Vendors rejected the government's proposal to relocate the Straw Market to the Prince George Dock or Arawak Cay and threatened to "take action" if they were forced to move....

"We don't want to stay under this tent, we don't want to go in a warehouse, we want the government to build another market. The only thing we want to hear from them is how much they are going to spend. It isn't their money, it is the people's money. If they are going to spend a dollar, or if they are going to spend two -- that's what we want to know."..


"We have a right, like other citizens of this country, in the midst of all the uncertainty, to stand up for our rights....

http://www.thenassauguardian.com/national_local/295810922782342.php

What they goin' to do? Cause a riot and bash people on the head with their counterfeit Prada bags?

They should be set loose to make their own way in the world and lets see how ungratful they are for what government does for them then!

i want one storefront too ... gov yall going to build it foe me?

"They use the print and electronic media to make the public believe that the straw vendors do not deserve to have the market on Bay Street. The government does not treat the vendors as though we are Bahamians and every day their talk and double talk only serves to nurture further uncertainty about the future of the straw market and the vendors. It was this behavior that sparked the first demonstration in the first place," Strachan said.

I hear ms. strachan on the news last nite and she say something to the effect that the gas station does sell more than gas, the pharmacy does sell more than medicine so why they wan limit what the straw vendors could sell. This leads me to a comment and a question

1. Why dont they just stipulate that the vendors can sell any item they like as long as it is made in the bahamas from at lest 50% bahamaian materials. (lets see how much gucci bag they have after that)

and

2. Where Ms. Strachan been for the last five years when the vendors them was under the tent, in the heat and in garbage and stench?

Ms. Strachan noted that the straw market is protected by the Antiquities, Moments and Museum Act.

http://www.jonesbahamas.com/?c=45&a=14352
Here is that act:

http://laws.bahamas.gov.bs/statutes/statute_CHAPTER_51.html

CHAPTER 51
ANTIQUITIES, MONUMENTS AND MUSEUM

I have only begun to read it so I have no idea if the statement is true.

carry they azz!

They carry on and beleive they are ENTITLED to what they have! They are not! These straw vendors need to be put OUT and learn how to be grateful for what has beeen GIVEN to them. It's just like at christmas when the governmet people come BEGGING for a gift and when given one say "DAS ALL YINNA GIVE WE", ungratful nasty suckegg's!

Should we rebuild the straw market?
Yes.

Should be rebuild it on bay Street?

Probably Not. As a matter of fact, most of the buildings on Bay Street, even though they should be restored as historic architecture are in such disrepair, a tear down project in needed. All of Bay Street needs to be rethought and reorganized. That land stretch of land of the proposed market site is perhaps the most valuable in the nation worth tens of millions.

The fire was tragic, but perhaps the fire, the outcry over the market, Arawak Cay, Potter's Cay Dcok, Prince George Dock, The container port and the state of disrepair in Nassau should be views as a gift- the catalyst for renewal.

Where should the vendors go?

A GOOMBAY Village, run by the MOT and MOS&C, with native straw, wood carvings, painters, dancers, musicians, junkanoo-ers, poets, food and a cultural/ historical center would do SO much more. It could revitalize our arts and culture communities.

If you wanted to set up shop in that village you would have to pay a nominal rent and sell GENUINE BAHAMIAN articles.

I wit you Sunny! 100%

If you wanted to set up shop in that village you would have to pay a nominal rent and sell GENUINE BAHAMIAN articles.

and each applicants home should be visited to see how they keep it .. if it is nasty then how you think they gonna keep the village? ;)

quite frankly......i just want the straw vendors to relocate themselves OFF of my tv screen. IMO, they no longer play an instrumental part in our tourism industry. tourists can buy fake bags in any ghetto/suburb (even) in their home state.

these people have become more than annoying.

quite frankly......i just want the straw vendors to relocate themselves OFF of my tv screen. IMO, they no longer play an instrumental part in our tourism industry. tourists can buy fake bags in any ghetto/suburb (even) in their home state.
these people have become more than annoying.



NATIVE straw is a part of our culture. Just like boating, junkanoo and other forms of Bahamian art, we should spend money to foster its development. Let your arts die and your society dies


Heck even knockoffs have a place, but not on the tax payers dime. Pay for your own shop and do that.

Sad thing is, this is an easy fix if someone would GROW A PAIR and just say what needs to be said.

Sad thing is, this is an easy fix if someone would GROW A PAIR and just say what needs to be said.


Think they have already, but were chastised over it.