Today in the community I live in .

Ladies and Gentlemen today I always start with pray and mediation after this was completed I proceed to check my internet.I am amazed at how the routine have become so addictive these days .

I was sheduled to meet a charity to really take a first hand look at the Englerston community,we walked along with the urban renewal manager Mr. Dennis Dames you know it seems as if that the Friday is a national holiday for some of the young boys and girls in my area,when I asked there reason for not being in school it was like no conrete answer.

What happened to the traunt officer? I am pretty sure the Ministry of Education is bewildered by this question.It is where were at not just in my community we seem to have a don't care attitude as a people on the whole.As we walked through this area it was remarkable the amount of abandoned homes.

Abandon houses and properties the government in the Bahamas need to start a process where in 30 days if there are no persons found responsible for the property and the house that are in a state of disrepair we have the right to confiscate them and make them apart of the community use.

Local government comes to my mind when I think of the area sure those who are in charge seem to be clueless or careless about my community.I think there should be local government in these inner city areas so the people from the area will have direct control of the hoods in which they live.

Immigration : Persons whom seem to be in the majority coming from countries where they bring the same behaviour by the way they have kept their environment to the areas locally seem not to be bothered by the squaller tyoe state in which they live .

Education :The parents never did well in school so queit naturally they will not be the proponent for the importance of it in their children there you have the truancy.The children can read they relly go to school and when they reach their teen years they cause a grreat deal of problems in the school system and they the teachers are frustrate hence the delivery of the information vital for their survival is not disseminated with the luster and excitement because you find the deviants make up the majority.


Urban renewal -the way forward it is not the answer this government organiztion just should be there for the community to facilate the interest of the community.Urban renewal needs to make the message clear they are just facilatators not the solution just a part of it .What they are doing well is combining the necessary personalities coordinating and ensuring the community benefits as a whole.

A national level of awareness and a sense of community needs to be engrained in all of the players mindsets that they are eith apart of the solution or they are contributing to the problem it is a church business resident student government effort.

You and me make this all possible in all different ways and all capacities.Rise up Bahama Land.