April 5, 2002

Dear Sir,

All winter I have been enjoying my walk on the trails by Warwick Long Bay and the beach it self. But I have always been disappointed by all the horse droppings I had to avoid.

Today, April 5, the beginning of the tourist season, it was still there, laying smelling in the sun on the beach and trails. Can't this easily be avoid by giving the horses these bag diapers?

Time to get global

April 8, 2002

Dear Sir,

I feel sorry for the architects here; somehow they have been left out in the cold. What is all the fuss about?

The rest of the civilised world turned to registering the professions, viz., doctors, dentists, physiotherapists, all other supplementary to medicine professionals, lawyers, vets, engineers, architects, etc., etc., in an effort to provide the public with a recognisable body of qualified professionals, and also as a means of protecting the members themselves and the general public, from unqualified persons " putting up a sign" and practising on the uninformed public.

This, of course, was a most logical, basic, and necessary step, and one which happened in many professions as early as the turn of the 20th Century!

Somehow, Bermuda, in its wisdom, left its architects out of this worldwide participation. Why? All these years later, (architects) are still fighting for the right to join the rest of the world's professionals.

Consequently, all the non-architects, designers, space planners, (whatever they prefer to be called), who have not achieved the minimum standard required for registration, are all nervous, angry, and upset, and are citing architects' greed, monopoly and unfair play, but this is not so!

All the architects want is what every other professional person already has! The simple right to be part of a meaningful, professional register.

In fact, the Island's architects are being generous in recognising the needs of the "non-architects" here, and have stipulated that only when a building is over a certain size, need they seek advice, consent from an architect or engineer. Fair enough. They studied for years, they passed the exams! Wake up Bermuda and try to get global.

Some day of rest

March 18, 2002

Dear Sir,

I am writing to express my concern over the level of noise and environment pollution being created by the numerous motor sports taking place at the East End of the Island, particularly in areas designated as nature reserves such as Clearwater Beach.

The Bermuda Biodiversity Country Study clearly states that, "noise, traffic and lighting disturb wildlife and reduce the value of an area to support wildlife."

I question how seriously the Bermuda Government is taking the issues of biodiveristy. This is after all the year of biodiversity!

On a recent trip to Ferry Reach from Southside on a Sunday, I was first greeted by the sound of racing bikes from the beach area as I left my house. Next I drove past the remote control cars on Southside Road. Next it was the remote control boats on St. David's Road. When I got to Ferry Reach there was the noise from Coney Island.

Surely this is causing a great deal of disturbance to the supposedly protected wildlife in the Clearwater and Ferry Reach nature reserves. Surely it must hamper the efforts of all those involved in the Cahow project on Nonsuch Island and surrounding islands.

I am also hearing of plans afoot to develop the Clearwater area into some kind of theme park. How could this happen in a nature reserve?

On a personal note, is Sunday not a day of rest? Why should the residents of the East End be subjected to this amount of noise pollution all day, every Saturday and Sunday? There needs to be some kind of compromise which involves greater consideration of the environment as well as the residents of Bermuda who do not wish to listen to motor sports all weekend.

Part of that compromise could include enforcement of laws on bike noise by both TCD and the police.