Rick Lowe
Tough economic times sometimes bring us to our senses and it appears this may have brought some clear thinking where the straw vendors are concerned for a change.
And while I'm not a big fan of many things the government does, particularly their spending of $15 million on a new straw market, they deserve credit for at least demanding no counterfeit goods are sold and encouraging original Bahamian arts and crafts. That's a step in the right direction.
While I am convinced the standards will eventually fall when vendor friends of the civil servants, politicians or clergy are given a pass for not making the grade, the contracts should between the vendors and the government should be patently clear what is required and the terms enforced. After all, it's as a result of our tax dollars that the straw vendors are receiving the benefit (read largesse), of their new premises.
If we do not demand higher standards of ourselves, how on earth are we going to improve? (More on this subject in a day or two).
And it's about time the Sacred Cows at the straw market have to raise their game and live within the law, like many of us have to do.
“Live within the law” like some of us require of ourselves.
Note live within the law, not the whim of some self assigned, politically appointed or elected, lawfully challenged Dysfunctional Governmental functionary.
Living within the law is easy, living with them is getting downright impossible.
For instance, perhaps they should have built a block of courts adjacent to the prison so the wild wailing convoy could be done away with?
Spending a few days in Nassau has given me exposure to the most ludicrous, asinine pointlessly repeated stupidity one could reasonably imagine.
Who in their right mind could conceive of this being acceptable?
We are all fed up with the Queens of Bay St. – the straw vendors and
I agree with you Chris re the 4-wheel cowboys who fly along Bay St. every afternoon inviting a serious accident.
sadly enough is the fact that you do not know whether the sirens are escorting the P.M. or the prisoners as they both use the same modus operandi!!
Inevitably there will be some horrific accident, with bodies strewn about, innocent and prisoner alike if this continues.