I AM 100% behind any move to make Mayor Hamilton Green and his entire City Council cohorts leave office. Enough is enough! Mayor Green is too soiled a character to engender trust, and foster well-being.
Let me remind all Guyanese that in 1992, when ‘fair and free elections’ were held in Guyana for the first time (thanks to the Jimmy Carter Centre), this said Green was not a happy man. He had to demit office, as the expected PPP victory was realised. During his tenure as Prime Minister, he was purportedly quite subversive, and it was no surprise that he was rejected and ousted by Desmond Hoyte. Even the PNC could not tolerate him! He did try to make a court case in 1993, to the effect that there was a violation of his constitutional rights by his expulsion from the Party. He then launched his own Party, the ‘For a Good and Green Guyana Party (GGG)’, but this never really amounted to anything. This kind of background alone makes for a very dissatisfied, troubled and very vengeful man. In fact, from a psychological standpoint, many cannot see how he is fit to serve as Mayor of Georgetown. He needs psychiatric and psychological help.
Then there have been some recent terrible and troubling developments, and these again suggest that, from a moral perspective, Mayor Green must go. People at large are deeply bothered about issues surrounding Mayor Green’s alleged efforts to write off millions of dollars in taxes owed by his wife on a property on Mandela Avenue. The current Town Clerk, Ms. Carol Sooba, is feeling the brunt of Green’s vendetta and wrath, as she is the one who is seeking to bring decency and proper order to the entire City Council.
Now, along with Deputy Mayor, Patricia Chase-Green, the Mayor is not shy about making things ugly, even physically so. The threatening remarks a few days ago from the Deputy Mayor, and the many walk-outs from statutory meetings all point to immaturity, ill-fittedness to lead, and a suspicious guise.
It is hoped that the relevant authorities will pay keen attention to the behaviour of both Mayor Green and his deputy, as it seems that both are most willing to get dangerously violent.
TODD A MORGAN.. Guyana Kranickle