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Please everyone come out and show your support! There is a lot we can do,don't give up, STEP UP.
We need to spend our time looking for solutions not bashing.
Special Community Meeting
TONIGHT
Monday, July 21, 7pm
at the High School Auditorium.
This meeting is being held due to the recent problems with crime that have been
occurring in San Pedro and on Ambergris Caye.
The following people will be
at this community meeting:
Minister Manuel Heredia
General Lloyd Tillet, CEO Ministry of National Security
Lt. Colonel Omar Pullido
Commissioner of Police
Deputy Commissioner of Police
Commander of the Coast Guard.
It is important that as many people
as possible attend this meeting.

Thanks, Tim. What exactly do you hope to accomplish at this meeting? Do you have some specific goals in mind? What are they? If you can list them here it would be fabulous. Otherwise, I am afraid the meeting will just be another mishmash of words.

In order to accomplish goals, you have to be able to articulate what those goals are. Just asking for "crime reduction" is not a well articulated goal. What is it you would like for SP? 30 more policemen? Six police vehicles? What?

Hi Scubaldy here is a portion of the email that you sent to me and also posted on this thread

"and can only conclude that they would consider us spies"

spies is the plural of the word spy.

I was commenting on a message you sent to me.

Wendy
That was quick, I don't have as much time as you, but; I will give you a idea. Get the community together and share ideas, No Bashing.We will exchange information and contact info., so that; we can get one more step closer. I won't get into any details,you will just break them down and try ruin all our efforts.I thought you were more about community? I have no desire to play your game. I will be there tonight and we will make a difference.
You are not very inspiring? Am I next on your bash list?
Never mind I don't care to know. Have a Nice Day

Good responce, Tim.

Ernie

Actually, Tim, I don't have a "Bash List".

I don't like cultural ignorance displayed in the form of cultural arrogance. As a local, it repulses me.

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

I don't find that level of discussion inspiring either, so that's one thing we have in common.

And I don't like censorship and I don't like secrecy on matters that affect me and mine.

Pretty much, that's it.

Other than that, we have the same goals at heart, I am sure.

Please everyone come out and show your support! There is a lot we can do,don't give up, STEP UP.
We need to spend our time looking for solutions not bashing.
Special Community Meeting
TONIGHT
Monday, July 21, 7pm
at the High School Auditorium.
This meeting is being held due to the recent problems with crime that have been
occurring in San Pedro and on Ambergris Caye.
The following people will be
at this community meeting:
Minister Manuel Heredia
General Lloyd Tillet, CEO Ministry of National Security
Lt. Colonel Omar Pullido
Commissioner of Police
Deputy Commissioner of Police
Commander of the Coast Guard.
It is important that as many people
as possible attend this meeting.

Wendy, If you have a problem with Amanda why don't you just call her and discuss it like grown ups.
If you have a problem with others then just PM them and hash it out.
You are biting the hands that feed you by talking down to the people on this forum, many of whom give massive amounts of money, time and effort to the many needy causes in San Pedro.
You are also contradicting yourself here. First you want people to get involved and then you demean their offers of help and level of involvement because it doesn't conform to your agenda. Again, which way do you want it?
No one is in secrecy or censoring you here.
You are being offensive to the MANY people here that generously donate their resources to Belize.
"we first world foreigners=smart,dem dum locals =dumb" Hmmm, aren't those your customers????? Nice...

Apparently Wendy is a lot more "local" than the rest of us.
I'm looking forward to hearing Wendy speak up at the meeting tonight.
Big crowd coming to hear...

" "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.