I cannot with a good conscience sit by and allow this serious case of misinformation to be spread to the Bahamian Public.<\/p>\n
I am appalled\u00a0 that my friend\u00a0 the Leader of the Opposition\u00a0 would attempt to\u00a0 spread untruths to the Public at a time like this when he and others in his Party should be trying to help instead.<\/p>\n
The article in Friday\u2019s Tribune September 2nd, 2011 is very poor and untrue as it relates to North Eleuthera Airport.<\/p>\n
N. Eleuthera Airport has been open and Operating since\u00a0 8:00am on Friday morning the day after Irene passed . It has never been without Fuel at any time\u00a0 and it has never been shut down\u00a0 at any time other than what it is shut down normally\u00a0 only at 2 very slow periods the Generator was shut down for normal maintenance for about 2 hours at a time.\u00a0 Also all Flights coming and going into N. Eleuthera know that the F. B. O.\u00a0 that operates\u00a0 there is also open for them to contact\u00a0 by Unicom at all times.<\/p>\n
It is sad when any Politician or wanna be Politician tries to deceive the Public to achieve their personal goals. Yes, Mr. Sweeting I believe did offer to send some fuel\u00a0 but there was no need for this other than to make it a politcial\u00a0 gesture because the airport manager\u00a0 was in full control at all times and was doing a super\u00a0 job under the circumstances and had just come from sp. wells on thursday purchasing Fuel when he saw the need to do so, which he took back to the airport.<\/p>\n
Also as far as I have been able to determine there has been no interruption of international flights\u00a0 at all due to any reason that can be attributed to something being wrong at N. Eleuthera Airport.<\/p>\n
Perry (PLP Leader) said the airport was shut down so I wonder how he and his party landed in N. Eleuthera and where did they land or what rules they broke if they Landed at an airport that was closed, I only know about one in N. Eleuthera.<\/p>\n
The people of N. Eleuthera and the Bahamian Public at large know about the Hurricanes between 2002 and 2007 and the kind of Help & Hope that they received. They also know about the Help they received in prior Hurricanes between 92 & 2002 and all of the B.S. that will be thrown at the Public will not change the facts\u00a0 so the Public will decide who was there to HELP.<\/p>\n
Also as far as I am aware all of the Islands in the Bahamas besides Andros and Grand Bahama\u00a0 suffered\u00a0 Electrical damage and\u00a0 probably Telephone line damage so as a result the Maintenance crews are spread very thin and are doing a very good job of restoring services to the people.<\/p>\n
I have heard a lot of complaining from folks in Nassau\u00a0 about the problems there but if the people of Nassau would learn to cut & trim\u00a0 their trees properly before a Hurricane\u00a0 then their neighbors\u00a0 would not have to be inconvenienced\u00a0 because\u00a0 lines were broken down. No individual in the Bahamas or anywhere else for that matter should be allowed to have trees that grow unruly along the roads where Electric lines and Phone or Cable lines are run\u00a0 overhead. Also it would stop a lot of roads from being blocked by Debris after a Hurricane passes.<\/p>\n
We in Spanish Wells learnt from Andrew so it is done before to avoid big Problems after.<\/p>\n
By: Abner Pinder
\nSpanish Well, Bahamas
\nSeptember, 2011<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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