Red Hook group plans demonstration to protest V.I. inaction on Vessup Bay purchase

ST. THOMAS - Red Hook Community Alliance is planning a protest march on Government House next month to call attention to Gov. Charles Turnbull's failure to take action to purchase Vessup Bay.

Eight months have passed since the 25th Legislature overrode Turnbull's veto of legislation appropriating $3 million in interest revenues to buy 17 acres on Vessup Bay by eminent domain.

The legislation requires that the government contract with three licensed real estate appraisers to determine the fair market value of the property, but it has failed to do so. The clock is ticking as developer Alfredo Lowenstein, who owns the land, moves forward with his plans to build homes and condominiums on the 17 acres.

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