Dear Editor,
More and more people are bringing their grievances to me, hoping that I would write something about it. I am very aware of those grievances and agree with them but I would like for more people to openly voice their opinion because, not so long ago we have read that more than 20 postponed meetings are still pending.
More proof that nothing is being done while government has been paying out XCG four to five million per month during all those months while absolutely nothing has been done and still is not being done.
This reminds of a saying with the word “brassface”.
The next point is nothing new to me because the schoolchildren have always proven to be on the right track and right now the schoolchildren are in doubt if anything will be done to put back the “Haitian vendors” where they were.
I personally am not ready to voice my opinion on that situation. What I know is that there are talks that people are of the opinion that government is gradually knowingly turning Philipsburg into ghost town. I do not know if I am ready to join anyone in going there, but my question would be: “Is there enough love for country, to keep Sint Maarten in the hands of indigenous Sint Maarteners?”
Talking about ghost town, are we aware that the first batch of tourists who arrive by cruise ships goes by bus directly to different places on the French side? And that it is until after two o'clock that we see tourists in the Front Street? Is the government of Sint Maarten aware that there is nowhere in the Front Street where delivery vehicles can stop/park to deliver goods for the businesses?
Is government aware that even the tourists who have rental cars are aware that they cannot stop nor park in the Front Street and that they find themselves obliged to leave someone in their rental car to avoid being towed away?
Simply because their rental cars have been towed away because they do not know where to find parking. They see other cars parked on the sidewalk and do the same, to return and find that their car was towed away.
My question concerning this is, if others can notice this should not those in government hear about this? Are not there department heads who should stay abreast of what is happening on Sint Maarten or are they also of the opinion that if the others can collect without working, they can do the same?
The Prime Minister self said that nothing doing and along with that, now we know that more than twenty meetings which were postponed have not been reconvened.
By the way, tourists are still driving in forbidden directions because some traffic signs in my opinion are carelessly placed as well as lacking.
Russell A. Simmons
