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Nov 29, 2017 Letters
Dear Editor,
Please refer to a letter which appeared in your Kaieteur News issued Monday under the rubric: “Giving too much to the Town Clerk” by Carl Veecock, at page 5.
We sincerely thank Mr. Veecock for his interest in the work of the Council. However, it does appear that this gentleman has a personal problem with the Town Clerk. This is seen both in the contents and tone of his article. It is quite wrong for him to use the newspapers to disguise his personal feelings as genuine interest in the development of the city.
Then again, this is a democracy country and individuals are free to express themselves even their personal feelings about anything and any one.
Interestingly, Mr. Veecock gets to see and hear what the council is doing to make Georgetown a better place. He is not involved in the management, he does not appear to understand the complexities of the dynamics affecting the operations of council so he gets to sit on the fringes and enjoy the luxury of criticizing the collective effort of the council.
It is easy to criticize but difficult to come up with workable solutions to issues, particularly in circumstances of serious resource constraints. Nevertheless, we encourage, Mr. Veecock to continue to keep writing. This could help us to improve our performance.
This particular writer has been spewing all sorts of inaccuracies against the Mayor and City Council. However, it is easy for anyone to criticize but difficult to suggest workable solutions to the issues affecting the city.
I am not sure what qualifications this gentleman holds or whether he has managed any organization or group and understands the complexities of management and administration. Therefore, he has the luxury of standing on the sidelines to criticize the work of the Georgetown city Council.
Again we, at City Hall have demonstrated that it is possible to have a clean and a green city.
Carl Veecock can continue to criticize, we will continue to do our best to secure the integrity of the city.
Debra Lewis
Public Relations Officer
Mayor and City Council
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