System Restore; Default

Everyone that claims that they know about computers knows what it means to System Restore. It is a MS built-in piece of programming that allows you to go back to the last time when everything was all right and functioning. As reality will have it there will never be a perfect time when everything is going totally ok with your computer but sometimes you are VERY satisfied.

With that analogy out of the way, let me revert to our dear Orange Walk. I get the impression that the present leaders of our community flailed at the management of our town. And at providing leadership, the town itself will provide an assessment on March 4. My opinion is that the pettiness and immaturity of dealing with "the central government" was the downfall of the Orange Walk group. The councilors failed to council the Mayor. So stipends might have been issued to them in vain.

Now it is public knowledge that the Mayor was dangling from strings beyond his control. Too bad that those controlling the strings themselves do NOT have the proven skills to deal with a town and the organization it entails. One of them can hardly express himself much less run the resources of a town. The other, a flibbertigibbet, runs around on the successes of the offspring.

I promised not to get personal and I apologize for the innuendo but some things are so clearly mistakes that ought not to be repeated in the name of our town. We do not deserve it.

On another note, I do believe that Belize's Mayors and councilors ought to be paid handsomely. And, at best they should have part time employment whilst the rest of the time they should be at the town council offices looking out for the people. If the Mayor steps out, the deputy ought to be there. Like creole seh, "da chance" to have 7 people answerable to a growing town whilst they have their own full time jobs. Some rotatory measure ought to be implemented. Nowadays nothing is free. But as long as it is a cumbersome task to be mayor or councillors, they will keep shorting out the people. It ought to be jobs.

I do hate that the Town Council elections is many a times the report card of the central government. It just shows how the laws still tie the town to the whims of one. With having the Mayorship and Council as better paying positions, with increased responsibilities and with a greater self-governance (at the town level ) I can feel an increased chance of success. Of course, the importance of the central government will always be there.

Town councils winning by default should be a thing of the past. We in Orange Walk should vote for those that will plan and execute the best proposals for our town. Anyone that bickers should not be leading a town. Leaders serve.... that is the best leading they can do. So I propose lets tweak our town and restore a sense of living cleanly and healthily. That is the sole task of the town council... a major one I must say. We as a town should help anyway we can.