St. Maarten Private Eye

After reading this quite interesting blog I couldn’t help but notice that Commissioner Roy Marlin is blamed fully for this deal and allowing the island to fall into water shortage that two water companies have to come to help/assist us. However, lets be honest, isn’t it the entire executive council, not necessarily for the Air-Fin water deal, but rather the rapid development that put us in this situation, after all he receives his blessings from all of them DP party.

In the island Council meeting council Woman Maria Bunchamper was defending his motion which was to in-act the Air-Fin contract, so it’s not only Commissioner Roy Marlin.

Had the Lieutenant Governor not adjourned the meeting you would have seen all the rest commissioners follow in line to agree with the proposal, however, my gut feeling tells me Mr. Theodore Heyliger was not for it, he mysteriously distant himself from the meeting, though signing in, he later left before the meeting commence to travel off island this is a cowardly act if you don’t agree you don’t agree, no if a buts.

Mr. Theodore Heyliger is the commissioner of economics and tourism, he is the key factor to the TourMap (Tourism Master Plan) a plan that look at all sectors that will have to sustain or maintain tourism outlook of the island, didn’t this report not notice that we were developing beyond our means especially where the distribution of water is concern, and why hasn’t it been implemented, bare in mind it hasn’t even seen the island council floor where it can be debated upon and approved.

The commissioner of economics affairs Theodore Heyliger is also responsible as he is making it possible for the cruise ship to receive water, water that is already scarce due to production shortage; he and Commissioner Roy Marlin should have seen to it that the Water Plant up at Point Blanche is built as is stipulated in the Iwaco report.

I agree Commissioner Roy Marlin have a large part to play in this, however the rest of the commissioners or equally responsible, each and every one of them stood by and did nothing.
And to make it worst they just got voted back in, before the dawn of day they do what they do best, make deals. No wonder in the new constitution “Separate status” we are being saddled by supervision by the Dutch, we have proven to be not accountable nor transparent, look at what they handed to the opposition in the island council, just the new water contract, so where was the Iwaco report that shows the recommendations that must be done to the existing plant from 1997 to 2010, the audit chamber SOAB (finacial auditors for Government companies) report and the existing Enerserve water contract.