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Re: Violence in Sandy Ground
[Re: Carol_Hill]
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07/13/2023 11:54 AM
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Posts: 183 East Tennessee
lhbsurf
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The politics of St. Martin are confusing to me. Is the President of the Collectivite elected locally and the Prefet sent from France?
Laura
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Re: Violence in Sandy Ground
[Re: lhbsurf]
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07/13/2023 12:06 PM
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Posts: 56 Canada
CYOWDave
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The politics of St. Martin are confusing to me. Is the President of the Collectivite elected locally and the Prefet sent from France? Yes ( Wikipedia link)
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Re: Violence in Sandy Ground
[Re: Carol_Hill]
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07/14/2023 03:36 AM
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Posts: 2,021 Westchester /NYC
Colour1
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It's plain and simple, the Gendarmerie want to put an end to the illegal scooters and the rider fled and got killed of his own volition. No one wants to see anyone get killed, but these guys are tormenting the public and causing major accidents everywhere on the island. IMHO, all these illegal scooters need to be confiscated and crushed and the sale of scooters needs to come to an end!
Sand Gravity, got to love it!
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Re: Violence in Sandy Ground
[Re: MotownTim]
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07/14/2023 10:19 AM
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Posts: 18,809 Auburn, WA
SXMScubaman
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I’m not a big of Sandy Ground during the day. Huh???
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Re: Violence in Sandy Ground
[Re: Carol_Hill]
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07/14/2023 10:45 AM
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Posts: 17,545 Ohio
ruralcarrier
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Correct and I have never been a fan of the Sandy Ground area, day or night.
J.D.
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Re: Violence in Sandy Ground
[Re: Carol_Hill]
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07/14/2023 11:56 AM
07/14/2023 11:56 AM
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Posts: 18,809 Auburn, WA
SXMScubaman
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Pretty easy guess that he meant to say "big FAN".. OK. Thanks. My brain didn't catch that.
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Re: Violence in Sandy Ground
[Re: Carol_Hill]
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07/26/2023 08:59 AM
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Jeff thorton
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I have walked the backstreets of Sandy Ground at night for years. It started because a lady friend of mine wanted to go to a latino bar there, but needed a man to go with her. The reception was so warm, people went out of their way to help us. My nickname there is Pappy. As in Quartier d'Orleans, when violence erupts it's turf wars between drug dealers. Nothing that we have to do with. If you go to Sandy Ground, pay a visit to Jeremy. He runs an outfit called the Madtwoz Family Association. He organizes many activities to keep young kids off the streets. Recently, thanks to public money, he took a bunch of them to the main air show in Paris so they could learn about airport jobs. https://www.madtwoz.com/
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Re: Violence in Sandy Ground
[Re: SXMScubaman]
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07/27/2023 10:05 AM
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Posts: 14,649 Brookfield, CT.
pat
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If they don’t already, why shouldn’t they contribute to the overall cost of the PJIA repair? The French side of the island benefits enormously from the airport as it does from the causeway. Or do they contribute and I’m just unaware of their contribution?
Respectfully,
pat
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Re: Violence in Sandy Ground
[Re: Jeff thorton]
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07/27/2023 01:26 PM
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Posts: 1,655 United States of America
bdeeley
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Dutch side got a 3.5 billion Euros from the World Bank.". Not sure where you got this number but it's no where near reality. If you remove the "3" and leave the .5 than you are closer to reality.
Be Happy! Simply because you deserve to be. 😁
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Re: Violence in Sandy Ground
[Re: bdeeley]
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07/27/2023 01:38 PM
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Posts: 82,862 Central Florida!
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They got 500 million Euros? I don't know, still seems like a heck of a lot of money.
Carol Hill
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Re: Violence in Sandy Ground
[Re: Carol_Hill]
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07/27/2023 01:59 PM
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Posts: 1,655 United States of America
bdeeley
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The Red Cross raised 19.9 million euros via a Giro campaign in the Netherlands. And the Dutch government earmarked 550 million euros to assist. Most of that money is being managed by the World Bank.
from the NL Times
Be Happy! Simply because you deserve to be. 😁
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Re: Violence in Sandy Ground
[Re: Carol_Hill]
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07/27/2023 06:16 PM
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Posts: 18,578 St Maarten
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We drive through Sandy Ground. Never a problem.
Elaine ********************************* God Bless the broken road....
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