St. Maarten Private Eye

Public Officials - Higher Standards?

Although a fairly new concept on St. Maarten, it is an accepted view in most developed countries that politicians and public officials should be held to higher standards than the ordinary public. So when a department head repeatedly drives drunk, has accidents and clashes with the police, you have to ask yourself if he is the right man for the job.

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Kurt Ruan is the Head of New Works Development and Planning, a department that appears to have been created so that Theo can direct harbor money to statues and roundabouts, Carnival Village (or is it Festival Village now?) and beautification projects that he can get mileage from. Anyone here in the last elections can remember the numerous articles and photos of these projects in the papers.

But Theo, the harbor, New Works and EDC are really a subject for another blog post. This one is about Kurt and his alcoholism. Maybe in other countries they have it wrong, that such things would result in public apologies, promises to join AA and confront their problem, or resign. I understand AA meet at Mullet Bay every Sat and Sun around 8am, if we can confirm this then maybe at least someone can pass on the info on to Kurt or his buddy and boss, Theo.

Civil Engineer Placed on in-active Duty - 26th February 2008

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