Dear Editor,
I read the editorial of Tuesday, September 29th, and smiled, because it brought back thoughts of my father. And then I read a commentary the next day and again the same thought came to me so I decided to write something about it. As I have always commented, I was one of fourteen of two parents who did not spare the rod. Every time I think back of those days I am thankful, for I know I am not spoiled.
Dear Editor,
Hello.
I have to write fast before the power goes off.
What did St. Maarten use before candles?
Electricity…
Dear Editor,
I just read GEBE’s press release about outages lasting till the end of next week, and more to come in the following month to catch up with deferred maintenance.
Dear Editor,
The word on the street and internationally is that St. Maarten has become a cesspool of crime and corruption. The perception that every government company, their CEO and their supervisory boards are viewed as rogues or potential rogues by locals, and the outside world is also not in doubt.
Dear Editor,
I started to comment on a different topic when, what has become a nuisance, the days current went again, this time for almost two hours. Last week G.E.B.E. promised us that there would not be any outages for a while because the problem causing the load shedding was solved. That was like telling us that the mouse will not eat the cheese anymore because we bought a mousetrap.
