St. Maarten Private Eye

When you have a disaster slowly unfolding, the best course of action is to acknowledge it and confront it. Pretending it doesn't exist doesn't help because eventually it becomes too big to ignore and a much bigger problem to deal with.

I hope Mr Stein and Dr Scot realise this. And I hope business owners and residents start to realise it too, that it will dawn on them that they can't keep on pretending it's not their problem, none of their concern etc.

We rely on tourism. When it starts to become known that our sea has raw sewerage and that our waters are never tested, not even our drinking water. When it starts to become clear that convicted criminals are deported due to lack of space and that we have a very high murder and crime rate, a police force severely understaffed and incompetantly managed and only have one ambulance. Maybe they will consider going somewhere else.

I know I would.

What you see is a result of good people doing nothing.

Dr. Voodoo