Who is going to report the "economic impact" of the Carnival?????????? How are they going to assess the profitability of this Carnival??????? Are they going to tell us that 5000 tourists came to The bahamas for Carnival and each spent $1000 or they are going to say 100,000 came out to the three days and each spent 100????? or they are going to say there were 300 vendors at Ft. Charlotte and each made $5000 profit?????? Or they are going to talk about the hologram linkages with hotel rooms, taxis etc???????????

I cannot wait to see the Perrynomics spin on this one!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I'm still waiting to hear back if Machel Montano was worth the 200k? smt

Of all the people participating I felt most sorry for the vendors. Friday was like a ghost town on the Arawak Cay side. The majority of the crowd was on the Fort side patronizing the food vendors on the park where the concert was. What they should have done was have some early activity between 8 and 12 p.m. on the Arawak Cay side to ensure that the vendors in that area got some business. There was a big stage over there which was empty and if I were not a concert fan all I would do was walk around and leave.

The concert did not start until 12 midnight when most of the vendors on Arawak Cay were packing up.

Secondly, there was just too many vendors and most of them were selling the same thing (fish, chicken and fritters) which would be found cheaper at the Fish Fry. Organisers should have used less vendors and ensure that they had more variety in their food.

Frankly I think they should give them their money back.

I agree

One vendor in particular told me that she did not even make half of her money back (and this was Saturday night). She also said that some of vendors were bragging that they did not pay for their stalls because of "who they knew" and also that the best stalls which were on the park belonged to some of the committee members. If this is true, it reeks of cronyism.

I understand the vendors got together and signed a Petition because everyone was complaining. I guess even the cronies didn't make any money.

Why can't we just be fair and treat everyone equally? But what am I asking? Clearly, the impossible.

You got that right DuppyVAT.

The event was successful for the big boys, that's it. As far as I know that wasn't the stated goal, but was it the actual goal?

Can you elaborate on who are the "big boys"???????
Who got the $9 million???????????? Is this a BAMSI scheme 2.0?????

Take a guess, who was the clear winner?

Those of you who know the inside scoop on the spending of our $9 million Carnival monies should disclose it .......... or forever hold your peace. Who got the money for PR, DJ/production, props/staging, ground/air transportation, costume materials, cleanup/ vendors ????? ....... which companies owned by politically exposed persons???????????

I don't have the inside scoop, I saw what everybody else saw and the known affiliations. I mean Vola Francis announced on public radio, and I'm paraphrasing, ~*the PM approached him about this event, when they looked around for a chairman, it was natural to pick Paul Major, Paul was always at his house after Junkanoo*. No job interviews, no looking for the best person, give the job to a friend. Then look at the marketing. Affiliation. Look at Miss Bahamas. All of this was in plain sight. Who owns the "Bahamas Junkanoo Carnival" trademark? Will we continue to use that name in perpetuity and pay the owner forever? Was that the only option they could think of? This was all done in front of everybody. Hubris.

And I repeat, who won and who made the rules

OK ............ Lets start at the top ............. How much did Vola Francis and Paul Major get out of the $9 million .................... and dont let them cry crocodile tears about "doing it for the benefit of the nation"

Who got in on the sweet heart deal for supplying the onsite electrical generators as a backup to BEC's power generation problems? Surely one or two intermediary companies owned by "favoured" Bahamians must have been involved!

ACCESS DENIED. The biggest problem for the food vendors is that the Carnival site is closed off to the motoring public from 12 noon each day of the event. So if you are someone on lunch break or someone ain't into the party but who want to stop for something to eat on the way home it is more than a hassle to get on the site. You have to park so far away and time as you get through the security checks, your lunch hour is gone and so is your appetite. So maybe there is a need to allow 30 minute parking on Arawak Cay (fish fry) and at the other end until say around 6 pm when the concert starts. Another thing is the food vendors may have to pre sell their wares by way of tickets or another idea is to tie vendors to the different Carnival groups so they are guaranteed at least a minimum. The vendors stationed in the more popular won't need this. As for the crafts side this may need earlier access. No one is going to purchase craft and have to tote them around all night at a concert or put them in their car for someone to break in.

50-60 million profit for 9 million investment LOL.Paul Major couldn't make Bahamasair profitable, why all the expectations of Carnival or any other entity under his direction being profitable. But lets wait for the audited accounts.