Social Commentator and Host of Honestly Speaking, Pastor Claude O. Skelton-Cline, has called for the government of the Virgin Islands (VI) to stop purchasing vehicles. Photo: Government of the Virgin Islands

Pastor Claude O. Skelton-Cline during the June 16, 2026, airing of his show Honestly Speaking on ZBVI 780 AM. Photo: Facebook

During the Tuesday, June 16, 2026, episode of Honestly Speaking on ZBVI 780 AM titled ‘What We Know Is Not True Part 3’, Skelton-Cline said, “I am seeing all kinds of government vehicles everywhere, anytime of the day, by the grocery store, by the rum shop, [all] hours of the night. I don’t know why we are buying so many vehicles.”

He said if he were put in charge of something, he would have called for a complete moratorium on the government buying any more vehicles.

A costly venture 

Skelton-Cline added that it is not just purchasing the vehicles; the government is responsible for fuel and maintenance. “Not only that, government doesn’t have any insurance on these vehicles.” 

Skelton-Cline asked government workers not to get angry at him for these statements, saying that the VI right now is in “economic crisis mode”. 

“We need to hit a hard stop…How are we affording these stuff? In the best of times, ok, I’ll back off, but we’re not in the best of times right now….How do we think that this is sustainable?”

He called on the public to join him in sending this message to the government. “We need to bring a hard stop to the purchase across the board of any more vehicles and a system that is enforceable in place for the proper use, utility of these vehicles,” he stated.