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	<description>“Nothing in all the world is more dangerous than sincere ignorance and conscientious stupidity.”</description>
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		<title>Point Blank: What Happened To The Audacity Of St. Croix?</title>
		<link>http://cruciansinfocus.com/2010/02/23/point-blank-what-happened-to-the-audacity-of-st-croix/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Feb 2010 01:41:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Winston Nugent 
“Where have all the soldiers gone?” 
The lyrics of this song have been a question in the minds of quite a few Virgin Islands Veterans and their families for approximately ten years. And it is becoming an obsession for some due the fact that the executive branch, the legislature, and the local veteran’s administration, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Hiring Freeze: Lots of Chiefs in Justice</title>
		<link>http://cruciansinfocus.com/2009/09/13/hiring-freeze-lots-of-chiefs-in-justice/</link>
		<comments>http://cruciansinfocus.com/2009/09/13/hiring-freeze-lots-of-chiefs-in-justice/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 13 Sep 2009 16:11:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Today we take a look at more than $500,000 in salaries and benefits that have been added to the payroll of the Department of Justice during the “freeze.”
Justice is the most critical partner of law enforcement. Without efficient prosecution, effective law enforcement is severely compromised. And for that, you need a solid group of prosecutors [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>23</slash:comments>
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		<title>&#8220;Hiring Freeze&#8221; &#8211; License To Make $$$</title>
		<link>http://cruciansinfocus.com/2009/09/09/hiring-freeze-license-to-make/</link>
		<comments>http://cruciansinfocus.com/2009/09/09/hiring-freeze-license-to-make/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Sep 2009 19:27:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[In this post, you&#8217;ll find appointment letters for the Department of Licensing and Consumer Affairs. Pay attention to the job titles.
(Note: Be patient &#8211; these files take a little longer to download)
Stay tuned. There is plenty more to come.
DLCA &#8211; Part1
DLCA &#8211; Part2
DLCA &#8211; Part3
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		<slash:comments>10</slash:comments>
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		<title>&#8220;Hiring Freeze&#8221; Meltdown</title>
		<link>http://cruciansinfocus.com/2009/09/07/hiring-freeze-meltdown/</link>
		<comments>http://cruciansinfocus.com/2009/09/07/hiring-freeze-meltdown/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Sep 2009 03:45:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[There’s been a “hiring freeze” since May 2008, the budget is tight, government employees are being asked to forfeit eight paid holidays, and the Virgin Islands is borrowing like there’s no tomorrow.
So we’re at a loss to explain how at least 63 Government employees and nearly $3.74 million in salary expense were added to the [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>28</slash:comments>
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		<title>&#8220;The Fish Stinks From The Head&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://cruciansinfocus.com/2009/08/25/the-fish-stinks-from-the-head/</link>
		<comments>http://cruciansinfocus.com/2009/08/25/the-fish-stinks-from-the-head/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 25 Aug 2009 13:56:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[There is a saying that “the fish stinks from the head” and never was that more apparent than at the Senate hearing on the mold-infested St. Thomas IRB building last night.
After months of public discourse on this issue and apparently years of evidence collected by experts, there was finally an official forum for these obviously ill [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>44</slash:comments>
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		<title>It&#8217;s Just Another Million &#8230;</title>
		<link>http://cruciansinfocus.com/2009/08/22/its-just-another-million/</link>
		<comments>http://cruciansinfocus.com/2009/08/22/its-just-another-million/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 22 Aug 2009 04:03:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[When a last minute amendment proposed hiking the 28th Legislature’s budget by a million dollars for unspecified “infrastructure repairs and upgrades,” Sen. Adlah “Foncie” Donastorg wanted to know why.
The request was part of an amendment submitted by Senators Michael Thurland and Sammuel Sanes, but provided no detail on how the funds would be used.
“My fellow [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>76</slash:comments>
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		<title>It’s Time To Come Clean</title>
		<link>http://cruciansinfocus.com/2009/08/19/it%e2%80%99s-time-to-come-clean/</link>
		<comments>http://cruciansinfocus.com/2009/08/19/it%e2%80%99s-time-to-come-clean/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 19 Aug 2009 13:17:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Enough with all the spinning. It’s time to come clean.
The VI Code and the Department of Justice require public officials to file financial disclosure statements every year and a portion of those filings are public record. Well we are the public and we want to see them.
Crucians In Focus sent a certified letter (attached) to Attorney [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>53</slash:comments>
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		<title>Stand Firm!</title>
		<link>http://cruciansinfocus.com/2009/08/11/stand-firm/</link>
		<comments>http://cruciansinfocus.com/2009/08/11/stand-firm/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 12 Aug 2009 01:09:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Word has come to us that pressure is boiling in the Legislature’s kitchen. Senators Hill, Dowe and White appear to be furious that Senator Neville James posted the “Mafoliegate” documents on the Legislature’s website. As Senator James previously stated, the Governor’s actions are indefensible! It’s time for all Senators to accept this fact. It’s time [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>38</slash:comments>
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		<title>Patients or Profit?</title>
		<link>http://cruciansinfocus.com/2009/08/10/patients-or-profit/</link>
		<comments>http://cruciansinfocus.com/2009/08/10/patients-or-profit/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 11 Aug 2009 03:58:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Juan F. Luis Hospital Board is reviewing a contract that has, for the past 10 years, provided one medical group with significant financial incentives and a monopoly on the administration of  radiology and nuclear imaging services (CAT scans, MRI’s, and Nuclear Medicine Services) on St. Croix.
This no bid contract defines a “joint venture” between [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>13</slash:comments>
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		<title>Conflicting Objectives: Energy Plans Fizzle</title>
		<link>http://cruciansinfocus.com/2009/08/06/conflicting-objectives-energy-plans-fizzle/</link>
		<comments>http://cruciansinfocus.com/2009/08/06/conflicting-objectives-energy-plans-fizzle/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 06 Aug 2009 20:06:56 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Energy]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[This is the tale of two energy entrepreneurs whose journey to free the Virgin Islands from the grip of fossil fuels has stalled at a guardhouse erected by the VI government bureaucracy.
The first tale was sent to us by Steffen Larsen, who has built his business, Mitchell-Larsen Studios, on a foundation of alternate energy principles. After increasing [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>123</slash:comments>
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