Rawle Eastmond delivered the most devastating blow to Clyde Mascoll attempts to run in St. James North by stating that he is supporting Edmund Hinkson and that anyone who wants to represent St James North must be a person who is personable, person who is humble, person that does not think knocking on houses is below his dignity.For sure that is not Clyde Mascoll.

Growing local food is expensive because of low volumes and high costs. Overseas food is actually cheaper from America because of the subsidies. High taxation aggravates the cost of doing business and so higher costs to everyone means everyone charges more. This gov’t is to blame for its contribution to aggravating the cost of living. Far from bringing it down their policies ‘mek it worse’ and squeeze businesses like mine, when customers can’ buy, then I smell hell. Barbados is self sufficient in chicken and pork. There is no high importation of fish. Rice come from Guyana cheap and peas are not expensive. Home grown vegetables in the backyard or imported from Caribbean or Amercia are cheaper than barbados farmer grown vegetables.

you know it is very funny to read some of these comments. let me 1st declare my hand and say i don’t support a party. they are somethings both parties in Barbados do that i support and don’t support.

i will say that given what i’m seeing and feeling, i think the DLP will have a hell of a time regaining the government. i say this because as an independent minded person, when one looks at the last election two things came into play.

the corruption and the cost of living.

i have been waiting to see if this corruption is as bad as the supports and members of the DLP say, why has no one been charge? are they no laws to govern this corruption? if no, than can one call it corruption? i don’t know these are questions which i would love an answer to.

the DLP and it’s member can now dig dirt from here to China on what the BLP did, it is not going to matter because:

a) ppl will not care and
b) they are some members of the DLP who got their hands in the cookie jug too. so the pot can’t call the kettle black.

on cost of living, if this was a key part of the DLP’s platform the last time, they will get hammered on it in the next election because back then as i remembered, i did not want to here for the BLP when i came to this, i wanted them to do sometime to bring it down. as we all know, the cost of living has gotten worst. like back then, i don’t want to hear all the excuses, i want it come down and it appears the DLP can’t do anything about it. moreover they have done clear things to add to the cost of living.

so how does one answer that? by pulling some file from the wrong doings of the BLP? you that old saying? fool me once, fool me twice?

it would appear to me that what the DLP is successfully at, is digging up dirt on the BLP. this would be great if that was the mandate of the ppl but the mandate was to fix the isuses the country had, not make them worst.

now i know some DLP support will get and say i support the other party but that is your right. i would like for all to step out side of your group and see you all are a small part of the country AND i’m sure some of you are feeling the pain the rest of the country is feeling and the rest i speak of are not the BLP supports, Barbadians. remember them?

Home grown vegetables in the backyard or imported from Caribbean or America are cheaper than Barbados farmer grown vegetables.

That is because middle men mark ups are 300 to 400 %

I once sold some produce to a third person who does all the purchasing for a particular supermarket. I wasn’t quite happy with the price I got but what got me really mad is when I saw the same Items on the same supermarket shelves at a price more than double my selling price. Furthermorewithin 4 hours the items were on the shelves they were sold, it is the middle person who is causing the cost of living to skyrocket.
I know of a company who imports items and then sells them to a fellow company within the said group ; why can’t the company selling the item import them direct?

it would be sound logic to sound minded people. for the yardfowls of both parties not so much but time will tell all.

the party with a path forward and a good PR campaign will win the next election.

@ Scout
And had the ‘Contractor’ hired a ‘non-storm’ carpenter (and don’t tell me that was impossible) what would have been the outcome? You have not yet negated my argument: Being an artisan is not a prerequisite for being a good ‘Contractor’.

FACT: Currently one of the best and most successful MEDIUM sized building Contractors in Barbados worked in accounts before becoming a builder. Initially a SMALL firm, some of its early house building contracts were with government including UDC.

“It is like equating a driver with only a licence to drive an automatic car with a driver of a container truck.”

Notwithstanding the different levels of skill required for driving the two vehicles, to get from point A to B is accomplished through the same basic actions and in accordance with the same road regulations.