EDITORIAL

Why Not a Caymanian?

Thursday, August 5, 2004

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Reader comments:

• For years we have been hearing that Caymanians should be given opportunities to train for higher positions in Government, so they too can "Reach the top", but we also know that "On the job training" is NOT something that is accepted or encouraged in our Civil Service. However, nepotism abounds without any hesitation. We all can see who gets the college grants and scholarships, and who gets the promotions to lofty positions because of the members of their family who are in a position in the Civil Service to get them "To the Top".
  
  But worst of all, is the nepotism in this case with the Director of Tourism post, because, even if she is qualified, being in the same Department as her kin who put her there, makes even the suggestion of such a thing to be against all rules of integrity, decency, and uprightness. Pilar Bush allowed her greed and self-aggrandizement to destroy her integrity in the eyes of Caymanians. She has a lot of rebuilding to do, and it would best be done in the private sector, without the assistance of the LGB or his "friends" - Caymanian Forever
  
   
• I really don't understand why there are so many jobs out there filled by expats when a Caymanian could do it without problems. Could anyone explain it? Do not say that is laziness - John Holmes
  
   
• So many jobs are filled by expats because up until recently our local higher education system has been less than adequate. Plus, as the country has increased in technology, population, commerce and government at such an exponential rate it is almost impossible for any Caymanian to have experience in whatever is coming up next. Expats provide the outside worldly experience that we cannot have unless we have left the country for a lengthy outside education.
  
  I know that I stand very little chance competing head-to-head against any expat who has spent years working for a Fortune 500 company in the States or an executive with a world class education and generations of knowledge and support behind him.
  
  We’ve created laws that limit time that any one expat can be employed in our country; and laws that give any Caymanian a chance before that expat. But not knowing what they know we need the expats – love it or hate it, that is the truth. We cannot run this country without them - Jerome Bush
  
   
• First and foremost, as a newspaper, you are not supposed to be biased. Playing dominoes in the middle of the night or drinking fish tea does not mean that a person can do a job efficiently and effectively. You are supposed to deliver the news to us readers without a bias viewing - Arney Bruce
  
   
• Clearly, Arney Bruce doesn’t understand that an editorial is supposed to be biased to a newspaper’s viewpoint. Unless, of course, we’re talking about another local newspaper, in which case the editorials aren’t supposed to say anything really at all, or even make sense for that matter – Anonymous

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