Dear Source:
Last month DLCA Commissioner Andrew Rutnik confirmed a new DLCA crackdown on heretofore unlicensed workers in many fields.
From now on, if you pound a nail at a construction site, you need a carpenter's license…if you prune a tree or cut guinea grass, you need a landscaper's license…if you clean someone's house or iron their clothes, you need a domestic's license…to dig a ditch or carry lumber requires a construction worker's license.
Other than electricians and plumbers, however, it was made clear that, while a license is now required, DLCA does not attest to the skills or abilities of these workers.
So…now the government is simply charging private citizens for the right to work. Why "on the backs of" certain occupations and not others? Why laborers and not shop clerks…legal secretaries…gas jockeys… janitors and all others who work without cushy government benefits or holidays?
All this in the name of "revenue enhancement" (read: new taxes, charges and a huge increase in the cost of doing business!). "We are pro-business," they say. Riiiight!
How dare union bosses claim the budget is "being balanced only on the backs of government workers." But, then…why shouldn't it be? After all, who caused the government to be in its present wasteful, inefficient and bankrupt condition? Duh! It's caused by the people who work for the government! For decades they have been the "takers"…it is now time for them to be "givers." "Ask not…!"
Our government's sad and deplorable condition was certainly not caused by workers in the private sector! And yet Gov. Turnbull has just announced huge increases in the cost of private-sector licenses.
What do these licensed workers get in return for this additional money charged? More nails in the coffin of entrepreneurship!
So, Gov. Turnbull, in the spirit of fairness and level playing fields, let me strongly suggest another class of business license: A government worker's license.
The following fee categories will apply:
— Basic license to work for the government, $100.
The following surcharges are to be added as applicable:
— To earn over $45,000 per year, $250
— To earn over $64,999 per year, $2,000
— To have or drive a government vehicle, $1,750
— To hold an outside job while full-time with government, $1,500
— To have an "assistant" if you are an "assistant," $ 225
— For each non-federal holiday taken with pay, $15
— To shop or have hair done on government time, $350
— To bring children to office after school for daycare, $ 200
— To have "Solitaire" installed on your office computer, $75
— To appoint an unqualified friend or relative to a job, $ 20,000.
The basic license fee alone will bring in $1,300,000 per year in "revenue enhancement" (13,000 x $ 100). Imagine the "enhancement" from the car pool!
It is essential for all the "revenue enhancers" out there to keep this fact in mind: The private sector is the engine that drives this economy. The government produces nothing!
The answer is NOT to increase revenues to meet ridiculous, wasteful and greedy government expenditures. The government MUST BE CUT…massively, thoughtfully and thoroughly! And those lucky enough to retain their jobs must work harder, longer and more efficiently…and be grateful to remain public servants. Be helpful! Be nice!
If government workers are expected to migrate to the private sector with dignity and fairness, the private sector must be enhanced and profitability encouraged so workers will be attracted by the same or better benefits as they now receive from the government.
Any benefits, such as medical and retirement insurance availability negotiated for the government, must also be negotiated for the private sector…bills for private services must be paid…the maddening and interminable bureaucracy for doing business must be done away with…QUIT BEING THE BIGGEST OBSTACLE TO SMALL BUSINESS!
When a private vendor isn't paid, it is truly a "payless payday"! The unpaid vendor cannot issue bonds to pay his bills…pay his taxes…or feed his family!
Don't bury us in debt! Don't mortgage Virgin Islands children's futures! Listen to the economists, not the political hacks…NO MORE BORROWING!
You have two choices, Gov. Turnbull:
1) Continue to avoid unpopular and painful decisions in hopes of getting re-elected…continue the fish-fry politics…hire more cronies! Stomp on the private sector! Cave in to the unions! Increase debt! And the problems will continue to eat you alive! The Feds will come! You will take all the blame!
2) Do the right thing…the hard thing. Accept the fact that you may only be a one-term governor…but realize that history and decades of school children will remember you as the wise and courageous hero who saved and turned the Virgin Islands around.
Your choice, Governor – hack…or hero?
Dale E. Hamilton
St. Thomas

It had been 18 years since a symphony orchestra was brought to St. Thomas. The throng which gathered to hear the performance of the highly refined Puerto Rico Symphony on Saturday evening seemed to indicate that we should not wait so long again.
The Reichhold Center for the Arts added seats for the evening, yet there were still not enough to accommodate all who wished to enjoy this rare cultural opportunity on our island.
The Puerto Rico Symphony gave its first concert under the direction of its founder, Pablo Casals, in the winter of 1958. At the same time, with the enthusiastic support of then-Gov. Munoz Marin, the Puerto Rico
Conservatory opened its doors. Both institutions have flourished and continue to embody the high artistic ideals of the humanitarian artist who was so instrumental in their births.
Casals was adamant that music must communicate what is most noble in mankind. He insisted that virtuosity must be put at the service of great works rather than used merely to bring attention to the performer. He spurned flashiness for its own sake. How proud he must be of the deeply expressive, technically brilliant, interpretationally elegant performances delivered by his spiritual children!
The Puerto Rico Symphony is a Caribbean treasure. It plays with a purity of tone, sureness of intonation, cohesion of ensemble and acute awareness to musical style which can only come through devotion to the repertoire, rigorous rehearsal and enlightened leadership. Many in attendance at Reichhold were there for a "first" symphonic experience. The program and its performance were a most fortunate initiation.
While most of the program was widely familiar, the orchestra brought a new insight and freshness to its rendering of these staples of the symphonic repertoire.
Maestro Eugene Kohn leads the orchestra to the heart of the music, eschewing the pitfalls of bombast and vulgarity which so often can attempt to pass for excitement, especially in the Wagner and Beethoven the orchestra played for its St. Thomas audience.
The Overture to Wagner's Die Meistersinger von Nurnberg is a great way to open a program. The interpretation of the work made it clear from the start that the music would come first. The triumphal mood of the piece glowed through the elegant textures of tone which the orchestra emitted. The restrained brilliance of the brass section crowned the rich, full-bodied sound of the strings rather than obliterating it. The sensitivity to the structure of the piece was a revelation to those who had heard it many times.
The orchestra's delivery of the Beethoven Symphony No. 5 was no less remarkable. This work is so familiar that it is too often performed in an almost perfunctory, hackneyed way. Audiences almost expect it to be beaten rather than built, and even great orchestras seem too ready to oblige. (Listen to the first set of Beethoven Symphonies recorded by the great Von Karajan!) Kohn and the Puerto Rico Symphony lean much more toward the lighter, cleaner textures advocated by John Elliott Gardner and those who choose to focus more on Beethoven as poet than Titan.
The power was there in the performance, but it came through the rhythmic intensity and the inner tension of the interplay of the voices and attention to overall construction rather than from decibels.
The first movement was a triumph of sensitive, intelligent musicianship. The drive and suppleness of the individual lines made the structure of the movement seem to bloom.
The poetry of the second movement was allowed to sing in a rather straightforward manner, avoiding the maudlin sentimentality to which it so often becomes a victim. The third movement was delivered as one extended buildup to the brilliant introduction of the theme of the final movement. Tempi were judicious and proportionate. It was a tremendously exciting performance while maintaining a very classic reserve and balance.
A curious "Concerto for Saxophone" by the Russian post-Romantic Alexander Glazunov began the second half of the program. This late work was inspired by and dedicated to Sigurd Rascher, probably the most outstanding saxophone virtuoso of our century. Many composers, including Ibert, Milhaud, Hindemith and Aaron Copland, were moved to compose and dedicate works to him.
The soloist for this performance was Edgar Marreiro, an 18-year-old student at the Puerto Rico Conservatory. This young man is clearly to the saxophone what Midori and Joshua Bell have been to the violin in the recent past. He combines a stunning technique with studied and intuitive musicianship of the highest caliber.
The orchestra provided a rich, exotic texture of sound from the strings and woodwinds through which Marreiro's solo sang and soared in a tone color that was between that characteristic of the brass and the woodwinds. It was unclear whether the devilishly virtuosic cadenza was the composer's or by the performer.
Marreiro played his heart out and certainly made it seem his own. The audience rewarded him with a standing ovation and were likewise treated to a beguiling performance of the "Flight of the Bumblebee." Watching this young man spread his wings and gain recognition in a larger arena will be a pleasure for all who have had the pleasure of experiencing his performance.
Igor Stravinsky's "Firebird Suite" rounded out the official program. It was delivered with flare and grace. The string section exhibited marvelous unity in their negotiation of the special technical demands of this work, which include pizzicato, double-stopping and playing acoustics.
Likewise, the percussion section demonstrated a tasteful restraint as they got to play with all their "toys." Along with the brass and woodwind solos, the percussion were able to create the illusion that they emerged from the overall texture rather than were imposed over it. The exuberant rhythms, so characteristic of this composer, were executed with ebullient flare. The blazing conclusion of the work had the audience once again on its feet. They left the center humming the Overture to the "Barber of Seville" which was played as an encore.
The Birch Forum has again succeeded in bringing cultural entertainment of the highest quality to our island, and we should be deeply grateful. What they have accomplished is truly a missionary endeavor in the cause of the arts. The members of the Forum and the collaborating sponsors within the community have done something truly wonderful for the island.
It is unfortunate that the Stage Bill was not only devoid of a list of the orchestra's personnel, it failed to recognize Edgar Marreiro as the saxophone soloist.
Additionally, since this was the first time we have had an orchestral concert in a generation, it might have been appropriate to use the program to educate the audience in the etiquette of classical concerts. There really is NO reason to seat latecomers while the orchestra is playing. It is traditional to withhold applause until the end of the last movement of a symphony, sonata, suite or concerto so that the overall unity of the work is not disrupted. Finally, a good audience develops listening skills and refrains from conversation and making extraneous noise.
These critical observations should in no way detract from the success of Saturday evening. It was a huge success.
Ricardo and Josephine Charaf did a magnificent job of the Herculean task of organizing the logistics of the event. Let's hope that they have kept copious notes which they will share with the next brave souls who are willing to bring such an event to our shores. May it not be another 18 years.

Teacher sickouts, contaminated water, swarms of bees, a sewage line break, heavy rains and a close call from a hurricane. All in all, in the words of Education spokeswoman June Archibald, "this has not been a pretty year" for Virgin Islands schools.
All public schools closed at least two days for weather-related problems. Individual schools were empty on a rotating basis by the teacher job actions, and some, particularly Joseph Sibilly Elementary School, were plagued by maintenance problems.
Archibald said the school superintendents are compiling a list of the number of closings for each district, school by school.
It will be needed when the school calendar task force meets Nov. 10 to decide what to do about make-up days, she said.
On the task force are Rosalia Payne, superintendent for St. Thomas-St. John, and Terrence T. Joseph, her St. Croix counterpart; Tregenza Roach, attorney for Education; and Milton Potter, from the government Office of Collective Bargaining.
Union representatives on the task force are Glen Smith and Cecil Benjamin, presidents of the St. Thomas-St. John and the St. Croix Federation of Teachers, respectively; and Carver Farrow and Antonio Steele, heads of the Educational Administrators Association.
The group is expected to present its recommendations of Education Commissioner Ruby Simmonds.
Archibald said the issue is critical, particularly for high schools which are on a semester system. Days missed in the fall semester must be made up before the end of December when the semester ends.

LEGISLATIVE CALENDAR
Week Beginning Mon., November 1.
Monday, November 1.
Liberty Day, (D. Hamilton Jackson Day).

Tuesday, November 2.
10:00 a.m. Committee on Finance. Senate Chambers, St. Thomas.
AGENDA.
Bill No. 23-0114 – To appropriate monies for salaries and expenses of the University of the Virgin Islands for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2000 and for other purposes.
Bill No 23-0115 – To appropriate funds from the Government Insurance Fund for Operating expenses of the Department of Labor for the fiscal year ending Sept. 30, 2000 and for Other purposes.
Bill No.23-0117 To provide for the lump-sum appropriation from the Indirect Cost Fund for salaries, operating expenses and for other purposes of the Office of Management and Budget and the Department of Finance for the fiscal Year October.
1, 1999 through Sept. 30, 2000
Bill No 23-0118 To provide an Appropriation from the Interest Revenue Fund for the Fiscal Year beginning October 1,1999 and ending Sept. 30,2000.
Bill No.23-0120- To provide appropriations from the Caribbean Basin Initiative Fund for fiscal year Oct. 1, 1999 to Sept. 30, 2000.
Bill No.23-0121 – To appropriate monies from the Special Road Fund for the year ending Oct. 1, 1999 through Sept. 30, 2000 and other purposes.
Bill No.23-0123 To appropriate funds to the Virgin Islands Taxicab Commission for the fiscal year October 1, 1999 through September 30. 2000 and for operating expenses
Bill No. 23-0124 – To provide an appropriation from the Fish and Game Fund for salaries, operating expenses and for other purposes of the Department of Planning and Natural Resources for the fiscal year Oct. 1 1999 through Sept. 30, 2000.
Bill No 23-0127 To provide an appropriation for operating expenses of the Department of Public Works from the Sewage System Fund of the Government of the Virgin Islands during the fiscal year Oct. 1, 1999 through Sept. 30, 2000.
Bill No.23-0153 To increase revenue contributions to the General Fund of the Treasury of the Virgin Islands and for other purposes.
Bill No.23-0163 – To amend Title 3 Section 718, Virgin Islands Code to provide for adjustments in retirement contributions.
Bill No.23-0164 – To amend Title 3, Section 171. Virgin Islands Code, to eliminate five holidays and recognize them as days of observation.
Bill No. 23-0170 – To place the Office of Collective Bargaining under the Division of Personal for budgetary purposes only.
Bill No. 23-0171 – To amend Title 3. Section 270. Virgin Islands Code, to provide for the placement of the Narcotics Strike Force under the Virgin Islands Police Department of budgetary purposes only.
To provide for the operation of the Government of the Virgin Islands for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2000
The Omnibus Authorization Act of 1999.
Wednesday, November 3.
10:00 a.m. Committee on Rules, Senate Chambers, St. Thomas.
AGENDA
Bill No.23-0099 To provide for an appropriation from the Tourism Advertising Revolving Fund to the Department of Housing, Parks and Recreation during the fiscal year October 1, 1999 through September 30, 2000
Bill No. 23-0l00 – To provide for the operating expenses of the Public Employees Relations Board and the Labor Management Committee.
Bill No. 23-0103 – To amend Section 3087, Title 33, chapter 111 Virgin Islands Code, "The St. Croix Capital Improvement Fund"
Bill No. 23-0105 – To amend Title 33, Chapter 111, Section 3091, Virgin Islands Code, "The Crisis Intervention Fund"
Bill No. 23-0107 – To amend Title 33, Chapter 89, Virgin Islands Code, to provide general authority not limited to any fiscal year, to sell delinquent property tax.
Bill No. 23-0108 – To clarify the status of certain employees of the Government Development Bank and for other purposes related thereto.
Bill No.23-0109 – To appropriate the sum of $12,800,000 from the Transportation Trust Fund as a contribution to the General Fund.
Bill No.23-0110 – To provide a contribution from the Union Arbitration Award and Government Employees Increment Fund to the General Fund for fiscal year October l, 1999 to September 30,2000.
Bill No.23-0111 – To provide a contribution from the Land Bank Fund to the General Fund for fiscal year October 1, 1999 to September 30, 2000
Bill No.23-0112 – To provide a contribution from the Industrial Development Fund to the Central Fund for fiscal year October 14, 1999 to Sept. 30, 2000.
Bill No.23-0113 – To provide an appropriation for operating expenses of the Business and Commercial Properties Removing Fund of the Government of the Virgin Islands during the fiscal year October 1, 1999 to September 30, 2000.
Bill No. 23-0114 – To appropriate monies for salaries and expenses of the University of the Virgin Islands for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2000 and for other purposes. (Pending Approval of the Committee on Finance)
Bill No 23-0115 – To appropriate funds from the Government Insurance Fund for Operating expenses of the Department of Labor for the fiscal year ending Sept. 30, 2000 and for Other purposes. (Pending Approval of the Committee on Finance)
Bill No 23-0116 To provide for the lump-sum appropriation from the Health Revolving Fund for Fiscal Year October 1, 1999 through September 30, 2000.
Bill No.23-0117 To provide for the lump-sum appropriation from the Indirect Cost Fund for salaries, operating expenses and for other purposes of the Office of Management and Budget and the Department of Finance for the fiscal Year October 1, 1999 through Sept. 30, 2000. (Pending Approval of the Committee on Finance)
Bill No 23-0118 To provide an Appropriation from the Interest Revenue Fund for the Fiscal Year beginning October 1,1999 and ending Sept. 30,2000. (Pending Approval of the Committee on Finance)
Bill No. 23-0019 To provide appropriations from the Internal Revenue Matching Fund for the Fiscal Year Oct. 1, 1999 to September 30, 2000.
Bill No.23-0120- To provide appropriations from the Caribbean Basin Initiative Fund for fiscal year Oct. 1, 1999 to Sept. 30, 2000. (Pending Approval of the Committee on Finance)
Bill No.23-0121 – To appropriate monies from the Special Road Fund for the year ending Oct. 1, 1999 through Sept. 30, 2000 and other purposes. (Pending Approval of the Committee on Finance)
Bill No.23-0122 – To appropriate monies from the Anti-litter and Beautification Fund to the Department of Public Works for the fiscal year ending Sept. 30,2000 and for other purposes.
Bill No.23-0123 To appropriate funds to the Virgin Islands Taxicab Commission for the fiscal year October 1, 1999 through September 30. 2000 and for operating expenses. (Pending Approval of the Committee on Finance)
Bill No. 23-0124 – To provide an appropriation from the Fish and Game Fund for salaries, operating expenses and for other purposes of the Department of Planning and Natural Resources for the fiscal year Oct. 1 1999 through Sept. 30, 2000. (Pending Approval of the Committee on Finance)
Bill No 23-0125 – To provide an appropriation from the Natural Resource Reclamation Fund for salaries operating expenses and for other purposes of the Department of Planning and Natural Resources for the fiscal year Oct. 1, 1999 through Sept. 30, 2000.
Bill No.23-0126 To provide an appropriation from the Transportation Revolving Fund for salaries fringe benefits, supplies and other services and charges for the Department of Property and Procurement for the fiscal year Oct. 1, 1999 through Sept. 30, 2000 and for other purposes.
Bill No 23-0127 To provide an appropriation for operating expenses of the Department of Public Works from the Sewage System Fund of the Government of the Virgin Islands during the fiscal year Oct. 1, 1999 through Sept. 30, 2000. (Pending Approval of the Committee on Finance)
Bill No. 23-0128- To provide for the lump sum appropriation of funds from the Virgin Islands Air Protection Fund for salaries, operating expenses and far other purposes, of the operating permit program of the Department of Planning and Natural Resources fo
r the fiscal year ending Sept. 30, 2000.
Bill No. 23-0129 To appropriate funds to the Public Services Commission for the fiscal year Oct. 1, 1999 to Sept. 30, 2000 for operating expenses.
Bill No.23-0130 To provide an appropriation from the interest earned on bond proceeds to the General Fund for fiscal year Oct. 1, 1999 to Sept. 30, 2000.
Bill No.23-0153 To increase revenue contributions to the General Fund of the Treasury of the Virgin Islands and for other purposes.(Pending Approval of the Committee on Finance)
Bill No.23-0163 – To amend Title 3 Section 718, Virgin Islands Code to provide for adjustments in retirement contributions. (Pending Approval of the Committee on Finance)
Bill No.23-0164 – To amend Title 3, Section 171. Virgin Islands Code, to eliminate five holidays and recognize them as days of observation. (Pending Approval of the Committee on Finance)
Bill No. 23-0170 – To place the Office of Collective Bargaining under the Division of Personal for budgetary purposes only. (Pending Approval of the Committee on Finance)
Bill No. 23-0171 – To amend Title 3. Section 270. Virgin Islands Code, to provide for the placement of the Narcotics Strike Force under the Virgin Islands Police Department of budgetary purposes only. (Pending Approval of the Committee on Finance)
To provide for the operation of the Government of the Virgin Islands for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2000 (Pending Approval of the Committee on Finance)
The Omnibus Authorization Act of 1999. (Pending Approval of the Committee on Finance)
Thursday November 4.
10:00 a.m. Legislative Session, Senate Chambers, St. Thomas
Consideration of Nominations
Michael Bornn for Commissioner, Department of Tourism- withdrawn
Frandelle Gerard as Director , Industrial Development Commission
Carol M. Burke, William Lomax, and Claude A. Molloy, Sr. Virgin Islands Water and Power Authority Board.
John Percy deJong, Jr. Board of Trustees GERS.
Consideration of the following Bills, if approved by the Rules Committee.
Bill No.23-0099 To provide for an appropriation from the Tourism Advertising Revolving Fund to the Department of Housing, Parks and Recreation during the fiscal year October 1, 1999 through September 30, 2000
Bill No. 23-0100 – To provide for the operating expenses of the Public Employees Relations Board and the Labor Management Committee.
Bill No. 23-0103 – To amend Section 3087, Title 33, chapter 111 Virgin Islands Code, "The St. Croix Capital Improvement Fund"
Bill No. 23-0105 – To amend Title 33, Chapter 111, Section 3091, Virgin Islands Code, "The Crisis Intervention Fund"
Bill No. 23-0107 – To amend Title 33, Chapter 89, Virgin Islands Code, to provide general authority not limited to any fiscal year, to sell delinquent property tax.
Bill No. 23-0108 – To clarify the status of certain employees of the Government Development Bank and for other purposes related thereto.
Bill No.23-0109 – To appropriate the sum of $12,800,000 from the Transportation Trust Fund as a contribution to the General Fund.
Bill No.23-0110 – To provide a contribution from the Union Arbitration Award and Government Employees Increment Fund to the General Fund for fiscal year October l, 1999 to September 30,2000.
Bill No.23-0111 – To provide a contribution from the Land Bank Fund to the General Fund for fiscal year October 1, 1999 to September 30, 2000
Bill No.23-0112 – To provide a contribution from the Industrial Development Fund to the Central Fund for fiscal year October 14, 1999 to Sept. 30, 2000.
Bill No.23-0113 – To provide an appropriation for operating expenses of the Business and Commercial Properties Revolving Fund of the Government of the Virgin Islands during the fiscal year October 1, 1999 to September 30, 2000.
Bill No. 23-0114 – To appropriate monies for salaries and expenses of the University of the Virgin Islands for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2000 and for other purposes.
Bill No 23-0115 – To appropriate funds from the Government Insurance Fund for Operating expenses of the Department of Labor for the fiscal year ending Sept. 30, 2000 and for Other purposes.
Bill No 23-0116 To provide for the lump-sum appropriation from the Health Revolving Fund for Fiscal Year October 1, 1999 through September 30, 2000.
Bill No.23-0117 To provide for the lump-sum appropriation from the Indirect Cost Fund for salaries, operating expenses and for other purposes of the Office of Management and Budget and the Department of Finance for the fiscal Year October 1, 1999 through Sept. 30, 2000.
Bill No 23-0118 To provide an Appropriation from the Interest Revenue Fund for the Fiscal Year beginning October 1,1999 and ending Sept. 30,2000.
Bill No. 23-0019 To provide appropriations from the Internal Revenue Matching Fund for the Fiscal Year Oct. 1, 1999 to September 30, 2000.
Bill No.23-0120- To provide appropriations from the Caribbean Basin Initiative Fund for fiscal year Oct. 1, 1999 to Sept. 30, 2000.
Bill No.23-0121 – To appropriate monies from the Special Road Fund for the year ending Oct. 1, 1999 through Sept. 30, 2000 and other purposes.
Bill No.23-0122 – To appropriate monies from the Anti-litter and Beautification Fund to the Department of Public Works for the fiscal year ending Sept. 30,2000 and for other purposes.
Bill No.23-0123 To appropriate funds to the Virgin Islands Taxicab Commission for the fiscal year October 1, 1999 through September 30. 2000 and for operating expenses.
Bill No. 23-0124 – To provide an appropriation from the Fish and Game Fund for salaries, operating expenses and for other purposes of the Department of Planning and Natural Resources for the fiscal year Oct. 1 1999 through Sept. 30, 2000. (Pending Approval of the Committee on Finance)
Bill No 23-0125 – To provide an appropriation from the Natural Resource Reclamation Fund for salaries operating expenses and for other purposes of the Department of Planning and Natural Resources for the fiscal year Oct. 1, 1999 through Sept. 30, 2000.
Bill No.23-0126 To provide an appropriation from the Transportation Revolving Fund for salaries fringe benefits, supplies and other services and charges for the Department of Property and Procurement for the fiscal year Oct. 1, 1999 through Sept. 30, 2000 and for other purposes.
Bill No 23-0127 To provide an appropriation for operating expenses of the Department of Public Works from the Sewage System Fund of the Government of the Virgin Islands during the fiscal year Oct. 1, 1999 through Sept. 30, 2000.
Bill No. 23-0128- To provide for the lump sum appropriation of funds from the Virgin Islands Air Protection Fund for salaries, operating expenses and far other purposes, of the operating permit program of the Department of Planning and Natural Resources for the fiscal year ending Sept. 30, 2000.
Bill No. 23-0129 To appropriate funds to the Public Services Commission for the fiscal year Oct. 1, 1999 to Sept. 30, 2000 for operating expenses.
Bill No.23-0130 To provide an appropriation from the interest earned on bond proceeds to the General Fund for fiscal year Oct. 1, 1999 to Sept. 30, 2000.
Bill No.23-0153 To increase revenue contributions to the General Fund of the Treasury of the Virgin Islands and for other purposes.
Bill No.23-0163 – To amend Title 3 Section 718, Virgin Islands Code to provide for adjustments in retirement contributions.
Bill No.23-0164 – To amend Title 3, Section 171. Virgin Islands Code, to eliminate five holidays and recognize them as days of observation.
Bill No. 23-0170 – To place the Office of Collective Bargaining under the Division of Personal for budgetary purposes only.
Bill No. 23-0171 – To amend Title 3. Section 270. Virgin Islands Code, to provide for the placement of the Narcotics Strike Force under the Virgin Islands Police Department of budgetary purposes only.
To provide for the operation of the Government of the Virgin Islands for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2000
The Omnibus Authorization Act of 1999.
Friday November 5.
10:00 a.m. Legislative Sess
ion, Senate Chambers, St. Thomas.
Continuation of Thursday's Agenda.

LEGISLATIVE CALENDAR
Week Beginning Mon., November 1.
Monday, November 1.
Liberty Day, (D. Hamilton Jackson Day).

Tuesday, November 2.
10:00 a.m. Committee on Finance. Senate Chambers, St. Thomas.
AGENDA.
Bill No. 23-0114 – To appropriate monies for salaries and expenses of the University of the Virgin Islands for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2000 and for other purposes.
Bill No 23-0115 – To appropriate funds from the Government Insurance Fund for Operating expenses of the Department of Labor for the fiscal year ending Sept. 30, 2000 and for Other purposes.
Bill No.23-0117 To provide for the lump-sum appropriation from the Indirect Cost Fund for salaries, operating expenses and for other purposes of the Office of Management and Budget and the Department of Finance for the fiscal Year October.
1, 1999 through Sept. 30, 2000
Bill No 23-0118 To provide an Appropriation from the Interest Revenue Fund for the Fiscal Year beginning October 1,1999 and ending Sept. 30,2000.
Bill No.23-0120- To provide appropriations from the Caribbean Basin Initiative Fund for fiscal year Oct. 1, 1999 to Sept. 30, 2000.
Bill No.23-0121 – To appropriate monies from the Special Road Fund for the year ending Oct. 1, 1999 through Sept. 30, 2000 and other purposes.
Bill No.23-0123 To appropriate funds to the Virgin Islands Taxicab Commission for the fiscal year October 1, 1999 through September 30. 2000 and for operating expenses
Bill No. 23-0124 – To provide an appropriation from the Fish and Game Fund for salaries, operating expenses and for other purposes of the Department of Planning and Natural Resources for the fiscal year Oct. 1 1999 through Sept. 30, 2000.
Bill No 23-0127 To provide an appropriation for operating expenses of the Department of Public Works from the Sewage System Fund of the Government of the Virgin Islands during the fiscal year Oct. 1, 1999 through Sept. 30, 2000.
Bill No.23-0153 To increase revenue contributions to the General Fund of the Treasury of the Virgin Islands and for other purposes.
Bill No.23-0163 – To amend Title 3 Section 718, Virgin Islands Code to provide for adjustments in retirement contributions.
Bill No.23-0164 – To amend Title 3, Section 171. Virgin Islands Code, to eliminate five holidays and recognize them as days of observation.
Bill No. 23-0170 – To place the Office of Collective Bargaining under the Division of Personal for budgetary purposes only.
Bill No. 23-0171 – To amend Title 3. Section 270. Virgin Islands Code, to provide for the placement of the Narcotics Strike Force under the Virgin Islands Police Department of budgetary purposes only.
To provide for the operation of the Government of the Virgin Islands for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2000
The Omnibus Authorization Act of 1999.
Wednesday, November 3.
10:00 a.m. Committee on Rules, Senate Chambers, St. Thomas.
AGENDA
Bill No.23-0099 To provide for an appropriation from the Tourism Advertising Revolving Fund to the Department of Housing, Parks and Recreation during the fiscal year October 1, 1999 through September 30, 2000
Bill No. 23-0l00 – To provide for the operating expenses of the Public Employees Relations Board and the Labor Management Committee.
Bill No. 23-0103 – To amend Section 3087, Title 33, chapter 111 Virgin Islands Code, "The St. Croix Capital Improvement Fund"
Bill No. 23-0105 – To amend Title 33, Chapter 111, Section 3091, Virgin Islands Code, "The Crisis Intervention Fund"
Bill No. 23-0107 – To amend Title 33, Chapter 89, Virgin Islands Code, to provide general authority not limited to any fiscal year, to sell delinquent property tax.
Bill No. 23-0108 – To clarify the status of certain employees of the Government Development Bank and for other purposes related thereto.
Bill No.23-0109 – To appropriate the sum of $12,800,000 from the Transportation Trust Fund as a contribution to the General Fund.
Bill No.23-0110 – To provide a contribution from the Union Arbitration Award and Government Employees Increment Fund to the General Fund for fiscal year October l, 1999 to September 30,2000.
Bill No.23-0111 – To provide a contribution from the Land Bank Fund to the General Fund for fiscal year October 1, 1999 to September 30, 2000
Bill No.23-0112 – To provide a contribution from the Industrial Development Fund to the Central Fund for fiscal year October 14, 1999 to Sept. 30, 2000.
Bill No.23-0113 – To provide an appropriation for operating expenses of the Business and Commercial Properties Removing Fund of the Government of the Virgin Islands during the fiscal year October 1, 1999 to September 30, 2000.
Bill No. 23-0114 – To appropriate monies for salaries and expenses of the University of the Virgin Islands for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2000 and for other purposes. (Pending Approval of the Committee on Finance)
Bill No 23-0115 – To appropriate funds from the Government Insurance Fund for Operating expenses of the Department of Labor for the fiscal year ending Sept. 30, 2000 and for Other purposes. (Pending Approval of the Committee on Finance)
Bill No 23-0116 To provide for the lump-sum appropriation from the Health Revolving Fund for Fiscal Year October 1, 1999 through September 30, 2000.
Bill No.23-0117 To provide for the lump-sum appropriation from the Indirect Cost Fund for salaries, operating expenses and for other purposes of the Office of Management and Budget and the Department of Finance for the fiscal Year October 1, 1999 through Sept. 30, 2000. (Pending Approval of the Committee on Finance)
Bill No 23-0118 To provide an Appropriation from the Interest Revenue Fund for the Fiscal Year beginning October 1,1999 and ending Sept. 30,2000. (Pending Approval of the Committee on Finance)
Bill No. 23-0019 To provide appropriations from the Internal Revenue Matching Fund for the Fiscal Year Oct. 1, 1999 to September 30, 2000.
Bill No.23-0120- To provide appropriations from the Caribbean Basin Initiative Fund for fiscal year Oct. 1, 1999 to Sept. 30, 2000. (Pending Approval of the Committee on Finance)
Bill No.23-0121 – To appropriate monies from the Special Road Fund for the year ending Oct. 1, 1999 through Sept. 30, 2000 and other purposes. (Pending Approval of the Committee on Finance)
Bill No.23-0122 – To appropriate monies from the Anti-litter and Beautification Fund to the Department of Public Works for the fiscal year ending Sept. 30,2000 and for other purposes.
Bill No.23-0123 To appropriate funds to the Virgin Islands Taxicab Commission for the fiscal year October 1, 1999 through September 30. 2000 and for operating expenses. (Pending Approval of the Committee on Finance)
Bill No. 23-0124 – To provide an appropriation from the Fish and Game Fund for salaries, operating expenses and for other purposes of the Department of Planning and Natural Resources for the fiscal year Oct. 1 1999 through Sept. 30, 2000. (Pending Approval of the Committee on Finance)
Bill No 23-0125 – To provide an appropriation from the Natural Resource Reclamation Fund for salaries operating expenses and for other purposes of the Department of Planning and Natural Resources for the fiscal year Oct. 1, 1999 through Sept. 30, 2000.
Bill No.23-0126 To provide an appropriation from the Transportation Revolving Fund for salaries fringe benefits, supplies and other services and charges for the Department of Property and Procurement for the fiscal year Oct. 1, 1999 through Sept. 30, 2000 and for other purposes.
Bill No 23-0127 To provide an appropriation for operating expenses of the Department of Public Works from the Sewage System Fund of the Government of the Virgin Islands during the fiscal year Oct. 1, 1999 through Sept. 30, 2000. (Pending Approval of the Committee on Finance)
Bill No. 23-0128- To provide for the lump sum appropriation of funds from the Virgin Islands Air Protection Fund for salaries, operating expenses and far other purposes, of the operating permit program of the Department of Planning and Natural Resources fo
r the fiscal year ending Sept. 30, 2000.
Bill No. 23-0129 To appropriate funds to the Public Services Commission for the fiscal year Oct. 1, 1999 to Sept. 30, 2000 for operating expenses.
Bill No.23-0130 To provide an appropriation from the interest earned on bond proceeds to the General Fund for fiscal year Oct. 1, 1999 to Sept. 30, 2000.
Bill No.23-0153 To increase revenue contributions to the General Fund of the Treasury of the Virgin Islands and for other purposes.(Pending Approval of the Committee on Finance)
Bill No.23-0163 – To amend Title 3 Section 718, Virgin Islands Code to provide for adjustments in retirement contributions. (Pending Approval of the Committee on Finance)
Bill No.23-0164 – To amend Title 3, Section 171. Virgin Islands Code, to eliminate five holidays and recognize them as days of observation. (Pending Approval of the Committee on Finance)
Bill No. 23-0170 – To place the Office of Collective Bargaining under the Division of Personal for budgetary purposes only. (Pending Approval of the Committee on Finance)
Bill No. 23-0171 – To amend Title 3. Section 270. Virgin Islands Code, to provide for the placement of the Narcotics Strike Force under the Virgin Islands Police Department of budgetary purposes only. (Pending Approval of the Committee on Finance)
To provide for the operation of the Government of the Virgin Islands for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2000 (Pending Approval of the Committee on Finance)
The Omnibus Authorization Act of 1999. (Pending Approval of the Committee on Finance)
Thursday November 4.
10:00 a.m. Legislative Session, Senate Chambers, St. Thomas
Consideration of Nominations
Michael Bornn for Commissioner, Department of Tourism- withdrawn
Frandelle Gerard as Director , Industrial Development Commission
Carol M. Burke, William Lomax, and Claude A. Molloy, Sr. Virgin Islands Water and Power Authority Board.
John Percy deJong, Jr. Board of Trustees GERS.
Consideration of the following Bills, if approved by the Rules Committee.
Bill No.23-0099 To provide for an appropriation from the Tourism Advertising Revolving Fund to the Department of Housing, Parks and Recreation during the fiscal year October 1, 1999 through September 30, 2000
Bill No. 23-0100 – To provide for the operating expenses of the Public Employees Relations Board and the Labor Management Committee.
Bill No. 23-0103 – To amend Section 3087, Title 33, chapter 111 Virgin Islands Code, "The St. Croix Capital Improvement Fund"
Bill No. 23-0105 – To amend Title 33, Chapter 111, Section 3091, Virgin Islands Code, "The Crisis Intervention Fund"
Bill No. 23-0107 – To amend Title 33, Chapter 89, Virgin Islands Code, to provide general authority not limited to any fiscal year, to sell delinquent property tax.
Bill No. 23-0108 – To clarify the status of certain employees of the Government Development Bank and for other purposes related thereto.
Bill No.23-0109 – To appropriate the sum of $12,800,000 from the Transportation Trust Fund as a contribution to the General Fund.
Bill No.23-0110 – To provide a contribution from the Union Arbitration Award and Government Employees Increment Fund to the General Fund for fiscal year October l, 1999 to September 30,2000.
Bill No.23-0111 – To provide a contribution from the Land Bank Fund to the General Fund for fiscal year October 1, 1999 to September 30, 2000
Bill No.23-0112 – To provide a contribution from the Industrial Development Fund to the Central Fund for fiscal year October 14, 1999 to Sept. 30, 2000.
Bill No.23-0113 – To provide an appropriation for operating expenses of the Business and Commercial Properties Revolving Fund of the Government of the Virgin Islands during the fiscal year October 1, 1999 to September 30, 2000.
Bill No. 23-0114 – To appropriate monies for salaries and expenses of the University of the Virgin Islands for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2000 and for other purposes.
Bill No 23-0115 – To appropriate funds from the Government Insurance Fund for Operating expenses of the Department of Labor for the fiscal year ending Sept. 30, 2000 and for Other purposes.
Bill No 23-0116 To provide for the lump-sum appropriation from the Health Revolving Fund for Fiscal Year October 1, 1999 through September 30, 2000.
Bill No.23-0117 To provide for the lump-sum appropriation from the Indirect Cost Fund for salaries, operating expenses and for other purposes of the Office of Management and Budget and the Department of Finance for the fiscal Year October 1, 1999 through Sept. 30, 2000.
Bill No 23-0118 To provide an Appropriation from the Interest Revenue Fund for the Fiscal Year beginning October 1,1999 and ending Sept. 30,2000.
Bill No. 23-0019 To provide appropriations from the Internal Revenue Matching Fund for the Fiscal Year Oct. 1, 1999 to September 30, 2000.
Bill No.23-0120- To provide appropriations from the Caribbean Basin Initiative Fund for fiscal year Oct. 1, 1999 to Sept. 30, 2000.
Bill No.23-0121 – To appropriate monies from the Special Road Fund for the year ending Oct. 1, 1999 through Sept. 30, 2000 and other purposes.
Bill No.23-0122 – To appropriate monies from the Anti-litter and Beautification Fund to the Department of Public Works for the fiscal year ending Sept. 30,2000 and for other purposes.
Bill No.23-0123 To appropriate funds to the Virgin Islands Taxicab Commission for the fiscal year October 1, 1999 through September 30. 2000 and for operating expenses.
Bill No. 23-0124 – To provide an appropriation from the Fish and Game Fund for salaries, operating expenses and for other purposes of the Department of Planning and Natural Resources for the fiscal year Oct. 1 1999 through Sept. 30, 2000. (Pending Approval of the Committee on Finance)
Bill No 23-0125 – To provide an appropriation from the Natural Resource Reclamation Fund for salaries operating expenses and for other purposes of the Department of Planning and Natural Resources for the fiscal year Oct. 1, 1999 through Sept. 30, 2000.
Bill No.23-0126 To provide an appropriation from the Transportation Revolving Fund for salaries fringe benefits, supplies and other services and charges for the Department of Property and Procurement for the fiscal year Oct. 1, 1999 through Sept. 30, 2000 and for other purposes.
Bill No 23-0127 To provide an appropriation for operating expenses of the Department of Public Works from the Sewage System Fund of the Government of the Virgin Islands during the fiscal year Oct. 1, 1999 through Sept. 30, 2000.
Bill No. 23-0128- To provide for the lump sum appropriation of funds from the Virgin Islands Air Protection Fund for salaries, operating expenses and far other purposes, of the operating permit program of the Department of Planning and Natural Resources for the fiscal year ending Sept. 30, 2000.
Bill No. 23-0129 To appropriate funds to the Public Services Commission for the fiscal year Oct. 1, 1999 to Sept. 30, 2000 for operating expenses.
Bill No.23-0130 To provide an appropriation from the interest earned on bond proceeds to the General Fund for fiscal year Oct. 1, 1999 to Sept. 30, 2000.
Bill No.23-0153 To increase revenue contributions to the General Fund of the Treasury of the Virgin Islands and for other purposes.
Bill No.23-0163 – To amend Title 3 Section 718, Virgin Islands Code to provide for adjustments in retirement contributions.
Bill No.23-0164 – To amend Title 3, Section 171. Virgin Islands Code, to eliminate five holidays and recognize them as days of observation.
Bill No. 23-0170 – To place the Office of Collective Bargaining under the Division of Personal for budgetary purposes only.
Bill No. 23-0171 – To amend Title 3. Section 270. Virgin Islands Code, to provide for the placement of the Narcotics Strike Force under the Virgin Islands Police Department of budgetary purposes only.
To provide for the operation of the Government of the Virgin Islands for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2000
The Omnibus Authorization Act of 1999.
Friday November 5.
10:00 a.m. Legislative Sess
ion, Senate Chambers, St. Thomas.
Continuation of Thursday's Agenda.

Especially for Halloween, the Reichhold Center for the Arts has booked as this weekend's "Cinema Sunday" offering a neoclassic film about that fearsome favorite of horror stories, Count Dracula.
Nosferatu the Vampyre is German director Werner Herzog's 1979 remake of the 1921 classic of the same name by also-German silent film director Friedrich Wilhelm Murnau. According to a number of cinema critics, that's pretty much where the similarity stops — except, of course, for the fact that both films are about the fabled neck romancer brought to never-ending not-quite-life in the 19th Century by novelist Bram Stoker.
Actually, Murnau got in hot water with the plagiarism patrol because he didn't credit Stoker with his story line, an error Herzog was careful not to repeat.
The story, critics have pointed out, is one that the viewer had best be familiar with before going to see Herzog's version, so as "to comprehend exactly what the disjointed scenes are referring to," as British reviewer Damian Cannon put it.
(As luck would have it, Pistarckle Theater is presenting a stage adaptation of Stoker's work this very weekend at Coral World. So if you haven't read the book, you could at least see the play before going to the flick.)
The story begins with the arduous journey of a recently married real estate agent, Jonathan Harker (played by Bruno Ganz), from The Netherlands to Transylvania to close a lucrative sale of some property in his hometown to the reclusive Count Dracula (portrayed by Klaus Kinski). Harker meets the emaciated count with long incisors and longer fingernails in the dark of night in the castle he calls home. In short order, Harker is trapped in the vampire's lair, fearing for his own life and that of his wife, Lucy (played by Isabelle Adjani), back home in the town in which the count plans to take up residence. Dracula makes his escape and heads by sea for his inevitable encounter with the sensual and ethereal Lucy. And. . . well, enough for now.
Interestingly, critics who like and who dislike Herzog's Nosferatu cite a number of the same elements in support of their viewpoints. Those who have panned the picture complain of the manipulative imagery, overly symbolic uses of light (or lack thereof) and music (Wagner and Popol Vuh) and characters who come across as caricatures. Those favorably impressed also cite the exquisite photography "eliciting an almost transcendental experience." And the picture won the 1979 Berlin International Film Festival award for best production design.
Both camps point out that the picture is not scary. "What you get is not a horror movie, since it lacks even the barest hint of unease, but a deconstruction of Dracula," Cannon writes in negative vein. "It is not especially frightening," another reviewer says in affirmation, adding, "This may discourage some Dracula fans, but to those who want a hypnotic, smart vampire film, this is the one to see." Herzog's handiwork, a DVD reviewer writes, is "a slow, deliberate and terrifying film that chills the viewer slowly like an encroaching fog," with Dracula at its center as "a pathetic creature that is to be both feared and pitied."
Character development and meaningful dialogue are not notable elements of Nosferatu. Cannon complains that the cast gets "little opportunity to more than appear the part, while being forced to go without either lines or activity." Still, Kinski wins plaudits for his incarnation of "the loneliness and sadness of a creature who. . . wants only to live, love and die like a human." And he won the 1979 German Film Award for best actor.
Cannon accuses Herzog of trying "to achieve the impossible: remaining true to the definitive film version of this story while taking the count into uncharted territory," and, he says, falling — and failing — somewhere in between. Nonetheless, he praises Herzog for "his intellectual rigor and daring approach to a familiar story."
The picture was filmed separately in German and in English. The version being shown for "Cinema Sunday" is in German with English subtitles.
So: Go to see this one for its artistic elements, not for thrills and chills. Show time Sunday is 7 p.m. The Reichhold gates open half an hour before that. Admission is $5. They sell popcorn, candy and soft drinks that you're allowed to take to your seat.

Dear Source,
Michael Bornn's appointment as Director of Tourism was the HOPE for the growth of our economy, the HOPE for the hotel industry, the HOPE for getting the U.S. Virgin Islands on the map in marketing, the HOPE for some sanity in IDC and most of all the HOPE that younger persons could play a role in the government of the U.S. Virgin Islands.
His appointment gave everyone cause to take a deep breath and relax a little – maybe there really was someone at government house making decisions that could make a difference. We finally had someone who was chosen for his ABILITY to do the job – not his political or familial connections.
Mr.. Bornn's dismissal causes serious concern about the decision making process at government house. Who was consulted? What considerations were given to the ramifications of another change in the management of the tourism department? What is the criteria for decision making, personnel appointments, long range planning? Do commissioners have to please the governor and move at his pace in order to keep their jobs? Does personality play a more important role than doing what is best for the people.
Good managers are thrilled when their appointees take initiatives that bring compliments from the people they serve. Good managers can have professional development conferences with staff members to hone style and modify policies not in agreement. Good managers don't shoot themselves in the foot.
We didn't vote for Gov. Turnbull so that he could be comfortable. We voted for him to make changes and do what is best for these islands. If he is the man of integrity, the man of vision and the real leader he purports to be, this time he is going to have to say, "I'm sorry Mr.. Bornn misunderstood me. I am very happy with his work and I will do all I can to allow him to continue. Sometimes he may be ahead of the rest of us. Sometimes we may not agree with each other's policies. Sometimes we may step on each other's toes. BUT always I know that both of us want what is best for the U.S. Virgin Islands."

Dear Source,
Michael Bornn's appointment as commissioner of Tourism was the HOPE for the growth of our economy, the HOPE for the hotel industry, the HOPE for getting the U.S. Virgin Islands on the map in marketing, the HOPE for some sanity in IDC and most of all the HOPE that younger persons could play a role in the government of the U.S. Virgin Islands.
His appointment gave everyone cause to take a deep breath and relax a little – maybe there really was someone at Government House making decisions that could make a difference. We finally had someone who was chosen for his ABILITY to do the job – not his political or familial connections.
Mr. Bornn's dismissal causes serious concern about the decision-making process at Government House. Who was consulted? What considerations were given to the ramifications of another change in the management of the Tourism Department? What are the criteria for decision making, personnel appointments, long-range planning? Do commissioners have to please the governor and move at his pace in order to keep their jobs? Does personality play a more important role than doing what is best for the people.
Good managers are thrilled when their appointees take initiatives that bring compliments from the people they serve. Good managers can have professional development conferences with staff members to hone style and modify policies not in agreement. Good managers don't shoot themselves in the foot.
We didn't vote for Gov. Turnbull so that he could be comfortable. We voted for him to make changes and do what is best for these islands.
If he is the man of integrity, the man of vision and the real leader he purports to be, this time he is going to have to say, "I'm sorry, Mr. Bornn misunderstood me. I am very happy with his work and I will do all I can to allow him to continue. Sometimes he may be ahead of the rest of us. Sometimes we may not agree with each other's policies. Sometimes we may step on each other's toes. BUT always I know that both of us want what is best for the U.S. Virgin Islands."
Carol Lotz
St. Thomas

There has been a change in speakers, but the November luncheon meeting of the Advertising Club of the Virgin Islands is still on.
Former acting Tourism Commissioner Michael Bornn was originally scheduled to be the guest speaker.
Instead, Richard Doumeng, president and Beverly Nicholson, executive director of the St. Thomas St. John Hotel & Tourism Association have been booked to speak on St. Thomas on Wednesday, Nov. 3, aboard Royal Caribbean Cruise Lines Grandeur of the Seas.
The St. Croix meeting will go on as scheduled aboard the impressive
Nordic Empress on Thursday, Nov. 4, with a representative from the Tourism Department as the speaker.
Reservations and payment for lunch must be made in advance. There will
be no exceptions after the cut off of noon on Nov. 1. The cost is $25 members,
$30 non-members.
Austin Advertising is accepting reservations and payment on St. Thomas.
Call 776-7828.
On St. Croix Caribbean Printing in Gallows Bay is accepting payment, with reservations accepted by Diane Butler at 778-5118.
Because of shipboard security boarding of the ships is by pre-paid pass
only. On St. Thomas guests should be at the Welcome Center at Havensight no later than 11:30 a.m. Wednesday.
On St. Croix guests will embark from the Port Authority Office, Ann Abramson Pier, 11:30 a.m. on Thursday. Photo IDs are necessary to board.
There will be no exceptions.

There has been a change in speakers, but the November luncheon meeting of the Advertising Club of the Virgin Islands is still on.
Former acting Tourism Commissioner Michael Bornn was originally scheduled to be the guest speaker.
Instead, Richard Doumeng, president and Beverly Nicholson, executive director of the St. Thomas St. John Hotel & Tourism Association have been booked to speak on St. Thomas on Wednesday, Nov. 3, aboard Royal Caribbean Cruise Lines Grandeur of the Seas.
The St. Croix meeting will go on as scheduled aboard the impressive
Nordic Empress on Thursday, Nov. 4, with a representative from the Tourism Department as the speaker.
Reservations and payment for lunch must be made in advance. There will
be no exceptions after the cut off of noon on Nov. 1. The cost is $25 members,
$30 non-members.
Austin Advertising is accepting reservations and payment on St. Thomas.
Call 776-7828.
On St. Croix Caribbean Printing in Gallows Bay is accepting payment, with reservations accepted by Diane Butler at 778-5118.
Because of shipboard security boarding of the ships is by pre-paid pass
only. On St. Thomas guests should be at the Welcome Center at Havensight no later than 11:30 a.m. Wednesday.
On St. Croix guests will embark from the Port Authority Office, Ann Abramson Pier, 11:30 a.m. on Thursday. Photo IDs are necessary to board.
There will be no exceptions.