Ten days ago Sen. George LeMieus (R), from Florida proposed a bill that would have ruined the Virgin Island economy!  This week, through the behind the scenes efforts of Gov. deJongh from the USVI and several of the Territory’s influential friends were successful in having it voted down by the U.S. Senate!!!

“The Rum Cover-Over War” was one worth fighting.  A war starts generally because one territory is angry with another, and they want to punish the people they are angry with.  Well, the offending party in this war is Puerto Rico.  Puerto Rico is angry that the giant liquor conglomerate, Diageo, did not renew an agreement with a rum distillery in their territory. It happens to be the distillery that produces Captain Morgan’s label representing significant jobs and BIG revenue to any territory that has the contract. Read the rest of this entry »