This whole thing could just be about business. Ever stop to think that maybe either Hayward or the St. George family are planning to get out and needed someone with large local cash to buy them out.
Oh I have no doubt that its about business, but that doesnt mean its a good move. Babak is not taking over the Port, and Sir Jack ceratinly dont need to be bought out, so I dont believe that is the overriding factor here..although Sir Jack and Henrietta arent exactly youngins anymore.

The thing is as you correctly said, they are old now...so to force out a Bahamian and to give the CEO position to a foreigner who will most ceratinly carry on that tradition of foreign leadership (if he lasts there) since he aint fond of us black folk..its just not good for the future of the GBPA I think.

This, I think, is true too because as far as Bahamians there go, Willie Moss is one her way outta there soon no doubt, after having been there almost 30 years and having been kicked to the curb in recent years, there's no telling how long Barry will stay there since he keeps getting passed over for the big-kahoona position, Sir Albert is old too, and ailing, and I dont know what Albert Gray is even doing there in the position of President really because he is never seen, and his portfolio is not really known, unless he still deals primarily with land sales as he did when he headed DEVCO (Grand Bahama Development Company).

The other unseen directors of the Port are all foreigners. So it doesnt bode well, I think, for the Port that runs a city of Bahamians, in The Bahamas, to have the position of Bahamian leadership tetoring so percariously over the "business ledge".

Barry Malcolm is a glorified follower. In my opinion he could never lead.
He fouls up stuff, and thats not just from me but from people that really see him in action.


and now he's gone too...

Hannes does not have the dough like you think, he had the dough but apparently his source has tighten the belt. If you don't believe, find out who now owns the building that houses C.I.B.C in Freeport, it once belonged to him, up until a few months ago. The Home Centre's new building is still not completed, it was suppose to be open by now. The Grand Bahama Chamber of Commerce has a right to be concern, they know the deal!

I really hope some petty bs didnt cause Francis' resignation!

It probably isnt that dissapointing though. Yes hes not Bahamian born but he has been in Freeport for a while and probaly knows what Freeport needs to prosper as much as any resident of Freeport.



To bad you did not read Animal Farm, because you would know that when the pigs say that 4 legs are good but 2 is better what they meant.

Oh I have no doubt that its about business, but that doesnt mean its a good move. Babak is not taking over the Port, and Sir Jack ceratinly dont need to be bought out, so I dont believe that is the overriding factor here..although Sir Jack and Henrietta arent exactly youngins anymore.
The thing is as you correctly said, they are old now...so to force out a Bahamian and to give the CEO position to a foreigner who will most ceratinly carry on that tradition of foreign leadership (if he lasts there) since he aint fond of us black folk..its just not good for the future of the GBPA I think.
This, I think, is true too because as far as Bahamians there go, Willie Moss is one her way outta there soon no doubt, after having been there almost 30 years and having been kicked to the curb in recent years, there's no telling how long Barry will stay there since he keeps getting passed over for the big-kahoona position, Sir Albert is old too, and ailing, and I dont know what Albert Gray is even doing there in the position of President really because he is never seen, and his portfolio is not really known, unless he still deals primarily with land sales as he did when he headed DEVCO (Grand Bahama Development Company).
The other unseen directors of the Port are all foreigners. So it doesnt bode well, I think, for the Port that runs a city of Bahamians, in The Bahamas, to have the position of Bahamian leadership tetoring so percariously over the "business ledge".



The problem is there are still not enough bahamians who think.

...and that is wrong! its no different than the Bahamian govt and the corrupted practices...man in a first world country this wouldnt be tolerated...where is our Justice Department's!!!! our SEC!!!!!



There is no limit to your stupidity!

I like Julian. He seems intelligent and careful. My meetings with him have been courteous and helpful.
I say let Barry Malcolm step up to the plate. He'd do a good job, for sure.



And your assessments are o be trusted?

Barry Malcolm is a glorified follower. In my opinion he could never lead.
He fouls up stuff, and thats not just from me but from people that really see him in action.
I am well aware of theLate St. George and Sir Hayward's political followings and about Mr. Haywards distance from the people who lives there (when was the last time yuo saw Sir.Hayward, even on T.V.?) so its not a suprise, but in my opinion, theres nothing we can quite do about anything that goes on in the Port Authority. The new guy just might be what we need....someone who has put money in Freeport so he is sure not to up and leave like Mr.Francis did.
I'm sad to see Francis go, perhaps his brilliant plan was contrary to "the master plan" that Mr. Groves and other have been using since the conception of Freeport. You can't hae a man who wont walk the line. Freeport has always been a mixed city, some may have wanted to see another Bahamian, but I dont see another eligible one around, and like I said, poor Barry is a glorified follower....put him in charge and you'll see Freeport break!!! The new guy just might be what we need....someone who has put money in Freeport so he is sure not to up and leave like Mr.Francis did. I dont know any intrapersonal things that the others here assume to know, but all you can do is whatch. The people there knows what needs to happen for Freeport to develop, and remember this is also a business, what happened was a business decision, not a moral/ethical decision that expect a government to make, to do that would criple the business....so saying that...I hope the best of luck.




May be in a hundred years we will have qualified bahamians if you belive the hype

Anyway,

The fact is that Francis wanted to radically change what was going on the the Port Authority. You dont just go in somewhere and change the order of things and that's true anywhere you go. The port isn't a public spectacle like...say government, it is a business. Hearing form the opinions in freeport and mines too, Babac has the same direction in mind as the others in the board. its about the same things like the Hodder instalment. He knows people, he can appeal to the international investors that is wanted in Freeport. Francis was a Bahamian...and that's the only thing that was good. Babac is not a Bahamian, but has everything else.

To bad you did not read Animal Farm, because you would know that when the pigs say that 4 legs are good but 2 is better what they meant.


And I take it you think you are the only one who read the book. Wouldnt that be in like most High School's curriculum? (it was in my 10th grade lit)

And I take it you think you are the only one who read the book. Wouldnt that be in like most High School's curriculum? (it was in my 10th grade lit)



It may have been but from your response its obvious you did not understand the ideas there in.

The idea of that phrase has nothing to do with this situation in my opinion. People think that the appointment of a non bahamian was some sort of defeat or degeneration. Frankly I didnt see anyone else that was at least ready to take the position other than Francis, who created too much friction too soon. It would be foolish to think you could go into something and change it overnight. He wanted to inject his own idea of what Freeport should be, which is not why he was hired in the first place. I think that he realized that and he wasnt going to get what he wanted out of the role. It was about who would follow the road map, not who can make another road.