Cayman is facing a very uncertain future

Thursday, June 29, 2006

Dear Sir:

The Cayman Islands are facing a very uncertain future, if the offshore companies cannot recruit and retain, not only the specialist staff they need, but the support staff as well, they will move their business to another jurisdiction. As has been noted for the longest time now, we therefore do not think that opening our big mouths is going to change too much either.

This can and will be the straw that broke the camel's back and even though there is ridicule, disagreement, disgust and among other things, the Government is not about to listen to any advice or complaints because the thing called pride, and to sum it all up
stupidity will not allow them to listen.

A perfect example is the roundabouts in the Islands. Well, on that one I need to ask a question, "Where is Mr Road Planner's head?" Yes, we have and will see more dramatic situations where there will be more absurd policies, more hemorrhage, and a greater exodus of people from the Cayman Islands and more goodbyes to future developments that may have come to the Islands.

The statement of the statistics office's recent claim that living costs are coming down, is a propaganda statement and most people are fully aware that very few things here are reducing in price, most are increasing. And even where there is a slight downturn in certain prices, the fact that most things had risen post-Hurricane Ivan to such a prohibitive level, any decrease now, to be meaningful would have to be substantial, yes and very substantial.

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