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Mattei, Lou. "Constitutional Convention Meeting Marred by Arguments, Technical Snarls." Virgin Islands Daily News. Times-Shamrock Communications. 2012. HighBeam Research. 18 Feb. 2017 <https://www.highbeam.com>.
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ST. THOMAS - By about 2 p.m. Saturday, Fifth Constitutional Convention delegate Clement Magras leaned forward in his chair on the third floor of the Government Employees Retirement System building in Charlotte Amalie and spoke up, to no one in particular.
"We've been here an hour and nothing's happened yet," he said in a modest tone that was easily swallowed up by the noise of several other conversations. "Let's move on."
But the late start to the scheduled 1 p.m. meeting - while perhaps not what one would expect from an elected body facing a tight deadline to pass a new draft of what could become the territory's foundational document - was a minor issue compared with the technical and political breakdowns that followed. …
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