September 27, 2008

Dear Sir,
We are residents of Jamaica Beach and the only good information we have been able to get has come from the Police News. Jamaica Beach and Galveston are no help so I am asking for your help on mail locations, power, water and sewage status in JB. It is reprehensible that our elected officials have done such a poor job of communicating with residents. You folks have been helpful but even your publication seems no longer to be able to publish any information on JB.
Please pass along any information you can find on the status of the things mentioned above as no one else seems interested in doing so. When this is all over, the Mayor and the administrators in Jamaica Beach will have to answer to the residents, but in the mean time, the Police News looks like our only hope.
 
Thanks,
Vern Maddox
Jamaica Beach, TX 77554
(Sending this note from a friend's computer in The Woodlands)

October 1, 2008

Thanks for you return e-mail. I was just in Jamaica Beach yesterday and was amazed at how many people were just sitting around City Hall. I talked to the lady that handles the JB web site about information that was 11 days old. She told me she asks every day for updates but never gets any. That sounds like an administration problem for sure.
Glad to hear you are going back to JB. Hopefully, we will have power soon as I am anxious to get back and start serious clean-up.
I will be looking forward to you commentary on how the JB officials handled this whole mess.
Good luck and keep up the good work.
Vern Maddox