Councillors mull downsizing mayor’s security detail

Councillors of the Mayor & City Council (M&CC) are contemplating reducing Mayor Hamilton Green’s security detail—a move he has said is being pursued out of malice by uninformed persons.

At a statutory meeting two weeks ago, Councillor Gwendolyn McGowan raised the issue of the Mayor’s security while considering the council’s current financial crisis.

M&CC Public Relations Officer Royston King later told Stabroek News that some councillors are of the view that the mayor’s security is excessive. He relayed that McGowan had stated that