Dear Editor,
As I sat in the hallowed chambers of the ruinous City Hall building recently and witnessed the new Mayor of our capital city being inaugurated and watched him take the march past, I felt a sense of deep pleasure and satisfaction as a result of the achievements and qualities of this humble, young and energetic man taking up this leading and key position in Georgetown.
His declaration that he will be striving to restore integrity to the council as well as ensuring accountability and transparency at City Hall is indeed quite noble, and would warm the hearts and meet the expectations of every single citizen of Georgetown. Indeed it is a breath of fresh air and I would plead with all citizens to give to him 100% of their support.
However, one has to hope that this gentleman is not being a little naive, starry eyed and out of touch with the realities of City Hall, because if anyone believes that in one year that they can move the most disreputable, discreditable, scandalous and unscrupulous organization in the country to one of integrity, to one that practices accountability and transparency then one would be living in La La Land. Realizing such dreams is going to be a monumental task.
The new Mayor needs to understand that he has to begin with his very own colleagues in the political directorate. There he has the remnants of the ‘Fantastic Four’ who were and still are the proponents of the scandalous parking meter initiative, which must never see the light of day in Georgetown again. He will be well advised to pack up those ‘Green Monsters’ which are still planted around the city as stark reminders of some of the darkest days in our city and ship them back from whence they came.
These remnants of the ‘Fantastic Four’ who have returned to the new Council as they seem to have nowhere else to go, regrettably have once again been given key positions in a very significant committee of the Council, and continue to have their close relatives working with the Council.
Yours faithfully,
Anu Bihari
