In response to the question about the operation of the parking garage at The Pointe: I called the front desk of the hotel and was told that the parking garage is not in operation. This was about one week ago.
Perhaps it is closed to the general public while other arrangements have been made for more favored clients.

Why no mention of the new clinic/mini hospital in Marsh Harbour with its beautifully landscaped lawns and paved driveway with, apparently, nothing inside while the old and dilapidated clinic building along the main highway not too far away continues to attempt to serve the public?

The main issue here is the unwillingness of any sitting government to admit that it will use available funds to provide employment for potential supporters who are unable to find other employment. No government wants to have a large number of unemployed and disaffected people, especially disaffected youths, roaming the streets with time on their hands.
No government is willing to admit that The Bahamas does not have the ability to absorb a constantly increasing population dependent upon the type of economy upon which the country depends.

With a country the size of The Peoples Republic of China with its huge population, if all else fails the Chinese Communist Party will be able to use the Baha Mar resort as a type of "reward vacation" for its most loyal and productive workers in much the same way that the former USSR built huge resort complexes where their 'Heroes of Soviet Labour" were sent for all expenses paid vacations as a reward for turning up at work and reducing their on the job consumption of vodka.

This situation reminds me of 19th century Mexican history when President Benito Juarez could not contemplate stepping down from power and would always respond to questions about who would be nominated for the position of president of Mexico: "Yo, siempre yo" he would say. (Me, always me). He died of a stroke while physically in his office in the presidential palace on the Plaza Zocalo in Mexico City.
Power is sweet, eh?
Or how about the late Dr. Fidel Castro Ruz when he was asked in English by the French female reporter about the elections he promised soon after taking over from Fulgencio Batista: He answered her in English: "Conditions have changed".

Who, may I ask, is going to enforce these "sophisticated" new regulations? At Abaco, for example, it is quite a rare occurrence to see a policeman enforcing the traffic regulations (that most drivers have never even heard of) so who is going to oversee the fishing boats prowling the waters around and between the scattered cays and reefs?
Too many rules, too little enforcement is the cry that goes up all over this country.

On Monday, January 2, 2017, I happened pretty much by accident to witness at the Cherokee Air Terminal just west of the Leonard Thompson International Airport in Marsh Harbour, the arrival of Senator Branville McCartney and a delegation of DNA party members who were met by two small cars, one of which displayed two green DNA party flags. What the purpose of the trip to Abaco was is really none of my business but I was almost pained to see the strained efforts of the party faithful present to enlarge upon the occasion if you know what I mean.
I wonder if these party faithful truly entertain hopes of attaining even one seat in the upcoming general election.
Apparently egos continue to stand in the way of a way toward a united opposition to present to the voting public.
I have a feeling that the DNA and the FNM are going to regret many lost opportunities once the election results are announced.

How ironic that Sir Durward Knowles was a harbour pilot for many years and has berthed many a large ship alongside those very same docks!

As people say every time election rolls around: You had better register and cast your ballot on the appointed day or you are wasting your right to have at least some small say in the functioning of the country.
If you fail to vote you have no one to blame but yourself when the result is not to your liking.
We are not a revolutionary people so an election according to the provisions of the Constitution is the accepted way of expressing your confidence or lack thereof in the sitting government.
If you sit in the corner and pout because you cannot identify the "perfect" candidate you had better have a comfortable chair because you will be there for a very long time.

Isn't it strange how rich people are not satisfied until they have destroyed every place they touch? It is a shame that they can't all be sent to Mars where they can try their luck at terraforming that distant planet.
Who knows? Perhaps the Martians in residence will protest.