Mac defers critical meeting to Wednesday
Posted on Mon, 08/06/2012 - 16:11 in Politics
(CNS): As the country waits on tenterhooks for the premier to clarify his position on the controversial expat tax proposal, he announced the postponement of a critical public meeting on the subject Monday afternoon. At 3:50pm the premier’s office circulated a notification that the meeting planned for this evening about the issue would be cancelled and rescheduled as a result of the poor weather conditions. As rain beat down on Grand Cayman, Bush said discussions on what he has termed the Community Enhancement Fee and the government’s 2012/13 budget would be rescheduled for Wednesday night at 7:30 at Mary Miller Hall in George Town.
The entire community will now have to wait a further two days to hear whether Bush has finally been persuaded that there are other options to the imposition of direct taxation on work permit holders or if the 10% take from those with annual earnings of $36,000 and above will stick.
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Anyone who attends this
Anyone who attends this meeting is just enabling him.
If the story has any
FOI Request?
FOI Request?
Possible reason for the
Possible reason for the delay......one big honkin' hangover after the Jamaican party.
But tax it's in te budget he
Maybe he put the wrong
Déjà vu
Déjà vu anyone?
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/sep/25/cayman-debt-crisis-budget-postponed
SMH..............
So is the meeting really
So is the meeting really postponed because Mac has gone to Jamaica to celebrate with them and Mark Scotland and a delegation are spending MORE of our money at the olympics?
Mac is like that girl who
maybe he's writing his
maybe he's writing his resignation speech.
Nope, someone will write it
Nope, someone will write it for him.
meow
meow
Well what a surprise - doubt
Just tell us- is it true that
Just tell us- is it true that the tax has been scrapped or not? You don't need fine weather to answer a simple question that affects the entire country. What is Mac playing at now? Does he not think we have a right to know what's going on?
oh, it's scrapped. It just
oh, it's scrapped. It just hasn't been scrapped by bush
That damn reeeeen again,
That damn reeeeen again, stops everything in its tracks.
The weather didn't keep him
The weather didn't keep him from partying in Jamaica this weekend.
REAALLY???? What was his plan
REAALLY????
What was his plan all along, scheduling this meeting while we were expecting a hurricane? DUMBA$$!
Dumbass? ...... or clever
Dumbass? ...... or clever nincompoop?
Business hates uncertainty
Business hates uncertainty and risk.
Business always moves towards stability and safety.
I wonder what the Cayman business climate will look like in 6 months or a year.
The middle class real-estate market is probably tanking as we type.
it has
it has
Next excuse will be "leaves
Next excuse will be "leaves on the rail tracks"!
Don't you mean the "wrong
Methinks that too many people
Methinks that too many people are "raining on his parade".
Ernesto doesn't count because he cannot vote.
Why am I not surprised!
Why am I not surprised!
This is a matter of national
This is a matter of national importance and the weather is simply no excuse Mac. The people of this country want answers NOW, not when you deem it appropriate. WE PAY YOU to work for US, and not the other way around - remember?
He does not work for you. He
He does not work for you. He just works for the CS. But you still pay him. And pay him. And pay him. And pay him. And pay him. Remember?
you don't pay him.... he
you don't pay him.... he takes your money
OH, its raining! Stop work,
OH, its raining! Stop work, stay home, and do nothing!!! RRRRIIIIGGGGHHHTTTTT and this is the gov't that has thought of verything to not implement a tax. Stop giving your Caymaniam people a bad reputation of being lazy! cause you are the worst!!!!
Mac didn't stay home and do
Mac didn't stay home and do nothing, he went to party in Jamaica on our dollar whilst Mark Scotland and an entourage are in London, also on our dollar.
Ironically, this might be the
Ironically, this might be the most sensible and responsible thing he has done in the last 4 years!!!
Aren't we supposed to be
Aren't we supposed to be living in a first world, commonwealth, diplomatic, major financial centre? It seems more like an absurdistan banana republic.
What he means is his flight
What he means is his flight back from a weekend partying in Jamaica has been delayed.
Henceforth he should be referred to as Nero Bush - fiddling while the good ship Cayman goes down!!!
Great. So the rest of us
Great. So the rest of us managed to make it to and from work, and he can't make it to a meeting. Speaks volumes.
His personal chauffeur is on
His personal chauffeur is on holiday, we sent him on a 1st class trip to Bali for 3 weeks.
Wow what a shocker -
Wow what a shocker - postponed again .....Unbelievable.
Is anyone surprised? after
Is anyone surprised? after a weekend in Jamaica, you have to be tired from all that partying, i mean its not like we are under pressure to solve a budget crisis that is a month late or anything,
Or to calm a society that is on the breaking point along with the economy due to public idiotic statements being made about our financial future or anything like that,
No sense of urgency here in paradise, let us all go to 7 mile and sun a little shall we whiles it’s still open to the public.
A game of Chess.
A game of Chess.
or jump rope
or jump rope
He could just simplify
He could just simplify everything by announcing his resignation. He can't seriously believe he can remain in office after all the damage this shambles has caused?
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