St. Maarten Private Eye

I fully understand your concerns about revealing all the information you are aware of, these vultures and sneaky and devious and I also suspect they are following what we all discuss in here. Keep your cards close and play them well.

That said, I do think that revealing information as above and putting it up for discussion can only benefit because it is giving light, shining it on dealings that go on in the back rooms and dark corners. Anyone reading these posts will certainly have a much clearer picture of what is going on and the more people who throw their nuggets of information into the discussion the better.

I think because of the way knowledge of this site has spread between friends, that the majority of readers here want to see EWE preserved as a park for future generations. There are now over 150 users registered and I'm sure there are plenty more who just come to read or research issues. I have faith that over time more and more of them will join the 6 or 7 "regulars" who do comment and write in here. It's all about convincing people to get up off their ass and stand up for their children's future, I hope they will do so on this issue.

As for Mathias, I have met him and I do like him, I am sure he is a good man and I know he cares passionately about the heritage and culture of the island. I think what I was trying to point out is that I think that the ExCo told him that the commission was not to mingle with "those EWE people". If the commissions true goal and task was to find a way to preserve the estate and create a national park, the same goals you have, then there is absolutely no reason or conflict with him speaking at the event or expressing his views publicly. The ExCo (IC) passed a motion promising to investigate purchasing the estate for this purpose, I say that Mathius not speaking up is a sign that they were insincere with the motion. The 60 days has almost ended and they haven't even put a 3 man committee together yet, or have they? Who knows?

I also think that we should watch out for those students and make sure they suffer no consequences for their stand. I know a few of them even come here to read and I want them to know they can come here and let us know if it happens. They need to keep in mind though that if their grades are lousy then it isn't going to help their case, with anyone. Study up guys!

By the way, I will reorganise the SXM Pride page on here in the next few days and make it like the others so the stories are listed. You do know you are up for a prize at the end of the year don't you?

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