Note To Governor: Admit You Were Wrong, Write The Check
Governor should acknowledge wrongdoing in today's response to IG report in Mafoliegate matter
Gov. John P. deJongh, Jr.
The conclusion was clear and the response should be simple.
Today is the deadline for Gov. John P. deJongh Jr. to respond to the United States Inspector General’s report that found that his use of $490,000 in public funds to renovate his Mafolie property was illegal and recommended the funds, in total, be repaid.
Governor, we know you’re a busy man, so in case you haven’t had a chance to prepare your response, here’s a suggestion.
“Dear Madame Inspector General,
You are right. I was wrong. I’ll write the check. Please ask the US Attorney General to note my remorse.
Respectfully and penitently submitted,
Gov. John P. deJongh, Jr.”
That’s our recommendation.
Now based on what we’ve seen since the report was issued, this is probably just our fantasy. In the interim, the Governor has held a news conference in which he challenged the IG’s findings; participated in inferences that the report was politically motivated; laid his participation in the illegal spending at the feet of the Attorney General Elliot Davis who wrote a flawed opinion concerning the use of public funds; and said that the IG should have interviewed Sen. Carlton Dowe, who sponsored the amendment to Act 6917, the bill from which the funds were used.
And instead of remorse, we’ve seen arrogance and the continued denial that anything is out of place.
So allow us to remind the Governor that this is the Federal government he’s dealing with and anyone who has experience in these matters knows that this is just the first step in a process that will ultimately affect not just him, but all of those who participated in approving and executing the activities related to the Mafolie project. Compliance and consequences will not be optional and all the spin in the world won’t help them.
Governor, this may be your last chance to voluntarily take responsibility for your actions.
If you were smart, you’d take it.
Whether or not he has followed the law to the letter, he has lost and continues to lose in the court of public opinion. He is the worst ever that the Virgin Islands has ever seen. I cannot wait for him to go – whether its out of office or straight to Golden Grove. And I once called this man friend.
Virgin Islands, WE CAN DO BETTER!!!!!!!!
Of one thing we may be certain,and that is Governor deJongh’s removal from office will be PAID IN FULL by the VOTERS of the U.S.Virgin Islands…..and his ‘wise’ counselors/advisors will not be able to interpret that otherwise.
Foncie is the man. Frenchtown and Northside got your back Donastorg
We can do BETTER with Donastorg!!!!!!!!!!! Stt rollin wid FONCIE!!!!!!!!!
The cruzan educator have more sense than most of you colomono so called super native.