The mayor of Fogo Island is concerned about the day-to-day operations of the ferry service and the decisions which are being made within government.
Mayor Andrew Shea says some decisions are being made without notice or sound reasoning, sometimes resulting in unnecessarily long lineups.
As an example, Mayor Shea says fire drills are carried out, without warning, during the busiest period of the week when they could have been done while the vessel was in drydock in Lewisporte.
Further, loads of sand and salt for the region were scheduled to be carried over during the busiest periods of the summer and folk festival time.
He says the calls are not being made by the ferry crew, but calls from managers in St. John’s—and he says something has to change.