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Kelsick, who recently had his Dickenson Bay beach bar, Sneaky Pete’s, demolished by the Development Control Authority (DCA), is threatening legal action against the government agency.
The DCA claimed that Kelsick did not have the necessary permission to operate his business on the beach, and the new hotel, Royalton Chic, complained that it was obstructing the view of one of their facilities.
Kelsick maintains that he has been operating in that spot for 40 years and has all the necessary documentation to support his claim.
Meanwhile, Prime Minister Browne has accused Kelsick of using his association with the government to leverage a larger settlement from the hotel.
In a post on his Facebook page, PM Browne called on Kelsick to “stop peddling lies and deceitful partisan rhetoric.”
According to Browne, Kelsick had reached a deal to have his abandoned, derelict plywood shack demolished. The shack was located literally on the beach, six feet away from a block of rooms for the new Royalton Chic Hotel.
“He wants to have his cake and eat it too. He is now opportunistically trying to extract personal sympathy and political value from his UPP cronies. He has had 40 years squatting on the public beach without paying a red cent. As a man ostensibly in his 70s, he had 40 years to build savings for his retirement,” Browne noted.
“He operated a one-man business for 40 years, instead of building a sustainable business. Now that he has advanced in age, he doesn’t have the energy to operate the business and was forced to close it four years ago, leaving the derelict structure to further decay,” he added.
The PM also stated that “this deceit and banal partisan politics will not be allowed to go unchallenged.”
He insisted that no one disenfranchised or dispossessed Kelsick of anything, and he was treated fairly, having been offered a decent compensation package, which he agreed to.
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