email sent:
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Dear Mr. Wallace,
My wife and I have just returned from our annual 10 day January trip to Idle Awhile Beach and have just learned that police and other security forces have started strict enforcement of activities on the beach.
We have been coming annually to Negril since 1998. At first we stayed at Tree House and now have been regulars at Idle Awhile Beach.
We do find the drug dealers, bracelet sellers and most recently out right beggars as something that should and needs to be stopped. It goes without saying that for safety purposes that horses have no place on the beach.
We are concerned for the legitimate beach vendors and musicians - Norman (Patty Man), Dean (Pork Guy), Cortis (Fruit Lady), Flex (Juice Guy) and the ice cream man all of whom add to the colorful and positive vibe/feel which make Negril unique and special. These and other similar individuals are part of the ambience that create the Negril mystique.
We whole heatedly agree with the need to license and tax legitimate vendors & musicians. We trust that there is some way to revise current laws/regulations to allow for licensing of legitimate vendors and musicians.
Please help to amend laws and establish licensing procedures to make it possible for these vendors to continue to operate in a way beneficial to both Negril and to its visitors.
As you are no doubt aware there is NO place like Negril and that’s what keeps us coming back.
