Dear Editor,
Several of your readers want to know why I have slowed down with my writing. Simple. Contrary to the Carnival Committee, the Domincanos Organization and other organizations I try as much as possible not to be a distraction for those who “keep Lent”.
By now you might have realised that I have always been against taking the Bible out of the schools and government buildings. We see and read about the different events that took place during the Lenten season which started as usual on Ash Wednesday, this year on February 22. In the paper of April 3, 2023, on page 11, there is a report with accompanying picture of Palm Sunday Services held on St. Eustatius. The Roman Catholics, the Methodists and the Anglicans on St. Maarten also held a joint Palm Sunday march along Front Street and Back Street through Philipsburg. To my surprise, nothing was reported about that event. And I ask myself, why not?
Also in the same paper there were two different articles promoting Junior carnival events, and the C3 making sure that the SCDF have optimal radio communication during the carnival parades.
I have asked it in the past and will repeat it. Who is responsible for the recent spike in negative
behavior of our youth? I have also stated in the past that my father would emphasize that “children who play sports and go to Sunday school do not end up in jail.”
Just before closing this letter a lady called me and said to me, “The next time you write you have to tell the Editor that he must not print that the police are on a go-slow. He should write that they are on a go-slower.”
Now this: when banks and government are pressuring people to do online banking, what are they
actually doing to the community?Russell A. Simmons
