Leave Abaco and Exuma alone the rest of the Bahamas does not want to be like Nassau. The Bahamas low level of development is our greatest asset when it comes to tourism if managed properly and could create a vast amount of wealth for our people. Unspoiled natural beauty is something none of our other competition in Florida or further south have.

So Freeport dies, and we have to buy a worthless hotel and at the same time giving cruise ships with tourists on them private exclusive destinations. Cant make this up.

If things are so good can we hear from the Dominican foreign Minister? Can the Tribune contact the Dominican Foreign Minister for a comment?

Disney will build their port and Eleuthera will see very little economic impact from it. Just look to other cruise ship private islands and the cruise industry as a whole and Disney's record in Abaco. Baker's (left as a mess) and Castaway Cay with a handful of jobs while Sandy Point and Moore's island remain in economic need. If people can't learn from the past they are doomed to repeat it.

What caused the fire? Who is getting fired if it was negligence? How much damage will be done to the economy because of this? Why can't we put 65-100 million into renewable/ more efficient energy versus buying hotels to be a drain on the taxpayer? Can't the government do something temporarily about vat on electricity? Oh wait they collect more taxes the higher our bills are. Maybe this wasn't an accident.

Bye bye Airbnb, hello vacation rental by owner.

Please do not talk about soil. Some countries grow things in the desert. The grocery stores throw away all the produce that gets burnt at the dump that could be composted. Seaweed cleaned off the beaches to look pretty for the tourists could be composted. Anything paper from cardboard to paper towel and egg shells can be composted. The Bahamas does not have a soil problem or fertilizer problem. We just lack the initiative to make things happen.

Castaway Cay on the southern end of Abaco in the Bahamas hardly employs any locals and is kept private and exclusive with little to no impact on the local economy at all. Disney also had another private resort on Abaco dredging a channel so big near a reef that the fill created an artificial island. They had dolphins penned up at this location for amusement and after a few years just abandoned the site leaving the buildings to go to destruction and the local area with all the environmental damage they created. This is bad news for Southern Eleuthera. This talk of jobs etc. is all for show. They will find way around hiring any locals and preventing anyone from accessing the area. These developers always find ways around things even after promising green ways and beach access and everything to deny access. One of the Bahamas most beautiful sights and we are going to turn it into a cruise terminal? The lowest bang for you buck type of tourist? What are these people smoking? Oh wait Jamaica is exporting marijuana now. We missed that boat too. *bangs head on desk*

Yep I noticed that too and I can bet you they will be severely discouraged and/or prevented from walking along the beach to the point. Time and time again I have seen developments build with the promise of public access points only to create barriers and hindrances to discourage their use. The economic benefits from the private cruise islands etc. are minimal. If it must be developed try and find a land based developer would give more bang for developing such a beautiful place.

Can't make this sh$ t up