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 | | Turnbull line-item vetoed an appropriation for back salary increases for unionized government employees, a payout for government retirees, and amendments that would affect the Government Employees' Retirement System, the use of V.I. Lottery proceeds, and penalties for late payment of property tax. |
 | | Turnbull approved funding for several other celebrations, improvements to public roads and the development of one new road, and several other non-appropriation amendments. |
 | | Turnbull said the government is in "thorny economic woods" as it braces for the full impact of the American Jobs Creation Act of 2004 on the Economic Development Commission program and on the V.I. economy. |
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