St. Maarten Private Eye

Now the residents are speaking up, about time too.
So WESTIN has sewage plant noise and sewage plant smells, was there ever a news paper advertisement from the VROM department announcing a sewage plant hindrance permit? I have never seen one.
So.... what do we do now? My favorite action would be that residents put in a official report to the prosecutors office, and prosecutors office shuts down WESTIN untill there is a public hearing with all residents and environmental groups to hear all concerned with a sewage plant in their neighborhood.
If WESTIN does have a hindrance permit for a sewage plant, then it can be considered fraudelent, as there was never a hindrance hearing. Unless someone on PE can prove that there was an announcement in the newspapers. (by the way, VROM should be made to run those announcement ads for more than one day, as people sometimes are offisland.)
It is also about time that VROM goes online, so that people can access and see what building permits, planning permits and hindrance permits are up for review.
Another point of concern is this; which company is the lucky insurer for WESTIN?
I would really love to meet the unfortunate soul that sold insurance to this hotel.
The have built very close to the ocean's water line, they have built their buildings out of SHEET ROCK! and some concrete. They have built an artificial detention pond that is running dirty water directly into the Atlantic ocean.
About the only good news coming out of WESTIN is that they have pretty rich guests, I suggest to those guests to take a look around the island and see some real caribbean hotels, not those boxes you guys are staying in.
Anyone reading this who is environmentally friendly and thinking of staying at the WESTIN, think again, choose La Samanna or Oyster Bay resort.
Visitors should first research what the resort is all about, does the resort have a good reputation with the island? Is the hotel involved with helping the islands people, the islands NGO's? Is the hotel environmentally friendly?

In the case of WESTIN, it is NOT!