Storm over airport name

[Don1]

I believe Seaga is conclusively known as the Garrison King... you'll have a hard time convincing Jamaicans oddawise.... but try anyway

It's probably a nefarious media plot...lol

[Muadib]

I don't need to convince nuhbaddy of a ting..

Mi deal wid facts not misinformation and propaganda.. dat is your expertise...

[Don1]

yeah Seaga ah one righteous likkle man...lol

[Muadib]

if yuh feel suh...

[Rudi]

Gwan Ben, Eddie need all the rehab help him can get. you naw get no pay fi this one though. Better stick to the Drivah spinning. Good comedy.

[Muadib]

Eddie alright. mi hear seh him a big University Exec... molding young minds..

[Willi]

100% disagree.

Parochial reasoning here.

Besides this in NOT St Mary Tax money at work, is all Jamaica tax money to generate income and the NAME does matter, espcially as we getti fi free.

[Willi]

Back down Don...Yuh too intelligent fi dis.

Yuh often ask people fi think and come again. I humbly beseech you to do the same here.

There is nuff to blame Bruce and crew for, this is not one of them.

Nuff of the ignorami nuh even pay nuh tax..LoL

[Willi]

Name recogition, publicity, etc.

Yuh did think seh British spy coulda upsell coffee 50 years ago???

[Willi]

Wikileaks is working fi whom?

Yuh dun know seh like Shatta mi use third eye and Wikedleaks is proven to be fed by the same Govvament agencies who a try use info as weapon. Go check out : http://www.brasschecktv.com/page/1009.html

All Swiss have swiss bank account, the Swiss haffi bank too. Even the swiss whey dont have 2 shilling fi rub togedda like mi. Gwaan believe di yankee propaganda seh everybody rich here. Hell, Geneva have more than 8 percent unemployment and cant hire enough borderguards fo protect over 30 crossings...dem only have SEVEN!

The airpost will be mainly for the jetset, but with commercial flights from Florida too with medium sized jets. THIS IS A JAMAICAN INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT. More Town tax money inna it dan St Mary Money. More St Ann Money inna it too!!!

Stop forming the fool, mi Lion. Yuh betta dan dat. Mek wi focus pan the REAL issues.

[Don1]

Come on Willi.... wi nah parse out which parish di tax money come from....peeple know seh ah fi dem money, spent inna fi dem name...an dem haffi pay it back.

Is like yuh guh inna Trelawny now an name di stadium dem build afta Governor Eyre ar smaddy like dat... some peeple nuh muss vex..

As to gettin dat deh name fi "free" dat nah seh nutten...who aggo pay fi put name pon airport? Fleming peeple dem shudda pay wi if anyting fi di HONOUR ah naming AIRPORT WI PAY FAH inna fi im name.

Plus... Nuhbaddy nah fly dehsuh due to di name...nat even 1.... suh dat deh Govament argument is 100% fooliniss..

Tax money mussen guh fi honour dem kina peeple deh... dem ave enuff money inna dem circles fi duh dem private ting....like rope off beach whey peeple ah use fi generations...den kall it James Bond Beach...an di said peeple whey used to use it haffi look pan it tru barb wiya..

Some peeple ah seh enuff is enuff.... an mi nah fite dem fi seh suh atall

[Muadib]

Mi ask ahready is which Tax him tink use pay fah dis..

[Don1]

Ignorami might be true fi some Willi...but if wi continue to generally treat poor people like dem voice nuh mean nutten...wi will continue to reap di worldwind.. an wi will constantly say in amazement... "Why did they do that??"

Jamaica's problems don't start at the base...they start at the top. So the backward thinking of the Topanaris MUST be reformed.

Even the Sandals Newsletta (JLP supporter generally and pro tourism 1000%) had a reasonable view... even though I disagree that public funds should be used to honor the guy or that the name will bring even one plane inna di airport:

Poor communication yet again
Monday, January 24, 2011


FOR many of us, the naming of an airport in St Mary in north-eastern Jamaica for the late Ian Fleming seems perfectly logical.
After all, St Mary — surely among the most beautiful and restful places — was where Mr Fleming penned or conceptualised most, if not all, of his famous novels portraying the adventures of a fictional British intelligence officer, James Bond.

Those James Bond books by Mr Fleming have been the basis for one of the longest continually running film series in history, dating back to 1962. In the global film industry, Bond movies are consistently among the most successful.
So then, it makes perfect sense for those charged with the managing and marketing of Jamaica's life-giving tourism product to constantly seek ways to remind the rest of the world of the close links between Fleming/Bond and St Mary, Jamaica.

Note the comment in part from Prime Minister Bruce Golding at the opening of the airport as he sought to justify the strategic decision to name the airport in honour of a Briton, "...the market to which we are appealing is a market to which the name Ian Fleming would have some resonance".

Trouble is, in their haste, the authorities apparently erred badly in basic communication. They failed to properly consult and to listen to the feedback.
We are told by our reporter in yesterday's Sunday Observer that 'Mayor of Port Maria Richard Creary stunned Government officials and other dignitaries attending the official opening of the Ian Fleming International Airport on January 12, when he told them that some St Mary residents felt slighted over the naming of the facility'.

Many in St Mary are clearly of the view that an airport in their midst —paid for by taxpayers' money — should be named for one of their own and that the Ian Fleming name sends a wrong message.
If we are to read between the lines, we have to conclude that disquiet and discontent over the approach to the naming of the airport are to be found in Government itself.

Note the "no comment" comment of member of Parliament for Western St Mary, Mr Robert Montague, who has junior ministerial responsibility for local government: "I have absolutely no comment on the matter... my mother always tell me that if you don't have anything good to say, don't say anything," he told the Sunday Observer.

This newspaper suspects that had the relevant Government personalities and agencies thought the issue through and recognised the need to consult with locals, they may well have had their way in naming the airport, given the obvious marketing logic.
As it is, the damage has been done and locals have a right to feel angry and slighted.


We have pointed out in this space previously, as indeed it has been repeatedly said elsewhere, that this Government has a major difficulty in terms of basic communication. It's a deficiency Mr Golding and his team need to urgently correct.

Meantime, what's to be done now that the airport has already been named? Perhaps a proper apology on the failure to consult, from all concerned, including the prime minister, will help.


Read more: http://www.jamaicaobserver.com/edito...#ixzz1C3a3gmV2

[Don1]

dat deh name nah bring nuh bizniz...suh no cuttin nah gwaan

unnu cyan gwaan believe govament propaganda doh... fooliniss dat

dem man deh wid plane ongly waan know seh ai airport safe, modern, clean, convenient and have maintenance & fuel facilities

ow unnu suh simple

[Bricktop]

dat deh name nah bring nuh bizniz...suh no cuttin nah gwaan

unnu cyan gwaan believe govament propaganda doh... fooliniss dat

dem man deh wid plane ongly waan know seh ai airport safe, modern, clean, convenient and have maintenance & fuel facilities

ow unnu suh simple

But of course...I suppose that they refer to Marketing as the essential business discipline just because they felt like it...I mean Marketing is useless...kinda like you & Jawge...