December 22, 2005

Dear Sir,

Please allow me to congratulate the workers who, under the supervision of Dr. Ewart Brown, Minister of Transportation, have built a very interesting and attractive bus station on the east side of City Hall. It is very nearly "art".

I'm delighted to hear the station will be named. Hopefully the day will come when we naturally refer to it as "Sparkie's" ? that will baffle the tourists at first, but who will find it charming when it is explained.

Dr. Brown spoke to me on the telephone a year or so ago, giving me hope that the new bus station would not permit smoking under the canopies. I trust we will have waste bins to take the cigarette ends outside the station. I don't think even the most dedicated smokers would say it is fair for the rest of us to breathe in their smoke and tread about on butts on the pavement. Butts coated in spit and who knows what else. The smoker would not want me spitting at his feet.

The wall backing onto City Hall? Perhaps a site for the exhibition of local art. Give the graffiti painters some exposure of their talents. And it must be dismantled each evening. And, perhaps, travel posters featuring Bermuda sites.

Again, Dr. Brown, my congratulations to you all for a fine "Sparkie's".