**My, how History Repeats Itself, particularly if oneDoes Not Learn.**
Why should we learn when there are *No Repercussions*
Remember'Spare the Rod, Spoils the Child"...?
We do not have the British Overlords to assign an Oversight Government, as they did in T&C. What options are available in such a Sovereignty? This is all of Our Own Doings... it will require serious Agonizing Reapraisal of what we want The Bahamas To Be, for our Childrens Grandchildren.
No need to Reinvent The Wheel; education is a constant process for Sovereignties. Many examples to review & learn from... Bermuda-like, Barbados-like, Cayman-like, Trinidad-like or lawless Cuba-like or Haiti-like.
**We Choose.**

Lets not forget, to "we reject and condemn sick, decadent behavior within our society and among our children" , particularly those in the Catholic Church industrial complex? Oh yeah, did'nt we recently hear similar charges against the Anglican Church industrial complex?
'Gayness' has been around since man first walked the earth, probably while he was still in trees.
Let everyone enjoy the love, trials, tribulations, joys, anguish & divorce, as the rest of us do.
God is Love.

Ther are many deteriorating skeletons starts at home ownership in the bushes of most islands.
Hoping each have a chance at their dream completion. Once the above have been addressed.

Owning a lot, without the capacity to pay RealPropTax; opportunity to finance a viable loan; acceptance of proud effective simple design; affordability of construction; quality of construction; living wage for furnishings, water, power & maintenance?
It's a start, with certain failure unless these are improved upon.

Right, Honorable?

Not yet, ...you do have their Dad's & Uncles being cut down in their early prime years. Children do not forget pain & disruptions of life. All guns have serial numbers, except plastics, a source for tracing if government or lawyers were serious in suits. Funds spending dictates the seriousness of effort, be it import controls, patrolling or judicial...$ per 100,000.

You were not around during the era of Miami Cocaine Cowboy days & the overflow to/from Bahamas.

Irrelevant of the location, be careful to not make prisons too comfortable or a labor /industry source, as examples in US.
Best discouragement for crime is not a death penalty, although a yearly hanging is a fair deterrent. The squalor & horrible demeaning conditions, similar to middle ages prisons are quite effective (without their judicial methods).
Nassau is presently becoming a reverse prison, with the ease of bonds & paroles. The people are the ones behind bars at their homes & jobs, criminals are on the streets.
A common situation in many 3rd world countries. Window bars & private security presences are obvious indicators.

Who claims we are Not A 3rd World Country? Accepting Pay to Play as normal is a certain trait. It is fraud & robbery without a weapon. Guaranteed stagnation.

Ridiculously low minimum wage in a high cost 'import based' economy is dangerously segregating. Unsurprisingly, leading to poor performance & attitude.
Which comes first? Chicken or Egg.