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Donald Trump Takes Over New York Steelband Association - NOT!

Brooklyn, New York -- Indeed the title of this article is a shocker for some.  Did an initial set of confusion rush to your brain?  Did you rub your eyes twice to check what you were reading?  Good!!

Ah - but imagine for a moment that twelve months ago famed business mogul and fellow New Yorker Donald Trump took over helm of the New York Steelband Association.  And took an oath to seek all things that were beneficial to members of this New York Steelband Association, financially, socially, culturally and historically.

What would be your minimum expectations of Mr. Trump, of his office - of what he would bring to the table?  Would you not reasonably expect that the worth of the New York steelband music franchises to increase ten-fold in value because of the prudent business decisions engaged in and executed by his office?  Would you not reasonably expect him to lay out a plan, vision, and time-frame included with bench marks by which you could measure his success or failure?

Would he have not already inked an iron-clad agreement with the mayor, governor and educational institutions - both higher learning and K-12 - to make sure that his association (and by default, its members) would have been a major factor and partner?  Is it unreasonable to expect that there would already be agreements with New York’s world-leading massive media, cultural, tourist, financial and entertainment industries?

Donald Trump

Would Mr. Trump not already have had huge endowments and commitments from the private sector to his franchises?

And, finally, on this business of Panorama.  Do you think Mr. Trump would ever let the members of the New York Steelband Association enter a contest without a contract, and without guaranteed prizes/monies in escrow, and lots of penalties for late payment? Penalties like partial ownership of the promoter’s enterprises?  Is it not criminal in 2009, to not have such language in your contract - oh wait - it is 2009, and there was no contract!  But with Trump at the helm, would he not already have produced a list of hardships and financial repercussions due to payment delay -- real, imaginary or planned?  Have you ever looked at, for example, the contract we all agreed to on our general utilities’ bills?  Scary stuff indeed.
 

Would anyone have been surprised if the sign over the home of the panorama promoter was being replaced with that of the steelband association’s, for late payments to Mr. Trump’s NY Steelband Association’s members?  This new home of the steelband music association, being restitution and compensation for irreparable harm done to Mr. Trump’s association members?  Or maybe he would have done it just because he can - and he was seeking the best for his association’s members?  Of course this is just business to Mr. Trump.  Nothing personal - just looking out for his constituents - just an opportunity that any businessman in any country would understand.  Are the folks of the New York Steelband community worthy of such leadership and representation?

John W. Thompson

Would anyone have been surprised if the headlines of the New York papers said “Panmen get paid on night of Panorama - Mas men, Bunji Garlin and Machel Montano still awaiting payments - promoter says they are in a “holding pattern” waiting for funds”?

Ah... such are the things when one has an imagination.  In any regard, When Steel Talks nominates someone with a Donald Trump-mindset to lead the NY Steelband association, and if he/she is unavailable - how about John W. Thompson, CEO of Symantec or E. Stanley O’Neal, CEO of Merrill Lynch & Co. or, or, or...

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