THE MINISTER for Grand Bahama, Ginger Moxey, talking in parliament final yr.
By DENISE MAYCOCK
Tribune Freeport Reporter
dmaycock@tribunemedia.web
STRAW distributors and taxi drivers in Grand Bahama have blended views on calls from Free National Movement chief Michael Pintard for Minister for Grand Bahama Ginger Moxey to be eliminated.
Philippa Pratt Burrows disagrees with Mr Pintard’s evaluation of Ms Moxey’s performance.
“She is doing an excellent job dealing with Grand Bahama,” Ms Burrows mentioned. “Grand Bahama is a large place and she from east to west doing an excellent job for a woman. I don’t feel the Prime Minister should shuffle her; leave her right where she is.”
Antoinette Smith feels that Ms Moxey needs to be eliminated, nonetheless.
“I agree with Mr Pintard because Ms Ginger Moxey is not doing anything for Grand Bahama,” she mentioned.
The Port Lucaya vendor mentioned issues have been powerful for these within the space. She mentioned Ms Moxey has but to reside as much as her promise regarding a grant for the distributors.
“Ms Moxey had us fill out an application online for a grant from last year June and July, and we have yet to hear anything. We keep asking and nothing has come out of it,” she mentioned.
Ms Smith mentioned they have been instructed that the grant was assured.
“We could use a little boost because our shops were closed for two years, but we have not heard anything further about the grant,” she mentioned.
“When you call her office, there is always a block, and you are unable to see her. She is the minister for Grand Bahama, but you are unable to see her,” she claimed.
She admits that whereas the Davis administration had given distributors $500 and had held a gathering with them, it got here off as a marketing campaign alternative.
“We thought she would talk with us one on one to find out what was going on, but she did not do that. She had the meeting simply to boost her campaign for herself. She did not talk to one vendor,” the girl claimed.
Mr Pintard known as on Prime Minister Philip “Brave” Davis to think about shuffling his Cabinet as a result of there are a number of ministers he thinks are unsuitable for his or her portfolios and needs to be reassigned to roles higher suited to their expertise or changed solely.
Among these he listed have been Works and Utilities Minister Alfred Sears, Housing and Transport Minister Jobeth Coleby- Davis, and Ms Moxey. He believes that “while she has some promise, Grand Bahama is a very complex island, and it requires a stature of leadership that presently is not there.”
Daphne Nixon doesn’t agree.
“I don’t concur with Mr Pintard,” she mentioned. “I believe that Ms Moxey is doing an excellent job here in Grand Bahama.”
“If you recall, Grand Bahama has been in a slump for a very long time. We have been through a lot of challenges with the hurricane and so forth, and I believe that coming new into politics, Ms Moxey with the help of God, is doing an excellent job and should not be moved, not at this point in time. God bless her as she continues.”
Another straw vendor, who recognized herself as a PLP supporter, believes Ms Moxey can be higher in one other ministry.
“I don’t feel she is suitable for that position she in,” she mentioned. “I agree with him (Mr Pintard) 100% to shuffle them, and I is a die-hard PLP.
“I feel he (the Prime Minister) should put her in an area that she could handle. I don’t feel she could handle that area. They need to put somebody else that is more experienced in that area. It is what it is and I is a die-hard PLP.”
However, one other straw vendor who recognized herself as an FNM, mentioned Ms Moxey needs to be given extra time.
“We need to give her a little bit more time. It (the economic situation) has been going on for some years. The FNM had their time, so we want to give her a little bit more time,” the seller mentioned.
A taxi driver mentioned: “She (Ms Moxey) likes the camera. They pick these people and put them in the position, so we just got to live with it.”
However, a cab driver who gave his identify as Mr Grant, mentioned he does agree with Mr Pintard. “She is doing a wonderful job and I do not think she should not be moved.”
When requested why he mentioned: “I like how she is dealing with her constituents. I like how she is trying to assist people who can’t prepare for themselves. And I like the way she is involved in trying to get the economy back in shape so everyone will be able to survive. I think she is doing a good job.”
Grand Bahama residents divided on Moxey’s performance
Grand Bahama residents divided on Moxey’s performance
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