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Urgent need to assess City Hall’s spending
Dear Editor;
As a citizen and rate paying resident of Georgetown I would like to be shown under which by-laws or statutes the Town Clerk of Georgetown Royston King has the fiscal or legal authority to be expending the revenues earned from property owners, to pay the expenses of a former mayor who hardly resides in Guyana.
Recently in an unlawful and dissolute motion moved by Mayor Patricia Chase-Green and seconded by Councillor Heston Bostwick, it was proposed to have the services of the City Constabulary Department extended to former mayor Hamilton Green with the provision of security guards at his residence.
This is unprecedented; no former Mayor ever enjoyed and does not currently enjoy such a facility. But that is just the beginning, as the Council also provides a motor vehicle, provides unlimited fuel supply for it, a chauffeur to drive this vehicle, a gardener, 24 hour body guards and much more. How could a municipality that says it is constantly broke and cannot pay its debtors, spend so lavishly on a former mayor who incidentally spends more time out of the country than in the country?
Indeed this former Mayor’s residence looks like an outpost for the City Constabulary with some constables living right there on site in his compound in barracks. Where is the transparency and accountability we were promised and deserve? Is there need for a City Assets Recovery Unit (CARU) or a Special Municipal Crimes Unit (SMCU) to be set up to go after the citizens’ money?
Debra Gibson
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This is breaking news!
Do the people of GT know of these extra benefits?
Seems that there is no councilor knowledgeable of this so as to raise a challenge in council.
I await the fall out of this breaking news.