Government should work for the people, not stand in their way. A Roach Francis Administration will focus on four priorities: building a workforce that is valued and supported, creating a government that gets things done, ensuring transparency and accountability, and strengthening families and communities. From Day One, we will take practical steps to improve government performance, restore public trust, and deliver results that make a difference in the daily lives of Virgin Islanders.

A Workforce that is Valued.

First 100 Days

• Some of our public employees—the men and women who collect our trash, staff our clinics, maintain our roads, and keep government services running—have gone years without a settled contract. That is unfair to them, and every year those contracts remain unresolved, the government's financial obligation continues to grow. It also becomes harder to recruit and retain the experienced workers our communities depend on.

• We will direct our negotiators to return to the table and work in good faith to resolve every expired agreement. We will also staff up the office responsible for labor negotiations so the backlog can finally be addressed and restore the systems needed to resolve labor disputes in a timely manner.

• When public employees are respected and supported, government works better for everyone. Respecting our workforce is not an expense. It is an investment in the people who deliver the services our communities rely on every day.

Fill the Empty Chairs, and Fill Them on Merit.

First 100 Days

• Today, more than 100 seats on our boards and commissions are vacant. These are the bodies responsible for helping oversee our hospitals, schools, utilities, and other essential services. When seats remain empty, decisions are delayed, oversight suffers, and government cannot perform the way it should.

• In our first 100 days, we will send legislation to create a standing commission responsible for keeping these positions filled. Qualified individuals will be selected based on their knowledge, experience, and ability to serve—not political connections and every island will have fair representation.

• We will also invest in leadership development and modernize government operations so agencies can respond faster and deliver results more effectively.

• Government should move at the speed of the people's needs. Our goal is a government that acts, responds, and gets things done.

Open and Accountable Government

First 100 Days

• Public trust is earned through transparency, accountability, and results. Our people deserve to see how decisions are made, how contracts are awarded, or how public dollars are spent.

• Government should never operate behind closed doors. We will open the books by putting government contracts, spending, and key performance information online and in plain view.

• We will strengthen oversight, support accountability measures, and ensure agencies meet the standards the public expects and deserves. A government that works for the people should also be visible to the people.

Stronger Families and Communities.

• In our Territory, settling an estate can drag on for years, sometimes decades—while the house sits empty, the title stays clouded, and a family's wealth quietly disappears. That is how good land goes to ruin and how generations lose what their parents or grandparents worked for.

• We will set a real target to resolve uncontested estates in a matter of months, not lifetimes; create a help desk in the Lieutenant Governor's Office to walk families through the paperwork before they ever see a courtroom; and work with the Legislature to add the court capacity needed to clear the backlog for good.

• We will also support housing restoration, neighborhood revitalization, and beautification initiatives that help strengthen communities across the Territory.

• Strong communities begin with strong families. Protecting generational wealth means protecting the future of the Virgin Islands.