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	<title>Crucians In Focus &#187; Economy &amp; Taxes</title>
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		<title>Strongarm Tactics Again Evident In Property Tax Proposal</title>
		<link>http://cruciansinfocus.com/2010/03/08/strongarm-tactics-again-evident-in-property-tax-proposal/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Mar 2010 04:54:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[They haven’t collected property taxes in four years – and now they want you to pay.
And if you don’t, or you can’t in the time they determine is adequate, that property may belong to the bank. And there won’t be a thing you can do about it.
Or you can sign on to the Lt. Governor’s [...]]]></description>
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		<title>&#8220;Borrow and Spend&#8221; Results In Drop In VI Bond Credit Rating</title>
		<link>http://cruciansinfocus.com/2010/02/13/borrow-and-spend-results-in-drop-in-vi-bond-credit-rating/</link>
		<comments>http://cruciansinfocus.com/2010/02/13/borrow-and-spend-results-in-drop-in-vi-bond-credit-rating/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 14 Feb 2010 02:00:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[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 Standard [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Report: VI Use Of Rum Cover Over Permitted By Current Law</title>
		<link>http://cruciansinfocus.com/2010/02/08/report-vi-use-of-rum-cover-over-permitted-by-current-law/</link>
		<comments>http://cruciansinfocus.com/2010/02/08/report-vi-use-of-rum-cover-over-permitted-by-current-law/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Feb 2010 13:06:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[(Editor’s Note: CIF would like to thank Delegate to Congress Donna Christensen for providing us with a copy of this report.)
The government that receives the rum cover-over has the discretion to spend it as it pleases, and legislation brought forth by Puerto Rico limiting its use would violate the Congressional intent of the rum rebate [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Cover-Over Battle Threatens VI Revenues</title>
		<link>http://cruciansinfocus.com/2009/11/22/cover-over-battle-threatens-vi-revenues/</link>
		<comments>http://cruciansinfocus.com/2009/11/22/cover-over-battle-threatens-vi-revenues/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 22 Nov 2009 14:43:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[In recent months, Gov. John P. deJongh Jr. has described Puerto Rico’s objections to the Diageo rum deal as those of a sore loser who lost the rum producer’s business to the Virgin Islands.
But a bill on being considered in the US House of Representatives (HR 2122) that would modify the use of the revenues, [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>21</slash:comments>
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		<title>Keep Talking, Part 1: Property Tax Misrepresentation</title>
		<link>http://cruciansinfocus.com/2009/07/27/keep-talking-part-1-property-tax-misrepresentation/</link>
		<comments>http://cruciansinfocus.com/2009/07/27/keep-talking-part-1-property-tax-misrepresentation/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 27 Jul 2009 18:25:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[We have been studying the best way to address the property tax issue due to its voluminous nature and we finally have our answer. It appears the District Court’s opinion (9/15/08 District Court Memorandum Opinion) was so comprehensive that the Administration has had difficulty understanding what they read.
However, in light of what appears to be the continuing [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>17</slash:comments>
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		<title>Guest Opinion: Diageo Partnership</title>
		<link>http://cruciansinfocus.com/2009/07/09/guest-opinion-diageo-partnership/</link>
		<comments>http://cruciansinfocus.com/2009/07/09/guest-opinion-diageo-partnership/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Jul 2009 22:54:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Guest Opinion by Dwane A. Callwood
I am amazed at how quickly we seem to forget here in the Virgin Islands. I am very concerned that the Governor is calling the Senate into Special Session to consider more borrowing to keep the territory afloat. I concede we are in tough economic times. However, I believe that [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>26</slash:comments>
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		<title>Community Pulse: Belt Tightening</title>
		<link>http://cruciansinfocus.com/2009/06/30/community-pulse-belt-tightening/</link>
		<comments>http://cruciansinfocus.com/2009/06/30/community-pulse-belt-tightening/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Jul 2009 02:44:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The economic situation has forced Governor John deJongh, Jr. to tighten the financial belt of government spending for 2010. To that end, he has submitted a proposed fiscal 2010 budget that includes eight unpaid holidays for government employees but contains no salary or benefit cuts for members of the executive or legislative branches of the [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>8</slash:comments>
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		<title>3rd Circuit Rules Against VI Gov&#8217;t In Property Tax Case</title>
		<link>http://cruciansinfocus.com/2009/06/17/3rd-circuit-rules-against-vi-govt-in-property-tax-case/</link>
		<comments>http://cruciansinfocus.com/2009/06/17/3rd-circuit-rules-against-vi-govt-in-property-tax-case/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Jun 2009 02:47:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[We are currently reviewing the decision of the 3rd Circuit Court of Appeals regarding case # 08-3897, Berne vs Government of the Virgin Islands. We will post our comments in the near future. 
Property Tax Ruling &#8211; 3rd Circuit Court of Appeals &#8211; Case #08-3897
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		<slash:comments>9</slash:comments>
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		<title>We Were Warned</title>
		<link>http://cruciansinfocus.com/2009/04/29/we-were-warned/</link>
		<comments>http://cruciansinfocus.com/2009/04/29/we-were-warned/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 29 Apr 2009 22:13:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[At a recently concluded Senate Finance Committee meeting it was disclosed that the company that operates the video lottery terminals (VLT’s) in the Virgin Islands, Southland Gaming, owes the Government of the VI (GVI) $22 million and counting.  Not included in this collectible, is a smaller but significant sum of money (approximately $4 million) [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>18</slash:comments>
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		<title>IRB vs Senator James</title>
		<link>http://cruciansinfocus.com/2009/04/20/pay-your-taxes-senator/</link>
		<comments>http://cruciansinfocus.com/2009/04/20/pay-your-taxes-senator/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Apr 2009 02:20:53 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Did You Know?]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Click here to view the IRB filing against Senator James. Guess that&#8217;s one less vote for the repeal of Act 6905. Pay your taxes Senator!
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		<slash:comments>15</slash:comments>
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