St. Maarten Private Eye

I want a Government that is respopnsible and speaks for all of the people not just the select few, with alot of conflict of interest. I want to see a Proper Head of Education because we had lacked one generation (at least) of improper education, and remember these will be our leaders some day. There is no way at this point that Sint Maarten can seek country status unless we have another change of government. They just don´t give a damm about the people, their only interests are raping the land and letting thep people suffer. The price of Electricity alone would cover a Mansion in Beverly Hills, I know I've lived there, and of course water is another story (l and half days emergency supply), So Santa I hope you can bring some light to Sint Maarten and it;s people and all the living things there as well. It' seems as though these last years there is no appreciation for life itself.

Thanks you, Santa

Dear Santa,
You know I am no poet like my fellow bloggers.
I would really like if you can bash some common sense into Commissioner Maria Buncamper's head that she did wrong by appointing her husband to a Governments owned company.
While her party leader Sarah Wescot is saying they committed no wrong as the law does not stipulate it is illegall. Dear Santa I know you are a wise man and you know that this act is an unethical one.
While you are cruising on your sled Santa, please pass by the Lt. Governor's house and have a small chat with this chap, incase you forgot the adress, it is the yellow painted house up on the hill across from the Great Bay Beach Hotel.
Santa, our Lt. Governor has also approved the appointment of a Commissioner's spouse without a flinch, and he is always speaking about code of conducts and good and proper ethics and transparancy, Santa this chap is just a talker with no substance. Instead of being a good lt. Governor and sending the appointment for review to the Governor General to object to as he did with a certain casino license -he took issue with a senior citizen by the name of Eddy Williams who publically stated his opinionated rights as we should be doing in a democratic society.
Poor Eddy Williams was sent a letter by this Chap asking for an apology on the radio as he thinks that Eddy insulted his education by calling them nincompoops several times to describe the Lt. Governor Chap, The EXCO and entire Island Council.
Santa, I am not asking anything personall for me, all I want for Xmas is for you to come speak sense to this Lt. Governor Chap and the rest of the EXCO.
If this fails Santa, I think we will have no other course but to send next years wish list to the Netherlands and ask them to come save us from these fools that will take us down to a banana republic with nepotism appointments to government owned company boards.

For this x-mas, I would like our Island government to give the commissioner of Public works, Mr Theo.H a few more $$$ to execute the road plan now catching dust in the archives, because after spending 3 million guilders on studies and consultants, we will still be in traffic for the next 3 years.
I would like Mr Marlin to work for the people and not himself. I think his pocket is well greased already.

I was like Maria Molanus Bumcamper to buy a dictionary and read the meaning of nepotism.
I would like Sarah Williams to stop using words not in the dictionary or come up with a compilation of words to be added to the dictionary at some point.
I would like Louis Laveist to smell or look at the lagoon behind his house and to meet with the environmentalist to come up with sound solutions for our dying lagoon.
I would like the Lt Governor to grow some longer toes and pass the integrity policy for government, and hold all accountable. I'm sure there are some chapters in the ERNA about integrity, or least a couple lines.

I would like Frans, William, George, Hyacinth, Samuel, to get off their royals and remember the island council is the highest body of government and they can also make proposals on the floor of the island council.

I would like Gerard Bijnsdorp to send Terry Peterson a piece of rotten wood for Xmas and stop wasting space in the print media.

To all others have a safe and Merry XMAS, remember Guavaberry is not a shot, drink in moderation.

I enjoyed your Santa wish. Everything said. Well with an exception of the Terry-Bijnsdorp matter. Why does Terry take everything so seriously? I am sure an over educated man like Terry who uses words and sentences that most of us cannot bear to comprehend, understand that Bijnsdorp writing is humor mixed with satire?
Message to Terry; Lighten up in 2008, you scare some us with your sharp responses.