Dear Editor,
We would like to call on the Georgetown City Council and all the politicos attached to it to desist from campaigning in the guise of ‘working’ in the weeks leading up the March 18 local government elections.
We have noticed that Mayor of Georgetown Hamilton Green and Deputy Mayor Patricia Chase-Green have been more active after the May 15 national elections than at any other time when holding these posts. Mayor Green has listed excuses such as the previous government restricting the council’s reach, claiming that by-laws could not be enforced, and that this stagnated the council’s work. But now, weeks before local government elections, the Mayor is doing city tours and market tours like never before.
We call on the politicians at City Hall to desist from campaigning with the use of taxpayers’ resources and desist from interfering in the functions of other officials. It is incumbent upon the Mayor and Deputy Mayor to simply ensure that adequate funds are available for the food and market inspectorate, the City Engineer’s Depart-ment and the other departments within City Hall.
We call on all political parties to denounce the covert political campaign currently being conducted in the municipality of Georgetown.
Yours faithfully,
Ronson Gray
Campaign Manager
Team Benschop For Mayor
