St. Maarten Private Eye

Well said Swift. It seems that the people in Sint Maarten do not understand the real problem. The real problem is that this government is not capable to manage the affairs of this island. Through the years they put only " puppies" in position in order for them to manipulate the system. None of these department heads has the capability and responsibility to manage the position they have right now. Sint Maarten should have achieved a certain degree of separate status along time ago if all these departments had people in position that understood their job and was above corruption or illegal activities. Crime is just a piece of the pie. Solving the crime situation does not solve the problem. In order to bring peace and order in Sint Maarten we need to establish a " Business Cabinet " and put professionals in position to clean the mess. Once the "professionals" have done their job then we can call for new elections. Hopefully these "professionals" has put in place the necessary structure to curb corruption and mismanagement in government. I do not believe that the present government neither the opposition has the knowledge or the desire to bring a real change to Sint Maarten. It is all about themselves. Let us continue to share information and hopefully the Dutch Government will come up with a solution.