Mayor denies Town Clerk targeted over refusal to write off his wife’s taxes

Hamilton Green

Mayor of Georgetown, Hamilton Green, is refuting allegations that he is seeking the removal of Town Clerk (ag), Carol Sooba, after she refused to grant his wife a write-off of taxes she owed for her business.

Green said the report, which was carried in another section of the press, is untrue because the situation at City Hall is nothing of the sort. He stated that what transpired is that he had asked for an adjustment of the building evaluation because it was not a true representation of the real value.

Green said the building was valued higher than it was worth because the property was valued as a