Cut the fee for kings, queens

Free entry to the North Stand for the traditional mas on Carnival Monday and a most sensible fee of $50 on Carnival Tuesday will considerably recoup some of the money spent each year on this expensively constructed venue.

Vendors stand to make a profit by selling delicacies to both locals and tourists and I expect the North Stand will be filled to capacity on Carnival Tuesday.

No mention was made of the entrance fee for the Grand Stand which, because of obscene overpricing, has been practically empty for the Kings and Queens of the Carnival shows.

This fee needs to be cut by 50 percent or more. These past few years we have seen judges, the media, and revellers but very few spectators.

Many spectators have taken to the streets, making it slow moving for bands navigating downtown Port-of-Spain. If De Silva can guarantee adequate and well policed parking at the Queen’s Park Savannah, things could start looking like long ago.

And please, De Silva, toilets, toilets everywhere so the visitors can see that TT exists in the 21st century.

This Carnival presents the opportunity for the entire Police Service to step up to the plate and make 2017 the safest Carnival ever.

Our police are in dire need of a political facelift in this country where “image” is everything.

Lynette Joseph Diego Martin