Dear Sir,

So, a Bermudian goes to the US, takes advantage of their hospitality and then proceeds to lead a protest, which, whether the cause is just or not, still causes social disruption and her actions are considered applaudable. I wonder if an American came to Bermuda and did the same would she be applauded or would she be thrown out before she can say “why can you do it in my country but I cannot do it in yours”?

So, hundreds of well educated Bermudians are out of work but a top hotel has to recruit internationally because they cannot find a Bermudian who would take a job showing Bermuda to tourists.

So, millions of dollars are allegedly missing from Government and union coffers and everyone seems content to scream about it or ignore it. Has anyone thought of hiring an independent non-Bermuda-related financial forensic investigating company to track the cash and bring the guilty parties to justice? So, everyone is complaining about traffic and road pollution but has anyone thought about implementing company/neighbourhood car-pooling?

Ok, you would not be able to show off your new car, nor blame traffic on your lateness for work, but it might be cheaper in the long run.

So, people who can be fair and impartial are appointed to jobs which require fairness and impartiality, which will be for the greater good of Bermuda, and yet some complain that the said appointees will be unable to do their jobs because they have no understanding of local personal interests.

So, everyone is complaining about the lack of buses causing havoc for schools, tourists and the elderly, but has anyone thought of naming and shaming those who abuse their rights, either strikes or sick days?

Surely, no one wants to have angry strangers humiliating them in public?

So, everyone is complaining about the lack of tourists, but has anyone considered that they may return quicker if social unrest such as illegal strikes and sickness were kept to a minimum and maybe out of the media?

So, everyone is complaining about the lack of foreign investment but has anyone considered that they may return quicker if political back-stabbing and unnecessary mouthing off was kept behind closed doors?

I am really looking forward to reinvesting again in Bermuda but, honestly, I have to wait until the dinosaurs have moved on and those who speak to make noise only have learned the meaning of the saying, “better to keep one’s mouth shut and be considered a fool, than...”

Come on Bermuda, remember what a very famous politician once said about doing for the country and not the other way round?

And if a historian is reading this, can you please remind us what happened to ancient Rome when the grain ships they depended on stopped coming?

EX-PAT