Some time ago someone sent me a link to an online petition which had been started by former PLP candidate Neville T. Darrell in favour of the Southlands development, to counter the one opposing it. I took a quick glance and dismissed it as it wasn't getting much support (currently at 87 people versus 3,226 opposing) and the little it had received read like a who's who of Bermuda's construction industry.
I don't know why, but the corruption scandal of the past week and a half triggered a memory that after the revalations of the Mid Ocean News BHC Police Report report just puts it all in perspective yet again.
What was the memory?
Well, let me put it to you in a question:
Who do you think is the first signatory on the pro-Southlands petiton?
You get three guesses, and the first two don't count.
So who is it?
None other than one Zane DeSilva, key player in the BHC Police Report, being the central player in almost every lead that the Police were investigating in conjunction with Dr. Brown and Nelson Bascome, whether it was Dr. Brown and Nelson Bascome's alleged $100,000 kickback for the Cuba asbestos plan, or Dr. Brown's apparent $1,500 'consulting agreement' with Zane Desilva on asbestos abatement, or the contractor behind the alleged 'mixing of funds' between Dr. Brown's AP Owen Road Home and the Southside housing project, or the alleged sponsor of an apartment in Fairylands for Nelson Bascome's girlfriend and child.
The fact that Zane Desilva should show up as the first signatory on the pro-Southlands petition, in light of the allegations that Dr. Brown is now trying to muzzle, just seems so appropriate doesn't it.
