Governor Responds To IG Report
Well, here it is.
Gov. John P. deJongh, Jr.
Honestly, we haven’t had time to review but we will.
Meanwhile, for your reading pleasure, the Governor’s response.
Well, here it is.
Gov. John P. deJongh, Jr.
Honestly, we haven’t had time to review but we will.
Meanwhile, for your reading pleasure, the Governor’s response.
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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@ Anonymous on February 19, 2010 at 11:44 am,
You wrote the following:
“Example:The Governor could have have ignored the IG Report, he could have responded by saying that he made a mistake, or the Governor could have simply stated that he is not going to accept any of the recommendation. Each clause can be written as three separate sentences.The Governor did not do any of these!”
Correction: your second clause is a run-on sentence. Have you forgotten that you can’t separate two independent clauses with a comma?
You may use a period, a semi-colon, or a coordinating conjunction, but you may never use a comma!
You are wrong regarding this matter ,and you are wrong regarding the Mafoligate matter.
The legislative language does not permit “public funds” to be expended on “private property”
VP YOUR GOV AND SENATOR DOWE ARE BIRDS OF A FEATHER.NO MATTER HOW YOU TRY TO PUT A SPIN ON THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE,THE BOTTOM LINE REMAINS THE SAME.YOUR DEGREAT DEWOLF GOV IS A DAMN THIEF.
This particular subject is resulting in significant comment-discussion moderating.
If Senator Dowe’s intent was to use the funds for security improvements at Mafolie, and the intent was made clear, the appropriation would have been drafted to legalize the spending of PUBLIC funds on PRIVATE property. This is the bottom line. Governor deJongh’s house is PRIVATE property and the improvements were done using PUBLIC funds. That is illegal under Act 6917. If Governor deJongh and Senator Dowe wanted to be transparent, this would have been addressed in Act 6917. Furthermore, the AG who gave the legal opinion should have known this or, at the very least, should have known to research the VI Code, which would have made it clear to him that PUBLIC funds cannot be expended on PRIVATE property without specific language. After all, it is the laws of the Virgin Islands they ALL swore to uphold.
The regime that sticks together gets PAID together. It’s all about money. Much more money than Mafoliegate. Follow the MILLIONS$$, where is the money going?
IG Report is final! It is obvious that the IG did not read the language of the act and relied on hearsay. This is unprofessional and demonstrates a bias. Honesty is the best policy. Sen.Dowe is letting the Governor take all the heat. V.I. politics is at the gutter level and the IG is in collusion with Foncie. God does not like ugly!The love of money is the root of all this evil.
@ Anonymous/Verdel
The pot calling the kettle black. Who the hell you think you are? Your right politics is in the gutter. Did you hear yourself on the radio, obviously not. I am a shame of you and your dirty language; children were listening at the time you cursed Mario. You should have seen the expressions on their little faces and they were shock to hear bad words on the radio. They spoke about it for two days. Wow it’s ironic how you can’t see that the gutter stuff is coming from you and this administration. People have woken up and expressing their opposition to what is happening. If they seem to be behaving in the extreme, is because they are frustrated.
Bite & blow!The pressure on the opposition is taking its toll. The more the truth comes out, the more their weakness shows. They can only resort to personal attacks, but can not debate issues. Let them wince in pain. The truth is an offense,but it must be told.The Governor is not crumbling. He accepts that his political enemies will try to break him, but he remains true to the game. Never let them see you sweat. Let them bawl and throw mud. In the end, he can hold his head up high. deGreat rules!
TO ‘Anonymous’@ 2:12–Truth is never offensive.It is the best ‘defense’ against anything or anyone trying to dispute it.
To ‘WAKE UP’:You are exactly right.Regardless as to how the language was written,punctuated and interpreted….nowhere does it say that public funds are to,or,can be used for the repairs and upgrading of private property.End of story!!
Where does it say that public funds can not be used for private projects? The funds to settle the harassment case was public. The public did not harass the women. Only Sen.Richards harassed them and he should have used his own money to pay the victims. Shelly Moorhead also wanted public funds to vacation in Denmark. The Senate was willing to pay for Shelly’s visit.Security of the Governor is a public interest. If the senators think he should live in Government House, let them appropriate funds to install security measures and make it comfortable for his family.
TO ‘ANONYMOUS’ @3:03: I am not familiar with the harassment case of which you speak but if,as you say,public funds were used to settle a case involving a public figure,Senator Richards,that,to me,is an appropriate expenditure and that cannot be compared and contrasted with the case involving the governor.The ‘public’ may not have harassed ‘the women’,but a representaive of the government (Senator Richards-according to you) did…hence the use of public funds.When this case is settled (and it WILL come to an end) we shall all see how many steps ahead of us the governor and his advisors will have been.In the mean time you and
your merry gang can carry on the charade.
Soldier Crab,
In reference to the Senator Richards situation, Anonymous 3:03, conveniently forgot to mention that the women were employees of the VI Legislature and the VI Legislature failed to have rules of conduct in place as it relates to sexual harassment. Comparing this issue with MafolieGate is like comparing oil and vinegar.
It’s time for John deJongh to admit wrong, take his millions and move on. So the VI can begin it’s healing process.
This land is now a troubled-land, a dysfunctional land, a very unhappy land, a very stressful land, and an oppressive land.
Has Courage taken a backseat to Cowardice?
Has Democracy taken a backseat to Tyranny?
Has the Majority of the Populous taken a backseat to the Minority of the politicians?
Has GOOD taken a backseat to EVIL?
Has the Light taken a backseat to the Darkness?
Hell, No!
We have courageous men like Mapp and Donastorg!
@ ‘ENOUGH’: Thanks for the additional info re the harassment case.Anonymous and persons of their ilk will do and say whatever it takes in the hopes of ‘pulling wool’ over people’s eyes.Ain’t gonna work!!
It’s amazing that the Cruzan Miseducator can’t realize how easily she can be detected based on the language in her posts. She calls talk shows, spews her propaganda and filth, then comes on this blog to posts ‘anonymously’. The problem is she posts the same nonsense she spewed on the radio. Not too bright!
As for the sexual harassment issue in the Legislature, I understand the settlement to br between the Legislature and the defendants. Senator Richards’ actions, which are shameful, was the trigger but the settlement was on a related but seperate issue with the Legislature, not the senator. If it wasn’t so, I’m sure the present majority would have already leaked the information. After all, they are a bunch of deJongh waterboys.