This is one of the “threatening” emails which Bahamas landlord Barry Connor sent to John Dalli’s daughter: he’s chasing the rent they failed to pay on the Bahamas villa they rented FOR A WHOLE YEAR.
John Dalli has said that Bahamas landlord Barry Connor, who spoke to The New York Times about the Dallis’ having rented his villa there, sent “threatening emails” to his daughter Claire Gauci Borda.
He gave the impression that he began threatening her after she refused to carry out “dubious financial transactions” for him in Malta.
This is one of the ‘threatening’ emails Barry Connor sent to Claire Gauci Borda. Does it really sound threatening to you? All he wants is his rent money under contract, and he’s pretty reasonable about letting it go if he finds another tenant.
The dates are fascinating, and complicate matters somewhat. It turns out that Claire Gauci Borda did not rent that villa in the Bahamas for the summer of last year, but for a whole year, July 2012 to this month, July 2013.
What this in all likelihood means is that Claire Gauci Borda (who holds her father’s business interests) has sought and might even have obtained residency status in the Bahamas for tax purposes.
In the Bahamas, all that is required to apply for residency for tax purposes is to rent – no need to buy – a residence. You are not required to live in it or even to spend X amount of time there. You can just rent a place there and live your life elsewhere.
Here’s the email.
From: Barry Connor [address shown]
Sent: 27 February 2013 01:13
Subject: Re: Seaview Beach Bahamas
Dear Ms Claire Gauci Borda,
I have today started to list “Seaview Beach” house for rental with all Bahamas Real Estate Agents.
Your agreement with me is for 12 months. If you break the agreement as has been advised then this does not mean that you are not liable for the rent until the end of the period.
If I now rent to another and mitigate my loss then you would not be liable.
In July 2012 you paid the first month rental, the last month rental and a security deposit.
I have paid one month’s rental to the Real Estate Agent and will have to pay again if I can rent to another.
You have not paid March 12 to June 12, (you paid the last month June 12 to July 12) this is potentially $24,000.00 (3 months).
If I do not get another renter before July 12 2013 I can claim $24,000.00 from you.
I will make what I think is a fair offer to settle with me ccompletely.
Pay another months rental $8,000.00 within 48 hours and the agreement will be terminated by me with no further action.
I will keep the security deposit for expenses.
If this is not acceptable then as I have explained, the rental is still payable until the end of the agreement unless I find another renter for “Seaview Beach”.
Regards
Barry Connor
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He’s a real Socialist – $100 million and then he refuses to pay the rent.
You’re right. First he rents an expensive villa for a year, doesn’t live in it, and then refuses to pay the rent.
Veru qammiel trid tkun.
Is this the rented villa?
http://www.sirbahamas.com/eng/sales/detail/198-l-1838-5975bh/seaview-beach-house-cable-beach-cable-beach-np-
[Daphne – Yes.]
Bahamas taghna ukoll forsi?
Probabbli ghalek ma halsitux, ghax jew b’xejn jew xejn.
This Dalli is some operator. He is bad news wherever he goes. And he has the gall to tell the media that his enemies are trying to ruin his reputation.
And we thought Franco “Big Pony” Debono was a lackey.
correction- only a buffoon thinks like him.
He rented the place in Bahamas to hide their money there and avoid paying taxes.
Qammiel doesn’t even come close
So the Dallis paid rent at $8000 a month for five months after John Dalli resigned from the EU Commission and then suddenly decided they didn’t need to do that any more.
Didn’t Dalli say that the rent was paid by a company his daughter manages and that it was used for meetings with his (ahem) philanthropic friends? And didn’t he say that the project is still ongoing? So why did they suddenly stop paying rent?
Incidentally, if all the Bahamas meetings were with people from the US, why didn’t they just pay for occasional meetings in a hotel in the US rather than paying rent in the Bahamas for months?
To cut a long story short, Barry Connor asked for the due rent at the end of February this year, but the Dallis reneged on their contractual agreement and did not oblige.
Connor came to Malta to look for his money. Dalli says he was not in Malta when Connor came here. That’s right, because it was about the time he was sheltering in Brussels with the aid of medical certificates.
When Connor realised that all was lost with the Dallis, he contacted The New York Times.
No need to be a detective: the Dallis were using the permanent address of the rented house for tax-dodging purposes. They don’t have the time or inclination for holidays with all that voluntary work they do.
It could be that the Dallis have another address in the Bahamas now, probably for less rent.
http://www.bahamasproperty.com/listings/category/7501-to-10000-rental/
i fail to see anything threatening in Mr. Connor’s email. He is just looking out for what is his due – like everybody else would have done. But as they say in Maltese – “Il-hmar il makus kul ilma jahsbu mishun”.
Il- hmar il-makus idur ghalih id-dubbien.
Kelb mismut, kull ilma jahsbu mishun.
But not if you’re John Dalli.
Now John Dalli should publish his daughter’s reply to Mr Connor.
I cannot see any threats in the very well-mannered e-mail.
If Dalli knows what’s good for him he should pay and shut up.
Anyway, I cannot see how Dalli can dirty his name more than he has already done. Of course, he is now a huge millstone round the Labour Party’s neck.
John Dalli is a huge millstone around everyone’s neck. The sooner we’re shot of him, the better, and I hope he takes his political sponsors with him.
Hawwadni ha nifhem! Imma kif dan ir-ragel ma jisthix?
No wonder this guy is pissed off.
That is actually a really polite email considering how much money he is owed.
http://www.timesofmalta.com/articles/view/20130704/local/Police-looking-into-Dalli-s-Bahamas-trip.476483
Seaview Beach?
http://www.sirbahamas.com/eng/sales/detail/198-l-1838-5975bh/seaview-beach-house-cable-beach-cable-beach-np-
[Daphne – Yes, that’s the one.]
There was another one before him. He was a millionaire but refused to pay his W&E bills. Remember?
So John Dalli has set his privacy settings on Facebook and one is faced with a practically blank screen, but strangely enough he saw fit to leave his photos open to all.
And guess what, all his public photos range from 2006 to 2008 and they are all photos of himself with Nationalist Party supporters, with Lawrence Gonzi etc. What exactly is he trying to prove?
X’tahwid!
Weren’t we promised greener grass?
[Daphne – In the Bahamas, perhaps, where there are plenty of lush lawns.]
The plot thickens.
The whole affair stinks.
If this is a threatening letter then he really is a paranoid schiz.
It does not say much about the Commission and OLAF.
They were certainly caught napping.
No wonder the entire EU setup is in such a mess.
The Commission is not even able “to look after” its own members.
Now it seems that even his friends are beginning to disassociate themselves:
http://www.timesofmalta.com/articles/view/20130704/local/Police-looking-into-Dalli-s-Bahamas-trip.476483
That said, it could simply be a masquerade.
They may try to disassociate themselves, but the media should dig deeper into those associations.
The new soap opera with JR Dalli: Dallis.
This question concerning the activities of John Dalli’s and his family,s and former canvasser’s interests, be they financial, unusual travel arrangements, allegations of payments requested for services to be rendered, contradictory statements on what was said or done, and direct accusations, has reached proportions that cannot be ignored, once John Dalli has been entrusted with an important administrative post by the government of Malta.
I have been criticised for not accepting blindly that the Swedish tobacco industry was a victim in the snus bribe issue examined by OLAF, and I still hold that view, without being a defender of anyone else involved.
But the time has come, in the interest of the nation, for Malta’s administration to be completely divorced from any link with the fortunes, or misfortunes, of a single individual who attracts such bad publicity.
Challenge him to publish all threatening emails.
Call his bluff
Excerpts from the Taghna Lkoll lyrics:
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“Jien nixtieq li l-gid f’dan il-pajjiz jinqasam ahjar bejn il-hafna”.
Mill-Bahamas sal-Africa. And let’s not forget all those appointees.
“I would like to bring my child into the world, to live in Malta, to breathe cleaner air”.
On reclaimed land, with a new power station breathing down its neck.
“Jien nixtieq li uliedi jitrabbew f’socjeta fejn jghodd dak li taf u mhux lil min taf”.
Laugh. Out. Loud.
“Ahna d-direzzjoni l-gdida”.
Indeed.
“Malta tieghi. Malta Tieghek”.
A land grab, literally.
Daphne, We Love You – Seriously.
A private estate, in a private gated community on a private beach on Princess Isle, “providing enviable privacy in a tax-free environment.”
This is just the sort of place you’d go to help the poor of Africa.
http://m.youtube.com/#/watch?v=z946D4Ug8uM&desktop_uri=%2Fwatch%3Fv%3Dz946D4Ug8uM
http://www.seaviewbahamas.com/
Din id-darba ghaxxaqta, Dalli.
Il-morsa qed taghlaq u dak il-gideb kollu qed ilahhaq mieghek.
Lesti il-pinnoli tal-pressjoni u zomm il-psikjatra vicin, ghax gej xi bout iehor ta’ psycho-social exposure, nahseb. Dak il-povru tabib ghandu iktar bicca xoghol jiktiblek rapporti milli jinvistak.
The webpage to the sale/rental of this house talks about the possibility of renting for $11.000 a month. The numbers don’t add up in a big way.
It’s amazing how Dalli cannot seem to muster any proper defence of his actions. All he does is try to discredit the sources of anything which contradicts his version of events.
‘Your agreement with me’
Dan il-ftehim sar mas-Sinjura Gauci Borda u mhux f’isem J Dalli BA. Mhux ta’ bxejn sfida lil MEPs jinvestigaw hemmx xi kont f’ismhu. Anqas dar ma kera f’ismhu ahseb u ara.
u zgur mhux ser isibu l-ebda kont jew flus fuq ismhu daqs kemm hu naive miskin.
“Nixtieq nghix f’socjeta fejn ikolli hin ingawdi l-familja tieghi”.
Wait for it my friend. With all the taxes we’re all going to eventually start paying, you’ll be lucky to find time for yourself let alone your family.
“Jiena nemmen.. ghax irrid nara li l-edukazzjoni u s-sahha f’Malta jkunu tajbin daqs ta’ l-ewropa”.
Yes, sure with the person responsible for Mater Dei Hospital in the B A H A M A S.
Previous politicians must be laughing from beyond the grave. My tears of laughter have dried up.
Barry Connor is first described by Dalli as a landlord who daily joined in their Aid to Africa group confidential discussions, and next day, we are told that he was a CLIENT of John Dalli’s old company now “owned by his daughter” and a CLIENT who was out for revenge because she refused to facilitate suspect transactions involving Malta.
If I refuse to assist a man who walks off the street in furthering an improper purpose, he is not and never was, my CLIENT. The use of this word suggests a previous history of services to Connor by the Dalli group.
So, when was the daughter alone, or with her father together, in the Bahamas? And what is their excuse for rent as agreed not being paid to Connor?
Liema missier li verament ihobb lil uliedu igorrhom mieghu fil-hama ?
I wouldn’t even touch him with a wooden pole. Can’t imgaine what Joe Muscat is expecting to gain from accepting him in the Labour Party. Lawrence Gonzi was right after all.
I am too disgusted to even call it disgust. Anyone got a better word? I guess I’m speechless…
As professionals, John Dalli and his daughter , aren’t they obliged to report any suspicious financial transactions to the FIAU : http://www.fiumalta.org/about/roles-responsibilities
And in meantime Mater Dei burns.
How can he even think that someone might believe what he ‘s saying? Each day he comes up with a new stories that feed his imagination only.
Good one Mattie. This Taghna lkoll (more like Taghna l-korroti u opportunisti lkoll) scam is coming to haunt all those who played a part in it – says a lot about their professionalism and credibility.
The email from Mr. Barry Connor is actually a nice email. But for someone suffering from “psycho-social exposure,” it may well appear to be a threat.
Alla jbierku Dalli, qisu qed jikri xi farmhouse Ghawdex. U jibqa jilghaba ta’ San Bastjan, jaqla l-vlegeg min ghand kulhadd. U hallina…….
https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10151366539077584&set=pb.110205087583.-2207520000.1372941313.&type=3&theater
Has the PN issued a statement on this. It seems that Simon is sitting pretty on the fence. The longer they take the less credible they become.
As far as I know John Dalli is still a member of the PN. Questions should be asked by the leadership to clarify his position and actions, otherwise suspend him from the party.
It’s even worse. To the switchers, John Dalli is an example of PN corruption. This story proves them right, and vindicates them in their decision to switch to Labour.
As if one Bastjan isn’t enough in the family….you know the one who does tricks with water and soap.
Teflon John