There is a flurry of comments circulating in regard to the hiring of private security for Town Clerk Carol Sooba.Of all the individuals seeking into the finer details of the hiring of Sooba’s personal security are her nemeses, Hamilton Greene and his deputy, Chase-Green. They, among other things, want to know who is footing the bill for the Town Clerk.

In fact, they are of the opinion that the Town Clerk should not be afforded the luxury of personal security, seeing City Hall provides such services. Well, both parties are either very ignorant of the fact, or plain stupid; because Ms Sooba, who is a sensible lady, would not sit idly by when threats to her life are constantly being made.

Certainly, anyone with half a brain would take these threats seriously. One would not be so grossly naive as to believe that a city constabulary that is literally “owned” and controlled” by the mayor would be protective of her. Sooba is not that stupid; hence the urgent need for security of her own.

Ms Sooba is well aware of the tactics employed by Green and his associates to forcibly evict her from office, and there is reason to believe that violence is one of those tactics; so nothing is left to chance. It is interesting to know that the Mayor was a senior functionary in a regime and at a time when lots of questionable deaths occurred, hence the Town Clerk would have pondered over these important details, finally coming up with the decision to hire personal security.

Even Green himself was fingered in some of these occurrences, and I, to this day, want some answers.

But why is Green so nervous over the fact that someone he relegates to the position of a “pest” is hiring someone for her personal security? If Sooba is such a “nobody” in his book, then why worry? But it all goes to show how devious this man is. Instead of being concerned about the health and cleanliness of the city, this man is “overly zealous” over the safety of a woman. Interesting!

I am of the opinion that Green was caught flat-footed by Sooba, because all his sinister plans went down the chute when Mr. Hinds was hired as her security officer. Hinds may be a “shady character” in their estimation, but I must admit he is no more “shadier” that his accusers. He that hath no sin cast the first stone.

One of the things coming out crystal clear from the Walter Rodney CoI is the cryptic details of the way persons who were considered “enemies” of the PNC were dealt with. Hamilton Green and his deputy were part of that notorious regime, and they are quite familiar with the handling of persons they call subversives.

Carol Sooba can be considered such a person – “subversive” – or harsher still is Green’s terminology: a “rodent”. So she might have rightly surmised before she is exterminated that “rodent” has to safeguard herself against the exterminator/s.

The two Greens have to be cognizant of the statements they make, and the far-reaching implications those statements may have.

So, in the present scenario, Sooba cannot take anything for granted, because the risk is too great.

NEIL ADAMS