sidewalk parking to the Commissioner of Police and Minister of Labour and Home Affairs.

The group contend that sidewalk parking in several areas is forcing pedestrians into dangerous situations and they say Police are doing nothing to stop the illegal activity.

If Police do not take action against the sidewalk parkers, claimed the group, they will file a writ against both Mr. Smith and Ms Cox.

The Senior Five contacted The Royal Gazette after they received no response or action from Minister Paula Cox or Police Commissioner Jonathan Smith.

"We wrote to both the Commissioner of Police and, after receiving no action, we then wrote to Ms Cox and surprisingly got no action,'' they wrote in a letter to the Editor this week.

The areas of concern to the Senior Five are: Parsons Road to the west of Jamaican Grill; Cavendish Road; and a construction area on Tee Street.

The group went so far as to include the licence plate number of a white car they claim constantly parks on the sidewalk on Parsons Road.

"At 8 a.m. the school kids attending CedarBridge have to walk around this vehicle onto the main road,'' the Senior Five wrote to Commissioner Smith.

"The height of Bermudian laziness is that there is a free car park less than 100 yards away.'' The memo to the Police Commissioner was dated March 6. Last night a Police spokesman confirmed that Police had received the letter but Police did not issue a response to the concerns expressed by press time.

The Senior Five wrote that they were following up a complaint made by columnist Stuart Hayward in a recent newspaper article.

But the Senior Five are not just asking, they are demanding action: "We are taking this opportunity to ask you to deal with the below issues,'' the group wrote to the Police Commissioner.

"In the past these issues have been brought to the attention of the previous administration but to no avail. Be assured that we will go to great lengths to expose the tardiness of the Police Service in ticketing the offenders.'' On Reid Street, the anonymous letter writers contend that a red car parks on the sidewalk illegally each day between noon and 2 p.m. and that four to six cycles are parked outside White Spruce Investments obstructing pedestrians.

"Again there is free parking at the other end off Cavendish Road. Too far to walk?'' they ask.

On Tee Street, the Senior Five wrote that workmen participating in construction activity are also parking on the sidewalk. "The ironic part is they can legally park on the main road as there is a white line there,'' they wrote.

The memo to Minister Cox was less detailed but seemed more antagonistic. The Senior Five wrote the Minister that they had written to the Police Commissioner "partly because it is illegal to park on the sidewalks and, in the incidents mentioned, quite dangerous''.

The memo continued: "One would assume that the Force is back up to strength after the cricket game and these requests would be taken care of. Apparently not.'' Minister Cox and Permanent Secretary Robert Horton were both off the Island yesterday and the Ministry was unable to confirm whether Ms Cox had received the memo.