The Tribune

EDITOR, The Tribune. THANK you for allowing me space in your daily to commend the present government on its vision and one or two of its many accomplishments since 2007. I start by saying that I am a proud Bahamian from off East Street. I am 35 years old. I left The Bahamas to attend university in 1994. I have not lived in Nassau since as, once qualified, I was offered a job as a teacher. (I do plan to return home to contribute to my society, but, meanwhile, I am proud to be a Bahamian competing in the global work force). I read the newspapers online, and listen to ZNS when I can. I was forced to write when I noted that people were saying that the government has done nothing in the last five years. I wondered if they were mixing up the PLP government with the FNM government. I return home at every opportunity. Imagine my extreme delight when I alighted at LPIA just before Christmas 2011. When I saw the new airport facility, I could not believe my eyes. Then, I left the airport and travelled to my home in Nassau East. When I came to Saunders Beach, I could not believe my eyes... and the park was full of seemingly happy children and their guardians. I passed the new Straw Market and marvelled at the architecture and the new face of Bay Street. The following day, I went to the Marathon Mall and could not get over the Robinson Road/Marathon/East-West Highway junction. My mother even drove me around and showed me the new and improved schools that had been built since 2007, the first since May 2002. Leaving Nassau, the airport was equally impressive...I bought Bahamian soaps and candies in the airport to take back to my friends. I live in the US, I also watch world news and am aware of how many government employees have lost their jobs all over the world. I am so happy that my mother, a public servant, still has her job, she and all the other 20,000 public servants in the Bahamas. My only regret is that I will not be able to vote in the next election. Bahamians, take the scales from your eyes. Do not listen to the noise in the market. Hop a bus and drive around your country. See for yourselves the improvements that have been made in Nassau. Next time I come, I want to visit the Family Islands so that I can see those improvements too. PROUD TO BE A BAHAMIAN Nassau, February 1, 2012.