VIP gov’t must step up performance, says Skelton Cline
Talk show host Claude Skelton Cline has urged the Virgin Islands Party (VIP) government to move swiftly to improve their performance, adding that they are running out of time to make important investments in public infrastructure needed in the territory.
Speaking on his Honestly Speaking radio show on April 29, Skelton Cline said the upgrading of certain public assets will be the hallmark of success for any government in the BVI. But he said not much has been done in revitalizing some important developments.
“The VIP is now in their third year of governance and it is my desire to ensure that you are a successful government but you’re running out of time, particularly on the development portfolio – Prospect Reef, the airport (TB Lettsome), West End Ferry Terminal,” Skelton Cline stated.
He added: “When a government is running out of time, it means that the country is running out of time and you (government) got a four-year term. There are certain things you have to get done so the citizens can evaluate your performance. I am encouraging you to step up the pace, in spite of the obstacles.”
The outspoken talk show host, who has worked with different government administrations as a consultant, also said he hopes the current government gets the “right personnel and resources in place to reflect what you have communicated to the people of this country.”
The current VIP government has been criticized for moving too slowly in improving roads and making other important infrastructure investments. After much public outcry, the government borrowed a $100 million loan which will fund the road works currently underway across the territory.
Still, the Opposition and some members of the public say more could be done if the government had more political will and if they weren’t focused on international travel and entertainment events.
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We want the VIP out of government. They have shown us already that they do not have the competence to properly handle our affairs. Everything in this country is a mess and all you get is talk but no action whatsoever.
And how are they gonna pay for these infrastructure improvements. They have probably already spent the last 100 million loan on salary increases, pension payments, travel costs etc. We have a deficit budget; how about working on ways to balancing the budget in sustainable way. Hard to do when S!0wW@nde is bad at math and the prevailing view is that government if the linchpin of the economy.
being smart spenders was key. they acted like babies getting candy for the first time and ongoing
Maybe you could get a contract to be their consultant on this.
By the way the public have not had a chance to feedback on the KPMG reports in reference to an airport expansion so no decision on the airport can have been made yet. P487 said in meetings that whether or how to proceed has not been decided. I know in other places he says it is going to happen so it is hard to know what is going on. But that is the way poor leaders lead. Get to work cos. I am sure you will be worth every penny. Ha ha.
CSC built a $3m home while he was running the Port Project.. just saying
But look who talking cause he was getting thousands from the Premier Office for doing nothing ….
Another criminal that must have been mentioned somewhere in the UK reports. Some people think they so smart, trying to plant seeds in a discreet manner in the public when all they looking for is another opportunity to extort the government under the guise of a consultant contract. This is too shamefully and blatantly obvious. This deceptive manner of extortion should be studied. Just like money laundering has three stages…placement, layering and integration, this is one level of the extortion attempt that we are witnessing right now on a Thursday morning. Maybe it can be called the CSC stages of government extortion:
C stands for the calls to the Premier behind the scenes to talk up some anansi dreams and to convince him on how he can make the anansi dreams come true.
S stands for shamefully speaking in public as if that make sense, as the 2nd level attempt to convince the Premier to fold
C stands for cashing in on a contract, laughing all the way to the bank kniwing he cant and wont deliver a thing. Then the process would start all over again for the next extortion attempt.
Should they be teaching this in the schools because we do not need to see any repeat of this kind in the future. There should be a designated category at the FIA for this type. Criminal.
J Stands for Jealous
You are jealous you did not get any of the
money YOU claimmed CSC had gotten.
Him again? Why??????
Claude Cline spent all of his adult life in Detroit until he returned in 2010. He has sucked the BVI. He has latched on and suck every government. He has contributed nothing to the BVI but expects to have the biggest say in what happens in the country. He even wants to put down people who came here and those who stayed here to build this country. I don’t want to hear a word from his mouth.
This man is a constant reminder of a toilet stoppage.
THAT WAS GENTLY PUT AND YOUR MESSAGE IS STRAIGHT TO THE POINT , WITH HIS ARROGANCE HE WON’T ACKNOWLEDGE THAT IS WHO HE IS , BUT WE KNOW THE TRUTH ( AND HE THINKS HE CAN SMILE HIS WAY OUT OF ANYTHING , ANYWHERE OR AT ANYTIME • YOUR DISCRIPTION / OR DEFINITION OF MR SLICK , MADE MY DAY , KARMA WILL CATCH UP WITH HIM
What are you going to do ? Silence someone