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G/T City Council always put the cart before the horse

Jun 27, 2017 Letters

Dear Editor,
It has been reported in the press that the Mayor and Councillors of the City of Georgetown have given themselves or the so called Parking Meter Committee an additional month to complete its consultations, as the initial three month period which was granted by Minister Bulkan seemed to be insufficient.
Is this not simply ludicrous? Ninety days and these people cannot complete a simple review of the scandalous parking meter initiative? Do they need a year? And why did it take one whole month for Pat and Roy to form this committee after the suspension? Were they awaiting instructions of who should be placed on the committee?
And why are they only now seeking to acquire pertinent documents from the contracting parking meter company, Smart City Solutions Inc. (SCSI) including the socioeconomic feasibility study that was purportedly undertaken. Are any of the members of this committee legally trained and qualified? Do they have any experience in parking meter systems? Will they be in contact with other cities that have successfully implemented paid parking?
Clearly they don’t need any more time to consult with the citizens as the citizens have shown evidently that they have no interest in discussing the parking meter behemoth with this Kangaroo Committee. The citizens have made their position pellucid and that is a big no to parking meters but more importantly they demand the complete scrapping of the illegal and disgusting contract entered into by the Fantastic Four.
It is my sincere hope that this committee of councillors is not going to seek to be given special remuneration outside of their regular stipends and allowances for undertaking this task. This would be adding insult to injury, as the Council is supposedly cash strapped and was the entity that created the problem in the first place. One can always rely on the Georgetown City Council to put the cart before the horse and bungle everything they undertake and that is because they lack a competent and honest administration.
Amber Valentine

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