" "we first world foreigners = smart, dem dumb locals = dumb" mentality displayed by some on this board is intolerable. "

Wendy, I haven't seen anyone here call any locals dumb. One exception would be the girl who posed for a photo while sitting on a 15' or more croc and encourging others to come out and do the same.

Why are you offended by "first world foreigners" that are simply making suggestions on ways to reduce crime and have more public services? Many of these "foreigners" live there, have lived there for years and many more will live there in the future myself included.

I just don't understand the hostility toward others that clearly just want to help improve the quality of life for ALL those on the island.

You may think the island was better off 20 years ago. Maybe it was for some, not so for others. What the island WAS like really doesn't matter at this point. How it is now and how it's going to be in the years to come are what matter now.

Like it or not progress and development are comming. New problems will come with them. How to address the new problems should be the focus not complaining about the new developments which will not stop.

Future full time Belizeans
Tommy & Sonia Blackledge
Magee, MS 601-849-1918