Dear Editor,
In the paper of November 28, 2024, on page one, I saw the seven pictures of the Academy students who topped Caribbean at CXC exams, etc.
On page 25 of the same paper I see Trump’s Cabinet 2.0. There are 29 pictures with names and portfolios of the 31 cabinet members; there are two empty spaces with intended portfolios and Donald Trump is in the middle of the layout. On several occasions I have hinted to have the same thing done of our Members of Parliament and Ministers of government, so that the people can know who our leaders are. I expected that to be the norm. The police take the blame for a lot of things because everybody knows the police and what the police should do and cannot do. Should not it be the same for our people in government?
What I know is that unless one of them wants to let the public know about something which according to them is spectacular, they hide behind the illegal black tint of the people’s vehicles or pretend to be busy on the cell phones. Can I via this media petition you to make it possible that the people can get a layout of the pictures of the members Parliament and the Ministers of government and their portfolios in order that we can know who our leaders in government? I am sure that one mention the name Russell Simmons a thousand times to Donald Trump he will ask, who is that.
However a more pressing question that I have, is who is there on St. Maarten mature enough and with influence to convince our motor-bikers that what they are doing is not good for anybody. Anytime there is an accident with a motorbike it is the people on the motorbike who get hurt. Not the motorbike, not the car, not the wall, not the street light. Only the people on the bike.
Russell A. Simmons
