Dear Editor.
I grew up very close to my uncle, the late Dr. Claude Wathey and his children, I campaigned for the Democratic Party more than anyone else through the Roots Foundation, and I got enemies because of the Democratic Party when his own children didn’t want anything to do with “The Old Man”, Claude, having anything to do with politics.
“The Old Man” and Al always accepted me as being part of the family, as well my father, the late Norman Chester Wathey. I know Theo from the day he was born, so that makes me the 1st offspring to have anything to do with the Democratic Party of St. Maarten, all others are “Johnny’s come lately”.
Today, my father’s-, Claude’s children and Theo threat me as if I do not exist, they have gotten so ignorant and greedy that as much as they know, that same greed is threatening their very own existence and the to be established “Green Machine”.
Al, Norman and Brenda can be found in the local new papers some time back presenting a check for US $. 20,000.00 to a local university, nothing against that, whether a political stunt for Theo’s future political career or not, as rather absorbitant. This does not include other donations made by Wathey companies as well as individual Watheys.
I am sitting here wondering if these persons making these contributions do realize that I, as my father’s 1st offspring, that they can get away with their deeds while excluding me from any decisions whatsoever, knowing that from day one I am also a Wathey and that these donations also require my approval before giving away money that constitutes part of my inheritance.
Today, instead of giving me my share of the estate which is rightfully mine, they persistently continue to contest my share with all kinds of poor excuses and are constantly trying to destroy me.
Let Theo and them come with a political party and I promise them that DP and NA will have a “field day” with them, simply for the fact that they (T-O and the Watheys) shut out their own blood from what is his, then they will continue to shut out you the voters from what is also rightfully yours in favor of GREED as they have been doing over the past, everything is for T-O and the Watheys, solely. As it looks to me it will be a GREED machine instead of a GREEN machine.
I wonder if anyone else who may have found themselves in my position would have thought about this the way I do.
I wonder if they would have felt about themselves the same way I feel about myself.
I also wonder if I could be wrong about thinking the way I think about myself, should I be wrong about this.
The people seem to be on my side, however.
I leave the rest for the voter to figure out for themselves come election day!
Norman C. Wathey II
