While the latest scandal in the political career of Education Minister Jerome Fitzgerald has sparked widespread criticism and calls for his resignation, some Marathon residents insist that they would "go down with" Fitzgerald, while others say they are unsure about their support for him.
"My thought is that everything is still the same," said Natasha Martin, lifetime resident of Peardale.
"Everything is still the same, nothing has changed.
"Mr. Fitzgerald has been a good father figure in Marathon.
"He has ladies and gentlemen working who you would have never thought would have been working today.
"They could support their families now.
"They will go down with him.
"He has been doing what he supposed to do for the community."
Martin said her support for Fitzgerald, the PLP incumbent, will not waver, despite anything that is being said about him.
Donning her Progressive Liberal Party (PLP) T-shirt, Claudette Brown, a resident of 14 years, said, "People will have their say, people will talk, but he is a good man. He helps everybody and that's all that matters."
When asked about her thoughts on the Baha Mar scandal, Brown said, "There is no scandal. People will talk. It's election time and everybody have a say.
"My support remains with him all the way. He helped me and I thank God for him."
Last week, The Tribune revealed, in a series of emails between Fitzgerald and then Baha Mar developer Sarkis Izmirlian dating back to 2013, that Fitzgerald lobbied Izmirlian for brokerage, trucking and limousine contracts, telling Izmirlian the matter required his "personal intervention".
Fitzgerald wrote that his father's medical bills were $20,000 per month, and expressed concern that "we have not heard anything yet".
He also requested Izmirlian provide a recommendation to approach the other hotel brands.
Fitzgerald has since admitted contacting Izmirlian.
On the other side of the Marathon constituency, Terez Smith, a 50-year resident of the area, said despite being a "staunch" PLP for many years she remains undecided in the upcoming election.
"Why I say I am undecided is because I was a staunch PLP, a key supporter of the Progressive Liberal Party," she said.
"I didn't care who came in here and run, I supported them once they were running under the PLP, but I am disappointed in the way how they treated me. So, I don't know."
Smith claimed she lost her home under the PLP government and was unable to get assistance from her representative.
When asked specifically about the Baha Mar incident with Fitzgerald, Smith said she may still support him and the party but at this time her decision remains unclear.
Asia McKenzie, a four-year resident of the area, said she does not care either way about any of the scandals Fitzgerald has been embroiled in because her and her two unemployed sisters are more worried about taking care of their family.
"None of us have jobs," she said.
"Paying light, paying water, I never saw Mr. Fitzgerald in this area.
"The three of us have been living in this area for over four years."
The women live in an apartment off Soldier Road.
When asked whether she had any thoughts on the education minister's latest scandal with Baha Mar, McKenzie said, "None of us working. None of us have jobs, which means we don't have any cable. And the money I have I need to use that to print off a resume and not buy a newspaper."
McKenzie said although they are all registered to vote, she is unsure who she will vote for, or whether she will even vote.
This is not the first hit to Fitzgerald's political career over his five-year tenure.
The Nassau Guardian revealed in 2015 that the government took more than a year to make public a 2014 Black & Veatch report on a gas leak from the Rubis service station on Robinson Road that warned of possible health risks to people who live and work in the area.
The report was completed in February 2014, but was only made public on April 17, 2015 after area residents expressed outrage at a town meeting.
Following the revelation that Fitzgerald had read the report in 2014, but kept silent, Fitzgerald was asked by why he did not advise his constituents.
He responded, "I would have been fired on the spot. There is no way I can discuss what happens in Cabinet, particularly if a direction was taken and the direction was for it to rest with the attorney general's office."
Another incident arose last March where Fitzgerald read and tabled an email thread from Save the Bays members in the House of Assembly.
The emails referenced a murder-for-hire plot involving Canadian fashion tycoon Peter Nygard and members of Save the Bays.
Fitzgerald claimed he got the private emails from his "political garbage can".
The education minister was heavily criticized for his actions.

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