The Abaconian October 15, 2012 - Section B

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October 15, 2012

The Abaconian

Section B

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Passionate rallies and personal attacks set stage for a bitter fought by-election

Politicians and government officials have been a common sight on Abaco over the past few weeks. Leading up the North Abaco by-election on October 15 things have become heated. Controversies have been attached to both FNM and PLP candidates and each party pushes to get the leading edge going into the voting booth. The third part candidate continues to campaign as well as she looks to pull off an upset. North Abaco has the entire Bahamas watching as the candidates do the political dance. Prime Ministers, former and present, as well as party leaders have vouched for their candidates and made their case to the people. Whatever the outcome on October 15, this will mark a historic moment for the North Abaco constituency and for The Bahamas. Above and left: Greg Gomez along with the Rt. Hon. Hubert Ingraham at a rally in Cooper’s Town. Above and right: Renardo Curry along with Prime Minister Christie at a Treasure Cay rally. For more details see page 2.

Vandals strike the Abaco National Park By Timothy Roberts Park Warden, Marcus Davis, for the Bahamas National Trust (BNT) was dismayed on a recent visit to the Abaco National Park as he found the newly enhanced Road 38 vandalized. Road 38 was cleaned and improved as a nature trail with a picnic area, signs and garbage cans for the benefit of local residents and tourists. However, according to David Knowles, Director of Parks, person(s) unknown to them went on a shooting spree in the Park causing damages to signs and garbage cans, starting a fire around the picnic tables and leaving trash scattered on the ground. Mr. Knowles said they did not know who the culprits are but said that he was disappointed that someone would do such a thing. “A lot of time and money went into the infrastructure so that the visitor’s experience could be enhanced and enjoyed,” he said. Mr. Knowles appeals to the culprit(s), and others who would follow suit, to be more conscientious and remember that people who visit our islands, and who keep our economy going, visit these parks as well. “We need to work together to keep our island, and the national parks, beautiful for our benefit and out of consideration for those who visit.”


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