All that can be said about a Cabinet Member shredding up a letter from the Mayor of the capital and returning it to sender is that it is deeply, deeply embarrassing for Bermuda - a supposedly sophisticated financial centre governed by reasonable people in a democratic manner.
How much more of this can Bermuda take?
I can only presume that with the outgoing Premier on his international farewell tour - completing his taxpayer funded bucket list - that there is a leadership vacuum, and adult supervision is desperately needed.
Anywhere else, anywhere else that had a Cabinet Minister behave in such way, would see that Minister gone by noon.
But no. Not here. The classy, stable Bermuda that we knew is becoming a distant memory.
Autocrats are incompatible with democracies.
The self-inflicted social and economic decline continues at an accelerated pace. Bermuda needs new, responsible political leadership that is capable of dialogue.
