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Robert King

Robert King

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15 Nov 2024 House of Assembly
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—and Members of this Honourable House and the listening public. I mean, we have heard many things said today on both sides. We are hearing from the current admin-istration how great thou art. And, you know, when you are looking at the history . . . yes, they are correct. The forefathers of the PLP, the founding fathers , did …
15 Nov 2024 House of Assembly
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Ah! Remember Nat King Cole, right. Would you agree that Nat King Cole and his daughter Natalie Cole were equally good musicians? Official Hansard Report 15 November 202 4 81 Bermuda House of Assembly [Inaudible interjections]
15 Nov 2024 House of Assembly
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Oh, sorry, Mr. Speaker . I am sorry.
15 Nov 2024 House of Assembly
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So there is the difference, right. The offspring of the father is not quite as good as the father. I think we will all agree with that by the number of records and especially from the experiences that he had and what he created. So it is true. The history of the party — [Inaudible interjections]
15 Nov 2024 House of Assembly
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No, well, it is open to interpretation and, you know —
15 Nov 2024 House of Assembly
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Yes, but still not as good as the father. I mean we could go from there to tribute bands, but the point is, we cannot rest upon the laurels of what came before us.
15 Nov 2024 House of Assembly
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Well, what I am saying is — [Inaudible interjection and laughter]
15 Nov 2024 House of Assembly
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Thank you for that.
15 Nov 2024 House of Assembly
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What I am basically saying there, Mr. Speaker, is there were a lot of nice things that were mentioned in the Throne Speech.
15 Nov 2024 House of Assembly
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There were. There were some . . . it was almost like you were at a brainstorming session at a company retreat about we are going to go ahead and do this; we are going to go ahead and do that. The how we are going to do it . . . well, that actually wasn’t there. But we will …
15 Nov 2024 House of Assembly
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Thank you. Thank you for the clarification. When we are looking at the strategy and the updates and improvements, the rates of serious crime, violent crime continue to increase. Bad behaviours on the road, domestic violence . . . things in general in this country are getting much, much worse. But w hat we are hearing is that we are …
15 Nov 2024 House of Assembly
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What I will tell you is I worked with the offender population, those persons who came from challenging circumstances. And this is what I will tell you. Yes, you have a drug treatment court. Yes, you have a mental health treatment court. Yes, you have a DUI court. But what the court doesn’t know is that presently at Westgate they …
15 Nov 2024 House of Assembly
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Thank you. Thank you for that point of order. And what we also know is that with the Alternatives to Incarceration, the fact is that persons have combination sentences where there was a period of in-carceration to be followed by probation and/or parole according to the Alternatives to Incarceration legislation which made a person eligible for parole at one- third …
15 Nov 2024 House of Assembly
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What we are talking about is what is actually happening here. [Inaudible interjections] Mr. Robert King: If we look at the quality of life in this community, all you have to do is look around you. Driving on the roads . . . we have talked about the infrastructure; walls being pulled down by weeds. Railway trails. A friend of …
15 Nov 2024 House of Assembly
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He will find out afterwards. The staff that were working for him had the expectation of the hotel opening, just like the developer, in March. Additional funding of $35 million and then, after the hotel is Official Hansard Report 15 November 202 4 83 Bermuda House of Assembly almost finished, that is when we say, Oh, let’s go ahead and …
15 Nov 2024 House of Assembly
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Well . . . no, no, no. It is fine. Let’s just say it is over $120 million. It is a lot of money that we get nothing for.
15 Nov 2024 House of Assembly
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Every single year. Hon. Zane J. S. De Silva: Might be $200 [million] for Morgan’s Point.
15 Nov 2024 House of Assembly
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Ah! But Morgan’s Point . . . all we needed was another year, just like (what was it?) October 2020, when the Princess was closed. All we needed was a bit more time, Mr. Speaker . Hon. Zane J. S. De Silva: You got it.
15 Nov 2024 House of Assembly
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Just a bit more time. So it was a matter . . . so these were external forces at work, not something that we had actually done to make it happen. [Inaudible interjections]
15 Nov 2024 House of Assembly
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Let us look at another thing. Okay, basically the inference is that we are wasting money and we are not concerned about the people. Let us talk about the gaming commission. How do you explain that we are spending $16 million—