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ONE DOLLAR www.virginislandsdailynews.com We Virgin Islands DAILY llll NEWS A Pulitzer Prize-winning newspaper • • • • 1 ! I • secret Ingrealem is v.i. pride Ors,. news Pnoio b, JASCN BRONIS Vendors display their products during the first Virgin Fresh Value Added Market Day on Saturday at Rudolph Shulterbrandt Agriculture Complex on St. Croix. The event showcased vendors who use locally grown food in their products. Page 5 $53 million jewelry heist Page 28 Vietnam war hero Col. Bud Day dies at 88 Was McCain's ceilmate Page 27 Umpire, owner and player inducted into Cooperstown hall Page 61 Mi Banco Online MI okilpr;I Popular Pay-by-Phone. Vjsit popular:comb/I Orgall.1,088.724.3659 5 Havensight merchants warn 30% are on brink Longer slow season, construction, competition hurting stores Page 3 Scouts return from national Jamboree Page 2 For Eagle, quitting was not an option,r Page 2 Edwards 3 million hear pope in Rio Pages 20-21 r www.facebook.com/virginislandsdailynews U,' SWOOP iP0144.41e. iikrarlii44itefierik EFTA01070323 2 The Virgin Islands Daily NeWS VIR.CD4 ISLANDS Miinday, July 29, 2013 Scouts represent V.I. at national Jamboree By JOY BLACKBURN. .. Daily News Staff, . ..• r.--i 'ST. CROIX — Some 25 local Boy ScritiN; fresh from the National Scout Jamboree, arrived at St. Croix's Rohlsen Airport Friday afternoon. "Our scouts, they participated. They made friends. We had a good time," said Chris Brooks, the scoutmaster for the confingeortfiat went to the jamboree. "Where there were chal- lenges tokbe met, we met them head-on" ,.. . . "Ilte.frtt-oay Natio Scout Jamboree, which d:wi theliloy:iSe46tikA etRielYjilailly.holds everyffikeyearst tens of tboUtands of scouts, volmiteers, and staff from all over the country,. ,, TN) vrpsthp get yearthejambraree was held at dicncut,Surerdit.Bechteltimily National _ Seoul Reserve in- West Virginia's New River Gorge area, which will now be the permanent home frig the national jamboree. The reserve encompomsPs 10,600 acres.. • . r . 'Mostly it was good;" Philip Edwards, 16, the senior patrol leader for the Virgin Islands group, said:of the experience. Edwaids said a number ofstorma. and some lightening cancelled a few activities, including some zip line adventures the group had sched- uled — but he described it as a "great trip" that scouts enjoyed anyway. ; "I think they learned how to deal with disap- pointment," he said. - Marcus NOEICNIN; 14 and a patrol leader, said V.I. Boy-Scouts arrive Friday at Rotten Airport on St. Croix after spending 10 days at the National Stiout Jamboree in West Meginia. • it was his firstnational jamboree. "1 think it was a very productive jamboree. It was a wonderful experience," he said. "It was a historical experience." Norkaitis said it was historical because it was the first national jamboree at the new reserve. For years, the national jamboree had been held at Fort A.P. Hill in Virginia. The group also learned to work together, he said. "It was really cool because we all learned teamwork," Norkaitis said. "We had some problems at fast, but then we got more com- fortable waling together, working as a team." The 25 scouts from the territory included boys from I I to 17 years old from both island districts. They joined up with 10 scouts from the District of Columbia for the jamboree, Brooks said. The Virgin Islands District is part of the National Capitol Area Council in D.C., *Brooks said. Among the challenges the scouts faced was RAni•annisio CrititinrAn e A"; ca I no lvldLLIievv LUVVCII uo °Lanai/co • By JOY BLACKBURN • Daily News Staff , • ST: CRODC — Local Boy Scout • Matthew Edwards recently earned the highest advancement award the Boy Scouts ofAmerica offer, becoming an Eagle Scout "We're delighted. We are very proud of him;" said Dale Edwards, Matthew's father, on Friday as he and Matthew's mother, Lori Edwards, waited for other sons to return from the National Scout Jamboree. "He worked very hard for it" Oily 4 percent of all Boy Scouts become Eagle Siouis, according to a release about Matthewattaining efte Eagle rank To become an Eagle Scout, a candi- date has to earn 21 merit badges,11 of which are specifically required, and successfully complete a community. related service project, the press release said. Matthew's project involved a major cleanup at Buck Island Reef National Monument "I worked with the National Park Service and I coordinated and then helped them carry out a coastline/trail cleanup on Buck Island," Matthew said. The cleanup occurred as Buck Island Reef National Monument was celebrating its 50th anniversary. Matthew, who has a brother who is already an Eagle Scout and two other brothers who are working toward attaining the Eagle rank, said he has been involved in scouting since he was little, and he assumed he would become in Eagle Scout • although he lost It was really cool because we all learned teamwork. We had some problems at first, but then we got more comfortable working together, working as a team. • — Marcus Norkaits, 14, patrol leader . . . getting up on time daily, gatmg tneu mean prepared, and cleaning up. The hot, humid weather in West Virginia was also a challenge, as was thesize of the new site for the jamboree, according to Brooks. The new reserve is so large, the group some- times had to walk tor more than an hour to get to an activity, he said. Because the 35 scouts who were part of the group included scouts from St. Thomas, St.. Croix and Washington D.C., who did not neces- sarily know each other, one of the challenges was getting them to work together, Brooks said. Making the scouts from different areas into a cohesive group that worked well together was one of the major challenges, according to Brooks. "In doing that, they made friends for life," he said. "All in all, our scouts came back with a sense of accomplishment, a sense of friendship, and a sense of being able to safely do whatever task they were asked to do." Cr^. it; nree ladrthact. %AA-MAIM IV 0 I Ilyl I il. interest for awhile when he got into high school. But when he became a senior, he decided to complete what he started and earn the rank of Eagle, he said. "1 wanted to bow the accomplish- ment of finishing it," he said, adding that he also felt like it was a family expectation. So h c plunged back into it. "I think it definitely gave me a lot of perseverance and pushing through," he said "A lot of it was a lot of papawork and organizing." Matthew said that becoming an Eagle Scout required diligence and dedication —but it was worth it. His advice for others who would like to become Eagle Scouts? "Just not to give up because it's worth it once you've done it," he said. 'lobe willing to put yourself out there, do something you're not comfortable doing, it's fulfilling." Matthew is home-schooled and his immediate plan after graduation is to participate in a five-month discipleship training school with a focus on worship and music, through Youth With a Mission, according .to the press release. He will be recognized as an Eagle. Scout in a ceremony at 6:30 p.m. Friday at the Howard M. 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They cited a perfect storm of prolonged road construction in front of the mall, fewer cruise ships docking in St. Thomas Harbor, competition from Crown Bay mer- chants and skyrocketing utility costs. When the GERS board voted to relieve.the tenants of rent obliga- tions from July Ito Dec. 31, they. did so because tenants had accumu- lated a delinquency of more than $2 million and reported that they could no longer sustain the cost of doing business. The board dis- cussed the closure of Dockside Bookshop, which has announced that it will close within the next two weeks after 35 years in business. GERS Administrator Austin Nibbs presented the board with two options: forego rent for six months altogether with the stipulation that tenants pay all arrearages by April 1 or give tenants a 25 percent reduction in rent over the next 24 months. The board decided the six month abatement, which would cost GERS a little more than $3 million, would be the most feasible way to give tenants a chance to pay • the $2 million in back rent owed. "I don't like this rent abatement, but if we want to continue to have tenants, we arc going to have to help them," Nibbs said. At the meeting, some board members were under the impres- sion that another Havensight busi- ness,'an office supply store called The Draughting Shaft, was also scheduled to close, but, according to. The Draughting Shaft owner, Icily Robinson, that was never the case. • Nevertheless, Robinson said, he has had discussions with GERS board members and attended meet- ings to inform them of the adverse conditions that had caused him to Tall behind in his rent. Robinson said his business, unlike many of the boutiques and stores that cater primarily to tourists, had been unduly hit by prolonged construc- tion, with orange barricades diverting traffic into and out of the mall's park- ing lots. Daly Neon Fk mow Docks-de Bookshop n Havensight Mall is scheduled to close within the next.two weeks after 35 years in business. "Many of our customers arc locals and residents, and many have called and said they just don't want to come in because they don't want to deal with, it," Robinson said of the con- struction. Robinson is among a number of long-time Havensight merchants who say they have been in business for decades but never had to weather anything quite like the last six months. "I remember in the 80s the slow season was only three months, now it is a full six months," Ram Mirpuri, • president of the Havensight Merchants Association said. Mirpuri's son, Minoj Mirpuri, owns Bliss Jewelers. Ram Mirpuri said he hoped the Daly News File Photo Havensight Mall merchants say because of the ongoing Long Bay road project, rising V.I. Water and Power Authority bills and other issues that they have had their worst off-season ever. The Government Employees Retirement System, the mall's owner, has granted the merchants six months of free rent to help them repay $2 million in overdue rent. Gi We were almost closing down. There was no way we could survive. We are extremely grateful for the abatement. tt will be a big help. six-month abatement would be the "springboard" Havensight mer- chants need to recover. If not, about 30 percent of the association's mem- bership had reported that they would go under this year or the next, he said. "The mall has been hurting since Crown Bay opened. We lost about 500,000 passengers because of that," Mirpuri said. He added that the larg- er Carnival cruise ships, the Oasis of the Seas and the Allure of the Seas, dock at Crown Bay, where the har- bor can support them. Projections arc that, with more cruise ships scheduled through 2014, businesses on the brink of clo- sure might be able to use the abate- ment to get through to a break- through season in the winter of 2014, Mirpuri said. Other merchants said their WAPA bills had tripled or quadrupled since they opened, leaving them to won- der if an abatement would be enough to counter the rising rates. "WAPA is killing us," Sonny Panjabi, owner of the Casa Blanca jewelry store, said. Utility bills total $3,000 during the busy season, and — Sonny Panjabi, jewelry store owner $2,000 during the slow season, when hours of operation arc cut back, he said. "We were almost closing down. There was no way we could survive. We are extremely grateful for the abatement. It will be a big help," he said. Since the recession hit, travelers "seem to spend all their money on the trip itself, and they come with less disposable income," according to Jerry Woodhouse, president of St. John's Bay Rum, a fragrance compa- ny that supplies other Havensight stores and has offices behind the mall. Woodhouse also said that in the last decade hotels, which used to pro- vide transportation to shopping dis- tricts, have shifted to providing as many amenities as possible to guests and have limited the excursions to beaches rather than shopping districts. "They want to grab as much reve- nue as possible per customer while they are staying at the hotel," • Woodhouse said. — Contact An:ark Norr rot 714-9104 or email a rt irk qd a 1 plevismi EFTA01070325 4 The Virgin. Islan*Dally News VIRQIN, ISLANDS Monday, July 29, 201Z The Standard in Business Services #1 Mattres Superstore: 10,000 sq It 744$ 74 ,?ret a/ tom r1/44414 MATTRESS ONE A driver uses a controller to navigate the Bethlehem Pond course. 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Increase Productivity, see possibilities. payroll I accounts receivable I accounts payable I financials planning I analysis • Across from Nisky Center, St. Thomas 340-774-7727 • www.sbsgroup.us EFTA01070326 Monday,,.iulq 29;2013' Vikanklgaikijig • V.I. government agencies defend budget requests By AMANDA NORRIS Daily News Staff St THOMAS — Last week, the Senate Finance Committee heard tes- timony on fiscal yeary2014 budgets from the Bureau of Motor Vehicles, the Public Services Commission and the V.I. Economic Development Authority. Bureau of Motor Vehicles Bureau of Motor Vehicles Director Terris Browne defended a General Fund appropriation of S1,642,010 as sufficient to meet the bureau's needs. The request is a 5 percent decrease, or $86,422, less than the 2013 appropriation Eighty-eight percent will go toward personnel services and fringe benefits, and the budget will be sup- plemented by a projected income of S I million from the bureau's revolv- ing funds and another $643,854 from the personalized license plate fund, for a total operating budget of $3,285,864. To meet fiscal constraints imposed by the governor's 5 percent cuts to most departments to balance the fis- ISILVEle CORNER! Exclusive 925 Designer Jewelry Summer sole by Going On Howl '9/2_ largest Selection of torimor, Hibiscus, Ball, West Indian Bangles, Sernifrecious Stones and Amber Set in Sterling Silrer! (beck out our Stainless Steel Jewelry Too! Lotted Inside Drakes Passage, St. Thomas (340) 774-0854 cal 2013 budget, the bureau elimi- nated two General Fund positions: an executive assistant and motor vehicle inspector, according to Browpe's testimony. The fiscal 2014 operating budget contains money for 52 positions, and to further meet fiscal obliga- tions, the bureau intends to leave unfilled two more General Fund positions, according to Browne's testimony. A critical hiring plan leaves room for five vacant positions to be filled, however, Browne testified. The bureau's accomplishments for fiscal 2013 include: completing a REAL ID card concept design which allow for forensic analysis and provides specialized identifica- tions to government employees; integratting facial recognition soft- ware, providing 24 hour access to the BMV database for law enforce- ment, installing additional security cameras and completing two grant packages for Division of Higheay Safety awards totalling 5730,000 to be used to fund the motorcycle safe- ty education program and to accom- modate online vehicle registration. gland Crafted Swiss 'Timepieces A. 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Pursuant to Virgin Islands Code establishing the commission and stipulating that it be 100 percent funded by fees levied to the utilities it regulates, the commis- sion's budget request reflects what it needs to maintain operations while it collects outstanding assessment from communications, water and electric, and public transportation companies, Joseph said. The commission's uncollected rev-enues from fiscal 2013 are $384,630, according to Joseph's testimony. It is anticipated that in fiscal 2014, the commission will collect a total of $1,620,739 from the V.I. Water and Power Authority; VITELCO, Innovative Cable, Varlack Ventures, Transportation Services and the V.1. Waste Management Authority, accord- ing to testimony. A total of$1,081.113 will go toward "personal services and fringes," according to testimony. V.I. Economic Development Authority V.I. Economic Development Authority Chief Executive Officer Percival Clouden requested a General Fund appropriation of $5,043,274. This amount represents an increase of $325,574, or 6.9 percent over the fiscal 2013 appropriation. According to Clouden, the addi- tional money is needed to match fed- eral funds for a small business incu- bator program, to institute a more aggressive marketing strategy for the Economic 'Development Commission's tax incentive program and to enhance computer data analy- sis programs for the Economic Development Commission and the lending divisions, according to Clouden's testimony. During fiscal 2013, the authority received S2 million in grants from the United States Department of Commerce Economic Development Administration to assist small and mid-size businesses in the territory. The authotity also relocated its offic- es on St. Thomas, realizing a 20 per- cent savings rental costs, 48 percent in utilities and 15 percent in other related expenses, Clouden said. Also during fiscal 2013, the authority realized a 4 percent increase in collations and saw a 37 percent decrease in the number of delinquent borrowers due to enhanced litigation efforts, Clouden said. To date, the authority has approved $692,606 in new 2013 loans and col- lected $842,224 in outstanding accounts. The number of delinquent borrowers stands at 242, for a total of $7,470,534, according to Clouden's testimony. —Corttai Amendallonis at 7149104 or email [email protected]. -r There's a new option for treating uterine fibroids. It's non-surgical and doesn't require a hospital stay. It's uterine fibroid embolization (UFE) performed by St. Thomas Radiology Associates. Learn more at www.radiology.vi or call 774-0265 for a consultation. St.Thomas Radiology Associates Paragon Medical Building suite 103 St.Thomas, USVI ST. THOMAS RADIOLOGY ASSOCIATES COUTURE Its All About Comfort & Fit! Le Mys to re Mon - Sat 10-6:30 340.715.7297 Q East End Galleria. Red Hook. St Thomas EFTA01070327 6 The Virgin Islands Daily News VIRGIN ISLANDS Monday, July 29, 2013 HOVENSA cuts price for regular by 4 cents Daily News staff ST. CROIX After two wet of significant increases in wholesale gasoline prices in the territory, some of the prices slipped slightly down- ward today as HOVENSA adjusted its rack rates. The changes lowered the rack rates — the price of fuel purchased wholesale at the HOVENSA truck- loading station on St. Croix — for regular gasoline by 4 cents per gal- lon and for premium gasoline by a penny per gallon, while diesel fire) increased by 4 cents per gallon. Under today's adjustments, inde- pendent gas station operators in the territory now are paying 53.45 per gallon for regular gasoline, $3.79 per gallon for premium gasoline, and S3.57 per gallon for diesel fuel when they buy their firel wholesale - at HOVENSA. Those prices include the 14-celiac-per-gallon tax that the refinery collects for the government. Independent gas station operators in the territory now are paying $3.45 per gallon for regular gasoline ' The rack rates influence retail gasoline prices in the territory because independent gas station operators can buy their gasoline at the loading station, then resell it to their customers. The new rates are effective through Sunday. On the retail side, average retail gasoline prices in the U.S. on Thursday were also slightly down from a week ago, according to the American Automobile Association. The average retail gasoline price in the U.S. on Thursday was 53648- per gallon for regular, 53.976 per gallon for premium, and 53.883 per gallon for diesel fuel, according to AAA. I Natural Health Food Mart Full Line of Organic Products ell Bloo Pr ssure w el• Mann • Body Bugling Products Herbal Teas • Essential Oils Organic Health & Beauty Supplies Sports Energy Bars • Bulk Organic Beans Frtits. Nuts & Seeds • Flaxseed Ois Colon, Incl. Blood & Kidney Cleansers Incerbe & Candles • Massage Products Organic Cereals & Oats & Much More Across from Sugar Estate Post Office S 340-775-3784 Made and grown in the V.I. Medicaid reimbursements to increase Daily News Staff ST. CROIX — The V.l. Human Services Department on Friday released a notice of intent to amend the VI. Medicaid State Plan concern- ing the reimbursement of enrolled physicians. • The statement indicates that Medicaid reimbursement in the terri- tory may be increasing. For services provided in the terri-tory, "upon approval by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services with a target effective date of Aug. 1, 2013, physicians in private practice enrolled as V.I. Medicaid Program enrolled providers will be eligible to receive reimbursement from the U.S. Virgin Islands Medicaid program for both inpatient and outpatient servic- es" at 100 percent of the V.I. Medicare allowable rate, the release states. TradeWinds Galeria Red Hook, St.Thomas (340) 775-5595 Daly flows Roos by JASON MONIS Shoppers browse vendors' tables during the first Virgin Fresh Value Added Market Day on Saturday at the Rudolph Shulterbrandt Agriculture Complex on St. Croix. The event showcased vendors who use locally grown food to produce processed or packaged items. Items for sale included jams, jellies, hot sauce, dressings. seasonings, fruit juices, smoothies and mead wine. Foods made with local mangoes are displayed. "All such services must be autho- rized from the department or its agents," the release said. For physician services provided outside the territory, the V.I. Medicaid Program will reimburse physiciags enrolled in the V.I. Medicaid Program for both inpatient and outpatient services at the Medicare rate in the state where the service was rendered, according to. the release. 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Local police and U.S. Marshals initially arrested five unregistered offenders on St. Croix and three on St. Thomas in just seven days, and then arrested another at the very end of last week on St. Thomas — bring- ing the total to nine. The department, however, has little way of knowing how many unregis- tered offenders are here from other jurisdictions. Within the territory, offenders are required to register annually, though offenders sometimes come to the islands without notifying their jurisdiction of their move. "They are supposed to notify someone," said Virgin Islands Attorney General Vincent Frazer. "We go out and look for them, bu someodt has to notify us." The sweep last week was the sec Name St. Thomas Ovatia Mlln Andre Cyril EteMau Robert Evans Sr Robert E. Francis Sylvane Gilbert Jean A. Hatthett Sanuel A. Henry Bernard 0 take Daniel LaPlace Winthrop Gregory Levis • Elizabeth Magian Ulan Agatha Mathew Lud a L. Francis Mitraine Cornelius Powell Sr Francis Howard Pratt Crag Leger Schneider Elma Vanterpool • Funeral Schedule • Date of death . Service Pendirg Attangtanda Davis ' July 18, 2013 Pending Davis .. June 15. 2013 Perdirg John Thomas July18, 2013 Aig. 10 .. Davis July 3, 2013 Pending Turnbull's July 25, 2013 Pelting John Thomas My 15. 2013 Pendirg • Turnbull's July 1.8, 2013 Pending • Davis July 13, 2013 Pending John Thomas AO 24, 2013 Pending Davis July 20, 2013 Petting ' Turnbulrs July 20, 2013 Pending Turnbull's July 23, 2013 Pendirg Oases July 22, 2013 Pendirg Turnbuts .July 17, 2013 Perzlirg John Thomas • July 22, 2013 Today Golden Gae July 20, 2013 Pendirg • Turnbull's Today No meetings. Tuesday The Culture, Historic Preservation, Youth and Recreation Committee will. Senate Agenda meet at 10 a.m. in Ottley Legislative Hall on St. Thomas to hear bills on: • Making the queen conch shell the official shell of the Virgin Islands • Authorizing the Department of' Sports; Parks and Recreation to devel. op a master plan for creating a public park and recreational area at Altona Lagoon on St. Croix. • Redefining the use of the Enid M. Baa Library and Archives Building. • Naming the archives division of the Charles Wesley Turnbull Regional Library the "June Lindquist Archives Division." • Conducting a feaskility student to establish a festival and cultural park on St 'acmes. Wednesday No meetings, Thursday The Student Public Health Forwn will be held from 10:30 a.m. to noon in Ottley Legislative Hall on St. Thomas. Voted Best Office Supplies & Office Furniture! Universal Business Supplies (340) 776-7887 • Fait (340) 777-9648. www.UBSupplies.com Your Best Source ForToner And Copy Paper. Sale Prke Copy Paper $47/Carton. Delivered to your office. (2 carton minimum for free delivery) Mention this ad for Special Pricing SHARP Olhotheflar (=MS 111. PILOT (17) Canon and "Operation Island Sweep" io the territory, Frazer said. Currently, 55 sex offenders are registered between St Thomas and St. John, and 42 sex offenders are registered on St. Croix. • Sex offenders are obligated to reg- ister in whatever community they reside in under federal law and terri- torial law, so as to make communi- ties aware of where offenders live. The department encouraged com- munity members to visit usvinsopw. gov to access the registry and view the list of sex offenders in the Virgin Islands. The department also asked that anyone knowing the whereabouts of an unregistered sex offender to con- tact it at 774-5666 on St. Thomas or 7734295 on St. Croix and pro- vide information to one of the Sex Offender Registry coordinators. — Contact reporter Jenny Kane at 714-9102 or email [email protected]. Police Reports The police blotter is the V.I. Terretorial Emergency Management Agency's list of incidents and the time they were reported to police. St. Croix Incidents in the police blotter over the weekend included. Assault - 6:39 p.m. Friday, Strawberry; 3:01 p.m. Saturday, Queen Street, Christiansted; 3:23 p.m. 'Saturday, Prince Streetm Frederiksted; 12:03 a.m. Sunday, La Reinc; 2:38 p.m. Sunday, Mars Hill; 6:17 p.m. Sunday, no location given. Burglary —3:43 p.m. Sunday, Hannah's Rest. Fighting — 9:01 p.m. Friday; Harbour View Housing Community, 5:57 p.m. Saturday, Union and Mt. Washington; 7:55 p.m. Saturday, Mars Hill; 11:31 a.m. Sunday, Peters Rest; 11:57 a.m. Sunday, Welcome; 4:37 p.m. Sunday, Plessen; 6.18 p.m. Sunday, Frederiksted. Larceny - 9:47 a.m. Saturday, Lower Love; 2:19 p.m. Saturday, Christiansted; 6:19 p.m. Sunday, Dismond.Ftuby. Outside Ike - 8:34 p.m. Friday, La Grange; 9:15 a.m. Sunday, Marys Fancy; 4:20 p.m. Sunday, New Street, Frederiksted. Reckless Endangerment — 6:42 a.m. Sunday, Mutual Homes. Robbery —5:14 p.m. Sunday, Yellow Cedar. Weapons — 8:09 p.m. Friday, La Grange; 10:46 p.m. Friday, Mutual Homes Housing Community; 11:34 p.m. Friday, Profit; 4:39 p.m. ral NU& 9 CltL1 0.045, COOK SIIIIMIMMMIST10.2I13 . SIFMIEtSIGBI Maw (nereseoverr - M1 wean S BS GROUP I ?mai... U0.774-7721. watthrup Saturday Harbourview Housing Community, 5:40 p.m. Prince Street, Frederiksted; 9:16 p.m. Saturday, Bellvue; 4:26 a.m. Sunday, Castle Coakley; 6:14 a.m. Sunday, Mountain; 5:57 a.m. Sunday, Luis Hospital. St. Thomas Incidents in the police blotter over the weekend included: Assault - 10:10 p.m. Friday, Hull Bay; 10:21 p.m. 'Friday, Bordeaux; 1:40 p.m. Saturday, no location given. • Burglary — 6:38 p.m. Friday, Nadir; 7:06 p.m. Friday, Frenchtown; 9:16 a.m. Saturday, Charlotte Amalie; 4:29 p.m. Saturday, Altona. bdecency — 4:06 p.m. Saturday, Red Hook. Larceny - 1:18 p.m. Saturday, Frenchman's Bay; 1:32 p.m. Solberg 3:58 p m. Saturday, Altona; 11:42 a.m. Sunday, no location given. Robbery - 9:58 a.m. Sunday, no location given. Runaway — 8:32 a.m. Sunday, Lucinda Millis Home. Vehitle fire - 9:52 p.m. Friday, Black Point Hill; 2:39 p.m. Sunday, Estate Frydendahl. Watercraft in distress - 7:15 p.m. Sunday, Magens Bay Beach. St. John Incidents in the police blotter over the weekend included: Runaway - 5:04 p.m. Sunday, Westin Resort. BIG LEE CISTERN SERVICE Mere than 28 Years Plus Experience Take Time To Do It Right Roof Coating Specialist FREE Estimate (:140 775-7797 / 699-2927 ----SUlliomas, VI EFTA01070330 I 30 The Virgin Islands Daily News OPINIONS Monday, July 29, 2013 The Virgin Islands Daily News aW-k Founded Aug. 1.1934 by! Antonio Jarvis and AridMe:SrSt V *ars' Published by Daily News Publishing Co. EDITORIAL BOARD Jason Robtins. Publisher GerryYandel Exculv•Edkor Omeka Challenge...Citation Creator J. raw Da it Edkortu Large Kron Downey. Advertising Dewier Ken ERyan.Pozduclion Director Hedy Szata Business Manager What a city owes its residents Though it is the biggest city in U.S. history to file for bankruptcy, Detroit is only one of 26 urban municipalities that have gone into bankruptcy or state receivership fa fiscal insolvency since 2008. Detroit should draw attention and debate to a challenging issue underlying all these public insolvencies: What level of public services will we pro- tect and guarantee for U.S. cities? The Bankruptcy Court will have to face that question. It will have to determine whether Detroit can cut into current services any more than it already has. Unless the state or federal government steps in with funds for operating costs, the habit- ruptcy will function as a zero-sum game, with residents fighting credi- tors for a share of city revenue. Creditors have contracts to monetize what they are seeking, but how should the court determine the pub- lic spending that residents need today and tomorrow? Politicians and judges who man- age local fiscal crises speak of maintaining basic services and ensuring residents' minimal health and safety, but these concepts are short on specifics. While ow laws provide an entitlement to a public education, and we have long strug- gled to interpret what constitutes a legally adequate education, there is little to nothing that would tell us what other services the local public sector must provide. As a matter of law, there is no such thing as a crime rate that is too high or an ambulance response time that is too long. Should there be? For now, it is left to politics and moral judgment to determine wheth- a it is acceptable that less than one in three streetlights arc operational in Detroit or that the city has 80,000 abandoned and blighted structures that it cannot afford to detholish. In Detroit, as in many other struggling cities, dramatic police layoffs mean that the average wait time after a 9I I call for a police officer is 58 minutes, and a resident can rarely summon an officer at all if the . reported crime is not in progress and violent. As for other public functions that a high-poverty city (especially one with.severe winters) might hope to have — such as reliable bus ser- vice, playground equipment, indoor basketball courts, after-school pro- grams, active libraries and commu- nity centers for the elderly — these Michelle Wilde Anderson services are decades into deep cuts and widespread closures. Indeed, having curtailed everything beyond emergency services, it would be tempting to refer to a government like Detroit's as a night-watchman state — the libertarian ideal of a government focused only on public safety. That is, we'd be tempted to use such a term for Detroit, and cities like it, were it not such a cruel irony: Detroit had more than 15,200 vio- lent crimes and 500 acts of arson in 2012. The night watchmen arc understaffed and underpaid. According to a 2012 study by econ- omists Aaron Chalfin and Justin McCrary, public spending in Detroit on each police officer (including all wages, benefits and retirement costs) is less than two-thirds what it is just 45 miles away in the prosperous university town of Ann Arbor. As a political and moral matter, as much as a legal one, Detroit repre- sents an opportunity to take a stand. for urban habitability. What belongs on our list of minimum standards fa a city? Detroit invites us to have a public conversation about what ser- vices and public spaces we expect from city governments for human dignity and for humans to flourish. We have a chance to say that no one should have to wait hopelessly for an ambulance, that a violent crime in a neighborhood every few hours is intolerable. Paying for such commitments should not just be the burden of creditors. Many of the city's credi- tors arc rank-and-file public employ- ees and retirees who have counted on a public pension and are not eli- gible for Social Security. Detroit's bankruptcy plan could send them into poverty in their old age. Basic services and safety in our cities arc the responsibility pf states, the federal government, the private sector and voters. It is all of them — all of us — who have a role to play in the stabilization that Detroit is seeking,through bank- ruptcy. All of us have a responsibil- ity to help them give basic health and safety real meaning, and to make this bankruptcy a safety net, not a punishment — Michelle Wilde Anderson is an assistant professor of law at UC Berkeley School opine • Mrs. Anthony Weiner is Hillary 2.1 I sat there watching the television screen as Anthony Weiner squirmed before the microphones for the second time in two years, and realized that this was a dep vu moment At first I thought it was because the former congressman and aspiring mayoral candidate was, once again, apologizing for tweeting and cheating without really meeting. And then I took one look at Weiner's wife and realized that this had absolutely noth- ing to do with the fellow. Huma Abedin might have creamy olive skin, beautiful brown eyes and long dark hair, but you don't need to put ha in a pantsuit and slap a head- band on her tresses to realize that we arc now in the presence of Hillary Clinton, version 2.1. We all remember the pre-Senate, pre-State Department Hillary who inspired both awe and revulsion for her assault on the East Wing. Never before had we been treated to a first lady who so blatantly and brazenly sought equal status with the guy we'd actually elected. Eleanor Roosevelt, her idol, had exercised a considerable amount of weight behind the scenes. But it wasn't until Franklin died that she really came into her own. Not so Mrs. Clinton, or, 'rather, Mrs. Rodham Clinton It was painfully obvious to anyone paying attention that Bill's wife was hell bent on giving us that two-for-one bargain that the couple had promised during the campaign. Say what you will about her, Hillary was a force to be reckoned with. And praised. And loathed. Even her most strident ene- mies didn't underestimate her survival instincts. Health care? (If at fast you don't succeed ....) Whitewater? (Did any-. Christine M. Flowers one say rafting?) Vince Foster? (Personal tragedy, nothing more.)And then came the stream of women: Gennifer (no relation) Paula (a genu- ine victim)and, of course, "A little bit of Monica." Anyone who thought that Hillary was going to let the Bimbo Bombs destiny her carefully constructed plans clearly didn't know just who they were dealing with. Our first lady stood by her philandering man and rode the crest of a sympathetic Wave into the Senate. Mrs. Wynette Goes To Washington, so to speak. And who did she take with her on that long and fruitful journey, ever upward, ever more successfully? Why none other than Mn. Weiner, the love- ly, inscrutable Huma. Hillary once said that she had one daughter, but tha‘if she had another it would be her beloved personal assistant. HumaAbedin has been by her men- tor's sidc for almost two decades, and it is reasonable to think that she spent a large part of that time taking notes about how to thrive and survive in the political jungle. Therefore, it is not surprising that she (1) chose to many an animal indigenous to that environ- ment i.e., a cheetah, and (2) figured out how to make sure that she could withstand whatever wounds he man- aged to inflict on their shared ambitions Anthony's wife has taken a page from her pseudo-maina's dog-eared book and has perfected the art of dam- age control. First, you assume a posture of dig- nified disappointnient, wherein your whole body seems to just "sigh" under the weight of the offensive conduct. It's a cross between an"' can't believe he did this to me" and a "boys will be boys, God bless their randy little hearts." Then, you gaze sadly at the perpetrator as he stares into the cam- era and apologizes for the second, third or 13th time for being a pervert with his privates. Then, you allow him to draw a line in the sand where he says he might be sorry but he won't go gentle into that good campaign and is continuing to seek the mayoral prize. And then you spring into action. You straighten your shoulders, raise youn pointed chin, allow a few wisps of that luxuriant velvet lair to fall across your delicately drawn cheek and assume a stoic pose. You love- him, you say. You believe in him, you say. You forgive him, you say. You idiot, we say. But you do not hear us speaking, because you do not care what the pea- nut gallery thinks. This is not about the crowds massed to watch this pub- lic shaming. This is not even about your husband who, truth be told, is probably sleeping in the garage these days, which is why he has both the time and the inclination to tweet This is about something far more important to you, perhaps almost as important as the figure of the child you and the Tweeter have in common. This is about your political survival Hums Abedin learned at the fed of a master, someone who might very well parlay her experience as scorned wife into an office in the West Wing. Huma is a bit more modest, of course. Seems she'd be content to redecorate Grade Mansion —Christine M Flowers is a lawyer and columnist for the Philadelphia Daily News. THE CAUSE of DEATH WAS DEBT, POLITICS AND UNFUNDED PEN510NS. a EFTA01070331 Monday, July 29, 2013 OPINIONS The Virgin Islands Daily News 31 Luring elephants into big tent Republican national chairman Reince C. Priebus could take a lesson from history in his efforts to herd his fellow elephants into a big tent. Nobody did a better job of coaxing feuding Republicans to cooperate than Ray C. Bliss, the Akron, Ohio, insurance man who chaired the national committee from 1965 to 1969. His success is worth remembering. When Bliss became chairman in 1965, the Republicans were in much worse shape than in 2013: President Lyndon Johnson had won a land- slide Fe-election over Arizona Sen. Barry Goldwater, and the Democrats held large majorities in both houses of Congress and the statehouses. The party was deeply divided between "moder- ates," such as New Yak Gov. Nelson Rockefeller, and "conservatives," like Goldwater. The latter appeared to bless strident voices when he famously proclaimed: "Let me remind you that extremism in defense of liberty is no vice. And let me remind you also that moderation in pursuit of justice is no virtue." Although best known as a "nuts-and-bolts" party mechanic, Bliss used a two-step approach to address these ideological rifts. The first step was to challenge voices that made Republicans look extreme to voters. On Nov. 5, 1965, he issued n even-handed critique of "radicals" on the left and right, singling out a staunchly anti-communist firebrand Robert Welch "One of my major concans in the matter of extrem- ism of the radical right is that honest, patriotic andcon- scientious conservatives maybe misjudged because of irresponsible radicals such as Robert Welch, who has accused President Eisenhower of being a 'dedicated, conscious agent of the Communist conspiracy."' "We've got to get this (party) in the middle of the road," Bliss explained, "Eisenhower and his people have takenessough." There was a sharp badthih One letla writer called Bliss "sneaky" and thither. "You recently asked all Republicans to get out of the A N0,14 9JkVg GU666sTG THAT 17% OF AMWANG Ail LIVING IN A WoRIV OF MGM, SEPARATC9 COMPlgli FRa'vt EALIIY. William Hershey & John C. Green strongest and most effective anti-Communist organiza- tion in the United States. I question your motives." Bliss wasn't bothered by the criticism. "I don't have the rotation I have all the answers," he told reporters,"everything is compromise?: His second step was leading Republicans to com- mon ground. The means was the Republican Coordinating Committee. Its members were a cross-section of the party: Eisenhower and four former presidential candidates — Goldwater, Richard Nixon, Alfred Landon and Thomas Dewey — as well as gover- nors, members of Congress, state legislators and party leaders. Eisenhower was a key to the committee's work. "He backed me up in the early d ys of my chair- manship," Bliss reported, "He had the respect of all factions." The method was face-to-face dialogue. "You don't say anything nasty, at least not pub- licly, about somebody you're going to dinner with tonight," Bliss said. The committee eventually produced 48 policy proposals, offering an alternative to President Johnson's "Great Society" program. In the end, Bliss got the results he wanted: the GOP made a huge comeback in the 1966 elections, and in 1968, it won back the White House • Of course, 2013 is not 1965. Mitt Romney is no Barry Goldwater, nor is the party division identical. Andthe GOP may lack an Eisenhower to rally around. Still, Chairman Priebus could take a lesson from Chairman Bliss success in herding the elephants into a big tent. — William Hershey is a former Knight-Ridder Washington correspondent and Columbus bureau chief for Ilse Alcron Beacon Journal and Dayton Dal oi News. John Green is director of the Bliss Institute of Applied Politics at the University of Abon. rl Time to hard-delete Carlos Danger When you puzzle over why the ele- gant Huma Abedin is propping up the eel-like Anthony Weiner, you must remember one thing. Huma was raised in Saudi Arabia, where women are treated worse by men than anywhere else on the planet. Comparatively speaking, the pol from Queens probably seems like a prince. Even though he's a punk. After he got caught seat