Dear Editor,
Theo Heyliger has been on my mind this morning. Politics is really a dirty sport but it will take a few of us to rinse it. Now this is a man who has spent millions of dollars of his own money to win election after election. A man who has used his own resources on his colleagues to win elections. If St. Maarten has 10 elections in one year, all of them turned to Theo. Forget the politics for a second but in their own personal circumstances and challenges, Theo to the rescue. He has been there for them. How do I know this? You all will be surprised how much I know. You know I think back at a breakfast meeting I had with Theo at Chesterfield’s restaurant and I remember saying to him, “You are the Santa Claus of St. Maarten. You just help everybody great or small.” He just smiled. … Now fast forward …
It is so nauseating to watch the same people and party members and top-ranking officials who Theo has stood with, who the man has helped time and time again, you are all quiet. Your Judas-like characters have turned your backs on him because you figure he is sitting in a jail cell and of no use to you. Sometimes when your conscience bothers you, y’all put out a little line about, “Theo we are praying for you and your family.” Spare me. That prayer bouncing back on your disingenuous souls.
Man, how can you people be so disloyal? Can you really watch Theo in his face when he gets out of detention? Some of you were nothing and Theo made you something and you betrayed him for a few pieces of silver. Shame on you!
Mervin P. Hanley
Chief Executive Officer
THG Network
