As VI Ambassador, Pressure Should Speak Like A Thomian, Not Jamaican, Sen. Kurt Vialet Says

ST. CROIX -- Second-term Democrat Senator Kurt Vialet said during a Committee on Economic Development and Agriculture hearing on Tuesday, that Pressure Busspipe, a USVI Ambassador paid by the Department of Tourism to represent the U.S. Virgin Islands, should speak like a St. Thomian, and stop sounding as if he's from the island of Jamaica. Mr. Vialet -- as well as Senator Alicia Hansen -- contended that what they deem as Pressure's Jamaican-sounding way of speaking, will inadvertently lead potential tourists to believe that he's from the land of reggae, and not from the U.S. Virgin Islands. Mr. Vialet also called for the "Virgin Islands Nice" song to be reproduced using themes of local music such as Quelbe. He said a new version could include the likes of Quelbe legends Stanley and the Ten Sleepless Knights. "Sometimes as soon as they hear, no matter what the word is, they take it as Jamaican, so I wish they would redo the V.I. Nice to a quelbe or something that is more ...