This really is nothing new concerning the USVI. They stumble from one train wreck to another. I was there for just three years and saw the pattern then, extending back into the distant days of Dutch control.
No one is responsible… but we really need that money. They where deep in debt before Hugo ( with legislators leading the looting post storm )and they get a pass. Then they don’t pay back the Hugo money, but all is forgiven, Every thing on those islands is falling apart but it is not their fault. It is usually the fault of the tourists and or the US gov. They have shaken down ever industry or business that dares to open its doors and if it has a white face then the price doubles.I keep waiting for the other shoe to fall, but it seems to just hang there in the air getting heavier and heavier.They live in fear of an Open Cuba and I don’t blame them!