St. Maarten Private Eye

While I somehow agree with Flipper about the morality issue, I also agree with the Daily Herald editorial today January 5th, 2007. We have to somehow empower the youth to start leading other youth in the right direction. It is far too out of control at the moment, they blatently have no respect for anyone, not even their own families.

I do not agree that the current Commissioners are church going, that is not true.
They do go to church if it is an event where they need to be seen. They do not go on their own. The late Claude Wathey was not a church going man, please read the biography written by Fabian Badejo.
There are times though Flipper, that people (not you maybe) need direction and the church offers them that direction. I myself believe in a higher power, I have that higher power in my heart, I do not have to go to church to feel good about myself.
I do enjoy reading the Old Testament for the great stories, I keep in mind that they are great stories and written by man. Man writes some truth, some truth mixed with fantasy, some truth mixed with mythology, some mistakes mixed in as well, pretty much as the TODAY newspaper writes their articles.
As for Ludwig Quennich, I do not understand where the previous author is coming from, what powers is he reffering to? I think Ludwig has handled the Chamber's bussiness very well for the few years he was President.

We used to have losers like Charlie Meyers as Chambers President, you never heard a peep out of them, unless it had something to do with the Meyers business. Ludwig has brought up good issues over the years, my personal favorites are the Consumer protection act he is pursuing and the Chamber's push for recycling. Also the fact that he has managed to clean up the mess with old and outdated business and N.V. that were in the system for more than 25 years, many of them long gone.

If anyone feels that they can do better for the Chamber, and if they are a Managing Director of a company, feel free to enter your name to be submited for the election. Too often, our people sit on the sideline, looking on, complaining, but they contribute nothing but complaints.