Posted by:
contessa
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Crime is escalating on SXM and something must be done before it becomes like a prison for tourists and/or worse.......NO TOURISTS!! While there I experienced 3 crimes. That's just ME! I am so fond of SXM I want to DO something to help crime. The newbies will just spread the negative word and spend their tourist $$$$ on another Island. I don't want to see that happen to my beloved island!!
My French friend, who's lived in St.Martin for over 20 yrs. sent me this message, today. Perhaps you can read thru his meaning. The honest locals are extremely concerned about the escalation of crime, too. To make SXM safer, perhaps we should heed his suggestions.......I know I will!!
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" My Dear Contessa,
Well, you read my mind concerning the CRIME going on in St Martin and I had an idea for few weeks now but I didn't know if it could be done ?? I will try to explane it to you.
I know that crime will become a very big and bad issue for the tourism in St Martin and I see that the new SXM president Mr Louis Constant Fleming doesn't do anything for our only industry, "TOURISM", so somebody has to do something. this came up to my mind after reading all the chat on St Martin when I went to TTOL.
So I thought of getting in contact with all the St Martin's lovers through TTOL and other internet web site (you know them all) and ask them do a kind of
e-mail petition that would be sent to the tourism office and to Mr Louis Constant Fleming, but as you surely know those mails would not be notified to the public of course !! They are so scared to get a bad publicity those so clean politicians and so intelligent.
This is when I can help and make sure that those tourist requests would be known by the public by doing articles in the french news paper and dutch one to and going to the radios etc etc .. This, for sure, would make a difference and things to happen, because the politics will have to talk about it and prove that the security is their priority and push the gendarme to do more on this matter.
The gendarmerie is a pretty lazy intitution, the gendarmes come to St Martin to spend vacation and get a raise on they pay check and they get a special bonus (pretty big) for there 3 years that they spend in the "Club Med".
As I say before, if they didn't understand we will have to make them understand and do something, even if they are not willing, they will have to do it.
Do you understand my english expanation, let me know if it's a good idea and if it can be done.
We all have to do something to keep St Martin as clean as possible and it's in the interest of all. You tourists have the power of the money and when you have the money power people will listen to you. You are the one who make all, I mean all of us survive and they know about it, so it's time to do something.
Cheers My dearest Contessa."
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Presidents Secretary
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Together we're power!! Let's get our good, old, SXM back, again!!
Well......comments??
Contessa