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Sep 29, 2012 Letters
Dear Editor,
We have complained many times and places about the government stultifying the Georgetown Municipality in a variety of ways.
Beyond the starving of funds and facilities, we have the stressful micro-management by certain Ministers of Local Government – an obtuse and shameless administration that apparently embraces the old imperial master philosophy.
A small but most recent issue is this- the Council at its Statutory Meeting of September 10, 2012, expressed a concern with regard to the six officers sent on leave by the Minister and asked the Town Clerk to express Council’s apprehension to the Ministry.
The response was contained in a letter dated September 21st, 2012, in which the Honourable Minister, Norman Whittaker, Minister within the Ministry of Local Government, wrote the Town Clerk informing her that investigations are yet to be concluded.
Two things about this correspondence:
-the Minister did not even deem it necessary to copy his correspondence to the Mayor.
-whether it is a faux pas, or a lack of understanding of the rules of natural justice, the letter says the “investigations into the improprieties embodied in the 2012 Burrowes Commission Report”, it doesn’t say ‘alleged’ and therefore, one may ask what purpose these investigations can serve. This apart, we must manage with a serious depletion of staff.
Let us all pray for sanity and a Government that respects the rule of law and which can develop a sensitivity to the way things are done in a democratic, civilized society.
Hamilton Green, J.P.
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