St. Maarten Private Eye

I am the person who made the comment about Franke bailing out on us. I do understand his reason for doing it, truly do. I equally agree that sxm is being overbuilt and the quality of life is decreasing for the residents.

However, the answer to all our problems aint simply selling out even though I can understand. Damn us to hell, is basically what this is!

This island has made itself by creating the environment for people like Franke to come here, however Franke has to understand that our friendlyness (that brought him) is also our biggest weakness, we cant seem to say NO to people. I can. And say the following:

- no to new projects that dont improve our quality of life
- no to new development that limits our free movement
- no to more projects that demand more foreign labor
- no to more condo buyers, who purchase pre-construction and later sell, thereby driving prices up evenmore

- yes to more immigration limitations
- yes to less foreign workers
- yes to making condo owners pay their share of our burden
- yes to affordable housing for our people etc.