More on Broward Carnival

A commentary by a popular radio personality here in South Florida on WAVS 1170 this morning talked about the ineffectual and arrogant nature of both parties in Jamaica. He offered that while the Caribbean seems to be going through some tough transition right now the South Florida Caribbean community is not positioned to take the leadership role it could. After all, we can’t even get it right here in our adopted backyard. Exhibit A? The problems plaguing Broward carnival less than a month away.

Here is another article by the Sun-Sentinel on the Broward carnival. Click here to view. This article has a comments section and some of the comments make for some interesting reading. It shows a little about how we are viewed as Caribbean folks. Some of it may be our own fault. Other comments you just can’t rationalize.

While some of the comments have some merit such as the littering and clean up required and the handling of the large crowd that is expected, these issues can be overcome with the proper planning. So the onus is on the organizers to guarantee that these issues will be addressed. Simultaneously, I believe the city of Miramar should afford every opportunity to the organizers to get it right. The event is very important to the landscape of the community.

As I stated in previous post, I believe the carnival will go ahead in some form. Once the organizers put this one behind them, I would suggest a task force of sorts to review the event and the problems that arose and some measures to address them. That way we can head off those issues for next year.