stjohnjulie
@stjohnjulie
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Joined: June 2, 2008 11:27 am
Last seen: April 2, 2025 1:55 am
Topics: 12 / Replies: 1059
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RE: Vacation To VI This December?

There certainly are flaws. And also people who will try to fake results. And testing upon arrival has all kinds of risks. I haven’t heard about any...

4 years ago
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RE: Vacation To VI This December?

I think it would take a lot for the USVI to decide to shut down again. We may see changes in the testing requirements and 'gathering' restrictions be...

4 years ago
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RE: Building In St John

It is without question that building in the islands is tougher and more expensive than most places. Sourcing and then getting the materials is much m...

4 years ago
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RE: Building In St John

Yes. You will need to have a locally licensed architect and general contractor to get a building permit. There are several firms on island and many ...

4 years ago
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RE: Crime

Thank you for adding your perspective. I have been reading a lot more reports of traffic stops leading to arrests these days in the online news publ...

4 years ago
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RE: USVI Vision 2040

As far as surveys go, I thought this was one of the best if not the best I’ve taken for anything locally. I did the one the police department put out...

4 years ago
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RE: I Think We Need One More Shipment Of Stuff

Thanks for the update! I hope you follow up with how the move went. And hope it all goes as smooth as possible.

4 years ago
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RE: Crime

I hope o didn’t give anyone that I thought for a second that teachers had anything to do with the crime problem. I do however believe that our publi...

4 years ago
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RE: Crime

How about a healthy guy buy back? I know the suggestions I made take years. But since I haven’t seen any real improvement in the two decades I’ve b...

4 years ago
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RE: Retiring to STT. Have questions...

Just to add a little. I ship weekly with my job. We usually ship out of miami area using tropical. Full containers sail on Wednesday night and arriv...

4 years ago
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RE: Crime

I think it’s great you both want to mentor. We need more people who have the desire and tone to do so. My Brother's Workshop can probably point you...

4 years ago
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RE: Crime

My older son is what I would call (and pretty much everyone would call) privileged. But he also knows that as a young adult he has to work if he wants...

4 years ago
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RE: Living with Pets on the island

I do not believe there is. But you could inquire with the Department of Agriculture. The Mid Way gas station has many animals including rabbits. T...

4 years ago
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RE: Crime

I do realize that a change in our curriculum is the ‘long game’ approach. But since I have seen this cycle go on for decades I still believe it is th...

4 years ago
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RE: Crime

I’ve always felt that curbing crime begins in early education. There is a lot of focus placed on test scores for the basic classes, math, language ar...

4 years ago
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RE: Living with Pets on the island

Canines Cats and Critters is our vet and they give quality care and are just all super nice. They have a selection of quality products for cats and d...

4 years ago
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RE: Building on STT

It’s been awhile since our company has gotten concrete from St Thomas, but call Heavy Materials and ask them the current rate. Don’t forget to tell t...

4 years ago
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RE: Increase government salaries

I too think we have way too many senators. And also think St John is under represented. As is usually the case, the more people you have trying to c...

4 years ago
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RE: Economics and Tourism

I didn’t find it surprising the the economic development was tied to tourism survey. It’s pretty clear that we need to diversify our economy so we do...

5 years ago
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RE: Economics and Tourism

Thanks for posting. I took the first survey already but just took the second one. I like that they are putting these out. I hope they can do a bigge...

5 years ago
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RE: Questions regarding Relocating to St. Thomas

It’s that I don’t Recommend them for here. Our roads are not so great and they are hilly and with frequent brief rain showers they seem to come out o...

5 years ago
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RE: Questions regarding Relocating to St. Thomas

I wouldn’t recommend a scooter. But they do have driving schools on St Thomas that could also teach you. My son uses a driving school on St Thomas ...

5 years ago
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RE: St. Thomas Update?

What Exit Zero said. Money doesn’t equal success.

5 years ago
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RE: Homeschooling Community/ Tutorials on STX?

I suggest looking on Facebook for different groups. I'm not sure if there is a specific homeschool STX facebook page, but there are probably pages fo...

5 years ago
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RE: Concrete roof

My company worked on a lot of roofs and homes after the storms. We saw a lot of roofs that were strong enough to handle the winds but were significan...

5 years ago
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