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Hazel seeks legal advice…
AG to rule on Jack's $$ for borough workers
Published: 12 Aug 2009
Attorney General John Jeremie is expected to advise Government on whether Chaguanas MP Jack Warner can pay the wages of 54 workers of the Chaguanas Borough Corporation. This was revealed yesterday by Local Government Minister Hazel Manning. Speaking to reporters at Claxton Bay during a tour of flood affected areas yesterday, Manning said a big issue had arisen following Warner’s decision to hand over a cheque for $309,000 to pay the workers.
“We have just got information that a private citizen has paid money towards the payment of salaries and we have gone to the attorney general to get guidance on this. “That is not the norm. We are concerned that this region has obtained over $300,000 from a private citizen to pay wages. That money is not in our books and we have now gone to the attorney general to get advice on what should be done. The attorney general will be able to guide us,” Manning said.
She said it was in May that the Government found out the corporation, under the former mayor, had hired more staff.
Manning said Government had allocated $75 million to the borough to take care of developmental works and hiring of staff. “In May we discovered a problem where the borough hired more staff than they should hire. They hired over 200 people. We gave $75 million to run the borough. That $75 million took care of development works and hiring of staff. In May we sat with the mayor and worked out a plan (to deal with payment of staff) and we transferred funds and took care of 200 workers. We didn’t know that 55 workers were still outstanding,” Manning said. She said Warner’s decision to pay the workers had to be reviewed by the attorney general.
Contacted for comment, Chaguanas Mayor Natasha Navas said she was in a meeting and would call back to give a statement. Warner was also out of office and an official who answered his cellphone said he would return the call. On Monday 54 workers from the Chaguanas Borough Corporation celebrated after Warner announced that he had handed over a cheque of $309,000 to rehire them. The workers were retrenched last week. The workers, who included litter wardens, were sent home after Navas informed them that there was insufficient funding to pay their salaries until the end of the financial year in September. In a brief news conference at the corporation yesterday, Warner said a cheque was handed over to the corporation last week to pay the workers.
Is Local Government Minister
Is Local Government Minister , Hazel Manning saying that 54 displaced workers and their families should suffer and that the MP for Chaguanas West should not have come to the assistance of the workers ?? Austin 'Jack' Warner is not a private citizen , he is the MP for Chaguanas West and as such , it's his duty to represent his constituents . The PNM never denied that they got $20,000,000.00 from Clico Financial as a campaign contribution in 2007 . Clico Financial was not duty-bound to give peoples' money to the PNM but Jack is duty-bound to take care of the people he represents . Hazel Manning should give back Jack his money and give the Chaguanas Borough Corporaion a cheque for $300,000.00 to pay the workers . Did Mrs. Hazel Manning asked the AG if it was ok to bail-out CLICO , a private entity , ( which had contributed to the PNM campaign funds ) , with money from the public treasury ?? Recently , Prime Minister Manning and his PNM minions declared that Chaguanas is now PNM - yet it was Jack Warner who came to the assistance of the fired employees of the CBC , all of whom are constituents of Chaguanas . The Mannings must really get their political act together on this one because Jack Warner is the man in Chaguanas !!!
ATW - Barbados .
You think that money coming
You think that money coming for free??...
Rome went from a republic to
Rome went from a republic to a dictatorship because private citizens was donating money to run thier little fiefdoms, while ignoring the laws of the state. Mr. Warner needs to keep his money and demand an investigation as to how the $75 million was spent. Of course if this is done then the corruption that plagues TnT will be exposed and Manning, Panday, Warner and all thier little minions will have some explaining to do.
This contribution from Penal
This contribution from Penal is the basic substance of my post to Wiggins. This is spot on.
As you seem to be on the
As you seem to be on the blog on a daily basis, I hope that you also listen to the radio stations.
Mr Jack warner has just been on i95.5 and what he has said was very important including that Mrs Manning is quite correct in her actions.
The rest of what he said is even more, it shows you how nasty this issue is going to become
Wiggins, I don't know how
Wiggins, I don't know how they do it in Barbados but here in Trinidad and Tobago, salaries for borough workers are not paid by anyone other than local government. Jack Warner, which ever way you take apparent personal delight in describing him, is a private citizen, when it comes to "giving" or "donating" monies to pay salaries of borough workers. Under the laws of local government, any monies paid out to the burgesses other than from local government are deemed Private Contributions. That is against the law. Your comparison to the PNM receiving thousands from Clico during its 2007 election campaign betrays either a willfully giant departure from analytical thinking or a lack of knowledge Campaign Contributions vs Budgeted Salary Disbursements. Unless and until there are clear rules for elections and campaign contribution reform, any entity is eligible to make contributions to the party or PARTIES they choose. It is a totally different matter when someone "finds the money" to pay government workers. Jack Warner, in his capacity as the MP for the area holds absolutely NO statutory obligation to pay anyone hired by the government with private funds. As such, any monies he "finds" for the corporation is solely in a private capacity. His position as MP for the area has absolutely NO BEARING on the plight of the displaced workers insofar as paying their salaries are concerned. He can certainly ensure that persons are paid by the statutory authorities, but under the laws, no person, whether MP, private citizen, business entity or even Prime Minister, can finance the payroll separate from the budgetary allocation. If you are to make regular comments on events in Trinidad and Tobago, at least have the respect to learn our laws, or else make a fool of yourself in your commentary, especially in your haste to deify Jack Warner.
You had me in all your commentaries, up to the point where you come across as displaying an almost eager ignorance of right from wrong. Careful... you are a fine line away from abject sycophancy where one may be excused for assuming that you too, are on Warner's payroll.
Marcha-lie , there is also a
Marcha-lie , there is also a thin line between genius and insanity . I said in my posting this morning , inter alia , that the Central Government should give back Jack his money and give the Chaguanas Borough Corporation a cheque for $300,000.00 . In addition , Jack gave the cheque to the CBC , he did not directly paid the workers . Every elected member of Parliament , in Trinidad & Tobago and Barbados , are duty-bound to assist their constituents and Jack Warner is on solid ground - the electorate of Chaguanas West , will decide whether Jack's actions are wrong or right , good or bad , humane or inhumane , politically correct or politically dumb , etc . Marcha-lie , are you trying to justify CLICO's contributing $20,000,000.00 to the PNM election campaign , in 2007 , knowing what you now know with CL Finanacial ??? Put your big powerful self in the place of the laid-off workers , would you say that Jack was wrong to assist them ???
I am an independent thinker and a well-known social commentator in Barbados , I will never be a sycophant/pimp for anyone . What I do is show solidarity to causes and the good work which people such as Jack Warner are doing . Jack in a national icon of T&T and the people of Chaguanas West said that he is the BEST MP they have ever had .
Marcha-lie , millions of people all over the world are singing the praises of President Barack Obama , so according to your response to me singing Jack praises - are these people on President Obama's payroll ??? Finally , Marcha-lie , are you one of Panday's minions ???
ATW - Barbados .
While I respect your right
While I respect your right to voice your opinion, I believe that opinion is wrong. Jack Warner is the representative of the people of Chaguanas. That does not make him their god-father and as such, he should not be coming up with money out of his own pocket to pay the wages of his constituents. And that is so whether the money is paid directly or indirectly through the CBC payroll system. If he has any obligation to these constituents it is to ensure that they are paid what is due to them through the "official" payroll system. Nothing more. I believe that the AG will rule, and I believe correctly, that this "donation" by Jack Warner is illegal and the CBC must return the money. I know what many people will say, that it is a political move, because most if not all of the affected workers are of East Indian descent. They will not be looking at the broader issue of the fact that you cannot have a "private citizen" whether he is an MP or not, paying the wages of borough workers from his own personal funds.
If you allow these sorts of "arrangements" that is where you start creating "little fiefdoms" and empires and private armies, etc where peoples' loyalties are no longer to the state (TnT) but to who is buttering their bread. That is no way to run a country and will only lead to more and more devisiveness within TnT society. Jack Warner is no fool and is doing this not out of the goodness of his heart, but with deeper political motives. As I have said before, desperate people will do desperate things, without due thought as to what they may be getting themselves into. So we should be very careful of the ones who come bearing gifts. They may be wolves in sheep's clothing; and ready to eat our young.
While I respect your right
While I respect your right to voice your opinion, I believe that opinion is wrong. Jack Warner is the representative of the people of Chaguanas. That does not make him their god-father and as such, he should be coming up with money out of his own pocket to pay the wages of his constituents. And that is whether the money is paid directly or indirectly through the CBC payroll system. If he has any obligation to these constituents it is to ensure that they are paid what is due to them through the "official" payroll system. Nothing more. I believe that the AG will rule, and I believe correctly, that this "donation" by Jack Warner is illegal and the CBC must return the money. I know what many people will say, that it is a political move, because most if not all of the affected workers are of East Indian descent. They will not be looking at the broader issue of the fact that you cannot have a "private citizen" whether he is an MP or not, paying the wages of borough workers from his own personal funds.
If you allow these sorts of "arrangements" that is where you start creating "little fiefdoms" and empires and private armies, etc where peoples' loyalties are no longer to the state (TnT) but to who is buttering their bread. That is no way to run a country and will only lead to more and more devisiveness within TnT society. Jack Warner is no fool and is doing this not out of the goodness of his heart, but with deeper political motives. As I have said before, desperate people will do desperate things, without due thought as to what they may be getting themselves into. So we should be very careful of the ones who come bearing gifts. They may be wolves in sheep's clothing; and ready to eat our young.
Wiggie, a quick read of past
Wiggie, a quick read of past postings by myself would demonstrate AT A GLANCE the seething disdain and dislike I have for Basdeo Panday. So go to the head of idiot class on that score...
Additionally, the last line of my post said "one may be excused for assuming that you too, are on Warner's payroll.". A basic secondary school understanding of English would show that that statement is not the same as equating you with a sycophant. Yet you took offense like a little schoolgirl. Your puerile attempt at vitriol coupled with a high level of ignorance typical of your kind revealed you to be just another shameless brown-nose sycophant, unwilling in the face of any sort of proof, sense and sensibility from all quarters to see facts for what they are. You are nothing but another maccocious bajan poking they nose in other country business and coming up with your own little fantasies about how YOU think our affairs should be run. You are not the first bajan to get our politics completely wrong. A previous bajan said in October 2007 that the COP would get all the seats the UNC now has. Unfortunately for the country, he was wrong..."Social Commentator" you call yourself? When it come down to it, yuh is nutten but another bajan brown-noser. Don't try and pass off your opinions (which now appear to have been paid for) as facts. Leave that kind of dotish thinking for Panday and his band of thieves... from whence Warner himself came. We had ENOUGH of allyuh kind of sycophantic "thinking". YOU are part of the problem.
MARCHA-LIE , the reason why
MARCHA-LIE , the reason why I never read your diatribe is because it does not worth the effort but it is clear that you read my blogs all the time . The Trinidad Guardian news papers have been selling in Barbados for many years . The TG has provided this site for all and sundry to read the articles and post blogs , if the readers care to - therefore , I am free to comment on issues which I read here . You seems to be , inter alia , an anti-bajan lumpen element but your bigotry will not stop me from posting blogs here or supporting Jack Warner . The bajan who did the poll can speak for himself but polsters all over the world get it wrong , sometimes . The polster and I , have trinidadian born relatives and we have visited T&T on several occasions , as a mater of fact , the polster lived in T&T for 3 years and is a regular visitor . The internet has made the world a global village and as a result , a bigot , known only to the people in his country , is now known all over the world .
ATW - Barbados .
Land of the Fly Away
Land of the Fly Away Fish
orator quisquiliarum , cultor vir... No one asked you to read my diatribe. That is your choice. I read your drivel out of respect for the idea that gold would be utterly meaningless without the contrast of garbage. You are not expected to read what I post, as it was not meant for one dimensional-minded simpletons.
How can anyone qualify to be bigoted against bajans?? The country must first matter.
Where all these sycophants, apologists and man-worshippers come out from boy? First Fairplay, now you?
wiggins, how on earth can
wiggins, how on earth can you reply to marchalis comments if you dont read them!!!!!!!!!! Cannot understand that one, from your good friend, trinibone
Wiggins, yuh really damn
Wiggins, yuh really damn fass an outa place oui,yuh not only putting yuh nose in we business, yuh calling people names...first "trinibone-head","silly2dbone", Russty-Can now "Marcha-lie", have some respect for Trinbagonians nah man.
Wiggylicks is just ah bajan.
Wiggylicks is just ah bajan. Respect is expecting too much of them. As a brown-nose apologist, his ideas and opinions were handed to him, bought and paid for.
Well said Wiggins, the
Well said Wiggins, the Trinidad and Tobago government is overflowing with money but its citizens must suffer because a good samaritan has come to help where the government abdicated it's responsability. The Mannings and co. can hire endless 10 days workers and spend billions but certain people must starve. I want to hear Pandey on this. How callus and inhumane can you get Hazel, you should be ashame, because Trinidad and Tobego tax dollars is for all and Mr. Warners money is his. It is ok for you and Patrick to live in a castle like king and queen, built and paid for with tax payers money and you have no problem with that. And Hazel calls herself a Christian. Maybe if these people had a PNM party card, the new T+T passport, things will be different. Trinidad and Tobago has become a nation of the PNM and everyone else, a failed state, using the people's money to punish the very people, 20/20 visiion at it's brilliant best. Time for breakfases Hazel, feed Patrick some of the sermon on the mount.
Can we please read the
Can we please read the article for what it says. The Local Government Minister says that she will seek guidance from the AG on the issue of a private citizen giving money to pay public workers. What does that have to do with Clico or the Mannings living as king & queen or her being a Christian. Please stick to the point. Jack Warner did the noble thing...without a doubt. These people need employment, especially in times like these. As she rightly says, the payment of these salaries will not be in the government's books so she will seek advice. Wheter we love/hate the PMN/UNC/COP, we are entitled to our opinion, but bashing for no reason on issues that are not related to the topic is what will continue to drag politics down the drain in this country!
While I agree with you, Mr
While I agree with you, Mr Jack Warner is not a private citizen.
Focus for a moment please.
Focus for a moment please. Where the payment of workers in the various municipalities and burgesses are concerned, he is a private citizen. And THAT is what this subject is about. Warner himself was on the radio this morning describing himself as a private citizen.
Epsomsalts, Jack Warner IS a
Epsomsalts, Jack Warner IS a PRIVATE citizen in PUBLIC office, keep in mind he is not using public office funds(gov't) but his own private funds to do this.
Maybe Mayor Navas should
Maybe Mayor Navas should consider putting forward a business case to make these 55 workers substantive - if it is that they are performing an essential service for the borough, and this can be justified.
I am beginning to get the impression that these unfortunate workers are now being used "politically". Someone needs to make a decision.
....finally, the AG has
....finally, the AG has something to employ his brilliant legal mind....all this thumb-twiddling is giving him corns.....
We are told that the
We are told that the displaced workers are mainly litter wardens. Where is CEPEP in all of this - perhaps that program should be used, as in other boroughs like San Fernando and POS ?
Agreed, Jack Warner is not your basic Private Citizen - he is a leading member (if dissident) of the opposition party, so his intervention has be be assessed carefully.
We await the AG's opinion.....
We are told that the
We are told that the displaced workers are mainly litter wardens. Where is CEPEP in all of this - perhaps that program should be used, as in other boroughs like San Fernando and POS ?
Agreed, Jack Warner is not your basic Private Citizen - he is a leading member (if dissident) of the opposition party, so his intervention has be be assessed carefully.
We await the AG's opinion.....
We are told that the
We are told that the displaced workers are mainly litter wardens. Where is CEPEP in all of this - perhaps that program should be used, as in other boroughs like San Fernando and POS ?
Agreed, Jack Warner is not your basic Private Citizen - he is a leading member (if dissident) of the opposition party, so his intervention has be be assessed carefully.
We await the AG's opinion.....
We are told that the
We are told that the displaced workers are mainly litter wardens. Where is CEPEP in all of this - perhaps that program should be used, as in other boroughs like San Fernando and POS ?
Agreed, Jack Warner is not your basic Private Citizen - he is a leading member (if dissident) of the opposition party, so his intervention has be be assessed carefully.
We await the AG's opinion.....
We are told that the
We are told that the displaced workers are mainly litter wardens. Where is CEPEP in all of this - perhaps that program should be used, as in other boroughs like San Fernando and POS ?
Agreed, Jack Warner is not your basic Private Citizen - he is a leading member (if dissident) of the opposition party, so his intervention has be be assessed carefully.
We await the AG's opinion.....
Jack plan look like it go
Jack plan look like it go backfire and all this after he well hug up Hazel the other day...lol.
Where did the $75 million
Where did the $75 million go?
The AG should be investegating how the $75 million was spent. The former mayor lied and said he had 200 workers when he really had 255. What else was the former mayor lying about? Is the former mayor a liar and a thief or just incompetant? Either way he needed to go.
Jack money eh good? is what
Jack money eh good? is what you saying?
Ah mean, if the man was taking money, we would say: lock him up and throw way the key.
But listen: they man GIVING money to help some poor children.
Or perhaps allyou eh know what it is to be poor and have one pants, one shirt and a buss up shoes! A litter warden doh make much. I bet you is just above minimum wage.
Look, this is one time ah vex with all the Jack haters.
Wah happen, it good when other people do it, but bad when Jack do it?
Man, forget the politics and accept a good deed for what it is.
ajfyzabadbutlertown
Buying votes is not a good
Buying votes is not a good deed it undermines the republic. This is not the fault of Jack, Bas or Patrick, this is the fault of the citizens of TnT who will sell thier vote for a dollar. the politicians know this and they keep wasting money with buying votes than improving TnT.
Hang up your stockings.Santa
Hang up your stockings.Santa Jack is helping poor people to send their children to school come Tuesday September 2009.
Is buying votes Jack's only motive? Is it fair to say that of a man who is playing Santa Claus to so many needy children and families?
Penal, at least give the man some credit for helping some poor people.
There is never a guarantee that beneficiaries will always be politically grateful to benefactors, if that's what people are afraid of. But even if they are grateful, what is wrong with that?
Does is occur to people that maybe, just maybe Jack Warner has a good heart? Remember, the man has a choice: he could give money away to worthy causes, or he could stash it in the bank and spend as he pleases, like so many of our wealthy people.
I say, people don't necessarily have to vote for the man (it's their free choice to do so if they wish), but let's recognize the philanthropy in Jack Warner. If he's a charlatan, people will find that out sooner than later.
Are some people threatened by Jack Warner's apparent charity?
So, it appears that he's more of a Santa Jack than a Robin Hood.
I'm sure there are many there who will hang up their stockings in anticipation.
ajfyzabadbutlertown
Precisely! In its most
Precisely! In its most extreme form, any drug lord or underworld element with money coming out of his ears could buy votes and obtain high positions. The net effect is exactly the undermining of the republic, as Penal said. It negates the voting process itself and removes from citizens the right to free choice when such choices can be purchased. A former high ranking politician once said that you can purchase anyone for a doubles and a soft drink. That politician is now on trial in several separate court cases arising out of misbehaviour in public office. Apparently Mr. Has Been knew what he was talking about, but did not suspect he would get caught.
I understand where you are
I understand where you are coming from Ajfyzabadbutlertown. But you fail to see the main point of contention here. It isn't about Jack Warner helping out people. It is his money and he can help out who he wants. If he wants to buy school supplies, food, and anything else for people and give them away, that is his business. What I see as a problem is where Jack is donating $300K+ to the CBC for it to pay the salaries of these 55 unfortunate workers who were furloughed because the borough is out of money to pay them. While it is easy to want to mix "private and public" monies in one big pot that is where we end up getting ourselves in trouble. So, I say thanks to Jack, but no thanks. I believe that the mayor should approach the LG minister and secure monies to ensure that these people are paid thru the end of the fiscal year. There should be no politics at play here, these are people with lives and families to take care of. But as far as the CBC taking money from Jack that should be totally out of the question. Let him keep his money in his pocket and dole it out to his constituents and others at his choosing, but do not mix public and private functions and donations. It will only get us in more trouble than it is worth.
Do it for the children, the
Do it for the children, the cry of despots and dictators through out history.
Jack Warner is a Fraudster.
Jack Warner is a Fraudster. It is alleged that he receives a USD$200,000 a month from being the President of Concacaf and VP of FIFA. He could well afford to give money to any person/group in T&T.
The Chaguanas Borough Corp is a Public Entity own and run by and with money approved by the Government. A Budget is presented by the Government to Parliament and funds approved for the Corporation. Then the planned funds are vired to the Chaguanas Borough Corp, under certain terms and conditions, headings and uses. Jack Warner is by all definitions a PRIVATE CITIZEN under the LAW of T&T, albeit a person who has accumulated a lot of money. He is a PUBLIC FIGURE though, but not a PUBLIC CITIZEN. The Government is a PUBLIC CITIZEN. So let us all be responsible citizens and don’t support this type of illegal activity. To make this legal, Jack Warner should hire these 54 workers under his own person/company to be his own personal Litter Wardens.
Another core issue to consider is the precedent Jack Warner's privileged action can construe in the public domain:
- using personal funds to buy support
- if funds are to be used publicly, it should be disclosed where the source of these funds came from.
- any drug dealer, gang leader, big business man can buy up the Government
So lets take off our political hats and look at this issue under the ambit of the LAWS of T&T..Lets guide JW to do the right thing instead of the wrong one, good money or bad.
Full marks Ryan, although
Full marks Ryan, although the "fraudster" thing still to be proven even though I myself am inclined to believe it. But essentially what you saying is correct. Either hire these people in a personal capacity or risk setting precedents that will yield national chaos in the medium to long term.
'Magic Jack'(TM) could very
'Magic Jack'(TM) could very well be his new name, but how could you say that a man who is giving his OWN MONEY to poor, needy children and families is a fraudster? Or is it that people's own insecurity 'slip' is showing? Man, give Jack he Jacket and call that George, nah.
ajfyzabadbutlertown
Ryan , recently in the T&T
Ryan , recently in the T&T House of Representatives , Austin 'Jack' Warner voted with the PNM members on two bills . Name one PRIVATE CITIZEN that can do what Jack did . Elected members of Parliament are NOT considered PRIVATE CITIZENS .
ATW - Barbados .
Name one member of
Name one member of parliament who pays government workers out of pocket and still expects to fall within the law. Name one... You seem blissfully ignorant of the subject matter here. In many respects Jack Warner could justifiably be seen as a Public Citizen - not a single one of those reasons make him eligible to pay the salaries of government workers. This morning he is quoted as saying that Hazel Manning is correct to ascertain if he can indeed pay government workers as, in his words, a PRIVATE CITIZEN. There are common sense reasons why local government is in charge of all aspects of (fanfare) LOCAL GOVERNMENT. Who bears responsibility if any of these workers, paid for by an entity other than the government, damages someone's vehicle or injures someone with a flying pebble or glass in the course of their duties? Who??
Your infatuation with Warner is understandable, however, to maintain your credibility you need to divorce yourself of the infatuation and get with the facts, some of which Warner himself is admitting to. You are at loggerheads with Jack Warner over your definition, which seems more like an opinion. Warner does NOT happen to see it your way. You must listen to talk radio on the mornings as well. You are not as up to date with the affairs of Trinidad and Tobago as you would like to think.
Jack gave the money to the
Jack gave the money to the CBC to pay the workers and Mayor Navas said that she requested Jack to assist with the matter - therefore the workers are still employed by the CBC and the CBC will take the responsibility .
Macha-lie , I will remind you that prior to August 1 , 1834 , it was legal in Trinidad to own slaves , yet people fought against it and many lost their lives fighting against slavery .
Macha-lie , you seems to have a problem with me supporting Jack Warner and the good work he is doing in Chaguanas but that is what I chose to do . It is MY OPINION that an elected Member of Parliament cannot be considered a PRIVATE CITIZEN . ATW - Barbados .
ATW Even
ATW
Even if, as you say (and I disagree) that Jack Warner is not a private citizen in this matter, personally, I think it is an bigger problem for anyone, private or 'public', to be giving his private monies (assuming that it is his private monies) to pay for public sector workers. An interim loan? Maybe... but even then, that is not a good idea. However, I understand and appreciate Mr Warner's sentiments and those of the workers in that they probably are more concerned with putting food on their table and paying their rents/mortgages than where the money is actually coming from.
About a year ago, there was talk about the State of California being bankrupt. Did the governor (Arnold Schwarzenegger) dip into his own pocket, that we know of? He may have done, anonymously, but... we may never know about that. Here is an interesting current item on the State of California.
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB124346998818460615.html
In his capacity as the MP for Chaguanas, I would have thought that Mr Waner ought to have have been having numerous talks or 'breakfases' with Mrs Manning until such time as a bridging loan was arranged for Chaguanas... instead of posing for photos 'huggin up Mrs Manning' and then dipping his hand into his pockets the next.
I wonder what President Obama would have done, if something like this had happened when he was Senator. (I only mention President Obama as that was another 'photo shoot' for Mr Warner.)
La Diva
That was not a photo shoot
That was not a photo shoot that was a super imposed picture. It was quite obvious.
Things are going to get uglier and uglier
Photo shoot
Photo shoot or...
(quote)That was not a photo shoot that was a super imposed picture(unquote)
Very good Dinah! Now, why didn't I think of that! :D
La Diva
Really ATW, Are you really
Really ATW, Are you really that DUMB???
Ryan pleeeese, you really
Ryan pleeeese, you really have to ask.
I am not a big Jack
I am not a big Jack supporter honestly...but if people in Chaguanas are benefiting from this public rivalry between Panday, Warner and the PNM....I say BETTER FOR WE!!
Let them fight...let them quarrel about legalities....let them play tug of war over who going to be responsible for helping people in need due to this issue or flooding or crime or anything else in Chaguanas. We the people stand to win!
Why the government don't just pull some money from the PM's MEGA monthly salary (he is a public servant still is he not?)and pay the people in Chaguanas instead of fighting over the legality of whether someone ELSE can pay? Then they can be seen as the "caring government" they always big themselves up to be.
I say FIGHT ON politicians!! I go get my drain clean and get the Excess Garbage truck to pass through my area without 3 weeks advance notice to Couva/Talparo corporation!!
MORE FIRE!!
On the other hand...
On the other hand...
(quote)Why the government don't just pull some money from the PM's MEGA monthly salary (unquote)
Why didn't they just organise interim financing rather than having to pull money from anyone's salary (or private purse) combined with a swift audit??
Mrs Manning says she was unaware of the shortfall; the out-going mayor never let slip the CBC was short of funds; somebody took their eye off the ball? Or maybe they NEVER took their eye off the[ir] balls in the first place???
La Diva
"We have just got
"We have just got information that a private citizen has paid money towards the payment of salaries and we have gone to the attorney general to get guidance on this. “That is not the norm. We are concerned that this region has obtained over $300,000 from a private citizen to pay wages."......Quote.
Another solid reason why the UNC and its side kick parties should never entrusted with political power ever in this nation, never have I ever heard of a citizen paying state workers $$, we do not live in a feudal state of Lords and ladies raising regiments as in Europe centuries ago, somebody need to tell Jack he's not in a bollywood movie with him Natasha as the stars.
Before the AG can deal with
Before the AG can deal with Jack, Manning need to deal with the AG and the ministers in finance, national security, works and transport, you know what, the entire PNM government and Max; these issues came long before jack.