Comments on: My Hopes for the US Virgin Islands http://cruciansinfocus.com/2008/01/15/my-hopes-for-the-us-virgin-islands/ "We knew the job was dangerous when we took it." Tue, 07 Feb 2012 17:20:37 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1 By: Indigenous Virgin Islander http://cruciansinfocus.com/2008/01/15/my-hopes-for-the-us-virgin-islands/comment-page-1/#comment-134 Indigenous Virgin Islander Sun, 27 Jan 2008 06:41:46 +0000 http://act6905.com/2008/01/15/my-hopes-for-the-us-virgin-islands/#comment-134 J.J., you sound like a dreamer. Why don't you ask the governor for a job as his speech writer? Your ideas and dreams are wonderful. In the real world, tough, you are too idealistic.Which person makes an ideal candidate for governor or senator? Honest people do not get elected. Candidates make promises and tell the voters what they want to hear. The truth is an offense. Several convention delegates were elected because they told the voters that they would get native rights and exemption on property tax based on navity. They fooled people that they have the power to write legislation and the ability to draft such a document. Now that they have been elected, they are finding a way to enrich themselves. They are not willing to write a constitution without a profit. If they love their people and want to preserve culture,why are they asking for consultants and 3.3 million? Why are they focusing on issues such as status and definition of a Virgin Islander? They knew that they were not getting a paid position, but now they have found a clever way to get a salary. Yet, to many, they are still honorable and sincere. Do you not see that those elected are expert liars, commonly called politicians. J.J., you sound like a dreamer. Why don’t you ask the governor for a job as his speech writer? Your ideas and dreams are wonderful. In the real world, tough, you are too idealistic.Which person makes an ideal candidate for governor or senator? Honest people do not get elected. Candidates make promises and tell the voters what they want to hear. The truth is an offense. Several convention delegates were elected because they told the voters that they would get native rights and exemption on property tax based on navity. They fooled people that they have the power to write legislation and the ability to draft such a document. Now that they have been elected, they are finding a way to enrich themselves. They are not willing to write a constitution without a profit. If they love their people and want to preserve culture,why are they asking for consultants and 3.3 million? Why are they focusing on issues such as status and definition of a Virgin Islander? They knew that they were not getting a paid position, but now they have found a clever way to get a salary. Yet, to many, they are still honorable and sincere. Do you not see that those elected are expert liars, commonly called politicians.

]]> By: Your Worst Nightmare http://cruciansinfocus.com/2008/01/15/my-hopes-for-the-us-virgin-islands/comment-page-1/#comment-66 Your Worst Nightmare Tue, 15 Jan 2008 16:51:22 +0000 http://act6905.com/2008/01/15/my-hopes-for-the-us-virgin-islands/#comment-66 J.J., Stop hoping, stop daydreaming, stop the bleeding heart routine. All of you. Are you guys serious, or just curious about REAL change? Political confrontation is the name of the game. Ask yourself this question: When does selective justice become obstruction of justice? I am certain, the use of established numerical crisis indicators and corruption indexes to assess and monitor the vulnerabilities of the USVI Government will clearly illustrate why the widespread distrust confronting Virgin Islands leadership is merely a slight symptom of a much larger and long-standing standing need to accurately define the overall integrity of how your government operates and how it is affecting your quality of life. Such an insertion would eliminate any questions as to whether or not there has been a convenient arrangement and cultivation of a direct and mutually beneficial relationship between corruption in government, corruption in law enforcement and the United States Virgin Islands judicial system, which not only allows those with money or connections to bend the law or government rules in their favor, but would also unearth strong evidence of links between government corruption and the distorted allocation of resources in the U.S. Virgin Islands. Get serious. The prevailing inaction and weak complaint adjudication under the color of law by your public officials and local authorities who appear to be unwilling or unable to respond to the already- funded needs of the citizenry are clearly subverting, socio-economic, education, and protection mandates. However, there is ONE circumstance that sets the foundation of even advocation and adequate protection of interests of the people and this territory. That same circumstance will generate an environment under which officials or agencies that have demonstrated real or perceived conflicts of interest, abuse of power, and dereliction of duty cannot operate. Can you guess what that circumstance is? Get serious! J.J.,

Stop hoping, stop daydreaming, stop the bleeding heart routine. All of you.

Are you guys serious, or just curious about REAL change?

Political confrontation is the name of the game.

Ask yourself this question: When does selective justice become obstruction of justice?

I am certain, the use of established numerical crisis indicators and corruption indexes to assess and monitor the vulnerabilities of the USVI Government will clearly illustrate why the widespread distrust confronting Virgin Islands leadership is merely a slight symptom of a much larger and long-standing standing need to accurately define the overall integrity of how your government operates and how it is affecting your quality of life.

Such an insertion would eliminate any questions as to whether or not there has been a convenient arrangement and cultivation of a direct and mutually beneficial relationship between corruption in government, corruption in law enforcement and the United States Virgin Islands judicial system, which not only allows those with money or connections to bend the law or government rules in their favor, but would also
unearth strong evidence of links between government corruption and the distorted allocation of resources in the U.S. Virgin Islands.

Get serious. The prevailing inaction and weak complaint adjudication under the color of law by your public officials and local authorities who appear to be unwilling or unable to respond to the already- funded needs of the citizenry are clearly subverting, socio-economic, education, and protection mandates.

However, there is ONE circumstance that sets the foundation of even advocation and adequate protection of interests of the people and this territory.

That same circumstance will generate an environment under which officials or agencies that have demonstrated real or perceived conflicts of interest, abuse of power, and dereliction of duty cannot operate.

Can you guess what that circumstance is? Get serious!

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