Dear Editor,
During my morning prayers I ask the Lord for help for the youth to develop their skills and talents. I also ask to give them a thirst and zeal for knowledge and learning. And pray that they may follow wise counsel, good leadership, inspiring company and godly discipline so that they may take their place in life and be a blessing to the communities in which they live.
And then, even though I do not know the details and likely do not want to know them, I read in the paper of June 8, 2019, about what initially sounded to be a marble fight between Doran and the Prime Minister. As I read further it seemed to be more personal and that the political platform and the little bit of a good name was again been messed up by politicians.
This is doing St. Maarten a disservice, and not doing anything to help with my quest to help lead the youth of the country in the right way. The simplest person could realize that that junk that Donald Trump is doing should not be acceptable in our politics.
Could not a phone call from the Governor be a deterrent to the back and forth immature bickering by who are supposed to be the political leaders of our country?
I was taught that if I don’t have anything good to say I should not say anything. That is why there was a lull in my letters to you. But I am not an ostrich so when I believe that certain things are for the better I pass them on to you.
I was on Aruba for a while and the consensus among the people who visited us during our Carnival was “We enjoyed the atmosphere in the Village, but too much nakedness on the road”. I also saw a good many examples on cell phones from Aruban revellers who took pictures to use as examples for their pieces. There are several persons who are involved in the Carnival development who can confirm that it is quite some time now that I have brought this to their attention.
Invoking a dress code would not be inventing the wheel because there are already laws in place concerning dressing in public. One does not have to change nor alter any law. All that has to be done is to relax the laws with conditions, when it is necessary during the Carnival season.
Russell A. Simmons
