EDITORIAL: The Sins of the Father and the ‘Sink’ of the Ship

CHRISTIANSTED — SUMMARY: A resurfaced 1989 report from the Washington Post reveals that Albert Bryan Sr., then a prominent bank vice president, was arrested by the FBI for looting in the lawless aftermath of Hurricane Hugo. The federal inventory of seized goods—ranging from a riding lawn mower to a scuba mask—paints a disturbing picture of the territory’s political and financial elite "liberating" luxury items while the rest of St. Croix struggled for survival. As the "Change Course Now" movement gains steam, these exhumed facts suggest the current administration’s roots are planted in a decades-old culture of entitlement.