: vo se i za a ™ : ‘ =e a5 AY, JULY 29,2013 we B2nd year, No. 22768. a8 ee oe Havensight merchants warn 30% B are on brink Longer slow season, construction, competition hurting stores Page 3 = Se Scouts return from national Jamboree Page 2 For Eagle, quitting was not an option Matthew i" P age 2 Edwards News Phato by JASON BRONIS Vendors display their products during the first virgm Fresh Value Added Market Day on Saturday at Rudolph Shulterbrandt nEnricutiine Complex on St. Croix. The event showcased vendors who. use locally grown food. in their products. — 5 3 million $53 million Vietnam war hero | Umpire, owner and player hear pope 7» Col. Bud Day dies at 88 | inducted into in Rio Pages 20-21 : ss aii hall Page 61 Mi — Online By Popular Pay-by-Phone. . Visit populat.conv/ or all 1,888. 724.3659 HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_021718

2 The Virgin istands: Bally News: . _VIRGIN ISLANDS fea’ ITS, p's i Monday, July 29, 2013 - Scouts aera at national Jamboree By JOY BLACKBURN. =. 2 Daily News Staff, <.--* Seas fresh from the National Scout Jamboree, arrived at St. Croix’s Rohlsen Airport Friday afternoon. “Our scouts, they participated. They made friends. We had-a good time,” said Chris Brooks, the scoutmaster for the contingent that » went to the jamboree. “Where there were chal-°* { H 5 lenges to. be bean we met. them head-on.” _ Q i d ial Sco} Jamboree, sich p Am pa ‘typically “holds. § tenis Of thousands of © was'th “f aniboreé was held 3, — ej National Scout Reserve ‘in West Virginia’s New River - Gorge area, which will now be the permanent - home for the national jamboree. The réserve a encompasses 10,600 acres... * _. “Mostly it was: good,” Philip Edwards, 16, ~ the senior patrol leader for the Virgin Islands _ Brot said’of the experience. ‘Said'a number ofstorms,and some ning cancelled a few activities, including ‘some zip line adventures the group had sched- ‘uled — but he described it as a “great trip” that “scouts enjoyed anyway. | think they’ learned how to deal with disap- ointment,” he said. » Marcus Nena 14 and a patro! leader, said NAlaAsth Aras CaAhararda WIGLUEW LUVVaI Us Scout Jamboree i in West Virginia. it was his fistuational aaltbineee, “1 think it was a-very productive jamboree. It was a wonderful experience,” he said. “It was a historical experience.” ' Norkaitis said it was historical because it was the first national jamboree at the new reserve. For years, the national jamboree liad been heid at Fort A.P. Hill in Vurginia. The group also learned to work together, he said. “It was really cool because we all leamed VI. Boy! Seouts arrive Fada at Rohisen Airport on St. ‘Croix after spending 10 days at the National teamwork,” Norkaitis said. “We had some probiems at first, but then we got more com- fortable worlaing together, working as a team.” The 25 scouts from the territory included boys from 11 to 17 years old from both island districts. They joined up with 10 scouts from the District of Columbia for the jamboree, “! Brooks said. The Virgin Islands District is part of the National Capitol Area Council in D.C.; *Brooks said. Among the challenges the scouts faced was ‘“ tt was really cool because we all leamed teamwork. We had some problems at first, but then we got more comfortable working together, working as a team. — Marcus Norkaitis, 14, patrol leader getting up on time aaily, gettmg tneir meals prepared, and cleaning up. The hot, humid weather in West Virginia was also a chailenge, as was thesize of the new site for the jamboree, . according to Brooks. The new reserve is so large, the group some- times had to walk for more than an hour to get to an activity, he-said. Because the 35 scouts who were part of the group included scouts from St. Thomas, St. . Croix and Washington, D.C., who did not neces- sarily know each other, one of the challenges was getting them to work together, Brooks said. Making the scouts from different areas into a cohesive group that worked well together was one of the major challenges, according to Brooks. “In doing that, they made friends for life,” he said. “All in all, our scouts came back with a sense of accomplishment, a sense of friendship, and.a.sense of being able.to safely do whatever task they were asked to do.” ~ anhiaviac Caautti nn la Hiv QAvuIInGvGcso OLOUUTIY oO lege rank c t By Joy BLACKBURN ‘ _ Daily Rows Staff ‘ST. CROIX — Local Boy Scout ~. Matthew Edwards recently eamed the highest advancement award the Boy Scouts of America offer, becoming an je Scout. “We're delighted. We are very _- proud of him;” said Dale Edwards, . Matthew’s father, on Friday. as he and _ Matthew’s mother, Lori Edwards, 4 waited for other sons to return from _ the National Scout Jamboree. “He _ worked very hard for it.” » Only4 percent of all Boy Scouts become Eagle Scouts, according to a ‘which are specifically required, and successfully complete a community: related service project, the press release said. Matthew’s project involved a major cleanup at Buck Island Reef National Monument. “I worked with the National Park Service and I coordinated and then helped them carry out a coastline/trail cleanup on Buck Island,” Matthew said. The cleanup occurred as Buck Island Reef National Monument was celebrating its 50th anniversary. Matthew, who has a brother who is already an Eagle Scout and two other brothers who are working toward interest for awhile when he got into high school. But when he became a senior, he decided to complete what he started and earn the rank of Eagle, he said. “I wanted to know the accomplish- ment of finishing it,’ he said, adding that he also felt like it was a family expectation. Sohe plunged back into it. “T think it definitely gave me a lot of perseverance and pushing through,” he said. “A lot of it was a lot of paperwpde and Matthew said that becoming au Eagle Scout required diligence and dedication — but it was worth it. “To be willing to put yourself out there, do something you’re not comfortable - doing, it’s fulfilling.” : Matthew is eamecchicsted and his immediate plan after graduation is to participate in a five-month discipleship training school with a focus on worship and music, through Youth With a Mission, according. to’ the ci ” release. He will be recognized as an Eagle Scout in a ceremony at 6:30 p.m. Friday at the Howard M. Wall Scout Camp: ; \ Matthew Edwards is the 11th scout to become an Eagle Scout in Troop 227, which was chartered by Country ipress release about Matthew attaining attaining the Eagle rank, saidhe has - = His advice for others who wouldlike © Day School.’ the Eagle rank- been involved in sgouting sincehe was __ to become Eagle Scouts? — Contact reporter Joy Blackburn ‘To become an Eagle irate acandi- _ little, and he assurned he would become “Just not to give up because it’s at 714-9145 or email has to eam 21 merit badges, 11 of “an Eagle Scout — although he lost worth it once you’ve done it,” hesaid. [email protected]. N 2159-2019 ‘Ghe Virgin Islands Advertising News ews Pubishing 14° § “DAIL aN ws Contact us St. Thomas-St. John St. Thomas-St. John Baperincomet: 6 © | YY’ E ; ‘744-9141 or 714-9147 714-9106 imes-Shamrock x Publisher ’ “fonmuications . Pate ice in Jasen Ratibing Fax: 774-6886 Fax: 776-0740 ‘pubishas The Virgin ©) se © 2013 Daily Nels "Publishing Co. 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Monday,.July 29, 2013, VIRGIN ISLANDS: day, , : /DS. The Virgiri Islands Daily News 3~ Struggling Havensight merchants see rent-abatement as last chance for them to resuscitate their businesses By AMANDA NORRIS Daily News Staff ST. THOMAS —- For merchants at Havensight mail, it’s summer time, but the living is anything but easy. After being granted six months of free rent by the mall’s owner, the Government Employees Retirement System, many said this has been the worst off-season they -have experienced. They cited a perfect storm of prolonged road construction in front of the mall, fewer cruise ships docking in St. Thomas Harbor, competition from Crown Bay mer- chants and skyrocketing utility costs. When the GERS board voted to relieve.the tenants of rent obliga- tions from July 1 to Dec. 31, they. did so because tenants had accumu- lated a delinquency of more than $2 million and reported that they could no longer sustain the cost of doing business. The board dis- cussed the closure of Dockside Bookshop, which has announced that it will close within the next two weeks after 35 years in business. GERS. Administrator Austin Nibbs presented the board with two options: forego rent for six months altogether with the stipulation that tenants pay all arrearages by April 1 or give tenants a 25 percent reduction in rent over the next 24 months. The board decided the six month abatement, which would cost GERS a little more than $3 million, would be the most feasible way to give tenants a chance to pay’ the $2 million in back rent owed. “T don’t like this rent abatement, but if we want to continue to have tenants, we are going to have to help them,” Nibbs said. At the meeting, some board members were under the impres- sion that another Havensight busi- ness, ‘an office supply store called The Draughting Shaft, was also scheduled to close, but, according to. The Draughting Shaft owner, Terry Robinson, that was never the case. . Nevertheless, Robinson said, he has had discussions with GERS board members and attended meet- ings to inform them of the adverse conditions that had caused him to fall behind in his rent. Robinson said his business, unlike many of the boutiques and stores that cater primarily to tourists, had been unduly hit by prolonged construc- tion, with orange barricades diverting traffic into and out of the mall’s park- ing lots. aes NEW STORE HOURS | Miser ae Tetstey 439 Wrberstey 159 Thentey 826 Faw fety 405 ‘tenty = a ee Lb gen Effective January 4, 207 3 PLEASE leave ALL Bags FOOD & DaINKs AT THE COUNTER THANK YOU Dockside Bookshop in Havensight Mall is scheduled to close within the next, two weeks after 35 years in business. “Many of our customers are locals and residents, and many have called and said they just don’t want to come in because they don’t want to deal with, it,” Robinson said of the con- struction. Robinson is among a number of long-time Havensight merchants who say they have been in business for decades but never had to weather L200 See a Ts as ‘ t Daily News File Photo anything quite like the last six months. “T remember in the 80s the slow season was only three months, now itis a fullsix months,” Ram Mirpuri, president of the Havensight Merchants Association said. Mirpuri’s son, Minoj Mirpuri, owns . Bliss Jewelers. ' Ram Mirpuri said he hoped the Daily News File Photo Havensight Mall merchants say because of the ongoing Long Bay road , have had their worst off-season ever. The Government Employees Retirement System, the mall’s owner, has granted the merchants six months of free rent to help them repay $2 million in. overdue rent, SS We were almost closing down. There was no way we . could survive. We are extremely grateful for the abatement. It will be a big help. six-month abatement would be the “springboard” Havensight mer- chants need to recover. If not, about 30 percent of the association’s. mem- bership had reported that they would go under this year or the next, he said. “The mall has been hurting since Crown Bay opened. We lost about 500,000 passengers because of that,” Mirpuri said. He added that the larg- er Carnival cruise ships, the Oasis of the Seas and the Allure of the Seas, dock at Crown Bay, where the har- bor can support them. Projections are that, with more cruise ships scheduled through 2014, businesses on the brink of clo- sure might be able to use the abate- ment to get through to a break- through season in the winter of 2014, Mirpuni said. Other merchants said their WAPA bills had tripled or quadrupled since they opened, leaving them to won- + der if an abatement would be enough - to counter the rising rates. “WAPA is killing us,” Sonny Panjabi, owner of the Casa Blanca jewelry store, said. Utility bills total $3,000 during the busy season, and — Sonny Panjabi, jewelry store owner $2,000 during the slow season, when hours of operation are cut back, he said. “We were almost closing down. There was no way we could survive. We are extremely grateful for the abatement. It will be a big help,” he said. Since the recession hit, travelers “seem to spend all their money on the trip itself, and they come with less disposable income,” according to Jerry Woodhouse, president of St. John’s Bay Rum, a fragrance compa- ny that supplies other Havensight stores and has offices behind the mall. Woodhouse also said that in the last decadehotels, which used to pro- vide transportation to shopping dis- tricts, have shifted to providing as many amenities as possible to guests and have limited the excursions to beaches rather than shopping districts. “They want to grab as much reve- nue as possible per customer while they are staying at the hotel, 4 Woodhouse said. . — Contact Amanda Norris at 714-9 104 HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_021720

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POC FO vtst veal 013° Monday: Juiy 29:-2013 VIRGIN ISLANDS : FRE Vegi adaaeae Daily News 5 V.I. government agencies defend budget requests By AMANDA NORRIS Daily News Staff ST. THOMAS — Last week, the Senate Finance Committee heard tes- timony on fiscal year*2014 budgets from the Bureau of Motor Vehicles, the Public Services Commission and the V.I. Econom Development Authority. Bureau of Motor Vehicles Bureau of Motor Vehicles Director Jerris Browne defended a General Fund appropriation of $1,642,010 as sufficient to meet the bureau’s needs. The request is a 5 percent decrease, or $86,422, less than the 2013 appropriation. Eighty-eight percent will go toward personnel services and fringe benefits, and the budget will be sup- plemented by a projected income of $1 million from the bureau’s revolv- ing funds and another $643,854 from the personalized license plate . fund, for a total operating budget of $3,285,864. 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The bureau’s accomplishments for fiscal 2013 include: completing a REAL ID card toncept design which allow for forensic analysis and provides specializéd identi fica- tions to government employees; integratting facial recognition soft- ware, providing 24 hour access to the BMV database for law enforce- ‘ ment, installing additional security cameras and completing two grant packages for Division of Higheay Safety awards totalling $730,000 to be used to fund the motorcycle safe- ty education program and to accom- modate online vehicle registration. Hand Crafted Swiss Timepieces A. Lange & Sohne Baume & Mercier ¢ Blancpain Bvigari ¢ Breguet Cartier * Chanel « Ebel . 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Pursuant to Virgin Islands Code establishing the commission and stipulating that it be 100 percent funded by fees levied to the utilities it regulates, the commis- sion’s budget request reflects what it needs to maintain operations while it collects outstanding assessment from communications, water and electric, and public transportation companies, Joseph said. The commission’s uncollected rev- Learn more at www.radiology.vi or enues from fiscal 2013 are $384,630, according to Joseph’s testimony. It is anticipated that in fiscal 2014, the commission will collect a total of $1,620,739 from the V.1. Water and Power Authority; VITELCO, Innovative Cable, Varlack Ventures, Transportation Services and the V.1. Waste Management Authonity, accord- ing to testimony. A total of $1,081,113 will go toward “personal services and fringes,” according to testimony. V.I. Economic Development Authority V.I. Economic Development Authority Chief Executive Officer Percival Clouden requested a General Fund appropriation of $5,043,274. This amount represents an increase of $325,574, or 6.9 percent over the fiscal 2013 appropriation. According to Clouden, the addi- tional. money is needed to match fed- eral funds for a small business incu- bator program, to institute a more aggressive marketing strategy for the Economic “Development Commission’s tax incentive program cal! 774-0265 for a consultation. St. Thomas Radiology Associates Paragon Medical Building Suite 103 _ St.Thomas, USVI and to enhance computer data analy- sis programs for the Economic Development Commission and the lending divisions, according to Clouden’s testimony. During fiscal 2013, the authority received $2 million in grants from the United States Department of Commerce Economic Development Administration to assist small and mid-size businesses in the territory. The authority also relocated its offic- es on St. Thomas, realizing a 20 per- cent savings rental costs, 48 percent in utilities and 15 percent in other related expenses, Clouden said. Also during fiscal 2013, the authority realized a 4 percent increase in collections and saw a 37 percent decrease in the number of delinquent borrowers due to enhanced litigation efforts, Clouden said. To date, the authority has approved $692,606 in new 2013 loans and col- lected $842,224 in outstanding accounts. The number of delinquent borrowers stands at 242, for a total of $7,470,534, according to Clouden’s testimony. — Contact Amanda Norms at 7 14-9104 or email anorris@dailynews. vi. There's a new option: for treating uterine fibroids. It’s non-surgical and:doesn’t require a hospital stay. It’s uterine fibroid embolization (UFE) performed by St. Thomas Radiology Associates. "Mon - Sat 10-6:30 340.715.7297 e East End Galleria. Red Hook. St Thomas 4 HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_021722

6 The Virgin Islands Daily News HOVENSA for regular Daily News Staff ST. CROIX — After two weeks of significant increases in wholesale gasoline prices in the territory, some. of the prices slipped slightly down- ward today as HOVENSA adjusted its rack rates. The changes lowered the rack rates — the price of fuel purchased wholesale at the HOVENSA truck- loading station on St. Croix — for regular gasoline by 4 cents per gal- lon and for premium gasoline by a penny per gallon, while diesel fuel increased by 4 cents per gallon. Under today’s adjustments, inde- ' pendent gas station operators in the territory now are paying $3.45 per gallon for regular gasoline, $3.79 per gallon for premium gasoline, and $3.57 per gallon for diesel fuel - when they buy their fuel wholesale - at HOVENSA. Those prices include the 14-cents-per-gallon tax that the refinery collects for the government. Across from Charlotte P| Amalie High School 340-777-1288 US cuts price by 4 cents | Independent gas station operators in the territory now are paying $3.45 per gallon for regular gasoline ’ The rack rates influence retail gasoline prices in the territory because independent gas station operators can buy their gasoline at the loading station, then resell it to their customers. The new rates are effective through Sunday. On the retail side, average retail gasoline prices in the U.S. on Thursday were also slightly down from a week ago, according to the American Automobile Association. The average retail gasoline price in the U.S. on Thursday was $3.648- per gallon for regular, $3.976 per gallon for premium, and $3.883 per gallon for diesel-fuel, according to AAA. 3ell Blooc SSUTe Pr Vitamins Body hiking Products Herbal Teas © Essential Oils Organic Health & Beauty Supplies Sports Energy Bars © Bulk Organic Beans Fruits, Nuts & Seeds © Flaxseed Oils Colon, Liver, Blood & Kidney Cleansers Incense & Candles © Massage Products | Organic Cereals & Oats & Much More Across from Sugar Estate Post Office 340-775-3784 | VIRGIN ISLANDS Monday, July 29, 2013 Made and grown in lili a fvereS Daily News Phatos by JASON BRONIS Shoppers browse vendors’ tables during the first Virgin Fresh Value Added Market Day on Saturday at the Rudolph Shulterbrandt Agriculture Complex on St. Croix. The event showcased” vendors who use locally grown food to produce processed or packaged items. |tems for, sale included jams, jellies, hot sauce; dressings, seasonings, fruit juices, smoothies and mead wine. Medicaid reimbursements to increase Daily News Staff ST. CROIX — The V.I. Human Services Department on Friday released a notice of intent to amend the VI. Medicaid State Plan concem- ing the reimbursement of enrolled physicians. - The statement indicates that Medicaid. reimbursement in the terri- tory may be increasing, For services provided in the terri- — “at Entire Heb islands - "15 5297 Cell: 643-5297 + [email protected] 15-8 Norre Gade, St Thomas tory, “upon approval by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services with a target effective date of Aug. 1, 2013, physicians in private practice enrolled as V.I. Medicaid Program eDrolled providers will be eligible to receive reimbursement from the U.S. Virgin Islands Medicaid program for both inpatient and outpatient servic- es” at 100 percent of the V.I. Medicare allowable rate, the release states. ‘TradeWinds | Galleria Red Hook, St. Thomas | (340) 775-5595 “All such services must be autho- rized from the department or its agents,” the release said. For physician services provided outside the territory, the V.I. Medicaid Program will reimburse physicians enrolled in the VI. Medicaid Program for both inpatient and outpatient services at the Medicare rate in the state where the service was rendered, according to: the release. STORE SECURELY 46’, 20', 10’, 8 Units 10", 13, 20° bi ag Offices 340-774-4494 508-3 14-5276 Storage On Site | storageonsitevi.cam HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_021723

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8° The Virgin Islands Daily News FOR THE RECORD oh A Monday, July 29,2013 Authorities targeting unregistered sex offenders By JENNY KANE Daily News Staff ST. THOMAS — Although a sweep for unregistered sex offenders netted nine unregistered offenders in recent weeks, an unknown number still remain at large in the terntory. The Virgin Islands Department of Justice paired with local police and U.S. marshals to sweep the islands for unregistered sex offenders last week, primarily targeting ones that ¢ Funeral Schedule ¢ Name Date of death Service St. Thomas Ovalda Millin André...............06 July 18, 2013... ws... Pending Ci BGG BU eereccyrevestenges Basten eeerene camera eevee adeluoecumuerees Pending Robert EVENS Sh sccrccsus wien dUM V5, ZOMG ccscecscerrate PORNO we wcemeeni cos waves Robert E FranciS....c cesses sees July 18, 2013 oe Aug. 10 : Sylvanie Gilbert... sees en Oe) PONS 22... enc PO NING oo. cee cececeneteecneee Jani A. 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Local police and U.S. Marshals initially arrested five unregistered offenders on St. Croix and three.on St. Thomas in just seven days, and then arrested another at the very end of last week on St. Thomas — bring- ing the total to nine. The department, however, has little Senate Agenda. meet at 10 a.m. in Ottley Legislative Hall on St. Thomas to hear bills on: * Making the queen conch shell the official shell of the Virgin Islands. ¢ Authorizing the Department of Sports, Parks and Recreation to devel- BE Ris Set eae Davis 2Saiinawee casas vaew DaviS Nii SCAR OOR TS Turnbull’s meee ... Jonn Thomas seuaeiess whims ceo Turnbull's way of knowing how many unregis- tered offenders ate here from. other jurisdictions. Within the territory, offenders are required to register annually, though offenders sometimes come to the islands without notifying their jurisdiction of their move. “They are supposed to notify soméone,” said Virgin Islands Attorney General Vincent Frazer. “We go out and look for them, but someorfe has to notify us.” The sweep last week was the sec- Arrangements Davis vive Davis .... John Thomas .. Davis Turnbull's John Thomas Turnbull's John Thomas Turnbull's Davis Turnbul's ustecceceeereseeeee GOIGEN Gate op a master plan for creating a public: park and recreational area at Altona Lagoon on St. Croix. * Redefining the use of the Enid M. Baa Library and Archives Building. * Naming the archives division of the Charles Wesley Turnbull Regional Library the “June Lindquist Archives Division.” * Conducting a feasibility student to establish a festival and cultural park on St. Thomas. Wednesday No meetings. Thursday The Student Public Health Forum will be held from 10:30 a.m. to noon in Ottley Legislative Hall on St. Thomas. Voted Best Office Supplies & Office Furniture! Universal Business Supplies ond “Operation Island Sweep” in the territory, Frazer said. Currently, 55 sex offenders are registered between St. Thomas and St. John, and 42 sex offenders’ are registered on St. Croix. * Sex offenders are obligated to reg- ister in whatever community they reside in under federal law and terri- torial law, so as to make communi- ties aware of where offenders live. The department encouraged com- munity members to visit usvinsopw. gov to access the registry and view the list of sex offenders in the Virgin Islands. The department also asked that anyone knowing the whereabouts of an unregistered sex offender to con- tact it at 774-5666 on St. Thomas or 773-0295 on St. Croix and pro- vide information to one of the Sex Offender Registry coordinators. — Contact reporter Jenny Kane at 714-9102 or email [email protected]. Police Reports The police blotter is the V.E. * Terretorial Emergency Management Agency’s list of incidents and the time they were reported to police. St. Croix Incidents in the police blotter over the weekend included: Assault — 6:39 p.m. Friday, Strawberry; 3:01 p.m. Saturday, Queen Street, Christiansted; 3:23 p.m. ‘Saturday, Prince Streetm Frederiksted; 12:03 a.m. Sunday, La Reine; 2:38 p.m. Sunday, Mars Hill; 6:17 p.m. Sunday, no location given. Burglary —3:43 p.m. Sunday, Hannah’s Rest. Fighting — 9:01 p.m. Friday; - Harbour View Housing Community; 5:57 p.m. Saturday, Union and Mt. Washington; 7:55 p.m. Saturday, Mars Hill; 11:31 a.m. Sunday, Peters Rest; 11:57 a.m. Sunday, Welcome; 4:37 p.m. Sunday, Plessen; 6:18 p.m. Sunday, Frederiksted. Larceny — 9:47 a.m. Saturday, Lower Love; 2:19 p.m. Saturday, Christi@nsted; 6:19 p.m. Snag Diamond. Ruby. Outside fre — 8:34 p.m. | Friday, La Grange; 9:15 a.m. Sunday, Marys Fancy; 4:20 p.m. Sunday, New Street, Frederiksted. Reckless Endangerment — 6:42 a.m. Sunday, Mutual Homes. Robbery —5:14 p.m. Sunday, ‘ Yellow Cedar. . Weapons — 8:09 p.m. Fide, la Grange; 10:46 p.m. Friday, Mutual Homes Housing Community; -11:34 p.m. Friday, Profit; 4:39 p.m. TERASSOCIETY OF THE WHRGIN tSLAires CHIL . Saturday Harbourview Housing Community; 5:40 p.m. Prince Street, Frederiksted; 9:16 p.m. Saturday, Bellvue; 4:26 a.m. Sunday, Castle Coakley; 6:14 a.m. Sunday, Mountain; 5:57 a.m. Sunday, Luis Hospital. St. Thomas Incidents in the police blotter over the weekend included: : 2 Assault — 10:10 p.m. Friday, Hull Bay; 10:21 p.m. Friday, Bordeaux; 1:40 p.m. Saturday, no ; location given. e ~ Burglary — 6:38 p.m. Friday, Nadir; 7:06 p.m. Friday, Frenchtown; 9:16 a.m. Saturday, Charlotte Amalie; 4:29 p.m. Saturday, Altona. indecency — 4:06 p.m. Saturday, Red Hook. Larceny — 1:18 p.m. Saturday, Frenchman’s Bay; 1:32 p.m. Solberg; 3:58 p.m. Saturday, Altona; 11:42 a.m. Sunday, no location given. Robbery — 9:58 a.m. Sunday, no _location given. Runaway — 8:32 a.m. Sunday, Lucinda Millin Home. Vehicle fire — 9:52 p.m. Friday, ‘Black Point Hill; 2:39 p.m. Sunday, Estate Frydendahl. Watercraft in distress — 7:15 p.m. Sunday, Magens Bay Beach. 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30 The Virgin Islands Daily News \ = vi The Virgin Islands Daily News Founded Aug. 1, 1930, by J. Antonio jarvis and Ariel Melchior Sr. Published by Daily News Publishing Co. & EDITORIAL BOARD Jason Robbins, Publisher GerryYandel Executive Editor J.Lowe Davis, Editor At Large Ken E. Ryan, Production Director Onneka Challenger, Circulation Director Kevin Downey, Advertising Director Hedy Szabo, Business Manager What a city owes its residents Though it is the biggest city in - U.S. history to file for bankruptcy, Detroit is only one of 26 urban municipalities that have gone into bankruptcy or state receivership for fiscal insolvency since 2008. Detroit should draw attention and debate to a challenging issue underlying all these public insolvencies: What level of public services will we pro- tect and guarantee for U.S. cities? The Bankruptcy Court will have to face that question. It will have to determine whether Detroit can cut into current services any more than it already has. Unless the state or federal government steps in with funds for operating costs, the bank- ruptcy will function as a zero-sum game, with residents fighting credi- tors for a share of city revenue. Creditors have contracts to monetize what they are seeking, but how should the court determine the pub- lic spending that residents need today ‘and tomorrow? Politicians and judges who man- age local fiscal crises speak of maintaining basic services and ensuring residents’ minimal health and safety, but these concepts are short on specifics. While our laws provide an entitlement to a public education, and we have long strug- gled to interpret what constitutes a legally adequate education, there is little to nothing that would tell us what other services the local public sector must provide. ’ As a matter of law, there is no such thing as a crime rate that is too high or an ambulance response time that is too long. Should there be? For nov, it is left to politics and moral judgment to determine wheth- er it is acceptable that less than one in three streetlights are operational in Detroit or that the city has 80,000 abandoned and blighted structures that it cannot afford to demolish. In Detroit, as in many other struggling cities, dramatic police layoffs mean that the average wait time after a 911 call for a police officer is 58 minutes, and a resident can rarely summon an officer at all if the . reported crime is not in progress and violent. As for other public functions that a high-poverty city (especially one with severe winters) might hope to have — such as reliable bus ser- vice, playground equipment, indoor basketball courts, after-school pro- grams, active libraries and commu- nity centers for the elderly — these Michelle Wilde Anderson services are decades into deep cuts « and widespread closures. Indeed, having curtailed everything beyond emergency services, it would be tempting to refer to a government like Detroit’s as a night-watchman state — the libertarian ideal of a government focused only on public safety. That is, we’d be tempted ‘to use such a term for Detroit, and cities like it, were it notsuch a cruel irony: Detroit had more than 15,200 vio- lent crimes and. 500 acts of arson in 2012. The night watchmen are understaffed and underpaid. According to a 2012 study by econ- omists Aaron Chalfin and Justin McCrary, public spending in Detroit on each police officer (including all wages, benefits and retirement costs) is less than two-thirds what it is just 45 miles away in the prosperous university town of Ann Arbor. As a political and moral matter, as much as a legal one, Detroit repre- sents an opportunity to take a stand. for urban habitability. What belongs on our list of minimum standards for a city? Detroit invites us to have a public conversation about what ser- vices and public spaces we expect from city governments for human dignity and for humans to flourish. We have a chance to say that no one should have to wait hopelessly for an ambulance, that a violent crime in a neighbothood every few hours is intolerable. ; Paying for such commitments should not just be the burden of creditors. Many of the city’s credi- tors are rank-and-file public employ- ees and retirees who have counted on a public pension and are not eli- gible for Social Security. Detroit’s bankruptcy plan could send them into poverty in their old age. Basic services and safety in our cities are the responsibility of states, the federal government, the private sector and voters. It is all of them — all of us — who have a role to play in the stabilization that Detroit:is seeking through bank- ruptcy. All of us have a responsibil- ity to help them give basic health and safety real meaning, and to make this bankruptcy a safety net, not a punishment. — Michelle Wilde Anderson is.an assistant professor of law at UC Berkeley School of Law. OPINIONS Monday, July 29, 2013 Mrs. Anthony Weiner is Hillary 2.1 I sat there watching the television screen as Anthony Weiner squirmed before the microphones for the second time in two years, and realized that this was a deja vu moment. At first I thought it was because the former congressman and aspiring mayoral candidate was, once again, apologizing for tweeting and cheating without really meeting. And then I took one look at Weiner’s wife and realized that this had absolutely noth- ing to do with the fellow. Huma Abedin might have creamy olive skin, beautiful brown eyes and long dark hair, but you don’t need to put her in a pantsuit and slap a head- band on her tresses to realize that we ate now in the presence of Hillary Clinton, version 2.1. We all remembet the pre-Senate, pre-State Department Hillary who inspired both awe and revulsion for her assault on the East Wing. Never before had we been treated to a first lady who so. blatantly and brazenly sought equal status with the guy we’d actually elected. Eleanor Roosevelt, her idol, had exercised a considerable amount of weight behind the scenes. But it wasn’t until Franklin died that she really came into her own. Not so Mrs. Clinton, or, rather, Mrs. Rodham Clinton. It was painfully obvious to anyone paying attention that Bill’s wife was hell bent on giving us that two-for-one bargain that the couple had promised during the campaign. Say what you will about her, Hillary was a force to be reckoned with. And praised. And loathed. Even her most strident ene- mies didn’t underestimate her survival instincts. Health care? (If at first you don’t succeed ... .) Whitewater? (Did any-_ THE CAUSE OF DEATH Christine M. Flowers one say rafting?) Vince Foster? (Personal tragedy, nothing more.) And then came the stream of women: Gennifer (no relation,) Paula (a genu- ine victim) and, of course, “A little bit of Monica.” Anyone who thought that Hillary was going to let the Bimbo Bombs destroy her carefully constructed plans clearly didn’t know just who they were dealing with. Our first lady stood by her philandering man and rode the crest of a sympathetic wave into the Senate. Mrs. Wynette Goes To Washington, so to speak. ~ And who did she take with her on that long and fruitful journey, ever upward, ever more successfully? Why none other than Mrs. Weiner, the love- ly, inscrutable Huma. Hillary once said that she had one daughter, but that.ifshe had another it would be her béloved personal assistant. HumaAbedin has been by her men- tor’s side for almost two decades, and it is yeasonable to think thatshe spent a large part of that time taking notes about how to thrive and survive in the political jungle. Therefore, it is not surprising that she (1) chose tomany an animal indigenous to that environ- ment i.e., a cheetah, and (2) figured out how to make sure that she could withstand whatever wounds he man- aged to inflict on their shared ambitions. Anthony’s wife has taken a page from her pseudo-mama’s dog-eared book and has perfected the art of dam- age control. First, you assume a posture of dig- nified disappointment, wherein your whole body seems to just “‘sigh” under WAS DEBT, POLITICS AND UNFUNDED > PENSION 5S. ff Pty the weight of the offensive conduct. It’s a cross between an “I can’t believe he did this to me” and a “boys will be boys, God bless their randy little hearts.” Then, you gaze sadly at the perpetrator as he stares into the cam- era and apologizes for the second, third or 13th time for being a pervert with his privates. Then, you allow him to draw a line in the sand where he says he might be sorry but he won’t go gentleinto that good campaign and is continuing to seek the mayoral prize. : And then you spring into action. You straighten your shoulders, raise youn pointed chin, allow a few wisps of that luxuriant velvet hair to fall across your delicately drawn cheek and assume a stoic pose. You love- him, you say. You believe in him, you say. You forgive him, you say. You idiot, we say. But you do not hear us speaking, because you do not care what the pea- nut gallery thinks. This is not about the crowds massed to watch this pub- lic shaming. This is not even about your husband who, truth be told, is probably sleeping in the garage these days, which is why he has both the time and the inclination to tweet. This is about something far more important to you, perhaps almost as important as the future of the child you and the Tweeter have in common. This is about your political survival. Huma Abedin learned at the feet of a master, someone who might very well parlay her experience as scored wife into an office in the West Wing. Huma is a bit more modest, of course. Seems she’d be content to redecorate Gracie Mansion. — Christine M. Flowers is a lawyer and columnist for the Philadelphia Daily News. HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_021726

OPINIONS. Monday, July 29, 2013 Luring elephants into big tent Republican national chairman Reince C. Priebus could take a lesson from history in his efforts to herd his fellow elephants into a big tent. Nobody did a better job of coaxing feuding Republicans to cooperate than Ray C. Bliss, the Akron, Ohio, insurance man who chaired the national committee from 1965 to 1969. His success is worth remembering. When Bliss became chairman in 1965, the Republicans. were in much worse shape than in 2013: President Lyndon Johnson had won a Jand- slide re-election over Arizona Sen. Barry Goldwater, and the Democrats held large majorities in both houses of Congress and the statehouses. The party was deeply divided between “moder- ates,” such as New York Gov. Nelson Rockefeller; and “conservatives,” like Goldwater. The latter appeared to bless strident voices when he famously proclaimed; “Let me remind you that extremism in defénse of liberty is no vice. And let me remind . you also that moderation i in pursuit of justice is no virtue.” Although best known as a “nuts-and-bolts” party mechanic, Bliss used a two-step approach to address these ideological rifts. The first step was to challenge voices that made Republicans look extreme to voters. On Nov. 5, 1965, he issued _n even-handed critique of “radicals” on the leftand night, singling out a stamchly anti-communist firebrand Robert Welch: “One of my major concems in the matter of extrem- ism of the radical right is that honest, patriotic andcon- scientious conservatives may be misjudged because of itesponsible radicals such as Robert Welch, who has accused President Eisenhower of being 4 ‘dedicated, conscious agent of the Communist conspiracy.” “We've got to get this (party) in the middle of the road,” Bliss explained, “Eisenhower and his people have takenenough.” ‘There was a sharp badkdash, One letter writer called Bliss “sneaky” and fisther: “You recently asked all Republicans to get out of the William Hershey & John C. Green strongest and most effective anti-Communist orpaniza- tion in the United States. I question your motives.” Bliss wasn’t bothered by the criticism. “I don’t have the fixation I have all the answers,” he told reporters, “everything is compromise.” His second step was leading Republicans to com- mon ground. The means was the Republican Coordinating Committee. Its members were a cross-section of the party: Eisenhower and four former presidential candidates — Goldwater, Richard Nixon, Alfred Landon and Thomas Dewey —~ as well as gover- nors, members of Congress, state legislators, and party leaders. Eisenhower was a key to the committee’s work. “He backed me up in the earlyd ys of my chair- manship,” Bliss reported, “He had the respect of all factions.” The method was face-to-face dialogue. “You don’t say anything nasty, at least not pub- ticly, about somebody you're going to dinner with tonight,” Bliss said. The committee eventually produced 48 policy proposals, offering an alternative to President Johnson’s “Great Society” program. In the end, Bliss got the results he wanted: the GOP made a huge comeback in the 1966 elections, and in 1968, it won back the White House. Of course, 2013 is not 1965, Mitt Romney i is no Barry Goldwater, nor is the party division identical. Andthe GOP may lack an Eisenhower to rally around. Still, Chairman Priebus could take a lesson from Chairman Bliss’ success in herding the elephants into a big tent. — William Hershey is a former Knight-Ridder Washington corres pondent and Columbus bureau chief Jor the Alron Beacon Journal and Dayton Daily News. John Green is director of the Bliss Institute of Applied Politics at the University of Alvon. A Nau SURVEY SUSGESTS ARE LIVING IN A\NORLD com VENISIGN, cea ih ts THAT 172 OF AMERICANS: | tee ‘iM if i)" The Virgin Islands Daily News 31 ‘Time to hard-delete Carlos Danger When you puzzle over why the ele- gant Huma Abedin ‘is propping up the eel-like Anthony Weiner, you must remember one thing: Huma was raised in Saudi Arabia, where women are treated worse by men than anywhere else on the planet. , Comparatively speaking, the pol from Queens probably seems like a prince. Even though he’s a punk. After he got caught sexting and flashing women online in 2011, he promised to “never, ever” do that to his family again and slouched away from Congress..He cyber-creeped other young women in a. pervy bout of tweet du seigneur as his wife traveled the world with Hillary Clinton while she was secretary of state. Yet, while married to the claSsy, gor-- geous mother of his infant son-and planning a redemptive run for mayor, he told a Facebook friend and phone- sex partner he had never met that he “loved her. Then he told her to “hard- delete” all their correspondence — if that is what you call it. Aside from his zany Zorro-like nom de pom, Carlos Danger, Weiner h s been called many things. His‘digital girlfriend and fellow extreme exhibitionist, Sydney Leathers (whose n me sounds like anom de porn), said that Weiner described him- selfto her accurately as “an argumenta- tive, perpetually homy middle-aged map.” : But Weiner’s Goyaesque grotesquerie eams him another name: the “Rosemary’s Baby” of the Clintons. Bill nd Hillary Clinton transf ormed the way we look at sex scandals. They plowed through the: ridicule, refused to slink away in'shame like Gary Hart, said it was old news, and argued that if Hillary "didn’t object, why should voters? Poppy Bush thought Amerigans would reject Bill Clinton ii 1992 because of his lascivious ways, but he learned that vot- efs are more concerned with how their ‘<own lives will be changed than they are with politicians’ duplicitous private lives. Americans keep moving the marker of cceptable behavior, partly as a reflection of the coarsening of society and partly as a public acknowledgment that many pols with complicated personal lives have been good public servants. Now, defining deviancy downward, Seiior and Seiiora Danger are using the Cimton playbook. The difference is, there’s nothing i in Weiner’s public life that is redeeming. In 12 years in Congress, he m naged to get only one minor bill passed, on behalf ofa donor, and he doesn’t werk well with people. He knows how to be loud on cable and wave his Zorro sword in our faces Some sex scandals, like Mark Sanford’s, fall into the realm of flawed human nature, nd some, like Weiner’s, . fall into the realm of “Seriously, what is Py Maureen Dowd wrong with you?” Huma gained renown, movie star suit- ors and a Vogue spread as the stylish Muslim Garbo silently and efficiently parting the waves for Hillary. She had to be resilient to work her way up from intern to consigliere in ‘tough Hillaryworld, and she saw firsthand how the Clintons beat back foes. They love Huma, but the Clintons, now showcasing philanthropy and public service preparatory to Hillary’s 2016 run, are not happy about getting dragged into the lewd spectacle that is a low-budget movie version of their masterpiece. The former president is distancing himself, one associate said, noting, “He’s not getting anywhere near that grenade.” Huma’s friends are “slappmg-my-fore- head astounded,” as one put it, that Weiner would get in the race knowing the online land mines that would rock Huma’s world again and torpedo the Weiner wooed Huma assiduously, showing up at the Westchester airport in the wee hours to pick her up when she came back from trips with Hillary. “They were two hyperdrive young brains that just clicked,” said a friend. “She liked his Borscht Belt humor.” Her circle understands that “you love who you love,” as one put it, marveling at Weiner’s “madonna-whore” com- plex played out online. But that doesn’t méan that you ask people to vote for someone who’s dreadfully flawed for a major office, just because you love him. : They are wortied that Huma’s deci- sion to vouch for her husband i is-start- ing to hurt her, the one person they all assumed woiild: never bé-ensnared m anything weird or bad. “The hard stink of this one is going to get ou everyone involved,” said one friend: Another agreed: “As soon as she stood up to. say those words she changed her- self from a sophisticated, mysterious guiding intelligence and beauty next to Hillary Clinton to the wife of a tamished Anthony Weiner.” ; They fear Huma learned the wrong lesson from Hillary, given that Bill was a roguish genius while Weiner’s a creepy loser. “Bill Clinton was the greatest political and policy mind of a generation,” said one. “Anthony is behaving similarly without the chops or résumé.” - As often as Bill apologized, he didn’t premise he would “never, ever” do it again, s Weiner did. “What people won’t forgive is lying in the apology,” said the Clinton pal. “It has to be sincere, and it sure as hell has to be accurate,”’ — Maureen Dowd is a New York Times columnist. 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