BVI should look better considering the $1.6B given to each gov’t

Local businessman and outspoken clergyman, Bishop John Cline, has insisted that the territory must look better, given the vast sums of money that have been collected by each successive administration.

Bishop Cline, the keynote speaker at the 1949 Great March and Restoration Day commemorative event yesterday, zeroed in on the monies announced in BVI’s annual budget and the amount of wealth at the territory’s disposal.

“We spend [$400 million] every year. That means every administration; we give them $1.6 billion [for each term they serve in office]. We should look better, we should feel better, the standard of living for this territory should be better and the quality of life for all Virgin Islanders should be better,“ the Bishop said.

“[Roughly] $1.6 billion every four years, and this is what we get. We ought to move forward with greater determination and courage and we the people must hold any elected government responsible for how they spend our money. This is not a joke.“

“There was no allegiance to political parties, and the party bond that now seeks to divide us,” the clergyman said of the 1949 era.