Legislative “Refreshments”
The Legislature recently renovated the lobby area and it looks like a really nice…………..bar like environment. They will start serving drinks shortly.
More than half of the contributions Delegate to Congress Donna Christensen has received in the current election cycle are linked to a Washington contractor who is the subject of a federal inquiry.
According to an article today in the Washington Post, Christensen has received at least $37,000 from contractor Jeffrey Thompson, who is suspected of using “straw” or phantom donors to evade contribution limits that are set for candidates running for office. His operations have drawn the attention of Federal authorities.
According to the article, Thompson’s accounting firm Thompson, Cobb, Brazilio and Associates, has 189 contracts with the federal government, worth $17.1 million. The company has done some business in the Virgin Islands, auditing grant funds awarded by the U.S. Department of Education and the Federal Highway Administration. TCBA recently advertised for an accounting position based in Saint Thomas, Virgin Islands.
Recently, Christensen has urged the Federal Election Commission to investigate the election system of the Virgin Islands, citing public discontent with the way the Board of Elections in operating. Perhaps this current development will hasten their acceptance of her request.
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What’s the point?
I think it’s a joke Sojourner. Refreshments is in quotes which I take to be a play on words. I’ll admit though, the room does look like a bar. LOL!
Your tax dollars at work!
Dark, dismal and dreary. Yep, just like a bar from the 50′s. Fugly!
No surprise here! Look who is Executive Director of the Legislature who is responsible for the renovation? Louis ‘LoLo’ Willis who was over the IRB for years and was the sole subject of a scathing audit. He lost millions in collections, gave a free pass to large companies owing hundreds of thousands of dollars, let $83 million go unpaid to government workers. Can you say on the take? Hill should be shamed for hiring another person from the government garbage bin paid for by our tax dollars. Maybe Hill was the recipient of a few years of tax free benefits granted by Willis, who knows the connection.
now why dont all u all dumb mother*&$%@! stop hating….i sure the bar looks better than ah u home…hating asses
an annie…what the @&$% ever……we just surrounded by haterz
Somebody in the legislature is a bit sensitive. LOL!
I guess the area was design in a way that the senators can relax after counting their $85,000 plus
I can’t beleive a Legislative Employee would use such expressions of profanity. After all, are they employing criminals in the legislature? I guess, Senator Hill just continued the pattern by employing Lolo Willis who happens to be part of a cabal. Now imagine with our financial dilemma, they can find time to build a bar like room in the Senate. Way to go Lolo, you never cease to amaze us. I would not be surprise if it was Lolo Willis himself that posted as a Legislative employee.
It does look like a bar. I can’t beleive what I am seeing. I am so disappointed in Senator Hill, he is showeing his true colors.
No, ‘legislative employee’. We are surrounded by corrupt government officials who are getting a free pass and a taxpayer paycheck instead of sitting in Golden Grove Prison where most of you belong.
By the way, great english skills you possess in your written script. I just bet you don’t even have a high school diploma. But then again you are most likely a relative or a friend of who hired you and don’t need one! deJongh needs to go and we need someone who will replace the corrupt staffers and political appointees with QUALIFIED, RESPONSIBLE employees that can actually do the jobs they are hired for.
aint none of yall would understand since none of u work in the legislature….so i see that we all would be a topic in yall boring life…..so go ahead chat…since u got nothing else to do….as for “busted” aint no one sensitve….just pissed at all of you talkin bout the legislature….once you talk about one….you talk about all…..so hey….like i said…none of you kno till u actually been inside here!!!!!!
p.s…..its not lolo either…..so guess again
Englighten us then?
What time do the jam start?? And who is playing? Can i request the band to play a song for me? Big Girls Rule!!!!!
Is Lolo “the waste” Willis running for Office again. I am surprise he was hired to waste tax payers money again. He needs to be concern about the Feds who are still looking into his criminal acts at IRB. Time will tell.
Oh, by the way I just learned that Former Senator Carol Burke was also hired in the Senate. Now it makes sense, gambling, bars etc.. This whole thing is getting insane. I can’t believe Senator Hill who speaks of being a responsible person is hiring these rejects. Oh, and I forgot, Senator Russell who the people did not want in the Senate but I understand he should be on his way there as well. This is out of control….
first and foremost *annie* you are out of order…maybe you yourself dnt have a highschool diploma….what is it..you can do the job…then come on down..im sure u definately know where we are located…..secondly….dont you ppl have anything else to do than talk abt the legislature and its officials….it seems not…so go ahead…like i say…when a kid gets tired they stop….im confident that you guys would do the same….aint none of knows wht goes on in the legislature unless you worked in the legislature….remember when you talk about one you talk about all….we got attorneys…..master degrees…..b.a’s…..and so much more just to name a few….so go ahead…..we all are important in each of you guyz life…and we are proud….im sorry to be the bearer of bad news..but i am not lolo willis….try again…..now that we on that topic…he is doing a damn good job….refreshments anyone…..many people go to a bar to feel nice…incase you nevr noticed…so bar like thanks….once again….
we still in charge….WE STILL RISE……we still yall topic of interest…and we still are ONE…ALL FOR ONE ONE FOR ALL…..ENJOY YOU GUYZ DAY