Tag: Delegate to Congress Stacey Plaskett (D-VI)

OPINION: Delegate Stacey Plaskett Responds to National Review Article About USVI

[ad name=”HTML-68″] [wpedon id=”23995″ align=”left”] WASHINGTON –– Congresswoman Stacey Plaskett (D-VI), ranking member on the Subcommittee on the Interior, Energy and Environment, released the following statement regarding a recent article in the National Review urging Congress not to trust the USVI with post-disaster funds: “It has been my position that the use of post-disaster federal funds to […]

Everything Is Going To Be All Right In Virgin Islands Now That Nancy Pelosi Has Visited

[ad name=”HTML-68″] [wpedon id=”23995″ align=”left”] CHARLOTTE AMALIE — House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi pledged on Saturday to help speed up the hurricane recovery process in the U.S. Virgin Islands after a visit to St. Thomas with 15 other federal and local legislators. Governor Kenneth Mapp welcomed a congressional delegation to the territory led by V.I. […]

Soraya Diase Coffelt Asks Plaskett To Find Out What St. Johnians Think of Caneel Bay Plans

CRUZ BAY — Gubernatorial candidate Soraya Diase Coffelt said that she has been following media reports closely concerning Delegate Stacey Plaskett’s Bill H. R. 4731 that proposes to extend the agreement between CBI Acquisitions, the current operator of Caneel Bay Resort, for an additional 60 years and under “very special terms.” Diase Coffelt also said she […]

Dorene Browne-Louis Gets Probation For Her Connection to Plaskett’s Nude Photos

WASHINGTON — An ex-staffer to a congressional delegate was sentenced Monday for her part in the stealing and posting of nude photos and videos of her former boss and the delegate’s husband. Dorene Browne-Louis, of Upper Marlboro, Maryland, was sentenced in U.S. District Court in D.C. to two years of supervised probation and ordered to […]

Plaskett’s Former Legal Counsel Gets One Year And A Day In Prison For Cyberstalking Delegate

WASHINGTON — Virgin Islands Del. Stacey Plaskett’s former legal counsel will spend at least a year in prison for sharing private, nude images and videos of her and her spouse online. Judge John D. Bates today sentenced Juan McCullum, 36 of Washington D.C., to a year and a day in prison for his role in […]

Broke Virgin Islands Government Begs Congress For $5.5 Billion Bailout … Will Use Hurricanes As Ruse To Abuse The Federal Treasury

[ad name=”HTML-68″] CHRISTIANSTED — The cost to rebuild the Virgin Islands’ infrastructure after last month’s devastating Category 5 hurricanes is guess-stimated at $5.5 billion dollars, Gov. Kenneth Mapp said Thursday. In a letter forwarded to congressional leaders, the governor outlined the costs associated with restoring the territory’s power system, rebuilding schools and hospitals, repairing government facilities […]