Politics

Bryan Calls Out Vialet For Not Introducing Legislation Aimed at Transforming Education System After Spending 8 Years in Senate

Governor Albert Bryan and Sen. Kurt Vialet were both given an opportunity to ask each other a question of their choosing during the V.I. Consortium/WTJX debate held Thursday, and Mr. Bryan called out the veteran senator for what he contended was Mr. Vialet's failure to introduce legislation that would positively transform the education system. Mr. Vialet, the well-known former educator at the St. Croix Educational Complex and the Arthur A. Richards Junior High School, has spent eight years in the Senate, and Mr. Bryan argued that the senator has nothing to show for it in terms of policy. "Senator Vialet, you have worked in the education system for more than 20 years and most of that as an administrator. There's no one who knows more in the Senate of the ills of education than you. In 2010 while you were still principal [at the St. Croix Educational Complex High School], the [U.S.] Dept. of Interior said we needed $1 billion to repair our schools, and that's before the hurricanes. Why...