After talking with the senator the intent of the bill is for this levy to be applied to comercial producers. He is very concerned that the language wa...
FYI. I received the following response from the senator: "The language in the bill needs to be change. I spoke to legal counsel and I'm holding t...
According to the USVI Legislature bill tracker, the bill has not been sent to the Gov yet. It has gone through one amendment from the rules committee....
If you bother to read the appropriate section of the VI code, the proposed law applies to all "customer-generators" - not just large producers. T...
I hope all you net-metering folks are ready to pay WAPA 5 cents for every KW you generate.... What a great way to encourage use of alternativ...
Forgot to mention - New battery too!
He may be intelligent, well spoken, and have real and positive suggestions for improving life in the VI, but can Barshinger throw a good fish fry? 😎
There was an article on this last week in the paper. DOL stated 1130 impacted workers on their register that would be eligible under this program. Tha...
Would be helpful if you posted the year of the vessel, asking price, and the location?
Gross receipts tax is exempt on the first $9000 per month. So here is a business trying to bill me 8.5% when they may only have to pay 5.25% (as note...
First was a quote. Now I have an invoice for a product. I haven't committed to purchasing yet pending other factors. 8.5% seems unscrupulous.
I just went back to the invoice to check what they had done. They added 8.5% of the sales price as Gross Receipts Tax! This was just an initial quot...
The Governor has a territory to run - that takes resources. The legislature's purpose is to propose amendments to our laws to meet the changing n...
With 524 people employed by the legislature - I wonder if some of his 'allotment' also ended up working on his side gig. This just stinks of conflict ...
I personally know two teachers who are being laid off from private schools come the end of this school year, and there are probably more. Sorry, but w...
According to the directory (link above) we employee approximately 524 people in the legislature. That is almost 35 people for each of the 15 senator p...
Funny how we constantly blame the incompetent & corrupt mindset of the culture, unless it's political, then the culture isn't to blame, the guvna is. ...
Wouldn't the head of the DOE or DOF also bear significant responsibility for this fiasco? /blockquote> So after reading the article. If I und...
Was government funds really given to Diagao? I didn't think so. In my simple understanding, bonds were floated for the construction of the facility ...
Wouldn't the head of the DOE or DOF also bear significant responsibility for this fiasco?
Not sure about govenor, but I think I'll work on my platform for the senate - in 2014. 😎
Senators? Heck, I think there are still 6.9 million reasons on the table to distrust Russell and his compatriots. 😎