Dear Editor,
I offer my apologies to the Mayor and the M&CC on the issue of inadequate parking in the capital based on the Mayor’s response in SN on May 8. I don’t have the time to research the report to which the Mayor refers and since he is the expert on this issue, then I accept what he says to be the truth.
There is no crusade Your Worship. My letters are basically calls for there to be vision, justice and good leadership in our country. It is unfortunate that the President didn’t show any vision when deciding on this particular issue. Very unfortunate indeed.
In our country, there are a number of brutal cycles. One of these cycles is that we elect and employ incompetent managers. These persons make poor decisions and are incapable of accomplishing anything. And the cycle goes round and round. I see it every day. It is frustrating and appalling. We must put competent persons in key positions. That way we can delegate and forget. Management then becomes much easier and more effective.
I believe, Your Worship, that you could have addressed the issue without all the other trimmings in your response. We really as a nation have to leave all the baggage behind and stop viewing everything as a battle. I believe I heard you say something similar as well. We need to develop the habit of encouraging communication and building compromise. Not everyone is familiar with all the issues and therefore there is no need to place a wedge that prevents any objective view, even though that person’s view is not the same as yours. You will acknowledge that you feel just as strongly about the issue of inadequate parking, even earlier than I did, but you were not able to resolve the problem.
Can you provide some history on when this report by Dr Khan was presented to you? When was the case to address the parking issue mismanaged by cabinet? What have you done since? What are your plans to raise the issue again with the public and at the central government level? How often do you have town hall meetings with the public to listen to the issues of the citizens of Georgetown? I am not referring here to corner-shop chats. I mean structured town hall meetings that your staff minute. How do you publicize the before and after of these meetings? What other burning issues have you identified but central government prevented you from implementing solutions?
