The recent outpouring of consternation about the financial costs being incurred by the Tivoli Commission Of Enquiry is understandable in the context of competing national priorities. These are being neglected, in part, due to financial constraints imposed upon and by the Ministry of Finance in conjunction with the International monetary Fund (IMF). The Minister Of Justice, Senator Mark Golding, has stated on radio ( "This Morning" on Nationwide ) that "close to a $1 billion" has already been spent, primarily by the Ministry Of Labour & Social Security, in the aftermath of the Tivoli incursion/siege. Member of Parliament, Desmond McKenzie, has refuted that amount ; countering that the "sum of $100 million" was the amount tabled in a report to the Parliament by the Minister of Labour & Social Security. Now there is a world of difference between the amounts being stated as having been spent on Tivoli Gardens residents by the JLP Administrat...