KINDLY permit me to state my humble opinion as a law abiding, hardworking tax payer of this city of Georgetown. I have, for some time now, been following the ups and lots of downs of the workings of the Mayor and City Council of Georgetown.
More often than not there’s been a round-about of blame being placed on either the Mayor and City Council or the Ministry of Local Government. This to me has been nothing more than a political ball game the end result of which the city itself has been suffering.
As of recent I’ve been following the news and have seen a lot being mentioned about the Burrowes Inquiry and the recommendations and findings. Only recently one of our daily newspapers yesterday, SN, wrote an editorial depicting the findings of an investigation done by the same committee which was established by Burrowes himself.
The article also dealt with what actions may or should be taken against the so call “M&CC Mafia” which was implicated in the report. Now as a citizen of this city, if these things that are being said are true, I honestly hope that they get rid of these persons once and for all and have a new set of qualified and competent persons manage the affairs of the city.
I also hope that the report submitted by the Burrowes Committee is not misrepresented and watered down to make it look as if the M&CC actually knew what was going on and all along were planning to get rid of this faction. One of the more puzzling questions I haven’t yet seen or gotten an answer for is “after all this time what has the Mayor and the City Council been doing to deal with all this corruption, mismanagement and downright incompetence?” It’s been so many years I’ve basically lost track counting.
To crown it off, I have noticed on TV that the Honourable Mayor of our city seems to be taking credit for these new revelations of corruption, an exercise he had no part of. Our mayor always seems to be taking credit for something he did not do. In fact, it is our very mayor who has been presiding over this shameful situation and should be ashamed of the state of affairs at City Hall.
I cannot believe that the Mayor and Councilors do not know what is happening right under their noses. If this body was a Board of Directors of a private company they would have been sacked or asked to resign. Shame on the whole lot – Management, Councilors and Mayor.