The fantastic high flyers of the City Hall

Jul 25, 2016 Letters

Dear Editor;
It seems as though the travelling bug has bitten the new Mayor and Town Clerk or maybe they are just racing to see whether they could surpass the frequent flyer miles accumulated by the former Mayor.
How could a Municipality that perennially claims to be broke sit back and allow their Mayor and Town Clerk to go jetting around the world? First the ‘Fantastic Four’ took off in luxurious style to Mexico and Panama.
Even if the tickets were provided, there is the per diem cost to the Council. Now the two leading members of the ‘Fantastic Four’ have taken off for Chile, with the costs for the Town Clerk at least being borne by the Council.
Quite worryingly there are several more planned trips in the pipeline for these high fliers. Other than costs, the further question to be asked is why must it be only members from the ‘Gang of Four to make these overseas trips.
Is Deputy Mayor Duncan not good enough to represent Georgetown? In the past Council, the present Mayor who was then the Deputy Mayor, travelled extensively all over the world.
Would she not wish to return the favour? It should be noted that our present Mayor is not the most skillful nor accomplished orators. Maybe Deputy Mayor Duncan would do a better job representing Georgetown and Guyana on the world stage
And in the instance of the Town Clerk who has not taken his vacation leave entitlement as the excuse was given that his tasks and responsibilities managing Georgetown were too onerous and critical, now suddenly he has the time to chaperone the Mayor all over the world. Wouldn’t the Chief Medical Officer of Health or someone from the Public Health Department have been better suited bearing in mind the purpose of the visit?
There is an old Guyanese proverb that goes like this ‘Wasteful man money ah guh like butter in de sun’. If the City Council wishes to pull itself out of the financial mess it is in, then it will have to cut its expenditure rather than ‘Tax and Fly’.
Jermain Johnson

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