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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The Governor can say what he wants about the US Inspector General’s (IG) report on the Mafoliegate scandal, but the local IG is standing firm on its conclusions.
“We do stand behind every single fact on that report. There is nothing on that response that sways us or moves us,” Hannibal Ware, the U.S. agency’s...
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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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If you want to understand the game you’ve got to focus on the players.
The central issue in the Mafolie matter is whether the Legislature intended that funds from Act 6917 could be used to renovate Governor John P. deJongh’s private Estate Mafolie home. It is from that issue that all the other issues, including conflict, collusion...
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The arrogance of the deJongh Administration is “appalling” and the Governor should take responsibility for his actions,” according to Sen. Adlah “Foncie” Donastorg.
In a news release issued Tuesday, Donastorg said the Governor did not indicate any acknowledgement of his actions nor any intention of complying with the recommendations in a US Inspector General’s report...
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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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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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It is the second significant “oversight” this week.
According to a letter issued today from the court reporter, the meeting minutes that listed Superior Court Judge Adam Christian in attendance at an October 6, 2009 meeting of the Virgin Islands Public Finance Authority were in error.
In a letter dated January 21, 2010, to PFA Executive...
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On two separate occasions, under oath, newly ascended Superior Court Judge Adam Christian told the Legislature he did not attend the now infamous October 6, 2009 meeting of the Virgin Islands Public Finance Authority (PFA) where a resolution on funds appropriated 2 1/2 years ago was belatedly completed.
Transcripts from the meeting, however, say he was there.
The...
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Why did it take 30 months for the Public Finance Authority to approve the “reprogrammed” funds that paid for the renovations at Governor John deJongh’s private residence?
It was an “oversight.”
Six hours of testimony in the long anticipated “Mafoliegate Part II” hearing ended with Sen. Neville James telling members of the PFA board who testified that...
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Tonight when Sen. Neville James holds the hearing in the “Mafoliegate” investigation, the eyes of the Territories will be upon him and his committee.
It’s the second meeting of the Committee on Financial Services, Infrastructure and Community Affairs to discuss the use of public funds to renovate the private home of Governor John P. deJongh,...
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At 6 p.m. on Tuesday, January 19, Sen. Neville James will convene the second hearing in the “Mafoliegate” investigation and the list of “invited testifiers” is as notable for those who are missing as for those who have been asked to attend.
Most notably absent from those listed on the Legislative agenda is now confirmed...
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Based on the most recent Legislative calendar and recent radio reports the second hearing on the “Mafoliegate” scandal will not be held this week.
Sen. Neville James, who chairs the Financial Services, Infrastructure and Consumer Affairs Committee, had previously announced that the session would be held January 12 as a follow up to the initial hearing held on October 20,...
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