stjohnjulie
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Joined: June 2, 2008 11:27 am
Last seen: January 22, 2025 3:41 am
Topics: 12 / Replies: 1059
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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...

4 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...

4 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...

4 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 ...

4 years ago
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RE: St. Thomas Update?

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

4 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...

4 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...

4 years ago
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RE: What's Plan B?

It seems to me that the government just continues to raise taxes on the people who are paying them and spends little to no time going after the people...

5 years ago
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