St. Maarten Private Eye

AND the laws of the island, perhaps his high paid lawyers can help him out. Heres a few straight facts for you.

From Roy Marlin:- Details of the permits - 26th May 2005

All buildings.....have more than a 50 meters setback to the waterline. The only part that does not comply ..... is the pool deck area which would have a 33 meter setback..

Yesterday, measurements were taken as the beach by the group visiting. Here are the figures.

The distance from the waters EDGE (not the top of the slope) to the edge of your "embedded road" was 17ft..

Your employee held the end of the tape where he said the wall would be and the distance was 33ft, they were even kind to you by stepping a couple of feet into the water.

Let me see now, 33 meters is 108ft.

Even if you add your so called eroded beach, the ful 18 meters (59ft) then you are still 24ft over your line. And that is to the water itself and the wall you plan to build.

And let me tell you something more. You do not need to be a marine specialist, (but several have confirmed it) to know that the reef not only protects the beach but keeps the sand situation fairly stable, ANY person who knows Dawn Beach knows this. The beach there NEVER erodes more than 15 - 20 ft and that is being generous to you, except perhaps in a Hurricane, but you will find this out yourself, or your clients will.

Let me give it in simple terms you can understand.

We will have pictures up soon of what the beach used to look like over the years, and we invite readers to submit them or email them to sxmpemail at gmail dot com. I know you are talking out of your backside and we are going to prove it to you.

Your employees would not say it on camera, but they stated that Billy Boy thinks he "Owns" the beach. It has been reported that Peyton Cromwell told Billy Boy that her could do what he wanted. He is about to be given a reality check.

Not only should our authorites put an immediate stop on your project and investigate the distance and permit conditions, but also take a good look at the public access issue, now and for the future.

Your employee stated that you ask people to use the Buzby side of the beach because you end it too dangerous. You are required to not only provide safe passage to the beach but also should shouldn't be on it making it unsafe.

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