Vicious Attacks On Our Women

Recently the Opposition launches vicious attacks led by their chauvinistic piggish men, on our hard working and ambitious young lawyer and Anguilla United Front’s candidate, Mrs. Cora Richardson-Hodge; following her most honest and inspiring speech on our platform in her district a few nights ago. Cora has been weathering days of the Opposition’s relentless, divisive, and reputation charged attacks.

But we know this pedigree of attacks. Over a year ago, similar chauvinistic piggish attacks were launched against Dame Bernice Lake QC; Hon. Donna Banks; Ms. Ann Edwards and quite recently on Mrs. Lolita Davis-Richardson from our naturalized Kittitian Mutt, Ian Donaldson Mitchell CBE QC via his blog – Corruption Free Anguilla.

Why does the Opposition hates our most ambitious and productive women on Anguilla?

We are demanding the Opposition to stop parroting lies, innuendoes and rumours; and distracting the electorate from the real issues affecting this nation.

The electorate must reject the Opposition’s propaganda mouthpiece, Mr. Haydn Hughes, as parroting a malicious attempt to smear, defame and distract the electorate from the pressing issues of the day.

The Anguilla United Front party appreciates the contribution of our women in society and does not shrink from its implications that our country can truly fulfill its divine purpose when we work in partnership with our women. We respect the fact that Anguilla was founded, in part, on the backs of our women.

Tell the Opposition to respect our women otherwise, Haydn Hughes as Opposition’s mouth-piece will continue to elevate smear after smear against our hard working women on Anguilla.

Thank you very much for your support.

The Vision Of A "Blinded" Dad

The back-door 1982 Anguilla Constitution was a disguised blessing in our revolution; coupled with its much needed safeguards and/or protections. Before that, ministers of government under the disguise and protection by the Crown dictated, corrupted and manipulated the system without regard to age, experience or qualification in return for political support and/or personal interest.

Admission into the civil service for example was for the unambitious, lethargic and/or incompetent. Those whose abilities did not warrant an expectation to succeed in the open professions, where they will encounter the competition of their contemporaries; and where there is no opportunity of trying their fitness for purpose.

Quite arguably, the subsequent appointment of Mr. Stanley Reid to the post of Establishment Secretary, presently the Hon. Deputy Governor, witnessed a more meritorious and transparent system of Public Administration for Anguilla. Evidently and kudos to his credit was the suppression of strategize-positioning inaugurated for specific selective execution and/or saved opportunities awaiting preparation for, by identified individuals - oppose to an open merit based system. And not to mention his initiative in government’s pursuits against renege scholarships, subsequently recovering on breaches ignored by his predecessors.

And then there was that urgent need for the abolition of patronage; amateurism and inefficiency; secrecy, lack of accountability and ducking of responsibilities; transformation of the old miscellaneous collection of self-centered personals in public offices – with their replacement through merit and professional efficiency, into a modern integrated civil service.

Stanley Reid urgently addressed the urgent need for the improvement in management in the civil service; the development of a more modernized and friendlier environment; with clear aims and objectives while delivering more efficient services. Today, Anguilla can boast its most qualified and efficient civil service to date; with its ongoing positive transformational successes.

The Hon. Stanley Reid is destined to be the first Anguillian-British Governor by the ending of 2010 – guaranteed.

But our heartless unsympathetic dreamwork visionless Opposition still makes mockery of our patriotic giant, Mr. Eric Reid’s disability (the Hon. Stanley Reid’s dad). Mr. Statchel Warner reminded me the other day that “the worst thing in life is to be born sighted but lack vision”. And that simple sentence resonates and speaks volume.

But the eventual choice of Deputy Governorship for Anguilla was not an easy one for the British. There were other great men, with similar qualifications and qualities - the likes of Dr. Rev Niles - but then there were other men… there was Ian Donaldson Mitchell CBE QC.

With Mr. Mitchell's relationship with the Opposition and their lack of vision, we hope that they have not lost their sight as well.

A PATRIOTIC WAKE-UP CALL

This has never happened on Anguilla before; this amongst to Treason. No one has ever degraded our institutions and civilization as disgraced and corrupted Ian Donaldson Mitchell CBE QC (questionable character). In such a rough economic climate, born Kittitian Mutt with Anguillian citizenship has been displaying his highest level of senility, by threatening economic prosperity and the direct livelihood of Anguillians as a whole.

This disgrace must be dismembered from any meaningful board of directors on Anguilla. He must leave Anguilla… willingly of forcefully! We had enough of Don the con; this is beyond acceptance – he must go.

As former UK Home Secretary, Jacqui Smith, rightfully stated, “British citizenship is a privilege, not a right”, and as such, I am petitioning the Immigration Minister, Chief Minister Hon. Osbourne B. Fleming - as a measure of good governance and patriotism - to look seriously at this matter and to rightfully enforce the said principles on Anguilla (British Overseas Territory) by removing such enemies of the state through deportation forthwith. It’s much wiser to lose an idiot, than to lose a whole nation.

Just imagine a government influence by Haydn, Hubert, Mitchell, Harry, Percy and Sutcliffe? This will rock the core of political stability, good-governance, peace, growth and economic prosperity on Anguilla. It’s scary Anguilla… wake-up!

However, one of the things we are mostly proud of about the Anguilla United Front's (AUF) campaign is the level of civility and consciousness displaying on our political platforms. No other party has built a campaign involving so many Anguillians as true stakeholders; for which we are very much proud. It speaks volumes not only about the kind of campaign we're running, but also about how we want politics on Anguilla to be.

So many of us have been waiting so long for the time when we could finally expect more from our politics, when we could give more of ourselves and feel truly invested in something bigger than a particular candidate or cause.

This is it. We are the ones we've been waiting for. We have changed politics for which we seek.

Now it's going to take every one of us reaching out, organizing, and giving our all to make victory a reality.

Thank you very much for your support.

A Scary Moment

Election Day February Day 2010 is fast approaching and each vote is crucial to political stability, continue growth and a nation’s prosperity. Our plans are to win every district as a clear mandate in achieving your goal.

As of right now, we have our volunteers across the nation delivering a remarkable achievement we can all be proud of.

We know one thing for sure - our time has come, our organization and movement is real, and come February Day 2010 – there will be no trading places. At this moment in history, the stakes are too high and the challenges too great to play the same old childish games with the same old tried-tested-and-failed leadership and government expected from our Dreamwork Visionless Opposition.

There will be those who say it cannot be done. But we know what we have seen and what we believe - that when ordinary people come together we can still do extraordinary things.

Start a conversation with your friends, family, coworkers, and anyone else who will be voting about the issues important to them in this election. Right now people like you are making phone calls, emailing friends, and doing everything they can to reach voters before February Day 2010.

Imagine this scary moment - imagine a government influence by Haydn, Hubert, Mitchell, Harry, Percy and Sutcliffe?

Please do what you can to help avoid this on Anguilla.

Thank you so much.

Ambiguity and/or Innuendoes?

In clearing up ambiguity and/or innuendoes, Anguilla has agreed to “study” the impact of low taxation on the country's economy.

A report for the British government last month said Anguilla and other overseas UK territories must find new methods of raising taxes as they battle the economic crisis.

Whereas the report does not specify the action that should be taken in every case, but it could include raising significant extra revenue through income tax, value-added taxes, a consumption tax and corporation tax. The report further states that many of the territories were running out of money as tourism and finance withered away amid the worldwide economic meltdown.

The Turks and Caicos have already exhausted their government reserves, while in Anguilla reserves are forecast to run dry by the end of the year, the report added.

The British Overseas Territories and Crown Dependencies have sovereignty over their own tax affairs. Many will fiercely defend their reputation as low-tax economies.

The Minister of Finance, the Hon. Victor F. Banks confirmed that the British government will fund the “study”; and has suggested that any recommended tax changes would depend on wide public “consultation”… first.

Appreciate your understanding very much.

February Day 2010

With extremely close races in District #1 and 5 shaping up, we need to win every district we can come February Day 2010. It's time to put an end to the say-anything-to-win politics of the past. Together we can face the challenges of the future with a new kind of politics and a new kind of leadership under the most capable hand of the Hon. Victor Franklyn Banks.

Our volunteers are working hard in building this unprecedented network of support for the Anguilla United front campaign. For the first time in a very long time every vote is significant; every vote will count.

You can help get out the vote by making calls to supporters; tell John, to tell Paul, to tell them all. Making calls is fun and easy, and you can make a big difference in this crucial fight for Anguilla’s prosperity. Try making five phone calls, and I promise you'll want to make five more.

Now is the time to turn all of the energy and hope you've invested in Anguilla into action.

Thank you very much for your support.

THE FACTS

Fellow Anguillians

We've got a fight on our hands. Malicious Lies, Rumours and Innuendoes are pulling out all the stops to defeat good governance, continue growth and a nation’s prosperity. We must maintain that strength and endurance which sustained us over the years through these rough times. The destructive Dreamwork Visionless Opposition is blanketing the country with deceptive radio talk shows and chat-room forums over the internet with their phony reports and uneducated analysis from their non-refereed sources, twisting arms trying to distort the facts and savage our efforts.

We know their game. Frankly, under the old rules of a nutshell mentality fear-mongering approach they were nearly impossible to beat. But now, thanks to educated you, the rules are changing. All the lies, scare tactics and vile politics in the world are no match for the incredible work of the “Anguilla United Front (AUF) with Anguilla at Heart” and supporters like you. That's exactly what frightens them so much - and it's what we as a team is counting on.

After decades of false starts, disunity, trials and failures delivering fail leadership and governments from the Opposition, we are now just a short time away from you delivering a clear mandate for concrete stability and continue success on Anguilla. As election draws near, you can bet that the Opposition will hold nothing back. That means that the “AUF with Anguilla at Heart” will need the extra resources to beat back whatever destructive attack they can dream up next. Those resources are you in numbers.

Here's the bottom line: it's never time to relax - it's time to double down; it’s time to deliver.

If this election is all about guaranteeing good governance and a sound government for every Anguillian and generations to come, it worth everything we could throw at it. This fight for Anguilla is about capable teamwork tackling our toughest challenges; it’s about whether or not we can still do big things on Anguilla.

I believe we can. And the Hon. Victor F. Banks believes we can. But what really matters is your full support and together we can take Anguilla to the next level... together.

Thanks so much for your support.

A Word Of Encouragement

I have an unusual request for you.

I've written a few times before and I'm sure you've already heard about what's happening; from the building support to the growing energy on the ground. Our campaign has tremendous momentum, but there's a lot to do before the general election 2010.

Here's the challenge...

Our ground operation is in full swing, and we're well on our way to gaining massive support around the country. Volunteers have taken on serious responsibility in their local communities. They are the backbone of our campaign and the Anguilla United Front (AUF) could not do this without them.

Our success depends on the motivation and dedication of these everyday people. They have their own families, their own jobs, and all the other responsibilities of their lives, but they have volunteered to take on this important role in our campaign because, like you, they believe in the sincerity of the Hon. Victor F. Banks to take this country forward.

Please take the time to share with them a word of encouragement. Share with them the common bond that binds us - belief in each other, belief in this campaign, and belief in this country.

Our crowds are massive; and undecided voters are coming out of our meetings decided. We have seen in Blowing Point a few days ago that the crowds and energy have been incredible. You can feel the energy that this is something more than just a typical political campaign.

Our momentum has hit the city of Blowing Point so hard that many of the Hubert Hughes’ supporters have confirmed their new allegiance to Anguilla United Front’s (AUF) Candidate, Mr. Curtis Richardson. The Road South electorate is realizing that fundamental change is within reach.

The improbable is now possible.

Now is the time to take the next step and be a part of this historic moment. It's critical that we maintain this national campaign infrastructure in the next few weeks if we are going to maintain good governance, continue growth and a nation’s prosperity.

Thank you very much for your support.

Is The APP Anguilla’s Waste Management Corporation?

It's been said that the company he keeps knows a man. That adage has been used by mothers for as long as there have been teenagers – to help them learn discernment when choosing their friends.

Most of us can recall a time when our parents warned us to ‘choose your friends wisely.’ Suffice it to say, they were referring to the way in which others would judge us in accordance to our friends, as well as the influence our friends would have upon us.

Well, nothing could be more indicative of this sort of relationship than the one formed between Ian Donaldson Mitchell, Harry Wiggins, Palmovan Webster and the Anguilla Progressive Party (APP), Hubert Hughes and the Anguilla United Movement (AUM), Edison Baird, Haydn Hughes, Sutcliffe Hodge and all other independent candidates - Anguilla Political Pimps & Prostitutes.

Seems as though the APP has resorted itself to becoming the ‘bin’ of Anguilla’s politics.

We have honestly been doing our best to velvet-glove the APP; and whether the APP wants this garbage their endorsement or not, they have gotten it… sadly.

Certainly many in the APP will be quick to distant the correlation between them and their associations, and that they did not solicit their support - but not in the Waste Management Industry.

A vote for the APP can be a vote for destructive and vile politics, arrogance, confusion, disunity, lies, innuendoes, deceitfulness, immaturity, and an unqualified and guesswork trial and failure - delivering failed leadership and government; a would be dark chapter in the history of Anguilla’s politics.

But again… perhaps it is unfair to suggest that the association is synonymous since it still lacking cohesiveness and chemistry; and clothed a dreaded history. But it seems to us that the mere fact that those political NO-Brainers wish to endorse the APP is indicative.

Opposition’s Position: NO!

THE KNOWN FACTS FROM THE OPPOSITION’S POSITION ON NOT KNOW

They have NO organization; NO leader; do NOt have the political maturity NOr IQ to understand any MOU or MOA; they said NO to electing competent governments.

They said NO to Cruising; NO to Yachting Marina; NO to Airport Extension; NO to the Dolphin Discovery; NO to a Casino – with NO alternative vision to lure tourist numbers or continue economic growth to Anguilla.

They said NO to a Ports Authority; NO Port development for Anguilla - that’s a NO to trading. They said NO to Transshipment – that a NO to windfall revenues; do NOt kNOw that the globe is in an economic recession and they really do NOt kNOw how to get out.

They do NOt like NOr respect Civil Servants and hate Customs and its duties. They do NOt care about economic growth and prosperity.

They want to change the Health Authority to NO kNOwn alternative; said NO to a National Health Insurance; and hell NO to a Medical University. They do NOt want any more learning institutions on Anguilla and do NOt kNOw about your kids’ future.

They said NO to the experts' advice about our indigenous banks amalgamation with NO kNOwn alternative; NO to our indigenous banks lending government funds; NO to our Social Security investments; NOt kNOwn how to implement immediate plans to broaden our nation revenue base; NO to Taxes but have NO idea how we will pay our way.

They said NO to select Boards Directors on the basis of merit and professionalisms - however limited in a small community - as corruption, rather than the realization of convergence. They do NOt have any respect for characters.

They said NO to the British; NO to good governance; NO respect for the rule of law; and NO to a police state. They do NOt care to kNOw NOr introduce any new alternative legislation NOr have the vision.

They [Opposition] repeatedly say NO to, and are clueless to Anguilla's potential.

This destructive Dreamwork Visionless Opposition resorted itself to the party of ‘NO’ - with the ‘we don’t kNOw’ alternative policy regarding how to solve… we don’t kNOw anything. There is NO coherent alternative approach – instead, the ‘set of I don’t kNOws’ are wasting time destructively criticizing government’s successes.

Oh yesss!… they are very much interested in one piece of legislation – the Freedom of Information Act. But that’s only because they are in ‘NO’ position.

Should the Opposition resign?

New Leader Assumes Office On British West Indies Isle (2010)

Mr. Victor F. Banks was sworn in today as Chief Minister after his Anguilla United Front (AUF) Party won five of the seven seats in the Legislative Assembly of the British dependency.

Mr. Banks’ victory came at a time when the nation is in its worst economic difficulties due to the crippling recession.

In a victory rally with supporters earlier today, Mr. Banks said, retrofitting Psalm 94:16 –“you rise up for the AUF against our political opponents now friends. Now I am asking you to stand with us in taking this nation to the next level, in the face of any challenges that will come our way.” Mr. Banks continues: “our message of hope, unity and strength going forward will generate the kind of opportunities necessary for Anguilla’s prosperity. Let us start the liberation process and lay the foundation for our reconstitution, stability, security, economic growth and prosperity for our new nation. Under my leadership, we must enter this new awakening with resilience, trust, obligation, togetherness and appreciation… let’s get to work!”

Chief Minister Banks has been the longest serving Minister of Finance on Anguilla and has worked with every successful Anguilla Government Administration. Since Anguilla’s dependency on Britain in July of 1971, Chief Minister Banks is the first tertiary educated head of state on that British Overseas Territory.

The two other seats in the assembly went to the Anguilla Progressive Party's (APP) Ms Palmovan Webster and independent candidate Mr. Edison Baird; leaving former Chief Minister and Opposition leader Hubert Hughes’ party, the Anguilla United Movement AUM) without representation for the first time in over 25 years.

CHANGE?

The Opposition lacks cohesiveness and chemistry; and instead of realising a best suitable qualified leadership for Anguilla, it preferred to ridicule and destructively destroy reputations with its fear mongering smeared campaigns.

It’s embarrassing for too long now, that while an intelligent globe seeks to select their elite to compete and lead; we were yet deselecting our elite and electing our non-intelligent animals. Where their arrogance and unpreparedness were much focus of attention and entertainment at international forums and head of states gatherings; only returning to a gullible nation with a general term, an overused word – Informative!

We are tired of outdated, misinformed, misguided, visionless, disingenuous, clueless candidates who are simply suffering from cases of self-importance.

The Anguilla United Front Government has effected that kind of change for Anguilla - the change that elevates, with associated respectability. The kind of meritorious change which demands instant attention, not seeks. Leadership which ensures that the work of the people is properly done and done properly; quality leadership with the qualifications a nation so yearns.

This election the choices couldn’t be simpler – a destructive dreamwork visionless loose-cannon Opposition; or crystal-clear continuation of good governance, real growth and a nation’s prosperity?

Anguilla… THINK!