Prosecutot"s home torched after came'ras'disabled Page2 : Boards of Elections delay in counting 'votes violates V.I. Code Page2 ONE DOLLAR wvvvv.virginisiandsdailynevvs.com ISSN 2159-3019 .,.1..,11 5 •_0 . . ""- ��� Co �ii"'lI>t." Since then, the Dodgers have been sold for $2 billion. Tbe Mets owners have agreed to 'pay up to $162 million - and likely much less - in a deal with the trustee for Bernard Madoff's fraud victims. So on Wednesday at the general managers' meeting, Boras said his view of the Dodgers had changed. "I think they bought the store," he said. And as. for the Mets? "The best you can say is that they might be in the freezer section," he FOOTBALL CONTINUED FROM THE BACK PAGE against Charlotte Amalie High School in mid-October, but rebounded with a 46-0 win over Central High on St. Croix before last week's bye. "We have a lot of senior leadership," Neely said, "so really these guys govern themselves - guys like Nathan Braithwaite, our quarterback." Braithwaite, a senior, has found Cilliers and senior receivers Omar Henderson and Lucas, Berry on touchdown passes, Kean High sopbomore quarterback Basketball clinics ST. CROIX - The Sports, Parks and Recreation Department will conduct after-school basketball clinics at Rudy Krigger Ballpark in Sion Farm every Wednesday through Dec. 19. The clinics are geared toward teaching youths the fundamentals of basketball and are for children ages 7 through 12. Free registration is from I p.m. to 6 p.rn. at Ktigger Ballpark. For more information, call Catita Stevens at 7�. '> St, Thomas Yacht Club race, fundraiser ST. THOMAS - The st. Thomas Yacht Club is bosting a race and pig roast on Dec. 15 to benefit the club's youth sailing program. The $40 entrance fee includes two tickets per boat for the pig roast following the race. Sailors of all ages are welcome, and the race is open to IC-24s, Racers, Cruising boats and any boat 24 feet or longer. Trophies and gift certificates will be presented to the top three boats. The race will start 8:55 a.m., but skippers will meet at 8 a.m. The event is sponsored by Scotiabank and Budget Marine. For more information, contact the club at 77&6320. Basketball clinic ST. CROIX - The USVI Department of Sports, Parks and Recreation, the Department of Tourism and the Paradise Jam Or�anization will host a basketball clinic explained. "But there's a lot of good, longstanding products that they can acquire there." Slugger Josh Hamilton and pitcher lack Greinke are among the top players in a relatively weak free-agent class that also includes outfielders B.J. Upton, Michael Bourn, Torii Hunter and Nick Swisher; first basemanAdsm LaRoche; and pitchers X,yle Lohse and Rafael Sonano. BasebaU estimates revenue tIlls year at $2.5 billion - an increase of about $500 million. National television contracts with Fox and Turner that run from 2014-21 will double the average yearly money baseball receives to about $800 million. And perhaps the biggest evidence of baseball's wealth is franchise valuesthe Dodgers sold for $2 billion this Shunnel Greenaway must exhibit more poise to give his team a chance. Greenaway looked sbarp in the first half of last week's 36-10 loss to CAHS, but the offense sputtered down the stretch. "I'm trying to keep him to maintain focus and be patient," Donovan said. "When he was patient in the first half of the game, we were moving the ball. Everything doesn't have to be deep. Every pass doesn't have to be a touchdown right away. He's only 16 years old, so sometimes he gets too excited and gets away from Local Briefs the lowly San Diego Padres were bought for $800 million. Since the Dodgers were bought last spring by a group headed by Mark Walter, Stan Kasten and Magic Johnson, they increased their payroll by about $35 million, adding infielder Hanley Ramirez, first baseman Adrian Gonzalez, closer BrandoD League, pitcher Josb Beckett and outfielder Carl Crawford. The Dodgers' payroll next year might approach or surpass that of the New York Yankees, who have topped spending every year since Los Angeles edged them by $1 million in 200 I. New York is vowing to cut its payroll by 2014 because of changes in the collective bargaining agreement that will cut the team's revenue-sharing bill if it doesn't wind up paying a luxwy tax. Infielder Maicer lzturis became the first major league free agent to switch teams this offseason, agreeing to a $10 million, three-year contract with the Toronto Blue Jays. The 32-year-<>ld hit 256 with 17 steals in 19 tries, two homers and 20 RBis this year for the Angels. the pace of the ganle." Greenaway's protection will not <;ome easy. Cilliers had two sacks and recovered a fumble to lead the Arawaks defense in the first meeting. If the Arawaks win tonight and defeat CAHS (4-0) next week, both teams will have one loss. CAHS is idle the following week, and the Arawaks finish against struggling St. Croix Educational Complex. In the case of a tie in the final regular season standings, point differential will determine which team qualifies for the territory championship on Dec. 8. from 9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. on Monday at Central High School's Ronald Charles Gymnasium. The clinic will be conducted by Nels Hawkinson, the president and executive director of Basketball Travelers Inc., and is for boys and girls between the ages of 8 and 18. BTl organizes the Paradise Jam and other college and high school tournaments around the world. Hawkinson will be joined by colleague Craig Jonas. Participants will receive Paradise Jam posters and T­ shirts and have a chance to win complimentary tickets to the tournament, which begins Nov. 16. Rugby practice ST. THOMAS - The USVI Rugby Football Union practices on Tuesdays and Thurroays every week from 6- 8 p.m. at Charlotte-Amalie High School. Veterans, novices and first-time players are all welcome to participate. The group is training for upcoming scrimmages with the BVI and other down-island teams. For details, email Dan Perez at usvirugby@gmail.com, visit their web site at www.usvirugby.org or call 941-565-0031. After-school junior tennis program ST. CROIX - Tennis pros Don deWilde and Ktistopher Elien'is running an after-school junior tennis program through Christmas at the Buccaneer Hotel for players between the ages of 5 to 18. For more information, or to ask about times, costs or registration. call 7�036. • • • r' , • . -" , . , • 6' 'l't\e'\:Ilr\:lil1'IS'lantls D,l'iry News 'l'''' .� \ "''-'T T .r..,-· ... 'rf"' .". , 'VIRGIN''1SEANDS '" F�icia�.'No'&'embei' 9, 2012 Boat captain arrested in 2011 death of parasailor By LOU MATTEI Daily News Staff ST. THOMAS - Boat captain Kyle Coleman was arrested Wednesday on a charge that he caused the 2011 death of a parasailor through misconduct, negligence and inattention to his duties, the U.S. Attorney's Office announced Thursday, Coleman, the captain of the motor boat Turtle, was conducting parasailing excursions just south of Water Island on Nov, 15,2011, according to a press release from the U,S, Attorney's Office, Bernice Kraftcheck and her daughter, Danielle Haese, were hoisted into the air for the parasail (ide as wind conditions were deteriorating. "The strong winds and a weak tow-line caused th.c tow-line to break, resulting in the parasail separating from the vessel and the two women falling into the water," the statement reads. "The wind then propelled the parasail, with the women still attached, at a very high rate of speed causing the death of Kraftcheck and serious injuries to Haese." The U,S, Coast Guard "aggressively investigated" the accident, which led to Coleman's arrest and the surrender of his merchant mariner's license in June, according to a prepared statement by Capt. Drew Pearson, the Coast Guard's San Juan commander. � "The Coast Guard takes safety at sea very seriously, and will ensure that. any mariner who causes anoth: er's death through misconduct, negligence, and inattention to his duties is held accountable in a court of law," Pearson said in the release, A medical examiner pronounced Kraftcheck, 60, of Round Lake, IlL, dead at the West Indian Co, dock the afternoon of the accident. Haese, 34 at the time, of Plymouth Meeting, Pa., was hospitalized overnight at Schneider Hospital. The women were passengers aboard the Celebrity Eclipse and bought a parasailing shore-excursion operated by Caribbean Watersports and Tours. The one-count grand jury indictment charging Coleman was not available on the District Court's online court records database as of Thursday night Coleman, 32, made his first appearance before U.S. Magistrate Judge Ruth Miller and was released on a $10,000 unsecured bond, according to the release. He is scheduled to be arraigned in District Court on Nov, 14, one day shy of the one-year anniversary of Kraf'tcheck's death, "If convicted, Coleman could face up to : 0 years in prison and a $250,000 fine, - Contact reporter Lou Mattei af 71 4-9-124 or em ail Im Nelson tells Luis' board that hospital is still falling short of standards By JOY BLACKBURN Daily News Staff ST. CROIX - Luis Hospital Chief Executive Jeff Nelson updated board members about the hospital's status with federal regulators during a meeting Thursday night Luis remains under the regulatory microscope with the federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services - and the hospital's certification from the federal agency is potentially at stake. CMS certification indicates a hospital meets certain standards, and if a hospital is decertified, it is no longer eligible to receive payments from the federal agency for services the hospital provides to Medicare and Medicaid patients. Revenues from eMS patients represent about 60 percent of the hospital's income, Nelson said Thursday, . The hospital currently is operating under two settlement agreements with CMS, aimed at fixing problems found by inspectors from the federal agency during inspections in recent years. One of the agreements involves the entire hospital. Nelson on Thursday said that tile hospital recently had received a statement of deficiencies from CMS after inspectors conducted a follow-up, focused survey in Sep,tember as part of the monitoring on that agreement. Inspectors had found some improvements, "but not enough," Nelson said Thursday, The hospital has submitted a plan of correction for the deficiencies, but the federal agency said that the plan was not creative or detailed enough, Nelson told the hoard, Hospital officials will work on the plan of correction, and once CMS approves it, the elements of the plan will he part of the overall settlement agreement, Nelson said after the meeting. Luis has until Feb, 13 to meet the federal agency's mandates for improvement or it potentially will lose CMS certification - although Nelson said the surveys could come sooner. "We may see CMS here as early as mid-December," Nelson said. The hospital also is in the process of temporarily shutting down its psychiatric unit for 90 days in" an effort to make improvements in that unit, officials said. Luis.is working with a hospital in the United States to come to an agreement to temporarily transfer its patients there, officials said. The plan to temporarily close the lmit prompted considerable discussion at the meeting. Some advocates for the mentally ill, as well as some physicians, raised questions about the wisdom of the move. Board members said it was necessary to make improvem . ents to the wUt so that the hospital can keep the unit open in the long-tenn. The other settlement agreement Luis Hospital has with CMS is for the dialysis unit The hospital has met the federal standards for that unit, but the settIement agreement remains in place because CMS wanted to ensure that the positive changes were sustained, Nelson said. That settlement agreement has been extended once, and Nelson told board members Thursday that he anticipates it will be extended again for further monitoring, although be, did not know for how long. In other action, the board discussed and approved reports and a variety of recommendations from its Finance Comminee. It also approved a policy related to public access to board meeting minutes. Board chairwoman Kye Walker said the document puts the board's current practices into a policy, - COlltact Joy Blackbwl1 at 714-9145 or emailjblackbum@dailyl1ews.vi. V.1. National Park to offer free admission to Trunk Bay Daily News Staff In recognition of Veterans Day, the National Park Service has designated Saturday, Surtday and Monday as a "fee-free weekend." All visitors to National Park sites in the territory, including Trunk Bay on St John, will be admitted free, Trunk Bay Beach is one the mostvisited beaches on St. John, and is home to an underwater trail, where swimmers are able to snorkel over a reef and read plaques identifying coral and fish below, To avoid over-crowding of the Trunk Bay parking lot, National Park persormel are encouraging visitors to carpool or take a safari taxi, For more infonnation, call Andrea Joseph at 776-6201 ext 249, . F.riday, Nav.emeer 9, 2G1 2 .. VIRGIN ISLANDS '. The. V,irgin Islands Daily-News 7 SBS GROUP I The Standard in Business Services Save money on in-house bookkeeping payroll I accounts receivable I accounts payable I financials I planning I analysis Across from Nisky Center, St. Thomas 340-774-7727 • www.sbsgroup.us a_ IIL_l1ll Daily News File Photo Amrican Legion members salute as the national anthem is played at a Ve terans Day program in Frederiksted. Events honor servicemen and veterans By AlDETH LEWIN Daily News Staff Monday is Veterans Day, but the whole month of November is Military Appreciation Month, and a series of activities are planned to honor and pay tribute to those who fought for our country. Today, veterans will visit two St. Croix schools to give presentations to students. Members of American Legion Post 102 will be "teachers for a day" at Ricardo Richards Elementary School. They also will present gi fts to the school and administer an essay contest for students. American Legion Post 133 will be at Arthur Richards Jr. High School talking to students about veterans issues. "These arc things they're doing through the week to celebrate Veterans Day and National Education Week," American Legion District Commander Charles David said. Parades and programs honoring the territory's veterans will take place Sunday and Monday. Sunday, St. Thomas will host a Veterans Day Parade and ceremony. The parade starts at 3 p.m. at Addelita Cancryn Junior High School and travels to Franklin Delano Roosevelt Veterans Memorial Park. Retired Army Sgt. I st Class Patrick Farrell will be the parade marshal, and the ceremony will feature retired Lt. Col. Marilyn Georges of tile U.S. Marine Corps as the guest speaker. On Monday, St. Croix and St. Jolm will host Veterans Day parades and programs. On St. Croix, the parade starts at 9:30 a.m. sharp at Bassin Triangle and ends at the Christiansted grandstand. "This year we have as our parade marshal retired Sgt. Major. Monroe F. Clendenden Jr.," David said. At the bandstand, the guest speaker will be Virdin C. Brown, the civilian aide to the secretary of the Anuy for the Vrrgi n Islands. David said many youths will be participating in the parade including the marching bands from Central High School and St. Croix Educational Complex, the Boy Scouts, and the Girl Scouts. The American Legion will also have a large contingent marching in the parade, he said. "It should be a good parade, just remembering and thanking the veterans for their service and all they've done helping to keep us free," David said. On St. John, the parade will start at 3 p.m. in Cruz Bay, fo llowed by a program in Franklin Powell Park. David said the parade marshal will be Elmo Rabsett Sr., and Georges lllso will be the guest speaker on St. John. "We're expecting the governor to make presentations at all of these events," David said. On Thursday, a tree planting ceremony will take place 5:30 p.m. in Frederiksted at Verne Richards Veterans Park. "That wi1l marc or less close out the week for Veterans�" David said. Gov. John deJongb Jr. granted all government workers administrative leave Monday to participate in the fe stivities honoring the territory's veterans. "I urge all residents of the territory to remember the sacrifices and contributions of all those who, when called upon to do so, served this territory and this nation honorably in time of war and peace to preserve our heritage of freedom," deJongh stated in his Veterans Day proclamation. "We must rededicate ourselves to the task of promoting world peace as the IllOst profound reward which we might bestow upon our veterans." For more .information about Veterans Day activities call David at 712-7766 or the St. Thomas-St. John District Office of Veterans Alfairs at 774HS100 . • - Co ntact repo rter A/delh Lewin a/ 714- 9111 or em ail a/ewin@,dailynews.vi. There's a new option for treating uterine fibroids. It's non-surgical and doesn't require a hospital stay. It's uterine fibroid embolizatiOn (UFE) performed by St. Thomas Radiology Associates. 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Weekes Sr., owner of Weekes & Weekes Bakery, quietly slipped away into the arms of his Lord and Savior at home with close family and friends by his side. He has left behind a very large family, oceans of friends and the community he loved and gave so generously to. He was best known for his world famous hot John B. and tasty butter . Weekes Sr. bread. The fIrst viewing will be held Nov. 16, 2012, at Davis Funeral Home Chapel from 4:30 to 6:30 p.m., followed by a celebration of his life at Palins Court Harborview at 7 p.m. The second viewing will be held Nov. 17, 2012, at Y.l. Christian Ministries in Bolongo Bay at 8 a.m., followed by the service at 10 3.m. The burial will be private. He was preceded in death by his children, Arthur "Kiyama" Lewis and Jacqueline Weekes Ivory. . He is survived by his wife, Audrey M. Weekes; children, Elman Weekes, Paulette Weekes Trocard, Debra Weekes Allen, Charmine Weekes, Jacinth Weekes Gray, Eloise Weekes Lewis, Bernice Weekes. Anthony, Felix Weekes, Andy Weekes, Wendy Weekes Carbon, Deter Weekes, Cindy Weekes Kydd, Marsha Weekes Williams, Eustace Weekes, John Weekes Jr., Shenelle Weekes, Chantel Weekes, Tanya Weekes, A�tavia Weekes, Johanna Weekes; grandchildren, Aswad Weekes, Zowadie Weekes, Nayaka Weekes, Ricardo Allen, Renaldo Allen, Renee Allen, Marcia We ekes Garcia, Noel Gray Jr., Natalie Gray, Orencia Herbert, Ethelyn Newton, Dawn Charlemagne, Ezekiel Watt ley, Rochelle Mack, Akiel Mack, Toushika Anthony, Chef'ton Newton, Sharima Newton, Marissa Newton, D'andre Weekes, Brianna that had been reported stolen. He was released on $10,000 bail. Incidents recorded in the police blotter Thursday included: Assault - 5:21 p.m. Thursday, La Reine; 6:57 p.m. Thnrsday, Peter's Rest. Burglary - 6:48 p.m. Wednesday, Mo'unt Pleasant; 10:20 p.m. Wednesday, Estate Profit; 8:50 a.m. Thnrsday, Mount Pleasant; 9:36 a.m. Thursday, Work and Rest; 3:14 p.m. Thnrsday, La Grande Princesse. Destruction of property - 8:06 a.m. Thnrsday, Sprat Hall. Larceny - 10:46 a.m. Thnrsday, Kydd, Brinya Kydd, Zion Weekes, Britney Weekes, Shekinah Weekes, Hezekiah Weekes, Kymoi Weekes, Jude Weekes, D'mari Weekes Hunte, . Karisma Weekes, Noris Wilkins, Terrance Leonard, Samarie George; brothers, Everton Meade, Aldrick Me·ade, George Meade, Julian Meade, Arthur Meade, the Edward Jackson Meade family out of English Habour, Antigua; sons-jnlaw, Andrew Williams, Eustace Trocard, Brian Kydd, James Carbon, Omir Lewis; special friend, Marcola Carlo; and caretakers, Mary Carpio and Nelia Mesca. Arrangements are by Davis Funeral Home. - Obituary written by the family. Paula Gonzalez Martinez Paula Gonzalez Martinez, 87, formerly of st. Thomas, died in Loganville, Ga., on Oct. 28, 2012. Services will be held at II a.m Saturday at Nuestra Senora del Carmen Catholic Church in Culebra, Puerto Rico. The family will re'ceive friends and relatives at the church at· 10:30 a.m. Services will be held later and Paula Gonzalez burial will follow Martinez at Culebra Municipal Cemetery. A memorial service will be held on SI. Thomas at a later date. She was preceded in death by her husband of 58 years, Hermenegildo "Gildo" Martinez. In 1944, they opened their first grocery store on Kronprindsens Gade, St. Thomas, where they served the people of the area for 12 years. In 1956. they moved to Contant 7B-15 where they operated Martinez Self-Service until 1980 when they retired. and moved to their birthplace of Culebra, where they lived until Gildo passed away in 2005. Paula relocated to Atlanta, Ga., where she lived with her daughter Sonia M. Greaux and son-in-law, Roland H. Police. Reports Sunny Isles; 2:04 p.m. Thursday, Castle CoakJey. Outside fire - 9:06 p.m. Wednesday, st. George's; 3:01 p.m. Thnrsday, South Shore Road. Structure fire - 9:12 a.m. Thursday, Mount Pleasant; 11:0 I a.m. Thnrsday, st. George's . . St. Thomas Charged: Burglary Edward Richards, 30, of St. John, was arrested at 6 p.m. Tuesday and charged with third-degree burglary on Kronprindsens Gade. Bond was Deaths set at $55,000. Charged: Driving under the influence Lisa Babcock, 39, of Estate Hope, was arrested at 10:15 p.m. Wednesday and charged with driving under the influence and negligent driving, Bond was set at $500. Incidents recorded in the police blotter Wednesday and Thursday included: Assault - 9:53 a.m. Thursday, Contant; 3:16 p.m. Thursday, Bovoni; 3:46 p.m. Thursday, Tutu Hi-Rise. + Funeral Schedule + Name Date of death Service Arrangements Sl. Thomas Jennie V. Douglas ........... Oct. 28, 20 12 ........ Pending .......... Turnbull's Egbert Evanson .............. Oct. 29, 20 12 ........ Wednesday ..... Tu rnbull's Slyvia Agatha Hyacinth .... Oct. 29, 20 12 ........ Tocay ............. John Thomas Neville Lee ..................... Oct. 30 , 20 12 ........ Pending .......... Tu rnbull's Louis V. Murray .............. Sept. 27, 20 12...... Pending .......... John Thomas Liston L. Powell Jr ........... Oct. 22, 20 12........ Saturday ........ Tu rnbull's Freddy N. Sanchez .......... Sept. 7, 2012 ........ Pending .......... John Thomas Andre Tanise .................. Sept. 7, 20 12 ........ Pending .......... John Thomas Charles Smith ................ Oct. 27, 2012 ....... Pending ......... Davis Jemilia Vergara ............... Oct. 23, 20 12 ........ Pending .......... Tu rnbull's Josephine Espirit·Webster ... Oct. 29, 20 12 .......... Pending ............ Tumbull's John Weeks Sr. ................. Nov. 1, 20 12............ Nov. 17 ........... Davis Iva Williams ................... Oct. 23, 20 12........ Saturday ........ Turnbull's Karimah Williams ........... Oct. 28, 20 12 ........ Tocay ............. Davis Greaux, until her passing. . She is survived by her sister, Virginia· Gonzalez; children, Sonia M. Greaux, Luz A. Moron, Paula M. Buice and Gildo A. Martinez; sons-in law, Roland H. Greaux, Robert G. Moron and David C. Buice; daughter-in-Iaw, Constance D. Martinez; grandchildren, Ashlee Martinez, Roland H. Greaux II and his wife, Amber Greaux, Melissa Greaux White, Robert G. Moron II and wife, Noelle Moron, Christopher G. Moron, Andrea Buice Crockett and husband, John H. Crockett; greatgrandchildren, Dylan H. White, Brayden H. White and Deven J. Moron; special sisters-in- law, Amelia Barbosa and Ramonita Romero-Gonzalez; special nieces, Noemi Gonzalez, Myrta G. Benet and Diana Gonzalez; nephew, Beno Gonzalez. She is also survived by the Barbosa, Gonzalez and Carrillo families of St. Thomas, the Gonzalez family of Culebra, and many other relatives and friends, [n lieu of flowers, and in her memory, donations can be made to Clear Blue Sky, Inc., P.q. Box 778, St. Thomas, y.1. 00804, phone 340-774- 9688. Clear Blue Sky, Inc. is a 50 I (c)(3) nonprofit organization that helps people with mental illness reach their full potential. Arrangements are by the Tim Stewart Funeral Home in Loganville, Ga., and Carrasco Funeral Home in Fajardo, Puerto Rico. - Obituary written by thefami/y. Iva Williams Services will be held Saturday for Iva Williams, who died Oct. 23, 2012. The viewing is from 5 to 7 p.m. to'day at Turnbull's Funeral Home, with the service at 10 a.m .. Saturday at All Saints Church. The burial will be at Western Cemetery No. I. Iva Williams She is survived by li daughter, Merle Hodge-Caines; sisters, Iris Larcheveaux Adams, Beulah Larcheveau Wilson, Eldra Larcheveaux, Eleanor Larcheveaux Tyson; brothers, Luther Davis, Lionel Larcheveaux; sister-in-law, Mary Malone; brother-in-law, Romeo Malone; grandsons, Raymond (Malo) George, Reynaldo (Yambo) St. George, Ivan Smith, Douglas (Dougie) Smith, Mark D. Hodge, Matthew D. Hodge; granddaughters,. Marilyn (Bạmbi) George, Joanne BurgIary - 7:33 p.m. Wednesday, Hull Bay; 8:05 a.m. Thursday, Hull Bay. Larceny - 8:53 a.m. Thursday, Marina Market; 12:59 p.m. Thnrsday, AJ Cohen Mall. Structure fire - 2:05 p.m. Thnrsday, Polyberg Hill. Vehicle damage - 10:58 a.m. Thnrsday, Garden Street. St. John Incidents recorded in the police blotter Thursday included: Assaul� - I: 16 p.m. Thursday, Cruz Bay. Smith, Charmaine Caines, Pamela Browne-Hodge, Cheryl Dawson­ Rob�es, Nynier Hodge-Johnson, Amy Hodge; great-grandchildren, Ymassie George, Kambo George, Yambo George, Cheneva George, Travis George, Promise George, Pain George, Zia George, Joy George, Raheem George, Kareem . George, ShinaeMica George, Takea George, K'Shambo George, Rambo George, Tikisha George, Kwanza George, Kimisa George, Andre George, Angela St. George, Rama St. George, Kaloma Smith, Tau Smith, Tacuma Smith, Machida Smith, Zachea Smith, Shantel Smith, Marianne Smith, Kera Smith, Patrick Daniel, Damal Smith, K'Shawn Robles, Chequida Robles, Chereda Robles, Pamesha Perez, Richard (Rakeel) Hodge, Rakiesha Hodge; great-great-grandchildren, Ymassie George Jr., Kmani George, Torriar George, Travis George Jr., Allyanna George, Amir George, Knica George, Seshaun George, Jodiya Williams, Ashae Williams, Jeremy Williams, Millian Brown, Derrick Banks Jr. David Lugar Jr, Davion Dorsett; .nieces, Lera Richards; Lela Holder, Lita Adams, Lois, Cheryl Duran, Andrea Duran, Marisa Duran, Parrish Warren, Kamona Warren-Cham, Rita Robles, Andrea Larcheveaux, Amelia Larcheveaux, Tesha Larcheveaux, Deborah Larcheveaux, Shenyl Larcheveaux, Emily Larcheveaux, Christie Larcheveaux; nephews, Leroy Adams, Allen Estiridge, Alva Estridge, Vern Parson, Christopher Davis, Michael Davis, Bruce Duran, Michael Duran, Kevin Duran, Bryan Duran; close cousins, Gloria Lenard and Janet; caretaker, Felicia A. Brownlow; and goddaughter, Yveonne Warker. She was preceded' in death by a son, Conrad Lorenzo Hodge; sisters, Rita Larcheveaux Santos, Louise Larcheveaux Ali; brother, Archibald Larcheveaux; nieces, Rosalind Tarver, Michelle Duran; and nephew, Keith Duran. Arrangements are by Turnbull's Funeral Home. 24 The Virgin Islands Daily News The Virgin Islands Daily News � Founded Aug. 1� 1930, by ]. Antonio Jarvis and Ariel Melchior Sr. • Published by Daily News Publishing Co. �� Jason Robbins. Publisher Kevin Downey, Advertising Director Onneka 0Ia11enger, Circulation Director EDITORIAL BOARD 8} J. Lowe Davis. Executive Editor Ken E. Ryan, Production Direaor Maurice Jackson, Billing & Collections Manager -EDITORIAL OBSERVER­ An invigorated second term From The Ne w Yo rk TImes: Early Wednesday moming, as sleep-deprived supporters rallied for a final cheer, President Barack Obama concluded his re-election campaign with a promising glimpse at what the fight was all about: a second-term agenda that can make real progress on issues neglected in the first. Without question, the president intends to build on and improve the significant accomplishments of the last four years, particularly the full implementation of health care reform and the use of government policy to keep the economy growing. But the president went beyond that in his victory speech and added some less familiar words to his policy vocabulary. Children should live in a world that is not burdened by debt or weakened by inequality, he said, but also one "that isn't threatened by the destructive power of a warming planet." That suggests he knows he has an opportunity to address climate change with more vigor, going beyond auto-mileage standards and renewable-energy jobs to possibly advocating tougher carbon emissions standards. The president also said he was looking forward to working with Republicans to fix the immigration system, giving him a chance to do more than promote the DREAM Act for young immigrants. He could lead the way to comprehensive reform that combines strong enforcement with a path to citizenship for immigrants already here. He also hinted that combating poverty might move higher on his priority list. And he spoke of tax reform, an issue that will immediately begin to grow louder with the expiration of the Bush-era tax cuts at year's end. Obama won re-election on an unambiguous promise not to renew those cuts for incomes of $250,000 or more, and his supporters eXpect him to stick to that vow. In coming months, after he persuades Congress to keep taxes from rising on the middle class, he should push to restore a fair estate tax and raise the low capital gains rate to the level of ordinary income. He even mentioned the need to fix a balloting system that left thousands of people standing in long lines to vote this week, a tantalizing hint that electoral reform might become a priority. All these agenda items require the same ingredient: ending his standoffish attitude toward Congress and working closely with any leader or lawmaker willing to make real progress. That may be easier now that Senate Democrats (and their independent allies) have expanded their majority by two seats to 55, many of them filled with newcomers more liberal and feisty than their predecessors, most notably.ElizaMth Warren ofMassachuseUs. The new Democratic caucus' first order of business should be a reform of the filibuster that prevents its routine abuse by Republicans, and the majority leader, Harry Reid, suggested Wednesday that he supported some modest changes. The newcomers, along with the White House, should forcefully advocate Iliat he go as far as possible, A newly energized Obarna administration and Senate could have the effect of isolating the supply-side dead-enders in the House. John Boehner, the House speaker, announced Wednesday that nothing had changed; he and his caucus still oppose higher tax rates for the rich and still want to pursue Romney's defeated goal of raising revenue by lowering rates and cutting unspecified loopholes. Standing up to Republican recalcitrance on this and many other issues will require bringing to bear political pressure from the coalition that gave Obarna a commanding victory in the Electoral College on Thesday. The president's victory was decisive, and many who didn't support him nonetheless told pollsters that they agreed with his positions on taxes, health care and immigration. He now needs to use the power that voters have given to him to enhance and broaden his agenda. See Your Views In Print We require that you include your full name, island of residence and telephone number so our staff can contact you. We will not print the phone numbers, but we will call you to verify that the letter or column came from you and to discuss any significant editing that might be necessary. Send Letters, Essays, Halos and Pitchforks, Cartoons or other original material to: letters@dailynews.vi. OPINIONS Friday, November 9, 201 2 u.s. politics changes for the better America has changed. There are periods when we grow as a society in degrees. Then there are times when we take great leaps forward. If you examine the history of our country back to the days of the first Spanish, English and French immigrants, you will see certain moments when our national dynamic shifted. 1bis week, we saw a moment when the America that has been growing and changing by degrees met with a moment when America made a hard tum on its path. For years we have seen the browning of America. For years we have seen the tolerance and acceptance level of different religions, economic conditions, sexual orientations, political beliefs and ancestries grow in measured steps through the increase in on.,. on-one interactions and social media. - For years we have seen the steady progress of women, and felt a subtle shift in the rllythm of America. This week, we saw several of these trends converge in a moment when it became evident that once again, America has changed. The demographics of the exit polls tell an interesting story. President Obama's support came overwhelmingly from groups of people who are often described as disenfumchised: • Those who make less than $50,000 per year; • Those with some or no college education; -Women; • Young people; • People of color. These groups, who in the past have felt like their votes were taken for granted, for the first time in a long time, saw their votes carry weight that makes them get noticed. People more "wonky" than me will �®2P'??'�\b5T.�i2m' Mariel Blake be going over these numbers for months to come. These numbers tell me, though, that the reason why so many people were surprised about the outcome in this race ignored the numbers that had nothing to do with polls. They want to say that it is because these communities were voting to keep their entitlements and "handouts," but that is just a denial of the real truth. What people want is to no longer feel disenfumchised and marginali:ml What people want is for their voices to be included, not shouted down. Recent data shows that women now outnumber men by a slim margin. More people live in cities. People of color now make up alinost a third of the population. The average age is 37. Almost two thirds of us own homes, but there are more of us who have either never been married or are divorced than there are those ofus who . are martied. The fastest shrinking - demographic is white men. So many of the people who fit the demographics that elected President Obarna are those in demographics that are seeing their numbers grow and also are becoming more politically active and savvy. They are truly looking to connect with candidates who have their concerns in mind. These are not one issue voters. They care about the economy but they also care about their place in our society. They want their social issues to be a part of the discussion. Our national identity is more about inclusion than assimilation. This is a vast switch from wbere we have been Those of us in groups that have been considered on the fringe ·or in the minority have found solidarity in our experiences in this country and are increasingly deciding we are no longer satisfied with trying to fit in and would rather have a seat at the table as our unique selves. Women, the LGBT community and Latinos made great strides with this election. AfricanAmericans and young people reminded the political parties of the value of their support. There is a lot of finger pointing from the Republican .talking heads as to why their candidate lost. It seems they are slowly coming to realize it was not only whom they ran as candidates but also where those candidates stood on issues that are important to this growing voting power block. I was struck by how few people of color were in the crowds for Mitt Romney toward the end of the campaign. It was like they no longer cared about even the illusion of inclusion, and instead decided to hank their future on their main demographic. What their campaign failed to take into consideration is that the issues that matter most to people right now stretch across racial and gender lines. Those of us usually considered on the fringe are multifaceted and have learned a very powerful lesson after this election. When we band together to get our issues on the agenda, we force the conversation to change. Hopefully, both parties have learned that you don't have to pander to us, but you do have to listen to us because we are not going away. America has changed, and ifhistory is any indication that is a very good thing. Let's just hope we embrace the change in the spirit of cooperation and not segregation. - Co ntact Daily News co ntributing co lumnist Mariel Blake at marie/fbiake@gmail.com. • • • I j Friday, November 9, 2012 OPINIONS Happy days, even with the cliff La Di Dab Di Dab ... We have been through a lot, people. • But now the presidential race is settled Barack Obama won. People on both sides worked heroically, and, on Thesday, their candidates behaved well. This should be a happy time. Ob, my God! There's a fiscal cliffl We're all going to fall over and go bankrupt! Did you just hear the cheerful rule? The fiscal cliff doesn't happen until the end of the year when the Bush tax cuts expire and monster budget cuts automatically kick in. Now that the election's over, everybody will certainly be ready to move forward and WOlX something out. Except possibly Gov. Rick Perry, who celebrated the president's re-election by demanding the repeal of Obamacare. And then there was Donald Trump, who tweeted during the vote count: "Lets fight like hell and stop this great and disgusting injustice! The world is laughing at us." Actually Trump has no conceivable impact on anything. I just wanted to take this opportunity to reminisce about the time he sent me an irate, handwritten message in which he misspelled the word "too." But look at Rep. John Boehner. On • Wednesday, the House speaker gave a speech in which he vowed to be cooperative. "Mister President, this is your moment. We're ready. to be led," he said. Except for a few no-go areas, such as any tax increases on "small business." You may remember from previous erises that the House Republicans oppose raising income taxes on the wealthy because it would impact struggling small businesses such as a hedge • , Gail Collins fimd manager with an eight-figure annual income. Boehner also raised a whole new specter of political peril: "going over part of the fiscal cliff." That sounded less dire, as long as we all slay inside our dangling cars and refrain from making any moves until help arrives. But, by the end, it sounded as if the only cliff-avoidance Boehner was really interested in was one that raised new revenue through "fewer loopholes, and lower rates for all." We have already seen that plan. It was proposed by a man who, on Tuesday, lost the state in which he was born, the slate in which he was governor and the three slates in which he owns houses. Thanks to a blog by Eric Ostermeier in Smart Politics, I am able to point out that the only candidate for president who lost his home state by a larger margin than Mitt Romney was John Fremont in 1856. And Fremont was coming out of a campaign in which the opposition accused him of being a cannibal. While Boehner was explaining the importance of not going halfway over a cliff, or raising income taxes on the ricb, he looked somber and somewhat unhappy. This may have been because his Republican colleagues just lost the White House and the Senate. Or perhaps, it was simply because he's an . older white guy, and, therefore, part of the biggest loser demographic of the election, the flip-side of the insurgent Latino vote. On election nigh� people were talking about the not-young male population as if they were a dwiodling tribe of graybeards sitting around a sputtering stove in Oklaboma Republican _ gist John Weaver worried about beconting "a shrinking regional party of ntiddle-aged and older white men." On Fox News, Bill O'Reilly moaned that "the white establishment is now the minority." O'Reilly, 63, added that the new majority was composed of people who "want stuff." As opposed to older white men, all of whom have signed a pledge Dever to accept veteran benefits, Social Security or Medicare. "It's not a traditional America anymore," O'Reilly sadly concluded Almost everybody thinks of the world of their youth as the traditional world. In the future, today's teenagers will he looking back and mournfully declaring that traditional America was a place where folks really knew how to Twitter. Still, it's unseemly to identify the true America as the one where your group ran everything. Cheer up, white men! You seem to be doing OK. Next year women will have 20 percent of the seats in the U.s. Senate, and we're celebrating. And since it looks as if we're not getting any downtime, we'll have to get cracking on this latest congressional crisis. Root for a bipartisan solution that does not involve the White House's being hijacked by a guy who keeps babbling about going halfway over a cliff In the past, when these things came up, the president's big failing was his inability to hide his contempt for many of the people who occupy Capitol Hill. Now it's a new day, and he needs to be so perpetually and visibly avaiJahle that the negotiator.; beg to be left alone. If all else fails, strap John Boehner to the roof of a car.· - Gail Co llins is a New . Yo rk TImes columnist. ����� 2012 The Virgin Is!ands Daily News.25 Can Republi·cans adapt? This was one that the Republicans really should have won. Given the weak economy,American voters were open to firing President Barack Obama. In Europe, in similar circumstances, onc government after another lost re-election. And, at the begimting of this year, it looked as if the Republicans ntight win control of the U.S. Senate as well. Yet it wasn't the Democrats who won so much as the Republicans who lost - at a most basic level, because of demography. A coalition of aging white men is a recipe for failure in a nation that increasingly looks like a rainbow. Schadenfreude may excuse Democrats' smiles for a few days, but these trends portend a potential disas ter not just for the Republican Party but for the health of our political system. America needs a plausible center-right opposition party to hold Obama's feet to the ftre, not just a collection of Tea Party cranks. So liberals as well as conservatives should be rooting for the Republican Party to feel sufficiendy shaken that it shifts to the center. One hopeful sign is that political parties usually care more about winning than about purism. Thus the Democratic Party embraced the pragmatic center-left Bill Clinton in 1992 after three consecutive . losses in presidential elections. That was painful for many liberals, who cringed when Clinton interrupted campaigning in the 1992 primary to·burnish his law-and-order credentials by overseeing the execution of a mentally impaired murderer. But it was, on balance, less painful than los ing again. You would expect the Republican Party to make a similar lurch to the center. But many Republican leaders still inhabit a bubble. It was stunning how many, from Karl Rove to Newt Gingrich, seemed to expect a Mitt Romney victory. And some of the right-wing postmortems are suggesting that Romney lost because he was too libetal-which constitutes a defirtition of delusional. Imagine what would have happened if the Republican nominee had been Gingrich or Rick Santorum. We surely would have seen a Democratic landslide. On the other hand, if the Republicans had nominated Jon Huntsman Jr., they ntight have been the ones celebrating right now. But he had no chance in Republican prima: ries because primary voters are their party's worst enemy. Part of the problem, I think, is the profusion of right-wing radio and television programs. Democrats complain furiously that Rush Limbaugh, Glenn Beck and Sean Hannity smear the left, but I wonder if the bigger loser isn't the Republican Party itself Those shows whip up a frenzy in their audience, torpedoing Republican moderates and instilling paranoia on Nicholas D. Kristof issues lik§ iriunigratioo. All tIiis sOund and tiny Cllines!>es the Repul!1i<:an Party in an �Iogical cocoon· and impedes it from reaching Out to swing-staJe centrists, or even unilerstanding theni:-The vor tex spills C evir fuster and riSkS·becom ing an ideOlogical blac.khol�. • In 2002, a book was l'ublished called 'The Emefging Democratic Majority!,'1t argu"" that DemocratS would gain because Or theif.strength in expanding demographies such as . HispaniCs, Asian·Americans and, working women. It seemed persua- . sive until Repubiicans clobbered . , DemocratS in the next couple of elections. . � But perhaps that boo".was of its time. This was the tiISJ. election in which Hjspanic votersDwie up a double-digit share ofthe . �rate, accordingcw CNN . percent, doUbled from more thait"1·liutoflO Hic voteiS }; pater' lIJ!!!ents abouṭ lape by -Ii �lican candidates reS . . because they or-the GO!, uch men As Rep. T0d4 Akin of Missouri ntight put i� w�·a .candidate emerges with offensive: :v:iews about rape, "the female body.has ways to try to shut that whole thing down." Namely, they vote DeWocratic. America. is changing. After this election, a reoord 20 senators will be women, almost all of them Democrats. Opposition to sarne-sex marriage used to be a way for . Republicans to trumpet their morality; now it's seen as highlighting their bigotry. . An astonishing 45 percent of Obama voters were members of ntinority groups, according to The Tunes' Nate Silver. Many others were women or young people. That's the future of America, and if the Republican Party remains a purist cohort built around grumpy old white men, it is committing suicide. That's bad not just for conservatives but for our entire country. - Nicholas D. Kristof is a New Yo rk Times (:o /umnist. Contact him at Facebo ok.comIKristof, Twitter. comlNickKristof or by mail a/ The New Yo rk Times. 620 Eighth Ave .• New Yo rk. 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