Dear Editor,
Like we say, one thing brings another. I think that I have mentioned in the past that I have no problem copying the good thing. I am sure that many of our people have gone to the carnival in Aruba and have seen the booths, tents and stands and toilets along the way. I’m sorry to have to mention that what I have seen here so far along the Nisbeth road is a far cry from Aruba.
I also usually respond when St. Maarten is compared to other places in the world that I live on St. Maarten, but in this case it is a question of order and order counts all over.
Also I do not understand the logic in booths very close to each other blasting their stereo sets so that one cannot distinguish one’s music from the other. Like I said one thing brings the other so my intention was to compliment Mr. Ferrier’s letter in both ways by adding that I have to mention one of the many similar cases, that I have seen a female security officer in uniform driving a taxi.
That snack on the intersection of Longwall Road and the W.J.A. Nisbeth Road also in my opinion needs the same scrutiny as Captain Dino’s. I was always against that type of business at that location, especially in connection with road safety and among other reasons, littering. I never condone wrongdoing but what is good for the goose should be good for the gander and I know that everybody in Government is aware of who gets away with murder and who becomes the victim and for which reasons.
Which brings me to another thing: The word Karma; I have learned not to say “good for you” (our meaning) and not to gloat, but must not we agree that what goes around comes around and that the love of money (and power) is what causes all kinds of trouble to all involved. So when you burn your backside should not you sit on the blisters even till 2018.
I have said it before and will repeat it from time to time. Everything that I have experienced in my life I have found written in the bible, so if one looks up Luke 12:41-48 one should not be surprised when certain things come to pass. Let us try to be fair to each other.
Russell A. Simmons
