His Administration hasn’t exactly been a model of financial responsibility.
There’s the Diageo deal, the Fortune deal, the property tax debacle, the relentless borrowing for operating expenses…
But sometimes you got to give Jack his jacket – and Governor John P. deJongh sure knows how to get a great Return On Investment (ROI) in his real estate...
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Well, now we have read it.
Every painful, deluded, convoluted word of it. And here is our conclusion:
You must be joking.
In seven pages of rambling denial and blistering criticism, Governor John P. deJongh, Jr, completed another leg of what is apparently a political kamikaze mission by dismissing the findings of the US Inspector General’s report...
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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...
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Maybe the Governor will finally get the message that “borrow and spend” is not the answer to the fiscal crisis in the Virgin Islands.
The USVI’s Government Obligation (GO) bond rating has been downgraded by Fitch, one of three major national credit rating agencies for corporate and municipal bonds (the other two are Moody’s and...
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There was nothing improper about Governor John P. deJongh, Jr.’s use of public funds to renovate his Estate Mafolie private residence - and the Administration disagrees with a US Inspector General’s report (IG) that concluded the Executive Branch had no authority to divert funds the Legislature had approved for road repair to security enhancements...
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In his hour long State of the Territory address, Governor John P. deJongh, Jr., recited an extensive list of achievements and planned progress. He covered all the expected areas, including crime; the financial state of the Territory; economic development, specifically the Diageo, Cruzan and Alpine projects; the environment; agriculture; and tourism.
What he did not discuss was the report from the...
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It may well be the most anticipated State of The Territory Address in Virgin Islands history.
When Governor John P. deJongh, Jr., takes the podium Monday night, under the shadow of the Inspector General’s report on “Mafoliegate,” the eyes and ears of the Territory and beyond will be focused on him and every word will be...
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(Editor’s Note: This article has been updated with the full color, unmarked version of the IG report on the Mafoliegate investigation and includes color photographs of the Estate Mafolie renovations. Be patient – the file takes a while to load.)
Crucians In Focus has obtained a copy of the US Department of the Interior Inspector General’s...
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