Letter to the Editor
Thank you, Mr. Editor, but...
Dear Sir,
(1) Thanks for providing 'hot' financialinternet information that keeps us in tune with issues like thenew, worldwide response to the OECD/FATF.
(2) Thanks for your cover features on Caymanians, Sherri Bodden,'O.C.' Connor and Mrs. Georgette Myrie, and others.
(3) Thanks for your generosity in allowing us, the public, towrite lengthy letters involving research on issues that impactus both internally and internationally.
Public input will now get the chance to be elevated ... no longerare we limited to having our letters sat on, not printed or choppedby editing that renders them senseless. You've picked up on thisneed. Thank you! (A prime example of your generosity is FrankBanks letter in your October 26th issue.) I hope you continueto allow lengthy input since people like Frank Banks will no doubtescalate in their writing when more of what was 'negotiated' withthe OECD becomes exposed and clearer.
If costs incurred by adding pages should cause you to hike yourprice by a few cents ... we'll still buy it, for, as the sayinggoes: 'To be forewarned is to be forearmed.'
In addition, thanks for allowing my input on October 26th. Perhapsyour editing staff didn't realize it, but our dear 'Mr. Jim' ishistory. Here are a few bits that need clearing up. One part stated:"Mr. Jim spends....," when it should have read: "Mr.Jim spent....."
There are other bits that should have been in the past tense,too, like the part regarding his smile. This should have read:"I still envision Mr. Jim... intelligent eyes gleaming likean eagle's, crinkling at the sides... that warming smile thatalways started off slow then broke into a beam... and that winningpersonality that eventually won over even his most pessimisticopponents." (Trust me, I sorely wish I could turn this 'DearHeart' into the present tense!)
Also, the part about Mr. Connolly was supposed to have read differently.He and Jim had already been friends before his trip here.
Also, the 'commentary' you ran previously on October 12th, titled:'How we ended up Shark Lunch'...could have done with a bit of'dressing up'.
MLA Linford Pierson's words got chopped in the middle of a paragraphand his closing quote was missing. His direct words started outat: 'Luxembourg and Switzerland adamantly stated', on down to'... make our position clear to the UK government.'
Also, the FS (Financial Secretary) needed his closing quotationmarks behind the words, '... financial transactions', as they'reall his direct words. Also, 'The game's is...', in the penultimateparagraph..., should have been: 'The game is called:'
There was more that needed tidying; a missing parenthesis hereand there, or double quotes around words like "as is".But, on the whole, I think people were able to wade on past themto grasp the issues. (I understand how harrowing it must be tobe reading and editing all day...words must start swimming aftera while... my condolences.)
Sir, my sincere appreciation for the opportunity your newspaperextends. Best wishes to you, your company and staff and all thebest in the Christmas season and years ahead.
Pam DaCosta
Prospect
EDITOR'S NOTE.
Thank you Pam. We do appreciate your contributions. However, youand other writers must be aware, it is a firm policy of CaymanNet News, that we reserve the right to amend all submissions aswe see fit, in the interest of clarity, accuracy, good taste andstyle ... and most importantly ... our readers.