First of all I hereby express my sincere thanks and appreciation to the more than 1000 (and still growing) persons who have posted their comments in response to the article/letter I was allowed to post on www.smn-news online.com and also the Today newspaper for allowing me the space. The Daily Herald refused to carry it. Contrary to what some may think; getting your story in the media is not as easy as it seems, one must have a true life story as a person. The chances of your story being published or not is solely left to the media outlet itself, I can not dictate to them; they own the website or the newspaper. If the media was more liberal with me the eyes of the people of St. Maarten would be opened a long time ago. In a democratic society we still enjoy freedom of speech. Yet sometimes I feel stifled by that same media. I also thank those who were critical of the article and of me myself. What struck me most was the amount of bad words coming from members of the Wathey family, the hatred- ness, as they try to hide behind fictitious names. The anger and greed displayed in those comments can only come from one family, my fellow Watheys who want nothing to do with me because I am fighting them with all my might for what has been awarded to me by the courts in Holland, Her Majesty Queen Juliana as well as the courts in St. Maarten. Another modus operandi of the Watheys is not to answer their critics, just keep quiet and the problem will eventually get lost in history. This time around however Wendy and Al Wathey could not resist blasting me, I finally got a response from them after years of beating on them, and they gave in. The self-professed well educated Watheys, who unlike myself, were for years educated by some of the most prestigious American and Canadian universities while I stayed home trying to work with my father in his businesses but he didn't like to pay or the chances of getting promoted were minimal. As his unacknowledged son, I was always put at the bottom of the ladder while others were given higher positions, some with less education than mine. He always hired foreigners for the top positions in those businesses. A local had no chance whatsoever. Examples are: the late Coldridge, Alcide, Palao and many others. Al should have never brought in Maureen's name in the picture, she also was not acknowledged by my father, if she is indeed his daughter. That issue is also now being ruled on in the court. I could only get what was available to me at the time, a lousy MULO diploma which according to Al Wathey, I got while sleeping in the whorehouse. To my bitter critics, when life throws you limes turn around and make lemonade from them. That's exactly what I did. Well I am still very proud of my ability to write and read enough English and maybe more important, Dutch to defend myself against them in court as well as the little arithmetic to be able to count the millions they have squandered or stashed away somewhere and how much my inheritance is worth, I do not need anyone to count that for me, thank the good Lord and Savior. The Watheys as expected did not address important and relevant issues on the news site such as the more than US $. 20,000,000.00 they have received through inflated mortgages on sometimes tiny parcels of overpriced real estate from their crony bank and others. Where is the 20 million, Wendy? Why did Mr. Spadaro fire you from his real estate company? I also have the right to know about those millions! They did not address one worthy subject after another, like how they intend to settle my claim for my legitimate portion, the upcoming claim for other damages, nor did they defend why they have to live such lavish lifestyles since they were only very hard workers who worked for everything they own. T.O. and the Watheys were so eager on jumping on me, they completely pushed aside that fact that each allegation they posted against me will eventually have to be proven in court, sooner or later but then again they are the island's wealthiest family, they can pay lawyers till kingdom come; they have the millions. I have no choice but to clear my name from these allegations and accusations; one is not guilty until proven, they dumped a lot of stuff on me. Like Tupac wrote in one of his famous songs, "call me a dog but give me my money". The Wathey have all the money they need, they own homes in the USA and Canada, they can go relax in Santo Domingo under the palm trees with their rum-n-coke in hand or elsewhere under the sea grape tree, they can easily go into exile if St. Maarten fails after 10-10-10, you and I can't. Most of us will get stranded here and "die-like-whelks" on this already plundered rock which T.O. and the Watheys, themselves, are determined to finish selling out after 10-10-10. Watch out, the close-out-sale is coming if you permit T.O. to be elected in any leading position in the people's business, Government! What the Watheys won't admit is that T.O. is just a leaf on the Wathey family tree? I am the trunk. That leaf is very vulnerable and will eventually fall; they are foolishly depending on the weakest link of the tree. The one who should be following in his father's footsteps by continuing to do good for St. Maarten is his eldest son Al not T.O. but the necromancy around him seems to have gone to his head. Al was once a pillar on this island, today he is not even a block; his word cannot be taken for anything whatsoever. Well, T.O. has the perfect campaign manager and advisor in Al with Brenda as make-up artist for his list. T.O. and the Wathey should now do the honorable by doing the dishonorable, leave this island you have destroyed before St. Maarten people, themselves run you into exile. It is not unheard of. You have the country held up by holding me up. Turn me loose. Don't do me the favor of having to run you, myself! By the way, the Democratic Party of St. Maarten was founded by the late Milton Peters and others in Cole Bay and not by Claude Wathey as T.O. incorrectly told the voters when he was still with DP to get the votes he then got. I hereby extend my invitation to the Dutch to come in and monitor this very important election for incidents of vote buying, kick-backs and other irregularities the politicians always got away with over the past. The Dutchman should ensure that change also before 10-10-10, the Dutch Police knows what to do if they would only do it. Since rumor has it that T.O. is somehow affiliated with MNO Vervat, Windward Roads, Blue Mall as well as other larger construction companies on the island who perform work for government, I hereby also extend my invitation to them to publish their list of contributions to political parties and candidates in order for the voters to see where bias lies. Stay tuned for parts 3!
Norman C. Wathey II (One of YOU)
