Don't dump trash

June 12, 2010

Dear Sir,

Last night, June 11, some disgusting individual dumped a pile of trash including two mattresses, a lawn mower and God knows what else at the foot of my drive on Trimingham Hill.

This letter is to warn this individual that I am setting up a night watch.

This filthy behaviour is what is ruining our island home for ourselves and the tourists. People caught doing this sort of thing should be subject to a jail term.

E. RABEN

Paget

Trumpets are annoying

June 1, 2010

Dear Sir,

The idiot who decided to hand out trumpets to the fans at the World Cup should be locked in a cell with 50 trumpeters blowing his ear drums out.

After watching the opening game with the sound turned down and fifteen minutes of the second game with that incessant trumpet blowing which sounds like a swarm of bees around the commentator's microphone I might just read the reports of the games in the paper. What a disappointment.

ERNEST MCCREIGHT

Southampton

Less gang commentary

June 10, 2010

Dear Sir,

Myself and seven fellow vacationers spent the last eight days in Bermuda. We had a wonderful week except for our return taxi ride to the airport.

The driver of one of the two taxis immediately started talking about the recent gang violence on the Island, pointing out areas where various incidents occurred, etc. When one of our group tried to change the subject he immediately returned to the subject of taxi drivers being accosted by gang members and pointing out ways to spot members by what they are wearing.

Way too much information.

While it is helpful to be cautioned, this driver would make a tourist think twice about returning to Bermuda!

Doesn't he realise tourism is his life and he is doing his country a dis-service by constantly bringing this subject up?

Of all people, a taxi driver should know better!

CHARLIE SLATTERY

Massachusetts

World Cup TV blues

June 14, 2010

Dear Sir,

Can't the Government pass a law to stop Bermuda Broadcasting Company ruining the World Cup every time it's on?

Those of us who have to work during the day want to get home at night and watch a game, or at least extended highlights of the day's games, only to find there is nothing scheduled! Having blocked the real TV channels from showing anything (and I pay CableVision for five sports channels); the least ZFB could do would be to actually have a couple of hours of coverage every night. Wouldn't their advertisers like to see their money better spent?

FOOTBALL FAN

Devonshire

Suckered at Sox game

June 18, 2010

Dear Sir,

Please allow me to vent my anger at being suckered as we all were last night by our illustrious Premier and so called Minister of Tourism. For weeks now and certainly this week we have heard that Thursday, June 17, was Bermuda night at the Boston Red Sox game.

Being a Sox fan I was thrilled to see how The Premier was going to sell Bermuda to the greater New England area with a promised on-air interview with the games commentators'. This never happened. Why not? I hear that flyers and goodie bags were handed out at the game. Really, goodie bags. What I saw was our lame Premier enjoying a luxury box with the Director of Tourism, Mr. Billy Griffith. One would have thought with the Premier's lust for the limelight he would have sold Bermuda by being interviewed on NESN Ch142 on cable. Instead we were treated to some fly over video of the water and Elbow Beach hotel.

I hear that the Bermuda contingent held a luncheon hosting travel professionals but the value of this trip was surely speaking to the public via the promised TV interview instead of escorting Khano Smith out to the mound to throw out the ceremonial first pitch. How much was the gross total spent on this trip?

I can only hope that the second Bermuda day in August is better planned with the aim of selling Bermuda for the sake of its flagging Tourism industry. One bright point though was Twanee Butterfield's rendition of the US Anthem, it was fantastic.

PETER CLARK

Pembroke