The Mayor has a comprehension problem

Jun 07, 2016 Letters

Dear Editor,

The new Mayor of Georgetown is very confused, ill advised or ill informed. One day during an interview with a local newspaper she denies that City Hall is cash strapped.
Ms. Chase Green denied such claims, saying that allegations of bankruptcy were untrue, and expressed an unawareness that the municipality was struggling to meet its mammoth monthly wage bill, its contractors’ fees and its statutory payments such as to the GRA and the NIS.
She further went on to say that she had not received any such reports which suggest that City Hall was incapable of paying its debts, and, as such, she questioned the authenticity and reliability of the information that was published.
Then the very next day the Mayor made a 180 degree pivot and confirmed that the Georgetown Mayor and City Council (M&CC) had indeed run short on funds. In fact she said there was not been a time that she was aware of that the Council had not had a loss claiming that the city has always been broke.
Her new claim was that the Council does not collect enough rates and taxes (general rates) to meet all the demands financially to run this city and so being short of cash was no new news, suggesting that it would take like $3 billion a year to run the city of Georgetown if it is to be developed into a modern city.
How could it be that on one day the Mayor was totally oblivious of the Council’s dire financial straits even though all of her staff including those surrounding her, including her security, drivers and secretarial staff were not paid, and then the next day do a complete back flip and indicate that for the last 21 years that she was at the Council, the entity was always broke? Something has to be wrong?
James Mc Onnell

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