{"id":30813,"date":"2013-01-28T09:00:46","date_gmt":"2013-01-28T14:00:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/?p=30813"},"modified":"2013-01-28T09:00:46","modified_gmt":"2013-01-28T14:00:46","slug":"yes-vote-is-blank-cheque-for-government","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/2013\/01\/yes-vote-is-blank-cheque-for-government","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Yes&#8217; Vote Is &#8216;Blank Cheque&#8217; For Government"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_22988\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-22988\" style=\"width: 200px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-22988\" title=\"hubert-minnis\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/hubert-minnis.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/hubert-minnis.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/hubert-minnis-150x112.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-22988\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Dr. Hubert Minnis<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>FNM leader Hubert Minnis\u00a0 cautioned Bahamian voters not to sign a \u201cblank cheque\u201d for the government at the polls on Monday.<\/p>\n<p>Claiming a lack of public education on the upcoming gaming referendum, Dr Minnis reiterated his party\u2019s call for Bahamians to vote \u201cno\u201d and demand a fair and transparent process.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe decisions they make today impact us moving forward and we should not be making decisions in isolation. We have to think about our kids, our grandkids, and the type of Bahamas we want to leave for them. It is difficult to make a decision without information, and in the absence of information we would urge Bahamians to vote no and have the process done properly.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The two questions for the January 28 referendum are: \u201c\u2018Do you support the regulation and taxation of Web Shop gaming\u2019 and \u2018Do you support the establishment of a National Lottery?\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Dr Minnis said his party opposed the referendum on the grounds that there was a \u201ccomplete lack of education\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI was appalled to see at the rally they were giving out gifts, that\u2019s a form of bribery,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf this is not checked, democracy is under siege.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dr Minnis said his party opposed the referendum on the grounds that there was a \u201ccomplete lack of education\u201d.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"rop_custom_images_group":[],"rop_custom_messages_group":[],"rop_publish_now":"initial","rop_publish_now_accounts":{"facebook_10223285771444175_51037792744":""},"rop_publish_now_history":[],"rop_publish_now_status":"pending","footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[137,179],"class_list":["post-30813","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-politics","tag-gambling","tag-vote"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30813","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/13"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=30813"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30813\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=30813"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=30813"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=30813"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}