Wobbles

"Wobbles" can be considered as attempted spin which has failed to achieve its objective and has in fact worsened the situation. It is worse than foot-in-mouth disease as it reflects rank stupidity of the progenitor and contempt for the intended audience.

What must be a classic is Charles Ross' contention that the $80 million budget is only an estimate of the overall cost of the enquiry and in any event is a very small figure, in the broader national context.

"The estimated cost is 0.01% of last year's [national] budget so it's really, in the grand scheme of things, not a huge burden. We were offered a rate of compensation and we accepted it. The compensation was not discussed at the time of engagement at all that was something that came when the administration was putting a budget together, we were offered compensation and we accepted it," RJR

This Rossian wobble rubs salt into a raw national wound:

• Is the estimate likely to be exceeded and by what percentage (since we are now into statistical importance)?
• What does the relationship between the estimated cost and last year's national budget have to do with taxed salt?
• What is the relationship between Mr. Ross' earnings from the Commission for a mere 70 days work and his full time remuneration from his private company?
• Who would not gladly accept $7.5 million for a 70-day appointment?
• That the "compensation was not discussed at the time of the engagement at all" raises the issue of Mr. Ross' appreciation of budgeting, negotiation and reasonable returns, in short financial matters.Then again, the innocent victim: St. Charles may be alluding to the timing of the discussions regarding the compensation to be paid.

Acting Constable Carey is beyond belief.

"I was not adversely affected by the Finsac situation. How does that make it unfair for me to inquire? In this case, I don't sit as a judge. I'm more like a policeman, investigating what went wrong."Jamaica Observer

In a sense Carey is correct: no sitting judge of the Court of Appeal receives $15 million for 70 days work.  So he is not sitting as a judge. But no policeman in Jamaica - not even the imported variety - has ever received such extortionist and unconscionable packages. So he is not sitting as a policeman.

But Carey is not even sitting as a Governor of the Bank of Jamaica.  Lattie had to work right throughout the year after gaining much experience for his compensation package (and he was fired for it).

If Acting Constable Carey is roasting, then such practice ought not to be tolerated by the JCF. Then again, was there not a report some time ago of someone strategically placed in the JCF? That bogus policeman  undertook special assignments beneficial to the special interests.. He was an imposter.  Nuff said.