Help me to understand....

Someone has to be the first to complain!

It could be you! It looks like you've done the research.

Next time you are down there, take loads of pictures and present them as evidence. File a complaint!

Read on. This is refering to the access from the water. The argument is vague, but you can access any beach up to the median high water mark on the sand. Not from the roadway or through someone's property. This is why most landowners stand steadfast against any intrusion by land.
Ronnie

I have been wanting to go to Sandy Point since I arrived on St. Croix almost three months ago and still have not seen it because of signs that warn of sea turtle nesting sites. It makes no sense, because at the east end park, owned by the Nature Conservancy, there are also endangered turtles and you can walk around on the beaches. There are signs posted that say to be careful, not no admittance. If I can walk around beaches with endangered turtles on the east end, why can't I do it at a beach on the west end?

Ronnie,

Yes, your explaination has always been my understanding. However both Mr. Browne and Mr. Davis are singling out the owners of Lindqvist for "usurping" beach access yet it is my understanding that the very same situation has existed at Hansen Bay for far longer.

There seems to be some disparity when viewing the two situations and I'm curious as to the reason.

I suspect, and this is just conjecture, that because Vie's family has owned the property for some time, and thus are considered "locals" or "native" Virgin Islanders, that no one has attempted or is interested in stirring the pot for what would likely be a very unpopular position.

There is some precedence for giving natives of a U.S. territory preference in land ownership and land rights. Native Indians and Hawaiians come to mind. However in both cases the special treatment is in reparation for past sins of the U.S. government. I think you'd be hard pressed to make a case for the same type of ill-treatment of Virgin Islanders. However maybe a case can be made, who knows? If so, then perhaps this is the tact that Mr. Browne, Mr. Davis, and V.I. politicians should take if they want to preserve the V.I. for "native" Virgin Islanders.

Richard N. Kurpiers

Vie's isn't the only beach owned by a local family that's locked up! My argument is that they should see to it all are open, no matter who they belong to since that's the movement. What should be good for the goose should be good for the gander, as the old adage goes. Singling out Linquist and Vessup makes it look like they are against outsiders buying beaches and closing them up, even though there are lots of locally owned beaches that are lcked up and no one says anything!
Ronnie

PS Being the good St. Thomian that I am I would tell Mr. Browne to go back to Nevis and worry about his beaches there and also to Mr. Davis to stick to St. Croix which has it's own problems! But, I won't bother. Don't want to be close minded.
You know right next to Lindquist there is Voodoo Beach, that has a big fence and no trespassing sign and no one says anything!