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 <title>The Solution Is Natural Gas, WAPA</title>
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 <description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp;Steve Black believes that by converting to natural gas, WAPA will be saving Virgin Islanders a great deal of money.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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 <pubDate>Thu, 17 May 2012 01:09:09 -0400</pubDate>
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 <title>Help Save Mandahl Bay and Shorelines</title>
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 <description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;Sharon and Fred Hupprich asks that people attend the next meeting of the Board of Land Use Appeals when Mandahl Bay Holdings will appeal a denial of their permits for large scale commercial developments.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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 <pubDate>Tue, 08 May 2012 10:13:01 -0400</pubDate>
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 <description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;Norma S. Levin relates information about the Virgin Islands Election System that she picked up at a recent meeting of the League of Women Voters.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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 <pubDate>Fri, 04 May 2012 21:18:24 -0400</pubDate>
 <dc:creator>Gregory Norris</dc:creator>
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 <title>Positive Gone Negative</title>
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 <description>&lt;p&gt;Senator Nelson, perhaps it is time to retire your moniker &amp;ldquo;Positive&amp;rdquo; as you have done nothing but negative.&lt;/p&gt;
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 <pubDate>Tue, 07 Feb 2012 19:01:46 -0400</pubDate>
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 <title>Parrotfish, Nets and the Coral Reef</title>
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 <description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;David A. Olsen, Ph.D., chief scientist for the St. Thomas Fishermen&#039;s Association, responds to a recent article in the Source on the subject of a law suit to ban net fishing of parrot fish around St. Croix.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://stthomassource.com/content/commentary/open-forum/2012/02/06/parrotfish-nets-and-coral-reef&quot;&gt;read more&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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 <pubDate>Mon, 06 Feb 2012 01:40:52 -0400</pubDate>
 <dc:creator>Gregory Norris</dc:creator>
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 <title>Let Not the Perfect Become the Enemy of the Good</title>
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 <description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;Paul Chakroff asks that we find realistic alternatives to the solutions for the waste management problem.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://stthomassource.com/content/commentary/open-forum/2012/01/31/let-not-perfect-become-enemy-good&quot;&gt;read more&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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 <pubDate>Tue, 31 Jan 2012 16:27:50 -0400</pubDate>
 <dc:creator>Gregory Norris</dc:creator>
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 <title>Senate: Start Working for the Good of the Community</title>
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 <description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;Maria Ferreras asks the senators to do something about the fiscal crisis in the Virgin Islands besides having secret meetings and &amp;ldquo;passing meaningless legislation that can&#039;t be put into effect.&amp;rdquo;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://stthomassource.com/content/commentary/open-forum/2012/01/25/senate-start-working-good-community&quot;&gt;read more&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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 <pubDate>Wed, 25 Jan 2012 17:29:09 -0400</pubDate>
 <dc:creator>Gregory Norris</dc:creator>
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 <title>Dr. King and STAR</title>
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 <description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;Jason Budsan gives people one way to get involved in celebrating Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://stthomassource.com/content/commentary/open-forum/2012/01/13/dr-king-and-star&quot;&gt;read more&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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 <pubDate>Fri, 13 Jan 2012 13:31:27 -0400</pubDate>
 <dc:creator>Gregory Norris</dc:creator>
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 <title>Bureaucracy vs. Elementary Communication</title>
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 <description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;Alexander Randall, Ph.D., professor of communications at UVI, is frustrated by governmental agencies such as the Bureau of Motor Vehicles that do not communicate the most basic information to their clients.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://stthomassource.com/content/commentary/open-forum/2011/12/16/bureaucracy-vs-elementary-communication&quot;&gt;read more&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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 <pubDate>Fri, 16 Dec 2011 01:54:51 -0400</pubDate>
 <dc:creator>Gregory Norris</dc:creator>
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 <title>Demand a Full Investigation </title>
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 <description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;Jason Budsan has been trying in vain to get answers from legislators about the misuse of $6.9 million.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://stthomassource.com/content/commentary/open-forum/2011/12/02/demand-full-investigation&quot;&gt;read more&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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 <pubDate>Fri, 02 Dec 2011 23:28:23 -0400</pubDate>
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 <title>We Have Been Robbed</title>
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 <description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;Maria Ferreras demands the identification and prosecution of those senators who have been found to have misused public monies.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://stthomassource.com/content/commentary/open-forum/2011/12/01/we-have-been-robbed&quot;&gt;read more&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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 <pubDate>Thu, 01 Dec 2011 16:13:03 -0400</pubDate>
 <dc:creator>Gregory Norris</dc:creator>
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 <title>Ira Michael Heyman, Virgin Islands Legacy</title>
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 <description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;Darlan Brin pays tribute to Ira Michael Heyman, former chancellor of the University of California at Berkely, who had ties with the Virgin Islands.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://stthomassource.com/content/commentary/open-forum/2011/11/30/ira-michael-heyman-virgin-islands-legacy&quot;&gt;read more&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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 <pubDate>Wed, 30 Nov 2011 00:54:46 -0400</pubDate>
 <dc:creator>Gregory Norris</dc:creator>
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 <title>A Memorable Evening</title>
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 <description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;Elcia Daniel attended the recent V.I. - Puerto Rico Folkloric Dance Festival and was very pleased by what she saw.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://stthomassource.com/content/commentary/open-forum/2011/10/17/memorable-evening&quot;&gt;read more&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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 <pubDate>Mon, 17 Oct 2011 23:09:18 -0400</pubDate>
 <dc:creator>Gregory Norris</dc:creator>
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 <title>Support Our Libraries!</title>
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 <description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;Anita Davis asks that everyone get involved in using and preserving libraries.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://stthomassource.com/content/commentary/open-forum/2011/10/14/support-our-libraries&quot;&gt;read more&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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 <pubDate>Fri, 14 Oct 2011 01:12:44 -0400</pubDate>
 <dc:creator>Gregory Norris</dc:creator>
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 <title>Another Perspective on Friendship Day Dancers</title>
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 <description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;Myrna V. van&amp;nbsp;Beverhoudt feels as if she and the Source reporter who covered the folkloric dancers at the V.I. Puerto Rico Friendship Day activities were watching two very different shows.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://stthomassource.com/content/commentary/open-forum/2011/10/13/another-perspective-friendship-day-dancers&quot;&gt;read more&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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 <pubDate>Thu, 13 Oct 2011 17:16:18 -0400</pubDate>
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 <title>A Win-Win Situation </title>
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 <description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;David A. Olsen, Ph.D., chief scientist at the St. Thomas Fishermen&#039;s Association, hopes that UVI will establish a Fisheries Institute.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://stthomassource.com/content/commentary/open-forum/2011/09/08/win-win-situation&quot;&gt;read more&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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 <pubDate>Thu, 08 Sep 2011 11:56:32 -0400</pubDate>
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 <title>King Memorial Ready to Be Unveiled</title>
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&lt;div&gt;&lt;span&gt;Jason Budsan reminds us that Dr. Martin Luther King will be the only non-president or non-soldier to be memorialized with a monument in Washington, D.C.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://stthomassource.com/content/commentary/open-forum/2011/08/19/king-memorial-ready-be-unveiled&quot;&gt;read more&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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 <pubDate>Fri, 19 Aug 2011 23:23:48 -0400</pubDate>
 <dc:creator>Gregory Norris</dc:creator>
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 <title>Going Green…!</title>
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 <description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;Susan Kuzenski has been trying to go green with a wind turbine, but she has met with little more than obstacles and delays.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://stthomassource.com/content/commentary/open-forum/2011/08/12/going-green&quot;&gt;read more&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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 <pubDate>Fri, 12 Aug 2011 06:40:14 -0400</pubDate>
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 <title>Powers That Be Should Invest in Dollars and $en$e</title>
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 <description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;Dawn O&amp;rsquo;Bryan shares some solutions to the problems of a Virgin Islands government that has not faced up to its financial troubles.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://stthomassource.com/content/commentary/open-forum/2011/07/23/powers-be-should-invest-dollars-and-ene&quot;&gt;read more&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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 <pubDate>Sat, 23 Jul 2011 17:47:25 -0400</pubDate>
 <dc:creator>Gregory Norris</dc:creator>
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 <title>The Media Got It Wrong</title>
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 <description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;Lawrence Boschulte gives his perspective on what happened at the chaotic meeting of the Joint Boards of Election that was held recently. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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 <pubDate>Sat, 16 Jul 2011 23:21:24 -0400</pubDate>
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