May 2011 Voices
“It really should be more organised. Everyone is confused about what’s going on. We are asking questions and we are just getting shouted at” Tourist Deon Brantley, from Baltimore, on transport delays encountered by tourists at Dockyard.“Are we the brown Asians not welcomed in this Island? Can’t the brown-skinned people chill out in their apartment?” Jagadeesh Kothandaraman, an Indian guest worker, after stones were hurled at him and his Bangladeshi roommate at their home by a group of young men.“The problem is we have too many tuned-out parents in this country. They are too busy living for themselves. Parents are too busy playing on their BlackBerrys. They need to put the gadgets down” Prison Commissioner Edward Lamb on children needing time, not money from their parents.“I am happy to take the lead as Premier to take a cut in salary if this is mirrored also by senior levels of Civil Service” Premier Paula Cox moots the idea of cutting her $224,000 annual pay cheque.“We want to earn your support and trust, one person at a time. Rome was not built in a day” John Barritt, leader of the new One Bermuda Alliance, as the party is officially launched.“We can’t let our politicians evade it any more. We can’t let them run any more” student Krystl Assan, 22, calls for legal protection for those discriminated against due to their sexual orientation.“Someone is obviously starting to target areas where they think they can quickly get their hands on good stuff” Linda Down, co-ordinator of a new Neighbourhood Watch group in the affluent Fairylands neighbourhood.“Lord, I don’t see anywhere to stop!” Kim Rhoda-Bean speaks of the moment her car with her two young children in the back skidded on South Road and veered down a steep drop.“This time, I plan to stay a few days with my family. I’m really looking forward to going to the beach. The kids are really excited about going to the beach” Comedy Central News pundit Stephen Colbert shortly after arriving on The Spirit of Juno in the Charleston to Bermuda Race at the Royal Bermuda Yacht Club.“I’ve known him long enough to know him. It’s a way he sometimes squinches up his eyes. That’s who I saw. I recognised him by his eyes” Michael Parsons on the witness stand May 27 in the trial of David Cox about the moment he saw Troy (Yankee) Rawlins gunned down in the Spinning Wheel club.