Barbara A. Petersen is a Saint Thomian who served as administrator for Saint Thomas and Water Island, United States Virgin Islands from 2007 to 2015.[1][2] (wikipedia)
Actual cost of duplication (onto a CD) is probably less than a buck.
We wanted to see what happened when the average citizen goes in and makes a public-records request.
Women voting in the community outnumber the men. We have to realize that we hold the power.
E-mail is a preferred form of communication for government agencies around the state now. We have problems getting access to e-mail all over the state.
It seems like a colossal waste of resources to have a clerk sit there and look over my shoulder as I scroll through. While I'm glad they allow access, I think they need to come up with a better and more efficient way to allow access.
They weigh the issues, the competing interests, and make clear decisions on what might be a good bill and what might be a bad bill. They pay attention. Most of the bad bills do die.
Who gets paid $100 an hour? The extensive-use fee is supposed to be based on the actual cost incurred.
Our list is already three pages long, and we're adding on a regular basis.
