Senators Resend GERS Bill To Mapp

ST. THOMAS -- Gathered at the Earl B. Ottley  Legislative Hall on Monday night, senators of the 31st Legislature took on the task of approving the Government Employees' Retirement System bill that Governor Kenneth Mapp said he could not support because the errors were so many, and one he hoped his administration had more imput in shaping, especially since Finance Commissioner Vladimir Collins asked, in a recent hearing, that the Senate put a pause on the measure until a more comprehensive approach could be employed. But most members of the body supported last night's revised version of  bill No. 31-0146, with those in support making the same arguments made during past deliberations: immediate action is needed to save the ailing system. And those who opposed it in the past remained resolute as well, including Sen. Tregenza Roach, who has expressed frustration in the manner in which the measure was being hustled through the body, and decried options that he contends put GERS in...