Foo-Foo Stuff, NOT
Let’s see….
Every morning for the past couple of weeks we’ve woken up to hear the beautiful sounds of the doves and bananaquits and wind chimes drowned out by the sounds of the traxcavators going down to the Great Pond to rape one of the most environmentally sensitive areas on St. Croix.
I am nauseous every day when I wake up. I will call it “morning sickness”. But it will result in the birth of one of the most disgustingly ugly children St. Croix has ever produced.
I really want to write about the friendly, loving people in our neighborhood that paul golden has recently screwed over, and how we met them on Sunday after they had fished in the (currently, but not for long) pristine Great Pond Bay, and how they welcomed us after our confusing trek to the beach, but I’ll have to do that later.
Sunday afternoon, we decided to try to get to the beach that this ridiculous project has denied us access to. Roy Rodgers, one of the proponents of this project for years (along with others we will not mention at this time) told us a few weeks ago, that we could access the beach from other sides.I t took us waaay too long to get there. And we were in a Land Rover.
It’s just not right that Paul Golden gets away with breaking the law:
VI code T.12,Section 403, states, “No person, firm, corporation, association or other legal entity shall erect, maintain, or construct any obstruction, barrier or restraint of any nature whatsoever upon, across or within the shorelines of the Virgin Islands as defined in this section, which would interfere with the right of the public individually and collectively to use and enjoy the shoreline”.
We have been working behind the scenes to try to get this project stopped since we’ve seen the machines, the locks on the gate and the damage that they are doing EVERY DAY to this pristine area. We have written letters, listened to arguments against this project or years, but ….
We need more voices here! They are destroying the Great Pond! Right now!
Call and/or e-mail our senators to let them know that VI laws are being broken EVERY DAY by those involved in this project. And/or call Robert Mathes, Commissioner of DPNR. He may tell you that it is a “construction site” and it for “your own good” that they are denying you beach access, but quote the VI code. There is NOTHING there that allows a developer from New Jersey to deny ANYONE access to a beach on the south shore of St. Croix.
Copy and paste the VI Code and keep it with you when you go down there, too.
In the words of Robert Nesta Marley: “Get up! Stand up! Stand up for your rights! Get up! Stand up! Don’t give up the fight!”
March 19th, 2009 at 12:05 pm
If they’ve locked everyone out, perhaps they should be locked in. Might be best for all concerned.
Seriously, I support your call for some grass roots lobbying.
March 19th, 2009 at 12:46 pm
Are there silt fences in place between the current work and the pond?d I drove by on Tuesday but could not see if the legally-mandated runoff mitigation had been done.
March 19th, 2009 at 2:47 pm
Thanks for your support, Don.
There are silt fences, Michael, but we have photos showing some areas that have fallen down.