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Vjsit popular:comb/I Orgall.1,088.724.3659 iikrarlii44itefierik EFTA01070323 2 The Virgin Islands Daily NeWS VIR.CD4 ISLANDS Miinday, July 29, 2013 Scouts represent V.I. at national Jamboree By JOY BLACKBURN. .. • Daily News Staff, . ..• r.--i 'ST. CROIX — Some 25 local Boy ScritiN; It was really cool because we all fresh from the National Scout Jamboree, learned teamwork. We had some arrived at St. Croix's Rohlsen Airport Friday afternoon. problems at first, but then we "Our scouts, they participated. They made got more comfortable working friends. We had a good time," said Chris Brooks, the scoutmaster for the confingeortfiat together, working as a team. • went to the jamboree. "Where there were chal- — Marcus Norkaits, 14, patrol leader lenges tokbe met, we met them head-on" ,.. . . . . . "Ilte.frtt-oay Natio Scout Jamboree, which d: wi getting up on time daily, gatmg tneu mean C theliloy:iSe46tikA etRielYjilailly.holds prepared, and cleaning up. The hot, humid everyffikeyearst tens of tboUtands of weather in West Virginia was also a challenge, scouts, volmiteers, and staff from all over the as was thesize of the new site for the jamboree, country,. ,, according to Brooks. TN)vrpsthp get yearthejambraree was held The new reserve is so large, the group some- at dicncut,Surerdit.Bechteltimily National times had to walk tor more than an hour to get _ Seoul Reserve in-West Virginia's New River to an activity, he said. Gorge area, which will now be the permanent V.I. Boy-Scouts arrive Friday at Rotten Airport on St. Croix after spending 10 days at the National Because the 35 scouts who were part of the home frig the national jamboree. The reserve Stiout Jamboree in West Meginia. • group included scouts from St. Thomas, St. . encompomsPs 10,600 acres.. • . r . Croix and Washington D.C., who did not neces- 'Mostly it was good;" Philip Edwards, 16, it was his firstnational jamboree. teamwork," Norkaitis said. "We had some sarily know each other, one of the challenges the senior patrol leader for the Virgin Islands "1think it was a very productive jamboree. It problems at fast, but then we got more com- was getting them to work together, Brooks said. group, said:of the experience. was a wonderful experience," he said. "It was a fortable waling together, working as a team." Making the scouts from different areas into a Edwaids said a number ofstorma. and some historical experience." The 25 scouts from the territory included cohesive group that worked well together was lightening cancelled a few activities, including Norkaitis said it was historical because it was boys from I I to 17 years old from both island one of the major challenges, according to some zip line adventures the group had sched- the first national jamboree at the new reserve. districts. They joined up with 10 scouts from Brooks. uled — but he described it as a "great trip" that For years, the national jamboree had been held the District of Columbia for the jamboree, "In doing that, they made friends for life," he scouts enjoyed anyway. at Fort A.P. Hill in Virginia. Brooks said. The Virgin Islands District is part said. "All in all, our scouts came back with a ; "I think they learned how to deal with disap- The group also learned to work together, he of the National Capitol Area Council in D.C., sense of accomplishment, a sense of friendship, pointment," he said. said. *Brooks said. and a sense of being able to safely do whatever - Marcus NOEICNIN; 14 and a patrol leader, said "It was really cool because we all learned Among the challenges the scouts faced was task they were asked to do." lvldLLIievv LUVVCII uo °Lanai/co %AA-MAIM IV 0 ladrthact. rank RAni•annisio CrititinrAn Cr^. it; nree e A"; ca I no I Ilyl I il. I %Al in. • By JOY BLACKBURN • which are specifically required, and interest for awhile when he got into 'lobe willing to put yourselfout there, Daily News Staff successfully complete a community. high school. do something you're not comfortable , • related service project, the press release But when he became a senior, he doing, it's fulfilling." ST: CRODC — Local Boy Scout said. decided to complete what he started Matthew is home-schooled and his • Matthew Edwards recently earned the Matthew's project involved a major and earn the rank ofEagle, he said. immediate plan after graduation is to highest advancement award the Boy cleanup at Buck Island ReefNational "1 wanted to bow the accomplish- participate in a five-month discipleship Scouts ofAmerica offer, becoming an Monument ment of finishing it," he said, adding training school with a focus on worship Eagle Scout "I worked with the National Park that he also felt like it was a family and music, through Youth With a "We're delighted. We are very Service and I coordinated and then expectation. Mission, according .to the press proud of him;" said Dale Edwards, helped them carry out a coastline/trail Sohc plunged back into it. release. Matthew's father, onFriday as he and cleanup on Buck Island," Matthew "I think it definitely gave me a lot of He will be recognized as an Eagle. Matthew's mother, Lori Edwards, said. The cleanup occurred as Buck perseverance and pushing through," he Scout in a ceremony at 6:30 p.m. waited for other sons to return from Island ReefNational Monument was said "A lot ofit was a lot ofpapawork Friday at the Howard M. Wall Scout the National Scout Jamboree. "He celebrating its 50th anniversary. and organizing." worked very hard for it" Matthew, who has a brother who is Matthew said that becoming an Matthew Edwards is the I Ith scout Oily 4 percent of all Boy Scouts already an Eagle Scout and two other Eagle Scout required diligence and to become an Eagle Scout in Troop become Eagle Siouis, according to a brothers who are working toward dedication —but it was worth it. 227, which was chartered by Country release about Matthewattaining attaining the Eagle rank, said he has His advice for others who would like Day School: efte Eagle rank been involved in scouting since he was to become Eagle Scouts? — Context reporter Joy Blackburn To become an Eagle Scout, a candi- little, and he assumed he would become "Just not to give up because it's at 714.9145 or email date has to earn 21 merit badges,11 of in Eagle Scout • although he lost worth it once you've done it," he said. jblackburn®drilynews.vi. 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THOMAS -- For merchants at Havensight mall, it's summer time, but the living is anything but easy. After being granted six months of free rent by the mall's owner, the Govemnient Employees Retirement System. many said this has been the worst off-season they have experienced. They cited a perfect storm of prolonged road construction in front of the mall, fewer cruise ships docking in St. Thomas Harbor, competition from Crown Bay mer- chants and skyrocketing utility costs. When the GERS board voted to relieve.the tenants of rent obliga- tions from July I to Dec. 31, they. did so because tenants had accumu- Daly News File Photo lated a delinquency of more than Havensight Mall merchants say because of the ongoing Long Bay road $2 million and reported that they project, rising V.I. Water and Power Authority bills and other issues that they could no longer sustain the cost of have had their worst off-season ever. The Government Employees Retirement doing business. The board dis- System, the mall's owner, has granted the merchants six months of free rent cussed the closure of Dockside to help them repay $2 million in overdue rent. Bookshop, which has announced that it will close within the next two weeks after 35 years in Gi business. GERS Administrator Austin We were almost closing down. There was no way we Nibbs presented the board with two could survive. We are extremely grateful for the options: forego rent for six months altogether with the stipulation that abatement. tt will be a big help. tenants pay all arrearages by April — Sonny Panjabi, 1 or give tenants a 25 percent jewelry store owner reduction in rent over the next 24 months. The board decided the six month abatement, which would six-month abatement would be the $2,000 during the slow season, when cost GERS a little more than $3 "springboard" Havensight mer- hours of operation arc cut back, he million, would be the most feasible chants need to recover. If not, about said. way to give tenants a chance to pay • 30 percent of the association's mem- "We were almost closing down. the $2 million in back rent owed. bership had reported that they would There was no way we could survive. "I don't like this rent abatement, go under this year or the next, he We are extremely grateful for the but if we want to continue to have said. abatement. It will be a big help," he tenants, we arc going to have to "The mall has been hurting since said. help them," Nibbs said. Crown Bay opened. We lost about Since the recession hit, travelers At the meeting, some board 500,000 passengers because of that," "seem to spend all their money on members were under the impres- Mirpuri said. He added that the larg- the trip itself, and they come with sion that another Havensight busi- er Carnival cruise ships, the Oasis of less disposable income," according ness,'an office supply store called the Seas and the Allure of the Seas, to Jerry Woodhouse, president of St. The Draughting Shaft, was also dock at Crown Bay, where the har- John's Bay Rum, a fragrance compa- scheduled to close, but, according bor can support them. ny that supplies other Havensight to. The Draughting Shaft owner, Projections arc that, with more stores and has offices behind the Icily Robinson, that was never the cruise ships scheduled through mall. case. • Daly Neon Fk mow 2014, businesses on the brink of clo- Woodhouse also said that in the Nevertheless, Robinson said, he Docks-de Bookshop n Havensight Mall is scheduled to close within the next. sure might be able to use the abate- last decadehotels, which used to pro- has had discussions with GERS two weeks after 35 years in business. ment to get through to a break- vide transportation to shopping dis- board members and attended meet- through season in the winter of tricts, have shifted to providing as ings to inform them of the adverse "Many of our customers arc locals anything quite like the last six 2014, Mirpuri said. many amenities as possible to guests conditions that had caused him to and residents, and many have called months. Other merchants said their WAPA and have limited the excursions to Tall behind in his rent. and said they just don't want to come "I remember in the 80s the slow bills had tripled or quadrupled since beaches rather than shopping Robinson said his business, unlike in because they don't want to deal season was only three months, now they opened, leaving them to won- districts. many of the boutiques and stores that with, it," Robinson said of the con- it is a full six months," Ram Mirpuri, • der if an abatement would be enough "They want to grab as much reve- cater primarily to tourists, had been struction. president of the Havensight to counter the rising rates. nue as possible per customer while unduly hit by prolonged construc- Robinson is among a number of Merchants Association said. "WAPA is killing us," Sonny they are staying at the hotel," tion, with orange barricades diverting long-time Havensight merchants who Mirpuri's son, Minoj Mirpuri, owns Panjabi, owner of the Casa Blanca Woodhouse said. • traffic into and out of the mall's park- say they have been in business for Bliss Jewelers. jewelry store, said. Utility bills total — ContactAn:arkNorr rot 714-9104 ing lots. decades but never had to weather Ram Mirpuri said he hoped the $3,000 during the busy season, and or emailartirkqda1plevismi EFTA01070325 4 The Virgin. Islan*Dally News VIRQIN, ISLANDS Monday, July 29, 201Z Tiny boats, big speeds A driver uses a controller to navigate the • DAN News Photos br JASON (IRONS Bethlehem Pond course. tt racer launches his radio•controlled boat off a dock at Bethlehem Pond during 6C boat races Satufday on St. Croix The boats sped around the pond at speeds upwards of 50 mph during two days of racing. 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Water and Clouden's testimony. timony on fiscal yeary2014 budgets The fiscal 2014 operating budget mission's goal to move from being a Power Authority; VITELCO, During fiscal 2013, the authority from the Bureau of Motor Vehicles, contains money for 52 positions, "government organization that is reac- Innovative Cable, Varlack Ventures, received S2 million in grants from the Public Services Commission and and to further meet fiscal obliga- tive to a proactive public policy mak- Transportation Services and the V.1. the United States Department of the V.I. Economic Development tions, the bureau intends to leave ing agency with results-based Waste Management Authority, accord- Commerce Economic Development Authority. unfilled two more General Fund management" ing to testimony. Administration to assist small and positions, according to Browne's The Public Services Commission is A total of$1,081.113 will go toward mid-size businesses in the territory. Bureau of Motor Vehicles testimony. primarily funded through assessments "personal services and fringes," The authotity also relocated its offic- Bureau of Motor Vehicles Director A critical hiring plan leaves room levied on the utilities it regulates. according to testimony. es on St. Thomas, realizing a 20 per- Terris Browne defended a General for five vacant positions to be filled, Joseph testified that the fiscal 2014 cent savings rental costs, 48 percent Fund appropriation of S1,642,010 as however, Browne testified. budget request from the V.I. govern- V.I. Economic in utilities and 15 percent in other sufficient to meet the bureau's The bureau's accomplishments ment for the commission would be Development Authority related expenses, Clouden said. needs. The request is a 5 percent for fiscal 2013 include: completing $1,620,740. This represents an Also during fiscal 2013, the decrease, or $86,422, less than the a REAL ID card concept design increase of $57,373, or 3.54 percent, V.I. Economic Development authority realized a 4 percent increase 2013 appropriation which allow for forensic analysis from its fiscal 2013 revenursassess- Authority Chief Executive Officer in collations and saw a 37 percent Eighty-eight percent will go and provides specialized identifica- meat of $1,563,367. Pursuant to Percival Clouden requested a General decrease in the number of delinquent toward personnel services and fringe tions to government employees; Virgin Islands Code establishing the Fund appropriation of $5,043,274. borrowers due to enhanced litigation benefits, and the budget will be sup- integratting facial recognition soft- commission and stipulating that it be This amount represents an increase efforts, Clouden said. plemented by a projected income of ware, providing 24 hour access to 100 percent funded by fees levied to of $325,574, or 6.9 percent over the To date, the authority has approved S I million from the bureau's revolv- the BMV database for law enforce- the utilities it regulates, the commis- fiscal 2013 appropriation. $692,606 in new 2013 loans and col- ing funds and another $643,854 ment, installing additional security sion's budget request reflects what it According to Clouden, the addi- lected $842,224 in outstanding from the personalized license plate cameras and completing two grant needs to maintain operations while it tional money is needed to match fed- accounts. The number of delinquent fund, for a total operating budget of packages for Division of Higheay collects outstanding assessment from eral funds for a small business incu- borrowers stands at 242, for a total of $3,285,864. Safety awards totalling 5730,000 to communications, water and electric, bator program, to institute a more $7,470,534, according to Clouden's To meet fiscal constraints imposed be used to fund the motorcycle safe- and public transportation companies, aggressive marketing strategy for the testimony. by the governor's 5 percent cuts to ty education program and to accom- Joseph said. Economic 'Development —Corttai Amendallonis at 7149104 most departments to balance the fis- modate online vehicle registration. The commission's uncollected rev- Commission's tax incentive program or email anorris@dailynews.vi. gland Crafted There'sa new option for treating uterine fibroids. ISILVEle Swiss 'Timepieces It's non-surgical and doesn't require a hospital stay. 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St Thomas (340) 774-0854 Contact Us At: (340) 776.4110 EFTA01070327 6 The Virgin Islands Daily News VIRGIN ISLANDS Monday, July 29, 2013 HOVENSA cuts price Made and grown in the V.I. for regular by 4 cents Daily News staff Independent gas ST. CROIX After two wet station operators in of significant increases in wholesale gasoline prices in the territory, some the territory now are of the prices slipped slightly down- paying $3.45 per gallon ward today as HOVENSA adjusted its rack rates. for regular gasoline The changes lowered the rack rates — the price of fuel purchased ' The rack rates influence retail wholesale at the HOVENSA truck- gasoline prices in the territory loading station on St. Croix — for because independent gas station regular gasoline by 4 cents per gal- operators can buy their gasoline at lon and for premium gasoline by a the loading station, then resell it to penny per gallon, while diesel fire) their customers. The new rates are increased by 4 cents per gallon. effective through Sunday. Under today's adjustments, inde- On the retail side, average retail pendent gas station operators in the gasoline prices in the U.S. on territory now are paying 53.45 per Thursday were also slightly down gallon for regular gasoline, $3.79 from a week ago, according to the per gallon for premium gasoline, American Automobile Association. and S3.57 per gallon for diesel fuel The average retail gasoline price when they buy their firel wholesale - in the U.S. on Thursday was 53648- at HOVENSA. Those prices include per gallon for regular, 53.976 per Daly flows Roos by JASON MONIS the 14-celiac-per-gallon tax that the gallon for premium, and 53.883 per Shoppers browse vendors' tables refinery collects for the gallon for diesel fuel, according to during the first Virgin Fresh Value government. AAA. Added Market Day on Saturday at the Rudolph Shulterbrandt Agriculture Complex on St. Croix. I The event showcased vendors who use locally grown food to produce processed or packaged items. Items for sale included jams, jellies, hot sauce, dressings. seasonings, fruit juices, smoothies Natural Health and mead wine. Food Mart Foods made with local mangoes are displayed. Full Line of Organic Products ell Bloo S Pr ssure Medicaid reimbursements to increase w Daily News Staff ST. CROIX — The V.l. Human Services Department on Friday tory, "upon approval by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services with a target effective date of Aug. 1, 2013, physicians in private practice "All such services must be autho- rized from the department or its agents," the release said. For physician services provided released a notice of intent to amend enrolled as V.I. Medicaid Program outside the territory, the V.I. the VI. Medicaid State Plan concern- enrolled providers will be eligible to Medicaid Program will reimburse el• ing the reimbursement of enrolled receive reimbursement from the U.S. physiciags enrolled in the V.I. physicians. • Virgin Islands Medicaid program for Medicaid Program for both inpatient The statement indicates that both inpatient and outpatient servic- and outpatient services at the Medicaid reimbursement in the terri- es" at 100 percent of the V.I. Medicare rate in the state where the tory may be increasing. Medicare allowable rate, the release service was rendered, according to. For services provided in the terri- states. the release. Mann • Body Bugling Products Herbal Teas • Essential Oils Organic Health & Beauty Supplies TradeWinds STORE SECURELY Sports Energy Bars • Bulk Organic Beans Frtits. Nuts & Seeds • Flaxseed Ois Galeria 46'. 20', 10',13' Units 10'. 13', 20' Mobile Offices Colon, Incl. 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All but two local tered offenders are here from other territory, Frazer said. the list of sex offenders in the Virgin unregistered offenders last week jurisdictions. Within the territory, Currently, 55 sex offenders are Islands. ST. THOMAS — Although a were arrested and charged with fail- offenders are required to register registered between St Thomas and The department also asked that sweep for unregistered sex offenders ing to register. annually, though offenders sometimes St. John, and 42 sex offenders are anyone knowing the whereabouts of netted nine unregistered offenders in Local police and U.S. Marshals come to the islands without notifying registered on St. Croix. • an unregistered sex offender to con- recent weeks, an unknown number initially arrested five unregistered their jurisdiction of their move. Sex offenders are obligated to reg- tact it at 774-5666 on St. Thomas still remain at large in the territory. offenders on St. Croix and three on "They are supposed to notify ister in whatever community they or 7734295 on St. Croix and pro- The Virgin Islands Department of St. Thomas in just seven days, and someone," said Virgin Islands reside in under federal law and terri- vide information to one of the Sex Justice paired with local police and then arrested another at the very end Attorney General Vincent Frazer. torial law, so as to make communi- Offender Registry coordinators. U.S. marshals to sweep the islands of last week on St. Thomas — bring- "We go out and look for them, bu ties aware of where offenders live. — Contact reporter Jenny Kane for unregistered sex offenders last ing the total to nine. someodt has to notify us." The department encouraged com- at 714-9102 or email week, primarily targeting ones that The department, however, has little The sweep last week was the sec munity members to visit usvinsopw. jkane@dailynews.vi. Police Reports • Funeral Schedule • Name Date of death . Service Attangtanda The police blotter is the V.I. Saturday Harbourview Housing St. Thomas Terretorial Emergency Management Community, 5:40 p.m. Prince Street, Ovatia Mlln Andre ' July 18, 2013 Pendirg Davis Agency's list of incidents and the Frederiksted; 9:16 p.m. Saturday, Cyril EteMau Pending Davis time they were reported to police. Bellvue; 4:26 a.m. Sunday, Castle Robert Evans Sr .. June 15. 2013 Perdirg John Thomas Coakley; 6:14 a.m. Sunday, Mountain; 5:57 a.m. Sunday, Luis Robert E. Francis Sylvane Gilbert July18, 2013 July 3, 2013 Aig. 10 Pending .. Davis Turnbull's St. Croix Hospital. Jean A. Hatthett July 25, 2013 Pelting John Thomas Incidents in the police blotter over Sanuel A. Henry My 15. 2013 Pendirg • Turnbull's the weekend included. Bernard 0 take July 1.8, 2013 Pending • Davis Assault - 6:39 p.m. Friday, St. Thomas Daniel LaPlace July 13, 2013 Pending John Thomas Strawberry; 3:01 p.m. Saturday, Incidents in the police blotter over Winthrop Gregory Levis • AO 24, 2013 Pending Davis Queen Street, Christiansted; 3:23 the weekend included: Elizabeth Magian July 20, 2013 Petting ' Turnbulrs p.m. 'Saturday, Prince Streetm Assault - 10:10 p.m. Friday, Ulan Agatha Mathew July 20, 2013 Pending Turnbull's Frederiksted; 12:03 a.m. Sunday, La Hull Bay; 10:21 p.m. 'Friday, Lud a L. Francis Mitraine July 23, 2013 Pendirg Oases Reinc; 2:38 p.m. Sunday, Mars Hill; Bordeaux; 1:40 p.m. Saturday, no Cornelius Powell Sr July 22, 2013 Pendirg Turnbuts 6:17 p.m. Sunday, no location location given. Francis Howard Pratt .July 17, 2013 Perzlirg John Thomas given. • Burglary — 6:38 p.m. Friday, Crag Leger Schneider • July 22, 2013 Today Golden Gae Burglary —3:43 p.m. Sunday, Nadir; 7:06 p.m. Friday, Frenchtown; Elma Vanterpool July 20, 2013 Pendirg • Turnbull's Hannah's Rest. 9:16 a.m. Saturday, Charlotte Amalie; Fighting — 9:01 p.m. Friday; 4:29 p.m. Saturday, Altona. Harbour View Housing Community, bdecency — 4:06 p.m. Saturday, Senate Agenda 5:57 p.m. Saturday, Union and Mt. Washington; 7:55 p.m. Saturday, Red Hook. Larceny - 1:18 p.m. Saturday, Today meet at 10 a.m. in Ottley Legislative op a master plan for creating a public Mars Hill; 11:31 a.m. Sunday, Peters Frenchman's Bay; 1:32 p.m. Solberg No meetings. Hall on St. Thomas to hear bills on: park and recreational area at Altona Rest; 11:57 a.m. Sunday, Welcome; 3:58 p m. Saturday, Altona; 11:42 • Making the queen conch shell the Lagoon on St. Croix. 4:37 p.m. Sunday, Plessen; 6.18 p.m. a.m. Sunday, no location given. Tuesday official shell of the Virgin Islands • Redefining the use ofthe Enid M. Sunday, Frederiksted. Robbery - 9:58 a.m. Sunday, no The Culture, Historic Preservation, • Authorizing the Department of' Baa Library and Archives Building. Larceny - 9:47 a.m. Saturday, location given. Youth and Recreation Committee will. Sports; Parks and Recreation to devel. • Naming the archives division of Lower Love; 2:19 p.m. Saturday, Runaway — 8:32 a.m. Sunday, the Charles Wesley Turnbull Regional Christiansted; 6:19 p.m. Sunday, Lucinda Millis Home. Library the "June Lindquist Archives Dismond.Ftuby. Vehitle fire - 9:52 p.m. Friday, Division." Outside Ike - 8:34 p.m. Friday, Black Point Hill; 2:39 p.m. Sunday, • Conducting a feaskility student to La Grange; 9:15 a.m. Sunday, Marys Estate Frydendahl. establish a festival and cultural park on Fancy; 4:20 p.m. Sunday, New Watercraft in distress - 7:15 St 'acmes. Street, Frederiksted. p.m. Sunday, Magens Bay Beach. 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Publisher GerryYandel Exculv•Edkor Omeka Challenge...Citation Creator this was a dep vu moment (Personal tragedy, nothing more.)And hearts." Then, you gaze sadly at the J.raw Dait Edkortu Large Kron Downey. Advertising Dewier At first I thought it was because the then came the stream of women: perpetrator as he stares into the cam- Ken ERyan.Pozduclion Director Hedy Szata Business Manager former congressman and aspiring Gennifer (no relation) Paula (a genu- era and apologizes for the second, mayoral candidate was, once again, ine victim)and,ofcourse, "A little bit third or 13th time for being a pervert What a city owes its residents apologizing for tweeting and cheating ofMonica." without really meeting. And then I Anyone who thought that Hillary took one look at Weiner's wife and was going to let the Bimbo Bombs with his privates. Then, you allow him to draw a line in the sand where he says he might be sorry but he won't Though it is the biggest city in realized that this had absolutely noth- destiny her carefully constructed plans go gentle into that good campaign and U.S. history to file for bankruptcy, Michelle Wilde Anderson ing to do with the fellow. clearly didn't know just who they is continuing to seek the mayoral Detroit is only one of 26 urban Huma Abedin might have creamy were dealing with. Our first lady stood prize. municipalities that have gone into services are decades into deep cuts olive skin, beautiful brown eyes and by her philandering man and rode the And then you spring into action. bankruptcy or state receivership fa and widespread closures. Indeed, long dark hair, but you don't need to crest of a sympathetic Wave into the You straighten your shoulders, raise fiscal insolvency since 2008. Detroit having curtailed everything beyond put ha in a pantsuit and slap a head- Senate. Mrs. Wynette Goes To youn pointed chin, allow a few wisps should draw attention and debate to emergency services, it would be band on her tresses to realize that we Washington, so to speak. of that luxuriant velvet lair to fall a challenging issue underlying all tempting to refer to a government arc now in the presence of Hillary And who did she take with her on across your delicately drawn cheek these public insolvencies: What like Detroit's as a night-watchman Clinton, version 2.1. that long and fruitful journey, ever and assume a stoic pose. You love- level of public services will we pro- state — the libertarian ideal of a We all remember the pre-Senate, upward, ever more successfully? Why him, you say. You believe in him, you tect and guarantee for U.S. cities? government focused only on public pre-State Department Hillary who none other than Mn. Weiner, the love- say. You forgive him, you say. You The Bankruptcy Court will have safety. inspired both awe and revulsion for ly, inscrutable Huma. idiot, we say. to face that question. It will have to That is, we'd be tempted to use her assault on the East Wing. Never Hillary once said that she had one But you do not hear us speaking, determine whether Detroit can cut such a term for Detroit, and cities before had we been treated to a first daughter, but tha‘ifshe had another it because you do not care what the pea- into current services any more than like it, were it not such a cruel irony: lady who so blatantly and brazenly would be her beloved personal nut gallery thinks. This is not about it already has. Unless the state or Detroit had more than 15,200 vio- sought equal status with the guy we'd assistant. the crowds massed to watch thispub- a federal government steps in with lent crimes and 500 acts of arson in actually elected. HumaAbedin has been by her men- lic shaming. This is not even about funds for operating costs, the habit- 2012. The night watchmen arc Eleanor Roosevelt, her idol, had tor's sidc for almost two decades, and your husband who, truth be told, is ruptcy will function as a zero-sum understaffed and underpaid. exercised a considerable amount of it is reasonable to think that she spent probably sleeping in the garage these game, with residents fighting credi- According to a 2012 study by econ- weight behind the scenes. But it a large part of that time taking notes days, which is why he has both the tors for a share of city revenue. omists Aaron Chalfin and Justin wasn't until Franklin died that she about how to thrive and survive in the time and the inclination to tweet Creditors have contracts to monetize McCrary, public spending in Detroit really came into her own. Not so Mrs. political jungle. Therefore, it is not This is about something far more what they are seeking, but how on each police officer (including all Clinton, or, 'rather, Mrs. Rodham surprising that she (1) chose to many important to you, perhaps almost as should the court determine the pub- wages, benefits and retirement costs) Clinton an animal indigenous to that environ- important as the figure of the child lic spending that residents need is less than two-thirds what it is just It was painfully obvious to anyone ment i.e., a cheetah, and (2) figured you and the Tweeter have in common. today and tomorrow? 45 miles away in the prosperous paying attention that Bill's wife was out how to make sure that she could This is about your political survival Politicians and judges who man- university town of Ann Arbor. hell bent on giving us that two-for-one withstand whatever wounds he man- Hums Abedin learned at the fed of age local fiscal crises speak of As a political and moral matter, as bargain that the couple had promised aged to inflict on their shared a master, someone who might very maintaining basic services and much as a legal one, Detroit repre- during the campaign. Say what you ambitions well parlay her experience as scorned ensuring residents' minimal health sents an opportunity to take a stand. will about her, Hillary was a force to Anthony's wife has taken a page wife into an office in the West Wing. and safety, but these concepts are for urban habitability. What belongs be reckoned with. And praised. And from her pseudo-maina's dog-eared Huma is a bit more modest, of course. short on specifics. While ow laws on our list of minimum standards fa loathed. Even her most strident ene- book and has perfected the art of dam- Seems she'd be content to redecorate provide an entitlement to a public a city? Detroit invites us to have a mies didn't underestimate her survival age control. Grade Mansion education, and we have long strug- public conversation about what ser- instincts. First, you assume a posture of dig- —Christine M Flowers is a lawyer gled to interpret what constitutes a vices and public spaces we expect Health care? (If at fast you don't nified disappointnient, wherein your and columnist for the Philadelphia legally adequate education, there is from city governments for human succeed ... .) Whitewater? (Did any-. wholebody seems to just "sigh" under Daily News. little to nothing that would tell us dignity and for humans to flourish. what other services the local public We have a chance to say that no one sector must provide. should have to wait hopelessly for As a matter of law, there is no an ambulance, that a violent crime THE CAUSE of DEATH such thing as a crime rate that is too in a neighborhood every few hours WAS DEBT, POLITICS high or an ambulance response time is intolerable. AND UNFUNDED that is too long. Should there be? Paying for such commitments For now, it is left to politics and should not just be the burden of PEN510NS. moral judgment to determine wheth- creditors. Many of the city's credi- a it is acceptable that less than one tors arc rank-and-file public employ- in three streetlights arc operational ees and retirees who have counted in Detroit or that the city has 80,000 on a public pension and are not eli- abandoned and blighted structures gible for Social Security. Detroit's that it cannot afford to detholish. In bankruptcy plan could send them Detroit, as in many other struggling into poverty in their old age. cities, dramatic police layoffs mean Basic services and safety in our that the average wait time after a cities arc the responsibility pf 9I I call for a police officer is 58 states, the federal government, the minutes, and a resident can rarely private sector and voters. It is all of summon an officer at all if the them — all of us — who have a . reported crime is not in progress and role to play in the stabilization that violent. Detroit is seeking,through bank- As for other public functions that ruptcy. All of us have a responsibil- a high-poverty city (especially one ity to help them give basic health with.severe winters) might hope to and safety real meaning, and to have — such as reliable bus ser- make this bankruptcy a safety net, vice, playground equipment, indoor not a punishment basketball courts, after-school pro- — Michelle Wilde Anderson is an grams, active libraries and commu- assistant professor of law at UC nity centers for the elderly — these Berkeley School opine • EFTA01070331 Monday, July 29, 2013 OPINIONS The Virgin Islands Daily News 31 Luring elephants into big tent Time to hard-delete Carlos Danger Republican national chairman Reince C. Priebus When you puzzle over why the ele- could take a lesson from history in his efforts to William Hershey & John C. Green gant Huma Abedin is propping up the Maureen Dowd herd his fellow elephants into a big tent. Nobody eel-like Anthony Weiner, you must did a better job of coaxing feuding Republicans to strongest and most effective anti-Communist organiza- remember one thing. Huma was raised wrong with you?" cooperate than Ray C. Bliss, the Akron, Ohio, tion in the United States. I question your motives." in Saudi Arabia, where women are Huma gained renown, movie star suit- insurance man who chaired the national committee Bliss wasn't bothered by the criticism. "I don't treated worse by men than anywhere ors and a Vogue spread as the stylish from 1965 to 1969. His success is worth have the rotation I have all the answers," he told else on the planet. Muslim Garbo silently and efficiently remembering. reporters,"everything is compromise?: Comparatively speaking, the pol parting the waves fa Hillary. She had to When Bliss became chairman in 1965, the His second step was leading Republicans to com- from Queens probably seems like a be resilient to work her way up from Republicans were in much worse shape than in mon ground. prince. Even though he's a punk. After intern to consigliere in 'tough 2013: President Lyndon Johnson had won a land- The means was the Republican Coordinating he got caught seating and flashing Hillaryworld, and she saw firsthand how slide Fe-election over Arizona Sen. Barry Committee. Its members were a cross-section of women online in 2011, he promised to the Clintons beat hack foes. Goldwater, and the Democrats held large majorities the party: Eisenhower and four former presidential "never, ever" do that to his family again They love Huma, but the Clintons, in both houses of Congress and the statehouses. candidates — Goldwater, Richard Nixon, Alfred and slouched away from Congress. He now showcasing philanthropy and public The party was deeply divided between "moder- Landon and Thomas Dewey — as well as gover- cyber-creeped other young women in a service preparatory toHillary's 2016 run, ates," such as New Yak Gov. Nelson Rockefeller, nors, members of Congress, state legislators and pervy bout of tweet du seigneur as his are not happy about geeing dragged into and "conservatives," like Goldwater. The latter party leaders. wife traveled the world with Hillary the lewd spectacle that is a low-budget appeared to bless strident voices when he famously Eisenhower was a key to the committee's work. Clinton while she was secretary of movie version oftheir masterpiece. proclaimed: "Let me remind you that extremism in "He backed me up in the early d ys ofmy chair- state. The former president is distancing defense of liberty is no vice. And let me remind manship," Bliss reported, "He had the respect ofall Yet, while married to the classy, gor- himselL one associate said, noting, "He's you also that moderation in pursuit of justice is no factions." geous mother of his infant son and not getting anywhere near that grenade." virtue." The method was face-to-face dialogue. planning a redemptive run for mayor, Huma's friends are "skive:kg-my-fon- Although best known as a "nuts-and-bolts" party "You don't say anything nasty, at least not pub- he told a Pacebook friend and phone- head astounded," as one put it, that mechanic, Bliss used a two-step approach to licly, about somebody you're going to dinner with sex partner be had never met that he Weiner would get in the race knowing address these ideological rifts. tonight," Bliss said. loved her. Then he told her to "hard- the online land mines that would rock The first step was to challenge voices that made The committee eventually produced 48 policy delete" all their correspondence — if Huma's world again and torpedo the Republicans look extreme to voters. On Nov. 5, 1965, proposals, offering an alternative to President that is what you call it. =Taiga he issued n even-handed critique of "radicals" on the Johnson's "Great Society" program. Aside from his zany Zorro-like nom Weiner wooed Huma assiduously, left and right, singling out a staunchly anti-communist In the end, Bliss got the results he wanted: the GOP de pan, Carlos Danger, Weiner h s been showing up at the Westchester airport firebrand Robert Welch made a huge comeback in the 1966 elections, and in called many things. His digital girlfriend in the wee hours to pick her up when "One ofmy major concans in the matter of extrem- 1968, it won back the White House • and fellow extreme exhibitionist, Sydney she came back from trips with Hillary. ism of the radical right is that honest, patriotic andcon- Of course, 2013 is not 1965. Mitt Romney is no Leathers (whose n me sounds lice a nom "They were two hyperdrive young scientious conservatives maybe misjudged because of Barry Goldwater, nor is the party division identical. de porn), said that Weiner described him- brains that just clicked," said a friend. irresponsible radicals such as Robert Welch, who has Andthe GOP may lack anEisenhower to rally around. self to her accurately as "an argumenta- "She liked his Borscht Belt humor." accused President Eisenhower of being a 'dedicated, Still, Chairman Priebus could take a lesson from tive, perpetually horny middle-aged Her circle understands that "you love conscious agentofthe Communist conspiracy."' Chairman Bliss success in herding the elephants into a man?' who you love," asone put it, marveling "We've got to get this (party) in the middle of the big tent. But Weiner'sGoya•esquegrotesquerie at Weiner's "madonna-whore" com- road," Bliss explained, "Eisenhower and his people — William Hershey is a former Knight-Ridder earns him another name the "Rosemary's plex played out online. But that doesn't have takenessough." Washington correspondent andColumbus bureau chief Baby"ofthe Clinton& mean that you ask people to vote for There was a sharp badthih One letla writer called for IlseAlcron Beacon JournalandDaytonDaloiNews. Bill nd Hillary Clinton transformed someone who's dreadfully flawed for a Bliss "sneaky" and thither. John Green is director of the Bliss Institute of the way we look at sex scandals. They major office, just because you love "You recently asked all Republicans to get out ofthe AppliedPolitics at the University ofAbon. plowed through the-ridicule, refused to him. slink away in shame like Gary Hart, said They are worried that puma's deci- it was old news, andargued that ifHillary sion to vouch for her husband is start- didn't object, why should voters? ing to hurt her, the one person they all Poppy Bush thought Americanswould assumed would never be ensnared in A N0,14 9JkVg GU666sTG tercet BillClinton in 1992 because ofhis anything weird or bad. "Thp hard stink lascivious ways, but he learned that vot- of this one is going to get esieVerytine THAT 17% OF AMWANG en are more concerned with how their involved," said one friend. • own lives will be changed than they are AnotheragwM "As soca as she stood Ail LIVING IN A WoRIV with politicians duplicitous private lives. up to say those words she changed her- OF MGM, SEPARATC9 Americans keep moving the marker of self from a sophisticated, mysterious cceptabk behavior, partly as a reflection guiding intelligence and beauty next to COMPlgli FRa'vt EALIIY. of the coarsening of society and partly as Hillary Clinton to the wife ofa tarnished a public acknowledgment that many poll Anthony Weiner." with complicated personal lives have They fear Huma learned the wrong rl been good public servants lesson from Hillary, given that Bill was a Now, defining deviancy downward, roguish genius while Weiner's a creepy Seder and Sefiora Danger are using the loser. Clinton playbook. "Bill Clinton was the greatest political The difference is, there's nothing in and policy mind of a generation," said Weiner's public life that is Seeming. In one. "Anthony is behaving similarly 12 years in Congress, hem naged to get without the chops or resume." only one minor bill passed, on behalfofa As often as Bill apologizai, he didn't donor, and he doesn't work well with promise he would "never, ever" do it people. He knows how to be loud on again, s Weiner did. cable and wave his Zorro sword in our "What people won't forgive is lying in faces. the apology," said the Clinton pal. "It has Some sex scandals, like Mark to be sincere, and it sure as hell has to be Sanford's, fall into the realm of flawed accurate." human nature, ad some, like Weiner's, . — Maureen Dowd is a New York fall into the realm of"Seriously, what is Times columnist. • SHAREYOUR VIEWS: Send letters to the Editor and Opinion column proposals to Daily News Opinions, 9155 EstateThomas, St. Thomas. VI 00802 or letters@dailynews.vi EFTA01070332 Monday, July 29,2013 SPORTS The Virgin islands Daily fsiewiCel Team New Zealand defeats Italy USVI men volleyball team . in America's Cup challenger trials defeats Guadeloupe, 3-1, The Associated Press for fifth place at CAZOVA SAN FRANCISCO — Emirates Team New Zealand Daily News Staff On Friday, the USVI was upset by beat Italy's Luna Rossa by 3 minutes, 21 seconds in a previously winless Bahamas squad, their final meeting of the round-robins in the America's Aseah Thomas bad 23 points and 25-16, 19-25,t25-17, 26-24, in the Cup challenger trials Sunday on San Francisco Bay. team captain Nayib Gonzalez added quarterfinals of the tournament. As the points leader in the round-robins, the Kiwis 20 as they led the U.S. VirginIslandq:7; -Gonzalez .led the USVI' with a had the choice of advancing straight to the Louis Vuitton junior men's volleyball team past match-high 20 points, followed-by Cup final or picking their opponent for the semifinals. Fie Photo by ASSOCIATED PRESS host Guadeloupe, 25-21, 20-25, 20- Thomas with 16 pdints. Skipper Dean Barker said that while the New . .Zealanders . . Emirates Team New Zealand. 25, 25-21, 15-9, on Saturday in the Team captain Rajah! Moxey led considered gettmg m more racmg tune, they've decided fifth-place game at the ninth the Bahamas with 16 points, fol- to advance straight to the finals in order to continue Team New Zealand had a slight lead at the start Sunday CAZOVA Junior Men's lowed by Kenton Dawkins with 10 development of their 72-foot catamaran. and built its lead at every turning mark on the seven-leg Championship i n Guadeloupe. points, three of which were blocks. 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