Thank you Pam, again, for saying it the way it is...

SunandSand (God, I hate these screen names, not knowing who I'm talking to), you apparently don't know half of what happened here. The lagoon was a beautiful place (admittedly the road was half-way flooded throughout most of rainy season, but so what) and an important stop for an abundance of birds on their way south every year.

The lagoon was completely and totally ruined by the development, and all you are saying is "what is built, is built". Are you friggin' kidding me? Do you live here? Do you care about the sewerage problem from such developments and the fact that the environment is being screwed by developers who couldn'r care less? Do you understand that we have had an administration where you could purchase a permit for anything if you were just greedy and rich enough?

Some of us live here, and cannot just get a US green card or whatever and move to another place to hang out when this island has been ruined; and that is just part of the reason why we care. You should respect this and not talk down to permanent residents who are concerned about the future of their home and the general destruction of our environment.

... And to Sail&Dive (or whatever your name is): You automatically assume that everyone who complains have done the same thing and "already own houses or condos". Well, you're damn right that most of us do live here, but contrary to what you think, most of us merely cut down some trees on our properties, so we could build our houses. We did not all engage in obtaining shady permits to destroy multiple acres of waterfront. Also, you are comparing us to unfriendly US East Coast suburbanites... Seriously, have you not learned anything from visiting our island? This is an extremely friendly and welcoming place, where newcomers are receiving more support from local residents than anywhere else on this planet. Just don't question our right to speak our minds when devolpers with nothing but profit in sight are messing with our fragile environment in the name of the holy Dollar.