And Gabe, don't get me wrong...Tillman Thomas is not fully aware of everything that goes on out there in field and should not be blamed at times. However, he has advisors including Aaron Moses who need to be surfing the field and informing the PM of challenges out there that need addressing. Grenada is too small a country to manage and root out corruption. In December 2011, one farmer went to purchase plants. The attending employee gave the farmer 200 plants but documented on paper/receipt that he sold the farmer 20 cocoa plants. Another employment saw the descrepancy and addressed it. The complaining employee was then reported to Aaron Francois, Permanent Secretary in Ministry of agriculture. Aaron then punished the whistleblowing employee for reporting the employee who pocketed the extra money charged for the unreported 180 plants. Apparently, the thieving employee is said to be a close colleague of Permanent Secretary of Agriculture, Francois.

GC contributors and visitor, over the years, I have blame and may continue to attack our PM Tillman Thomas for not being proactive in rooting out corruption within our ministries. Workers at most of our agricultural outlets where plants are germinated and then sold to farmers to support the goals of the agricultural ministry and the country are usually stolen by some of the employees. A recent incident occurred at the Mirabeau plant. The employee who complain about the habitual stealing of the plants and selling them for his personal gain was forcefully penalized and transferred by Aaron Francois, the permanent secretary within the ministry of agriculture. The accuse is a friend of Aaron Francois. I would like to know what PM TIllman Thomas is doing to address the issues of theft and corruptions within our government ministries? Why are WhistleBlowers penalized and transferred out when they seek to protect government resources and ethics within the workplace? Yes, I am a dangerous person who will do whatever to pinpoint corruption and unethical behaviors of our government workers. I don't what to blame PM Tillman Thomas for everything, therefore, I am willing to attack Aaron Francois and others who protective of those that are reaping off our government and country.

Observer, as much as I agree with you on various issues, I will have to disagree with you on this one. Yes, your are usually objective in most of your views, however, Stallion is right. We should not see PM Tillman Thomas as the enemy. The people elected him and have not complained about his actions. Therefore, I've no other choice but to disagree with you there. At the same time, Bishop took power from a dictator who engaged in rigging elections and silencing freedom of speech. His actions led to myriads of opportunities, especially in the area of health for our country and its people. His good deeds definitely surpassed the bad. I wish to remind you and Stallion that there's no democracy in Grenada under Gairy. Bishop and members of the opposition were often arrested and tortured. Freedom of speech was never a privilege. Opportunities were only secured for party members. Bishop changed that.

also to add,when you teach the younger folks about what the gang of 17 and tillman did to bishop,also mention to them that bishop was not elected,he also took power by force,and innocent civilians also died when bishop was in power.don't forget to also tell the younger generation that bishop introduced guns to many of our youths.bishop did many good things for our country,but he also wasn't without flaws as we make him out to be.also mention to the younger generation that bishop wanted to change course when he visited the usa,the same country that launched the invasion.don't leave anything out observer.tell them the whole truth and nothing but the truth.

observer,the article we are commenting on is the breweries strike.you keep mentioning about the gang of 17.i can't understand the connection between both.you also mentioned about tillman thomas being the enemy.i strongly disagree with your assessment.like him or not,tillman was elected by the people.i may not always agree on some of his decisions,but we put him in office.if he was that enemy you talking about,he would never be elected.