{"id":26855,"date":"2025-03-11T17:38:14","date_gmt":"2025-03-11T17:38:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/?p=26855"},"modified":"2025-03-11T17:38:15","modified_gmt":"2025-03-11T17:38:15","slug":"georgetown-mayor-faces-pushback-over-executive-powers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/georgetown-mayor-faces-pushback-over-executive-powers\/","title":{"rendered":"Georgetown Mayor Faces Pushback Over Executive Powers"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n\n<p><em>By Delicia Janneire | February 11, 2025<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>City Mayor <strong>Alfred Mentore<\/strong> has come under scrutiny from <strong>PPP\/C councilors Patricia Chase-Greene and Steven Jacobs<\/strong> over his recent unilateral decision-making, which they argue undermines the authority of the <strong>Mayor and City Council (M&amp;CC)<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The concerns were raised during <strong>Monday\u2019s statutory meeting<\/strong>, following Mentore\u2019s approval of several business-related requests, including <strong>parking priorities<\/strong> in the city. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Councilors objected to the mayor\u2019s handling of these decisions, emphasizing that they were made without prior consultation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Mentore defended his actions, citing <strong>urgency<\/strong> as the reason for moving forward without seeking the council\u2019s approval. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He maintained that the council had granted him the authority to <strong>implement certain measures<\/strong> when necessary.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>However, Chase-Greene and Jacobs argued that <strong>municipal administration should be guided by collective decisions<\/strong>, rather than individual discretion. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Chase-Greene also warned against setting <strong>precedents<\/strong> that could lead to preferential treatment for businesses.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Despite the objections, <strong>Mentore stood by his decisions<\/strong>, stating that they were <strong>reasonable and non-negotiable<\/strong>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Delicia Janneire | February 11, 2025 City Mayor Alfred Mentore has come under scrutiny from PPP\/C councilors Patricia Chase-Greene and Steven Jacobs over his recent unilateral decision-making, which they&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":16703,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[366,350],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-26855","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-local-development","category-news"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26855","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=26855"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26855\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":26856,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26855\/revisions\/26856"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/16703"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26855"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=26855"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=26855"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}