Water Taxi Service
July 17, 2017 – Justin Moorhead
Finally we begin to address downtown traffic congestion in Charlotte Amalie. The government’s solicitation for proposals from companies interested in providing water taxi services in the greater St. Thomas harbor will, if implemented correctly, achieve several positive benefits for the community. For both visitors and residents, it will ease traffic flow throughout the historical district….
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Pursuing Consensus
December 22, 2016 – Justin Moorhead
Who saves us from ourselves? Walt Kelly’s possum character in the 1971 Earth Day comic strip Pogo surveys the trash clogged Georgia Okefenokee Swamp and says, “…we have met the enemy and he is us.” The same answer applies to the question of who is responsible for our failure to address this community’s fiscal and…
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What may lie ahead for the Virgin islands
November 22, 2016 – Justin Moorhead
As Virgin Islanders, two recent developments that impact the Caribbean, and more specifically the Virgin Islands, require our attention. The first is the election of Donald Trump. The second is Fitch Investors Services commentary on the further downgrade of the Virgin Islands government’s credit rating to B+, with a negative outlook. Each warrants consideration of…
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Spending requires prioritizing choices
October 11, 2016 – Justin Moorhead
We cannot have anything, and surely not everything, unless we are willing to pay for it. This is true as individuals and more so as a community. Affordability is always a constraint in small communities where there are fewer individuals to share the burden of cost. Any effort to address the existing Virgin Islands’ financial…
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GERS is not just a government problem
September 26, 2016 – Justin Moorhead
The totality of the local government’s financial problem must be of concern to all of us. The impending financial collapse of GERS, the Government Employee Retirement System, humanizes and crystalizes this problem. If it occurs, its impact will be consequential. It will directly affect many and indirectly impact all. In a community where 20% of…
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