EDITOR, The Tribune.
Montague Park has become a popular venue for all sorts of functions hosting religious and informal gatherings, many regattas, and most recently the annual Marathon Bahamas event.
As a longtime resident of the area, I have no problem with this in principle but I do however take exception to the obscenely loud music which seems to be a staple of almost every event, regattas in particular.
It is very unfair that the nearby residents should be subjected to deafening music all weekend, frequently from early morning into the wee hours of the following morning, and it is very inconsiderate of both the various event organizers and the authorities to create and condone a public nuisance in our neighbourhood that they would find offensive and unacceptable in their own.
Yes, the park is there for the enjoyment of all Bahamians but please, while enjoying the park environs and beach, have some respect and consideration for the home owners and residents of the nearby community.
IAN MABON
Nassau,
January 16, 2017.
Comments
sealice 7 years, 3 months ago
Come on Ian there's signs up down there that say no loud music, no bottles, no machinery (read waverunners) on the beach, along with a slew of other ruless that every single bahamian old / young / white / black / chingro break every GD day that the sun shines...... just like those new fishing rules have fun trying to enforce them.....
alfalfa 7 years, 3 months ago
I too, have experienced the same thing out west, having lived adjacent to Governors Beach (the corner where the Liquid Courage Bar is located). This is a small beach, but on holiday weekends and almost every weekend in the summer, residents are unable to get in or out of their homes, and are subjected to some of the most filthy language blaring out of load DJ equipment until the late hours of the night. What is most amazing is that this beach is right next to a timeshare resort (Westwind) and the Melia hotel and is almost across the street from the prime ministers house. The guests of these places must be horrified when these people pump up to volume. Drugs are present, as the smell of ganga wafts through the neighborhood, and if you are interested in observing sexual activities in the sea, take a seat. The amazing thing is that when you call the police station to complain, they very rarely show up, and when they do, some friend of theirs is participating in the revelry, and nothing is done. Sometimes you see the police coming out with plates of food and beers. If there is no regard for the comfort of our visitors, do you think they give a horses a-s about the rights of the complaining residents. Complaints to the current and former members of parliament for the area, resulted in nothing being done. Thank God I don't live there any longer, but I feel for the suffering of my former neighbours.
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