Dear Editor,
With much amusement I listened to the National Alliance introduce their party's slate of 23 candidates, and tout their list of accomplishments over their 9-month governing period and I have to wonder if they believe the people of St. Maarten to be uneducated, ignorant or uninformed.
What has this Government done for the people of St. Maarten?
1)15% decrease in tourist arrivals, while neighbouring islands are experiencing record growth.
2) A 30% loss of on island spending with the loss of Disney and NCL cruise lines.
3) A missed investment of $65 million in St. Maarten by Disney and NCL cruise lines to Tortola.
4) An unprecedented number of fires at the Landfill spewing toxic smoke in our communities.
5) An unprecedented number of asthma and other lung related ailments reported at our hospital due to the same landfill.
6) A waste of taxpayers’ money on Kimsha Beach for a parking lot.
7) Finalizing of the government building, which was the fiasco created by National Alliance candidate and convict Louis Laveist, that is costing taxpayers millions of dollars unnecessarily.
8) Increasing taxes via fuel tax and electricity consumption.
9) The management at TelEm and GEBE is in total disarray.
10) Total lack of vision for our one-pillar economy: tourism
Based on the above I am asking, no, pleading with the National Alliance Government; No more accomplishments please!!
Name withheld at author's request.
