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CORRECTION: REGARDING ICC PAYMENTS TO MAPP

In an article I wrote for the Source on Jan. 16, 2003, I wrote:
"Kenneth Mapp, beginning while Lt. Governor in the Schneider administration, was sent some $25,000 a month in 'training payments' from an off-island company owned by Innovative Communication Corp., according to sworn testimony of three witnesses."
Rather than attributing the statement regarding the timing of such payments to the three witnesses directly, the article should have attributed the statement to Attorney Lee Rohn, who had taken sworn testimony from the three witnesses. However, none of the witnesses testified or told Attorney Rohn that Kenneth Mapp was paid by ICC or any of its subsidiaries while employed as Lt. Governor of the Virgin Islands.
Rohn made the statement that the payments had begun while Mapp was Lt. Governor in a letter to the editor dated Nov. 1, 2002, and in a letter to Governor Turnbull on May 21, 2002.
She made both letters available to the Source. I relied on the letters rather than the actual sworn statements. At no time did I contact any ICC subsidiary or ICC employee to ask for the company's side of the story, as I relied solely on Ms. Rohn's comments regarding the deposition of these witnesses. Both ICC and Mapp deny the veracity of Ms. Rohn's statement regarding the timing of the payments.
The Source and I regret any confusion that may have been caused by the article.

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