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Aug 20, 2015 Letters
DEAR EDITOR,
I’m a Lindener and I’m very much interested in the state of our Region and town. To me, it seems their representatives are out of touch with their responsibilities.
Before there were a Regional Democratic Council and Mayor and Town Council, Wismar, Christianburg and Mackenzie, and some extended living areas, were governed by a Local Authority body which consisted of well-respected people, the likes of Mr. Hugh Harris, Mr. Festus Adams, Mr. Jason Moseley and others. “McCity people”, as we were referred to then, lived as senior citizens (not old age) but had a high standard of livelihood and were the envy of many people within Guyana.
With the introduction of the Regional Democratic Council and Mayor and Town Council, and the closure of the Alumina Plant and the change from hand to hand of the Bauxite Company, our living standard changed also.
The title of this letter and its content is to emphasise that our councillors in both organizations need to attend workshops and seminars in order to understand their functions and responsibilities instead of rushing into each other faces in public when a meeting is concluded. Most councillors are unaware they have a responsibility to hold meetings, inform, ask residents in their neighbourhood of the ills, and report with signed documents from citizens to the council meeting.
I then suggest names, telephone numbers and addresses be posted on councillors’ houses for identification purposes, also they must wear personal identification cards with the area they represent. I know standards have fallen very much in our society, but let us make a change for the better.
As children, we were taught males were to remove their head dresses or hats before entering a building. On Saturday morning 2015-08-15, while viewing N.C.N Ch. 8 Linden T.V, I saw a Pastor fully fitted with a snap-brim hat while preaching to his membership in church. What a thing! Everything has changed, even going to places of worship is a fashion show and the loudness is compared to a discothèque. While they say, give a joyful noise unto the Lord, people must recognize noise is unwanted sound; therefore it should be ‘give a joyful sound unto the Lord’. Spoken and written statements change from time to time. Our ancestors had to repeat what was taught to them by their captors. The time has come for us to evaluate statements and make changes where necessary.
A quote from a 1966 Independence speech by the late President Linden Forbes Burnham reads, “After 150 odd years of British rule and in some cases misrule, we are now Independent, but we harbour no bitterness.”
Let’s move forward, forward ever, backward never.
B. Winslow Parris
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