Excitement is running high in the local Republican Party as delegates to the 2000 GOP national convention discuss plans at 6 p.m. Thursday at a district meeting at Nisky Center, Suite 211.
The convention is being held in Philadelphia from July 29 through Aug. 5.
According to Samuel Baptiste, delegation chair, April Newland, Lawrence Boschulte and Molly Mills-Fuch will represent St. Thomas. Elissa Runyon was the fourth St. Thomas delegate; however she cannot attend, and will be replaced by a St. Croix delegate, former Lt. Gov. Julio Brady.
Representing St. Croix are Samuel Baptiste, Humberto O'Neal, Reuben Fenton and Herbert Schoenbohm. They are all voting delegates.
Non-voting delegates are James Oliver, state chairman, and former Sens. Holland Redfield, the national committeeman, and Lilliana Belardo de O'Neal, national committeewoman.
