St. Maarten Private Eye - Roads and Traffic

Spatial Planning - Govt offices full.

Mon, 28 Jul 2008 02:14:28 -0700

The only way this study will be of any use to the island is if it is published, fully and unedited and undoctored, online, for the public to see, the students promise to so. Our govt has resisted zoning, environmental and spatial planning for decades and there are plenty of studies and reports, on development, education, crime and many other issues, that have been ignored or kept out of the public domain, we don't need another.

I look forwards to reading it and hearing more about their 'jollifications'.

Daily Herald Editorial - What’s the hold-up? - 25th July 2008

Dutch students on spatial development study - 24th July 2008

Dutch team to help with Spacial planning - 24th July 2008

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Public Transport

Fri, 01 Aug 2008 16:39:31 -0700

It is very clear, at least to me, that our government and opposition are beholden to 'special interest' groups, businesses and developers for money, others like the Taxi and Bus drivers, for votes. This explains why we have a public transport system that sucks. What is needed is a comprehensive policy and action plan for the future, what we get is Louie, the man of action, pussyfooting around and failing to make any difference whatsoever.

Bus drivers do what they want, when they want, and their licenses and permits are no longer their own, but most often rented or leased from someone else who never drives one. Our Taxi drivers have no interest in serving the local market and the local market has no interest in paying their high 'tourist' prices. The Today Editorial from Saturday is spot on.

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Road across the Lagoon - Visionary or Folly?

Thu, 27 Dec 2007 10:22:42 -0800

The Daily Herald and others have for a long time championed the proposal to build a bridge across the lagoon from the Airport to somewhere near Port De Plaisance and the border. The claim is that is will help alleviate the island's traffic problems, particularly in Simpson Bay and Cole Bay.

Daily Herald Editorial - Lagoon Road/Bridge - 27th December 2007

Bridge over lagoon now being studied - 27th December 2007

What do you think?

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Julien F or Julian A: Will the real PETTY please stand up?

Tue, 27 Nov 2007 10:58:06 -0800

Most recently Julian Pettty created quite a commotion on PE when he made the following statements:

“You can sit in you little cyber world with your little fake names and rub each other's ego's all you want, but until you get your message out in the mainstream with REAL PEOPLE attached to the complaints, you'll forever be having this lil members only party. This site is NOT mainstream. If you do a survey among the people that MATTER, you know, the "small man", nobody has even heard about or read this site.” – Julian A. Petty

“You bash politicians from behind a screen name the use the excuse "its your right". I beg to differ. People who hide behind a screen name are afraid that the hypocrisy of their lifestyles might render them silent if they want to give an opinon about anything. You preach about openess and transparency then hide behind a name. Hypocrites. After a while the only thing that comes from talking is SOUND! And I do believe that people are going tone deaf to this doom preaching from a bunch of ghosts.”
- Julian A. Petty

If that wasn't enough, he had the audacity to ask us to look him up. Julian, you asked us to look you up- Guess what, I did! You are most likely the indecent bus driver advancing your PAY AS YOU ENTER RULE

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Senior Citizens Rot For Free!

Fri, 09 Nov 2007 08:26:31 -0800

The only persons who will benefit from the government’s ill-conceived Bus Fare Hike are the ones who own the bus licenses, bus permits and the buses----- and they are certainly not the bus drivers.

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Catergory 5 Potholes

Thu, 01 Nov 2007 07:53:09 -0700

Since a woman died after hitting a big pot hole, we all know that pot holes can be lethal. Only government does not know yet. In the last few weeks a lot of pot holes emerged again, ranging from category 1 till category 5. They are extra dangerous when it has rained, because then they become invisible. Here is my advice to Theo, commissioner of pot holes.

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