November 22, 2013

Dear Sir,

It strikes me how short-sighted we are, it was not that long ago when the PLP Government had to spend considerable time, money and effort to demonstrate that we are not an offshore discount relay station for International Business institutions. Even Mr Brown in the UK had dubbed Bermuda as an offshore discount resort for businesses.

Now why would we put ourselves back in a position where we could once again be a target for BIG COUNTRY — RETRIBUTION. It seems the leadership has forgotten or ignored the lessons learned. Besides, this is an opportune time to reshape the topography of Bermuda’s economic foundation.

We must engage our time in revolutionary rebuilding with real consideration relevant to our small land mass and the hazardous exposure that could come with this so-called — COMMERCIAL IMMIGRATION IDEAL. Initially, for certain persons in Bermuda, this looks perhaps logical and worth the risk of increasing human disgust of the born Bermudians.

A transformation of inclusion of these active new participants of Bermudians would, without question, bury any social or cultural aspects of who we have become over some 400 years. In fact even now there are many born Bermudians who can see the increasing discrimination, disrespect and denial of our own ethics, principals and morals.

Decent and clean habits which we deem of great value are being dumped into the ocean by a handful of our own people who subscribe to imitations of wholesome living. The evidence is clear that we must renovate these weak methods of unsustainable regrowth and shift our efforts to ways that are suitable, attractive and within our capacity to implement and maintain for the betterment of born Bermudians.

This new approach will fulfil two key objectives for Bermuda, it will create sustainable work opportunities for all Bermudians regardless of education, skill-set ability or lack thereof, reinvent our scope to full year-round bustling working capacity for everyone. The other key objective that will come quickly and without trading off so-called commercial immigration status will be investment dollars to revamp and reconstruct Bermuda from Sandys parish to St George’s parish. The investors will gleefully approach Bermuda and the ratings fraternities will upgrade our status in fast fashion.

You can ignore me and waste time, effort and money and continue to see Bermuda in a slump, or contact me and have that conversation.

John H. Holdipp III