{"id":15762,"date":"2024-01-23T19:48:57","date_gmt":"2024-01-23T19:48:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/?p=15762"},"modified":"2024-01-23T19:48:58","modified_gmt":"2024-01-23T19:48:58","slug":"disagreement-arises-over-linden-town-week-2024-preparations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/disagreement-arises-over-linden-town-week-2024-preparations\/","title":{"rendered":"Disagreement Arises Over Linden Town Week 2024 Preparations"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n\n<p>The Linden Mayor and Town Council, along with the municipal administration, are entangled in a dispute regarding preparations for Linden Town Week 2024, leading to an extraordinary Council meeting called to address the escalating issues.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Social Committee&#8217;s last two meetings were prematurely adjourned due to disagreements among some Councilors and Acting Town Clerk Lennox Gasper. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The contentious points include determining the date, theme, logo, and the establishment of a committee to oversee the anticipated celebration.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Acting Town Clerk Lennox Gasper asserted that proper processes were not followed in the decision-making, causing disruptions in the planning process. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He emphasized the need for adherence to established procedures.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>However, Mayor Sharma Solomon contested Gasper&#8217;s approach, suggesting that the Town Week planning process is being deliberately hindered. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Solomon expressed frustration, questioning the difficulties in reaching a consensus and urging cooperation to avoid delays.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Solomon proposed the dissolution of the committee responsible for managing Linden Town Week 2023, which included former officials no longer serving the municipality. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Mayor suggested holding town week celebrations from April 26 to May 6, with a tentative launch date on January 27, 2024, at the Linden Town Council Boardroom.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Gasper also called for an amicable resolution, emphasizing the need for discussions outside the constitutional framework. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He highlighted that until the management committee is appointed, no funds can be collected for events, emphasizing the committee&#8217;s role in approving and accepting payments for events.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The ongoing disagreement threatens the smooth planning and execution of Linden Town Week 2024, a significant event eagerly anticipated by the community.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Linden Mayor and Town Council, along with the municipal administration, are entangled in a dispute regarding preparations for Linden Town Week 2024, leading to an extraordinary Council meeting called&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":15763,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[350],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-15762","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15762","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15762"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15762\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15764,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15762\/revisions\/15764"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/15763"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15762"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15762"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15762"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}