Dear Editor,

ALTHOUGH I have read in the newspapers multiple reports of perverse acts of nepotism and cronyism within the Georgetown Municipality, I was nonetheless shocked and disappointed to observe — a few days ago whilst shopping at the Bourda Market — that one of the newly built stalls located at the corner of Regent Street and Orange Walk is painted in a luminous green; in fact, the first one at the corner, which sells stationery and office supplies, is owned and controlled by the son of a very senior administrative officer of the Mayor and Councillors of the City of Georgetown (M&CC).How could the Council, using the citizens’ money, build stalls on the reserve, where goods used to be loaded and off-loaded much to the inconvenience of the legitimate stallholders inside the market, then turn around and gift them to the relatives of senior officers?

With such wanton disregard for ethics, it is logical to assume that, if it has not already started, the next thing one would hear is that this same vendor is supplying the Council with office supplies and stationery.

What next?

Yours,
NADINE JERRICK