LOUIS BACON ILLEGAL BOAT BASIN CROWNS HIS DUPLICITY ON ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES

LOUIS BACON’S ILLEGAL BOAT BASIN CROWNS HIS DUPLICITY ON ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES

Is Louis Bacon, the Hedge Fund kingpin, also the All Star quarterback of duplicity?

It would appear that while Bacon is pushing a friendly environmental agenda through his clandestine political machine known as “Save the Bays” in The Bahamas, Bacon has perpetrated serious environmental breaches, contravening established environmental laws and regulations.

One major dereliction is how Bacon constructed an illegal boat basin on the $20 million Point House compound in the ultra-wealthy, posh, exclusive gated confines of Lyford Cay in The Bahamas which he claims to be his.  The question is whether officials from the relevant Government agencies gave their prior approval of the dredging of the channel constructed as boat basin from beneath the house straight into the open Clifton Bay.

Approvals for the boat basin had been denied by the PLP Government (which was in office when Bacon dredged the channel for illegal Boat Basin and constructed).

  

The then PLP Government Minister of Works, Bradley Roberts and Minister for the Environment, Dr. Marcus Bethel, acting on the professional advice of the experts in the BEST Commission and in accordance with the relevant statutes and regulations, refused to issue the Permit after the illegal works as they considered Bacon’s action to be arrogant and disrespectful to the law and regulatory processes.   They thought to have him suffer the legal consequences, but were removed from office in the General Election of 2007 that took place a few months after the illegal works were brought to their attention.

The Government’s defined policy at that time and the law of the land, accorded with certain international protocols and agreements the Bahamas Government was a party to, general refused the construction of such private boat basins as they could harbor a variety of unwelcomed and illicit activities, inclusive of smuggling and trafficking in contraband as well as importing uncustomed goods, avoiding the payment of Customs tariffs.

In late 2010, after Bacon’s property manager of his estate was found dead in the pool in what the public general held as suspicious circumstances, the illegal dredging of the channel and construction of what many called a “smuggler-type” boat basin as it was covered from the sight of the public, came to light.

FNM Leader of Government Business in the Senate at the time, Senator Dion Foulkes, admitted on the floor of the Senate that ha, supported by the FNM Administration, gave Bacon the permit after the fact in the attempt to make his activity legal. 

Legal experts contend that this “after-the-fact” issuance of the permit, was not only suspicious, improper and illegal, but does not cure the criminal offence committed by Bacon under Bahamian laws which makes him liable to being sentenced to a term of imprisonment.

The FNM, which today is in Opposition, as was in the 2007 and 2012 General Election, seems to have the overt support of Bacon, whose supposed environmental charity, “The Coalition to Protect Clifton Bay” (also known as “Save the Bays”), have already seen several persons directly connected with it, as being touted as prospective Candidates for the FNM in the upcoming 2017 General Elections.

Under the existing law Mr. Bacon, constructed this boat basin in contravention of Bahamian law and international agreements, and was guilty of a serious offence and subject to a penalty 

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LOUIS BACON’S RACIST PRACTICES AT HIS MOORE CAPITAL HEDGE FUND REVEALED AS NYGARD SLAPS ON A $50 MILLION COUNTER LAW SUIT

Peter Nygard, the super wealthy Canadian Fashion merchandiser has hit embattled Hedge Fund tycoon counter sues Louis Bacon for $50 million in a New York court through which Bacon is forced to admit that his company, named after this maternal ancestry that has direct links to the Ku Klux Klan, was sued by an African American female employee for practices of institutional racism.

The case filed as Index Number 150400/2015 in New York “…will speak truth to the frivolous and vexatious positions that Bacon has used in his New York action against Mr. Nygard,” says Bahamas Attorney Keod Smith.

Mr. Nygard’s battery of Bahamian, Canadian and US attorneys are preparing for the New York Action.
Bacon will finally get to be grilled on the racial discrimination practices at his Moore Capitol Fund Hedge Fund operations. In 2008 before Juliet Pierre could have her case finally determined by the New York court following a finding by the state’s division on Human Rights of probable cause, Bacon and his Moore Capital Fund settled the racial discrimination law suit for an undisclosed sum in a confidential agreement.

Ms. Pierre had alleged that Bacon’s Moore Capital practiced a consistent policy of racism against the African Americans in its employ.

This now familiar racial tag for Bacon first surfaced in 2013 when, while speaking at an awards presentation for the Audubon Award in New York, he unashamedly said that as a “Southerner” his “Holy Book” is “Gone with Wind”.

Many persons have been incensed over his remarks, which came in the context of a dubious claim by Bacon that he “as a foreign white outsider” had “led” from behind a grassroots struggle on the island of New Providence, The Bahamas, to save a former Slave plantation at Clifton Point from being sold to a California Development Company with plans to mow down the structural ruins and artifacts, uproot its history and gate it off from the Bahamian people. Bacon has since gone on the run from The Bahamas.

Notwithstanding his disappearance which he has publically blamed on protests in the streets over his family’s link to the dreaded and despicable KKK of which his great grandfather Colonel Roger Moore was the founder of the Division in Wilmington North Carolina, Bacon has continued to hide behind a local organization which he formed called “Save the Bays” with spokesmen Louby Georges, Fred Smith QC, Joseph Darville and Paco Nunez.

This team vaulted themselves into a unique category of disrespect when they were recently dispatched to Washington to appear before the Inter American Commission on Human Rights where they alleged that Immigration policies in The Bahamas were akin to the dreaded German Auschwitz of World War 11 infamy.
Bacon is known to have been consistent in financing and supporting direct and indirect avenues which attempt to destroy the credibility or integrity of the current Government of The Bahamas.

Mr. Nygard is also contending that Bacon is using his wealth to peddle influence in The Bahamas and push the alternative Free National Movement in the next general elections.

The FNM when previously in office as Government made no bones about being Bacon’s lackeys and is believed by many to have even have broken the law to accommodate Bacon’s excesses in building an illegal boat basin at his Point House Lyford Cay residence and covering up the Coroner’s investigation into a suspicious death in a hot tub at Bacon’s residence.

Nygard makes more damaging allegations of fact against Bacon in his pleading:-

That Bacon has been ruthless and unrelenting in causing Nygard to suffer harm and damage.

That Bacon’s conduct can be traced to the venom he espoused when Nygard refused to sell the popular Nygard Cay to the Hedge Fund Manager.

That Bacon has recruited and paid numerous persons all over the world to use their influence and training and instructions to make life unbearable for Nygard.

That the result of the Bacon intimidation is to force Nygard to sell his property to Bacon.

That Bacon has further enlisted personnel in law enforcement to devise means to bring Nygard into disrepute.

That Bacon exposed his own overt racism in his speech to the Audubon Society in New York.

That Bacon has demonstrated a motivation and mission to keep native and or Black Bahamians restricted in movement in Clifton Bay, on its Sea bed and beaches.

That Bacon has become a serial litigator in The Bahamas by bringing Court Actions in rapidity to deter the Government from its Court ordered consultation process that must take place as a transparent decision can be made on Nygard’s applications and permits to rebuild his home which was destroyed mysteriously by fire.

That the grassroots struggle to save the Clifton property from the environmental genocide by the said American developer was actually led by Attorney Keod Smith, not Bacon.
Bacon has also immersed in serial litigation against Keod Smith in an effort to stall and or interfere with planned developments the Clifton Jaws Beach for an improved dock and ramp for access to Bahamians.

That Bacon has used his monies to engage reprehensible persons to manufacture untruths and allegations against and about Mr. Nygard which can and will lead to even more prolific material to harm Mr. Nygard.

That Bacon has made various untruthful claims and misrepresentations about his intentions and it is clear from the evidence to be presented that Bacon is co-coordinating and funding a campaign of mistrust and distrust of the incumbent Government of the Bahamas.

That Bacon has used a number of devices, apparatus, personnel and actions to cause damage to Mr. Nygard.

That a former Employee of Bacon named Dan Tuckerfield met his death after he disclosed to another person that something sinister was going to happen on the Nygard compound. A few days later Nygard’s home was destroyed by fire.

Commenting on the counter claim, attorney Keod Smith said the Nygard filing and hearing in New York will flush “Bacon out as the individual the suit has so clearly defined and the evidence that will be presented will prove to the world that truth is a great vindicator.”

Mr. Smith said, “Bacon will be found to have pursued a dangerous and ruinous trail and pattern to cause damage to Mr. Nygard in evil effort to force Nygard into selling him Nygard Cay. I can hardly wait to get into the Witness Box and shut Louis Bacon down once and for all. This man has set out to hurt my country, embarrass my Government and demean and defame the Bahamian people. Further he has lied on me as he attempted to grab a glory for something of which he was not even remotely associated with which is the grass roots struggle to save the Clifton property.”

ATTORNEY LASHES LOUIS BACON–DEFENDS GOVERNMENT’S VISIT TO PETER NYGARD CAY

ATTORNEY AND ACTIVIST KEOD SMITH SAYS A RECENT STORY IN THE TRIBUNE DATED FRIDAY, OCTOBER 24TH 2014 UNDER THE CAPTION “PM ‘FILMED’ DISCUSSING NYGARD CAY CONSTRUCTION” IS ANOTHER IN A SERIES OF MISCHIEVOUS, DISHONEST AND SHODDY JOURNALISM”.

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Attorney and Activist Keod Smith says a recent story in The Tribune dated Friday, October 24th 2014 under the caption “PM ‘filmed’ Discussing Nygard Cay Construction” is another in a series of mischievous, dishonest and shoddy Journalism”.

Attorney Smith, one of Peter Nygard’s Bahamas-based Attorneys since 2010 said that the filming of certain events, activities and visits at Nygard Cay has been a part of its protocol from day one for the keeping of video records. None of what had been filmed was a secret.

He went on to explain that “a part of the experience of visiting Nygard Cay, is to have it memorialized by way of video recording. This is the reason why Mr. Nygard contracted Steven Feralio who had free access to all parts of Nygard Cay with his camera to openly film all of the goings-on. Afterall, visitors knew that they were being filmed and consented.”.

In 2013 the Prime Minister made an official visit to Nygard Cay, accompanied by several Ministers of the Government, their Permanent Secretaries and Technical Officers of various agencies of the Government for conducting a site visit in respect of Nygard having made applications for rebuilding his Mayan-theme mansion at Nygard Cay of which 70% had been destroyed in a mysterious fire in 2009.

The Prime Minister and his entourage were also there to have a firsthand view of the beach area to the south of Nygard Cay which Nygard contends had naturally accreted as a result of sand and sediments placed above the high water mark at the specific direction of the Government (both FNM and PLP administrations) since the early 1990’s. Also attending with Prime Minister Christie was Mr. David Davis, Permanent Secretary in the Office of Prime Minister under Mr. Hubert Ingraham who, on 21st July 2010, wrote the letter to Nygard requiring him to remove the 20-year long accreted beach.

Mr. Smith said the issue at Nygard Cay over whether Mr. Nygard has an entitlement to the accreted land area under review and consideration, demanded the fullest inspection of the highest level of Government, and for anyone to suggest something untoward about that process is not only disingenuous, but clearly has an ulterior motive.

He went on to say that the visit by Government officials to inspect properties which have applications pending before the Cabinet of The Bahamas is nothing new and is seen as a regular procedure.

“The newspapers are replete with photographs of successive Governments wearing their hard hats and inspecting properties from Atlantis, Bakers Bay, Four Seasons at Exuma, Mahoghany, the I Group in Mayaguana, developments in Cat Island, San Salvador and Bimini,” says Smith.

Sports Promoter, Carlos Mackey, who has been associated with Nygard Cay for more than 30 years, questions how it is that “…the Tribune does not reference the fact that over the years, the filming protocol at Nygard Cay include the likes of President George H. W. Bush, Michael Jackson, Sean Connery (1960’s James Bond), Oprah Winfrey, Anna Nicole Smith and Hon. Minister Louis Farrakhan. Also, both FNM Deputy Prime Minister Frank Watson and FNM House Speaker and Opposition Leader, Hon. Alvin Smith were filmed at Nygard Cay when they both served in their official capacities.”

Mackey points out that “…video recordings have also included Bahamas volleyball tournaments, celebrating the Golden Girls, Bahamas Olympic Teams, contributing financially to numerous sailing regattas, hosting numerous charity events inclusive of church retreats. Of tremendous importance to humanity, has been talks with medical doctors (local and international) as well as world renowned scientists about the development stem-cell science and its implementation.”.

Attorney Smith contends that the suggestion that there was something sinister in the videos that Feralio had taken from Nygard, only started after Bacon’s initial plot had failed.

Smith points out that Bacon has admitted in New York-based Court documents to having one of his companies called Belvedere Property Management Company, pay more than $5 Million in trust for the benefit of Feralio to move to New York from California just so that he (Feralio) could be sued by Bacon in New York Court for an order that the videos be privately given to Bacon for his use as he saw fit. Although Bacon suggests that he wanted to use the videos in Bahamian court proceedings, there has been no application made in Bahamian courts for these videos to be produced.

Attorney Smith says that “If Bacon had been successful with that plot, Bacon could have suggested that more was in the videos than what actually was in it. By Nygard intervening and insisting that Bacon and Feralio follow Bahamian law to put the videos in evidence in Bahamian Courts, Bacon has been stopped from giving the impression to the average person who has not seen the videos that the content was so sinister that he had to go through the New York Courts to get them. This is nothing more than a PR stunt by Bacon.”

Attorney Smith goes on to argue that “Bacon has now resorted to relying on The Tribune to attempt to publish provocative stories suggesting that something sinister, illegal or improper is attached to the Prime Minister’s visit to Nygard Cay. How is it that after so many weeks have past, The Tribune has not yet written a proper story on the assertion by Nygard that the videos, although not containing anything secret, is his private property that was taken by Feralio and hawked over to Bacon who is trying to misuse the New York Court processes.”

“There is nothing stopping Feralio from bringing the videos to The Bahamas to put into evidence. Of course, both he and Bacon would have to appear in Court to be cross-examined. No doubt, they are likely to be called upon by the Court to show cause why they should not be charged with fabrication and perhaps even extortion,” says the Attorney.

“The Tribune has been endorsed by Mr. Louis Bacon to carry his noxious brief and use its compromised columns to attack The Government of The Bahamas and the reputation of our country in Bacon’s mad quest (1) to falsely take credit for leading the 1999-2004 fight that saved Clifton; (2) to control the Bay of Clifton by keeping Bahamians out of it; (3) to conceal the fact that the saving of the environment at Clifton Point in respect of which he has gotten the Audubon Award, was never carried out by him, (4) to pressure Nygard to sell Nygard Cay to him; and (5) to try to get rid of the PLP Government and put in an FNM Government so that he is not called upon to face criminal charges for having illegally built a smuggler-type boat basin underneath the Lyford Cay house where he stays and that is owned by a company based in the Republic of Panama and not in the USA,” said Mr. Smith.

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