My concern, after reading the article, was that the erosion was being attributed to natural causes and, as I do not believe that to be the case at all, I was somewhat dismayed to see that was going to be the focus of the group.
I communicated with a friend on the island today who has been very concerned about the erosion, believing it to be due to the pumping of huge volumes of sand on the West End, and who has tried to raise awareness and garner some support amongst the locals for action. We have talked a bit about the issue and so I was overjoyed to hear today that he met with the group that went over and was able to have a lengthy discussion with them about what he has observed over the past year.
Now we just wait to see what the results of the groups observations are.
One thing that disturbs me; I wrote a comment to the editor of BVI Platinum yesterday, when I was first made aware of the article, and after reading it. That comment has not been published. Other comments are now there that weren't yesterday so I know they have to have seen mine, yet it is not there. I do not think that it is right for a newspaper to censor public opinion on a matter by choosing which comments to publish and which to discard. In this age of electronic newspapers, there's plenty of room to publish them all, so not having space to print all is no longer an excuse.
