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Dear Sir, I read the Saturday, July 17, 1999 Royal Gazette and noticed the comments of Dr. Grant Gibbons of the United Bermuda Party during the House debate containing what appeared to be disdainful comments about Antigua and the visit of the Premie...
DATE: Jul 23, 1999
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This may be the forerunner of a number of similar letters you will be receiving in the next few weeks (or however long it takes Government to distribute the new land tax bills). And I predict that most of them will be from individuals who like me wil...
DATE: Jul 22, 1999
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Canada is to push the controversial appointment of barrister Saul Froomkin as the country's Honorary Consul -- even in the face of opposition from the Bermuda Government.
Confirmation that Canada was sticking to its guns over the ex-Attorney General'...
DATE: Jul 22, 1999
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Raymond Hainey, Assistant News Editor
Dear Sir, I think this new ARV tax on housing is a form of Income Tax.
It does not seem fair to tax people who are not rich, but worked hard to acquire property on a nice piece of land years ago and are now retired and live on a fixed income. What e...
DATE: Jul 21, 1999
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Dear Sir, Colonel Burch made an extraordinarily strange remark in the newspaper the other day. It was all apropos how difficult it was to reach and contact anybody in the new Government.
Colonel Burch said, to quote: "they always call us after 5 o'c...
DATE: Jul 16, 1999
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Dear Sir, For those of us who are prepared to blatantly defy the legal speed limit, we are again saying to our young people: "Who needs law and order? Do as you please. When we can't handle you, we will pass you onto the state.'' Let us also consid...
DATE: Jul 15, 1999
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Dear Sir, We had five damsels in distress on the shores of Bermuda. A Wonder Woman in the form of Bridget Marshall came to their rescue.
Bridget arranged shelter, transportation and provided a sense of security for these young ladies so far from hom...
DATE: Jul 14, 1999
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Dear Sir, Today, during the morning rush hour, a car stalled on South Road blocking traffic on Rural Hill.
The driver immediately starting pushing the car up the steep incline. Within seconds, two others stopped to help -- one was black, one was whi...
DATE: Jul 13, 1999
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Dear Sir, Genesis 1:29 and God say, "See, I have given you every herb that yield's seed which is on the face of all the Earth and every tree whose fruit yields seed; to you it shall be for food.
You do not smoke food. Nowhere is it written from Gene...
DATE: Jul 09, 1999
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Dear Sir, I think these mud slinging ads from our new tourism ministry are immoral, obscene, and not at all funny.
Imagine the ridiculousness of offending New Yorkers in this manner, especially our target market: well-heeled Long Islanders who might...
DATE: Jul 08, 1999
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