TODAY’s letter marks the first of a two-part series on the ‘Green versus Sooba’ saga, which will open the eyes of the public to a disgraceful Mayor and equally disgraceful goings on in the Georgetown City Council. There is nothing new in Hamilton Green’s behaviour as it relates to the recently appointed Town Clerk, Carol Sooba. I say recently appointed Town Clerk for the simple reason that she was appointed by the government to see to it that some semblance of order comes to a stinking city, both by way of physical and financial clean-up.
This has evoked the ire of Hamilton Green, who has embarked on a campaign to harass, discredit and besmirch her character. He is on a campaign by way of which he ultimately hopes to see her complete removal from City Hall.
In the immediate present and foreseeable future, this is not going to happen, so Green is furious. He has had it over the top with “this woman” who seeks to expose his wrongdoings, but yet still will not move. Although the Chief Justice ruled that Sooba’s appointment was illegal, it did stop short of a complete removal of the Town Clerk; this has added insult to “Green’s injury”, so the saga continues.
But let us look at two critical issues here, and I will ask a question to begin the first. Is Sooba a threat to the safety and/or security of the City of Georgetown? The answer comes back a resounding ‘No!’
The Town Clerk poses no threat to the city; in fact, she is there to ensure that the city gets back to its glory days, and the way to go about it is to expose all those who are standing in the way of progress. One such great obstacle is a decrepit and backward-thinking mayor who requested the Town Clerk to forgive the millions owed by him and his pompous cabal. Because she bluntly refused to be a party to that corrupt transaction, she is forever hounded by him and his deputy.
You see, dear readers, Hamilton Green wants a Town Clerk he can control and manipulate while the city suffers; Sooba will have none of that, so the two are on a collision course.
There is an unending saga of mudslinging and bad-mouthing by a very corrupt man, and I will pause at this stage to issue a timely word of advice to the Town Clerk: Be very wary of Green, who is known to have very dubious relations with women! I say no more.
Let us backtrack for one moment and look at his relationship with former Town Clerk, Beulah Williams. For her keen sense of pride and development for the City of Georgetown, she was called a ‘Head Heifer’. Beulah is a full-bodied lady who was very clean and keen on her duties in lifting the city out of the pit it has found itself in.
At first glance, this should be considered a commendable act; one worthy of note. But not so in Green’s book. In his book, she was a ‘Head Heifer’ or a ‘cow’ who wanted to take over the reins of power at City Hall. Green meant that no woman should stand in his way; hence she was castigated for doing her job with such a sick comment.
Beulah has left, and now we have Sooba, another no-nonsense Town Clerk, who is also called derogatory names, one of which is ‘a rodent’. So, there is nothing new about Green’s behaviour. Once you are about doing your duties to the best of your ability, you will pose a threat to a corrupt mayor. Whenever that perception is uppermost in his mind, all decency is cast aside, and politics of the gutter takes precedence.
Clearly, this is what we see taking place at City Hall.

NEIL ADAMS