Dear Mayor,
I WRITE to commend you on the no-nonsense, transformative leadership with which you have provided our capital city since your tenure began. You are, no doubt, a leader with vision, accompanied by positive action.

I, as a concerned citizen of Guyana, would hereby make my humble suggestion as regards street names in Georgetown. It is refreshing and well-received that we have streets named after world-renowned Shiv Chanderpaul and Nelson Mandela. However, we need to continue in similar stride and rename other streets. For instance, Lord Mayor, Rabbit Walk, where the DPP’s office is located can be renamed after one of our great statesmen/women jurists (Sir Shridath Ramphal, perhaps).

And what about Almond Street (named after a tree/fruit) and East Street, South Road and North Road (named after cardinal points of the compass). Can’t we find more appropriate and relevant names? These are just a few examples. We have other streets named after members of the British royalty. We have to stop idolising these people (It is a myth that Queen Victoria was responsible for freeing slaves). Where is our street, named after the ingenious icon Eddie Grant who also helped to put Guyana on the world map?

Mr Mayor, I exhort you, as the person at the helm of the City Council, to continue to be transformative and leave a legacy. You will also go down in history for this.
Regards
Karan Chand
Region Two resident