The Tribune

DESCRIBING his opponent, FNM Senator Michael Pintard, as a politician who has been "up and down the Bahamas" trying to find a constituency to contest, Philip "Brave" Davis encouraged San Salvador to return "one of their own" to the House of Assembly. Addressing a crowd of his supporters on the island last night, Mr Davis said the stakes in this upcoming general election are too high to "play games". "Cat Island, Rum Cay and San Salvador - you need a government that cares about you all the time, not just at election time. And like I said, I ain't no driftwood; you are my people and I am you. "I was there before and after the hurricane hit. I don't run from constituency to constituency like them other people. I am home. That other fella' has run up and down the Bahamas trying to find a home. "Now he is at your door asking for your vote. You sure you want to trust him when just a few months ago he was trying to run in East Grand Bahama? "San Salvador I ain't no driftwood, I didn't just wash ashore recently, I am yours and yours alone." Mr Davis said the country is at a crossroads and the next government must be one that invests in people. He said the Bahamas cannot afford the millions the FNM has spent "digging up the same roads over and over in New Providence" as families continue to fall into poverty. "We have seen the booklets that banks now publish of homes entering foreclosure. We have seen that one out of every three young persons cannot find employment and BEC had thousands of Bahamians living in darkness. "Murders have doubled under this government - with a record number of accused murderers out on bail," Mr Davis said.