Gov’t critics being targeted in city’s back taxes litigation

Georgetown Mayor Hamilton Green has accused acting Town Clerk Carol Sooba of targeting government critics through legal action initiated against businesses and individuals for unpaid taxes.

“…What we now see happening is clearly a process to target persons, who have over time, been exposing the corruption and undemocratic governance of the PPP/C administration,” Green said in a letter published in Monday’s Stabroek News, in which he addressed the municipality’s debt recovery operation. “This is a clear case of political pressure and propaganda,” he added.

At a news conference on Friday, Sooba said that the city is seeking to rake in the over $500 million it is