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Let us state from the outset that we do not believe the results of the poll on economic attitudes taken for the St Croix Chamber of Commerce are accurate. We talk to a lot of people from all walks of life, and we do not believe a majority of Virgin Islands residents favors a federal takeover to solve our economic crisis.
If, however, those poll results are accurate, it shows a shocking lack of understanding of what a federal takeover would mean and a distressing lack of confidence in our ability to solve our own problems.
We do not share that sentiment. We believe the Virgin Islands has the brains, the guts and the wherewithal to solve our own problems. We do not need to turn over our hard-won rights to govern our own affairs to the feds or anyone else. We can do it ourselves — if we can muster the political will to do it, and if we can understand that it is going to be painful along the way.
It will be painful no matter who is calling the shots. The days of throwing money at a problem to fix it are over. We also hope the days of borrowing mega-millions of dollars, and leaving our children and grandchildren to pay the bills, are over. The day of reckoning is here — and postponing it by a few months while simultaneously adding to our enormous debt hardly seems in our best long-term interest.
Understand this: The feds don’t want to take on the responsibility of bailing us out of the mess we’ve gotten ourselves into. They want us to do it ourselves. But if a federal control board does come in to run our affairs, it will be far more hard-nosed and insensitive to local needs and nuances than our own officials would be.
We do not need a federal control board. We need to bring everyone to the table — government, labor, business — to reach consensus now on short-term and long-range solutions to cut government spending and promote private-sector growth.
It might be inviting to some to have someone else make those decisions for us — that way we can pin the blame on, and direct our anger at, those "outsiders." But that is not the way to go.
It’s our mess. We created it. We can clean it up.

A leading St. Thomas hotelier has come out against the waterfront highway plan that calls for filling in part of the harbor.
"It is unfortunate that such a plan would ever be on the table," said John Murphy, referring to the current proposal, known as Plan 8, that calls for a four-lane highway to be built around the Legislature building.
"We will oppose this. It won't work."
Murphy, general manager of the Renaissance Grand Beach Resort, said his feelings were representative of the majority of hoteliers and others who attended the St. Thomas-St. John Hotel and Tourism Association's general meeting Wednesday.
The St. Thomas-St. John Chamber of Commerce presented that group with an alternative vision of what could be on the Charlotte Amalie waterfront –– cafes and artists' stalls, bike and running paths, a gathering place for tourists and residents with shade trees and landscaping from Havensight to Frenchtown.
The chamber opposes Plan 8 and is drumming up support for its alternative, which focuses on beautification rather than traffic-reduction.
Murphy, who termed the chamber's presentation "excellent," added, "We need to do things differently," including embracing the waterline of the harbor and having beautiful landscaping along it.
"Freeways won't do it," he said. "We have a certain mystique here that we need to protect."
Murphy rejected a four-lane highway as not fitting the island's cultural atmosphere.
"This is not L.A.," he said.
But his worries go further than aesthetics. He thinks a heavy construction project that could take eight to 10 years to complete would drive the cruise ships away.
"It would be an economic disaster" that would tie up traffic and make a mess of the waterfront area for what could be years," he said.

Saturday October 16
The UVI Bucs traveled to St. John and played their annual Blue/White intrasquad games. Both teams enjoyed meeting up with many UVI alumni players that came to watch the games.
Sunday October 17 CAHS 2:00 PM Te-Sito Club ( Tortola)
Te-Sito Club 25- UVI Women 11
Te-Sito Club 25- UVI Women 14
Te-Sito Club 25- UVI Women 4
Te-Sito Club 27- UVI Women 25
Te-Sito Club 15- UVI Women 2
The men played an intrasquad game because the Tortola All-Stars weren't able to come.
NEXT ACTION: ODO League Action in Puerto Rico
Women
UVI vs CUPO Friday October 22 8:00 PM at Carolina
UVI vs CUNIC Sat October 23 10:00 AM at Carolina
UVI vs CUE Sat October 23 2:30 PM at Carolina
Men
UVI vs CUPO Fri October 22 3:30 PM at Carolina
UVI vs CUE Fri October 22 7:00 PM at Carolina
UVI vs CUNIC Sat October 23 11:30 AM at Carolina
UVI vs CUE Sat October 23 4:00 PM at Carolina
Please call us at 340-693-1199 for more information!

Three partygoers were reportedly caught in crossfire between a passing vehicle and others going to the same party.
Early Saturday morning, Anderson Williams, 18, of Hospital Ground, Jafari Samuel, 17, of Berg's Homes and Kamba Jackson, 19, also of Berg's Homes, were walking toward a party in Hidden Valley where Jam Band was playing when they were shot.
Williams was shot twice in the shoulder, once in the right arm and once in the right thigh, according to a report from Police Chief Jose Garcia.
Samuel took bullets in the right wrist, right shoulder and right thigh and was shot twice in the head. He is reported to be in stable condition.
Jackson was shot in the right index finger.
All three were taken to the Roy L. Schneider Hospital.
The passing car, a white Ford Escort, was later found abandoned in Peterborg. It was identified as a rental vehicle from Budget Rent-a-Car that had been reported stolen.
Police are encouraging the many witnesses who were at the party to come forward with information about the incident.
Calls can be made to the Investigations Bureau at 774-4050 or to 911.

Breast Cancer Awareness Month was recognized Sunday afternoon on the St Thomas waterfront when 196 participants ran or walked almost 2 miles in the "Making Strides Against Breast Cancer Run/Walk." Similar fund raising walk/run events are going on nationwide during the month of October.
Jean-Pierre Bacle was the first runner to cross the finish line in 11:22. He was followed by Elvan Yabba Nesbitt in 11:23, Gabriel Villeges in 12:17, and Isaak Aronson in 12:38. The women runners were led by Charlotte Morris in 13:07. Kathleen Mc Murtrie was second in 13:08, Grace Tumas, in 13:23 and Kady Joseph in 14:19.
All age groups were well represented. Apart from one toddler in a stroller and one in a backpack, the youngest walking participant was three year old Michael Murphy.
Fern LaBord of the St Thomas/StJohn Cancer Society was on hand share information about breast cancer and the cancer unit's early detection program. .

John deJongh, president of the St. Thomas–St. John Chamber of Commerce, said he's not surprised by the results of the poll taken by the St. Croix Chamber indicating the majority of people polled have no confidence in the V.I. government.
"Not a lot of people in the public or private sector feel comfortable with the way the government is being run, both legislatively and in the executive branch," deJongh said over the weekend.
"But what is disappointing is that people think the federal government is the only means of solving our problems – with respect to a federal control board."
The survey results released last week said of the 607 people asked, 56 percent said it's time the federal government take control of the V.I.'s finances in order to solve the economic problems. On St. Croix, the call for federal intervention was 65 percent in favor; on St. Thomas it was 47 percent.
De Jongh, who is also chairman of the Governor's Fiscal Recovery Task Force, thinks the V.I. can solve its own problems.
Noel Loftus, president of the St. Croix Chamber of Commerce, said, "People want to see a plan. They're losing confidence and not spending money." But deJongh said the first step is for the Legislature to pass a budget for the new fiscal year.
According to de Jongh, the task force will keep its commitment to present its plan within 90 days of passage of the FY 2000 budget. And, he noted, "Noel (Lofuts) is a member of the task force. He is on several of the committees."
According to de Jongh, Gov. Charles W. Turnbull has agreed to implement the plan that the task force develops.
De Jongh said the plan will address restructuring the government to reduce overall costs and increasing revenues.
"But most importantly it will address ways to enhance the growth of the private sector," he said.
De Jongh could not say specifically what measures were being considered, but said he expects to work on details of the plan this week.
"One key component, however, is negotiating with the federal government for complete forgiveness of the community disaster loans" that could cost up to $28 million a year in loan payments.
Editor's note: For more details on the St. Croix chamber's survey click here.

The Reichhold Cinema Sundays continues with Wallace and Gromit in a collection of animated shorts, at 7 p.m. Sunday Oct. 17 at the Reichhold Center for the Arts.
The loveable duo of Wallace and Gromit, inventors of all manner of useful devices, are the claymation efforts of Bristol, England-based Aardman Animations, best known as the home of Nick Park's Oscar-winning "Creature Comforts," the Chevron talking-cars TV ad and Peter Gabriel's "Sledgehammer" music video.
Park's Wallace & Gromit adventure, "A Close Shave," won him his third Oscar.
The adventures of Wallace and his snoopy-like canine, Gromit are a must see for all ages!
All movies at the Cinema Sundays series start at 7 p.m. and admission is $5. For a complete listing of the coming season's films click on the movies section of St. Thomas Source.

At 8 p.m on Wednesday, Oct. 20 the Reichhold Center will present a free showing of the video production of the 1999 STARfest 5 event.
One of the goals of Reichhold's Digital Video Institute is to one day produce high quality videos for re-release and sale, according to a release from the University of the Virgin Islands.
The showing on Wednesday night is the culmination of three months of work editing the tapes from last May's event.
This will be the first time the video has been shown.

Said Mahmoud Ibrahim Saleh, 29, of St. Thomas and Vilmarie Santos-Rosa, 24, of Luquillo, Puerto Rico, have been accused of marriage fraud.
Saleh was also charged with unlawful entry into the U.S.
The two-count indictment, returned by a federal grand jury, claims that Santos-Rosa and Saleh got married on Nov. 15, 1996, to evade immigration laws.
Saleh is also charged with entering the U.S. in July 1996 without being admitted by the Immigration and Naturalization Service, according to a press release from the U.S. Attorney's Office.
Marriage fraud carries a maximum penalty of five years' imprisonment and a $250,000 fine.
Unlawful entry is punishable by six months' imprisonment and a $5,000 fine.
U.S. Attorney James Hurd commended the INS special agents in St. Thomas and Puerto Rico for their work on the case.