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- ↑ "Labor Commissioner Suspended Without Pay". The St. John Source U.S. Virgin Islands. Retrieved 2020-08-19.
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- ↑ "Democrats bring convention to V.I." The Virgin Islands Daily News . Retrieved 2020-08-19.
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