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The Hon. Michael Weeks JP, MP

The Hon. Michael Weeks JP, MP

546
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10 Feb 2017 House of Assembly
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Yes. Yes, my colleague. I have had to put in a lot of reading over the last couple of weeks. So, Mr. Speaker — [Crosstalk]
10 Feb 2017 House of Assembly
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So, Mr. Speaker —
10 Feb 2017 House of Assembly
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As I continue, I find another claim while I have been sitting here saying that the new airport would somehow be a benefit to tourism. I, for one, think this is ludicrous, Mr. Speaker. No one . . . and I should not say No one, let me speak for m yself. When I travel somewhere to go on vacation, …
10 Feb 2017 House of Assembly
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Because when I sit — [Inaudible interjections] 566 10 February 2017 Official Hansard Report Bermuda House of Assembly Mr. Michael A. Weeks: Because when I sit with my —
10 Feb 2017 House of Assembly
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Well, somebody will take me to the airport. I do not have a problem. But when I sit with my wife and we talk about a vacation, Mr. Speaker, we talk about what we want to do on the vacation. [Inaudible interjection]
10 Feb 2017 House of Assembly
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That comes a little later. We talk about what we want to do, that d etermines where we are going to go. After we make that determination, we discuss the hotel.
10 Feb 2017 House of Assembly
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And once we do those things, I do not think that a conversation has ever come up about the state of the airport. [Inaudible interjections]
10 Feb 2017 House of Assembly
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Because like most people, Mr. Speaker, the least amount of time that you spend at the airport the better. So to try to bamboozle my people to think that if we put up a structure down there without the infrastructure within the country, it is going to improve tourism, well, come on. Come on. One of my colleagues spoke and …
10 Feb 2017 House of Assembly
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Pin the pin on . . .pin the tail on the donkey. [Laughter]
10 Feb 2017 House of Assembly
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And this is what, as my —
10 Feb 2017 House of Assembly
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I did not say “Dunkley,” I said “donkey.” [Laughter]
10 Feb 2017 House of Assembly
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Let’s be clear now. [Laughter]
10 Feb 2017 House of Assembly
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Yes, yes, yes. Okay. Let’s move on. As I move on, Mr. Speaker, I also heard the Honourable Member from constituency 4, talk about the state of the airport, the airport workers should not have to work in crumbling and dilapidated conditions. And she was absolutely right. I agree with that. But FYI [for your information] for those who do …
10 Feb 2017 House of Assembly
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—infrastructure and poor building either. [Gavel] [Inaudible interjections]
10 Feb 2017 House of Assembly
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Most of these schools that our children attend, and I cannot speak to the private schools because my children are over in public. So I am only speaking about the schools that I know. But most of those schools are 50 years plus. Most of them are twice the age of the airport. So if we want to talk about …
10 Feb 2017 House of Assembly
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Warwick Secondary, Spice Valley, T. N. Tatem. T. N. Tatem, Mr. Speaker —
10 Feb 2017 House of Assembly
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I have been reminded that it now has been changed to T. N. Tatem.
10 Feb 2017 House of Assembly
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Yes. You call and I will whi stle, Mr. Speaker.
10 Feb 2017 House of Assembly
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The number -one principal. But, Mr. Speaker, what I am trying to say is, we have moved our students from T. N. Tatem down to Clearwater. By all intents and purposes, they have been complaining about that mould and mildew for Bermuda House of Assembly years now. Heaven knows how many of our children and/or teachers have been made sick. …
10 Feb 2017 House of Assembly
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—spending $15 –20 million per year. Now, again, in my travels, Mr. Speaker, very few airports that I have gone into . . . and they have been set right up, there is always some kind of work being done. So when they again try to bamboozle the people that say, Oh, you don’t want to go down to that …