the town of BT itself). Financially and logistically, this makes more sense and is more realistic.
As well, it would be more centrally located on the island and away from the dense population and traffic in its current location (so garbage trucks will be going away, rather than into, the current dense location).
The waste-to-energy proposal is needlessly complicated and has effectively stalled this at square one.
How sad it is that we do not have the sense to hire the expertise of people with knowledge to advise us on this type of negotiation. Tell me something did they or is it just cavalier mentality that has managed to get the country to this losing point. THis apart from the individual and collective unadulterated lack of common sense and knowledge of the 3 Ministers who have laid their hands on the wheel of this project.
Come on people now we cant let this political charade continue with we the public being the losers while they the politicos i.e. collect their pound of flesh every month off of us while we suffer and they spend and indeed lose our money.
vote not just your like in 2025 but vote with some semblance of order for people who we can hold to the oath of truly working for the people by the people and with the people. Enough of these smooth talking baby face no knowledge money grabbing politicos.Our collective future depends on better decisions at the polls.
Just wait for the disclosure on how they “paid” DART for the shortfall.
Gross mismanagement at its best. These clowns really cant manage anything. Just contemplate for a moment if we didn’t have a billion dollars in revenue mostly from the FS industry and WP fees. We would be in major trouble.