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absolutely revoked. The only way we are coming off this road. I mean, look at the numbers, this is the sixth week and we’ve had a really good turnout. Some drop in numbers, yes; but for six weeks in Guyana protesting, this is amazing,” Don Singh of MAPM said.
A widow by the name of Angela told Stabroek News that she has since begun using transportation rather than traveling with her car as she is currently unemployed and cannot afford the parking meter fees.
Gansham, a contractor, explained that he has now resorted to buying his supplies from the West Coast, West Bank and East Bank, rather than traveling to downtown Georgetown where they are sold cheaper. He related that he would rather save the money that he would have to spend on parking and pay extra for the supplies, which cost just a few dollars more in those other locations.
“Instead of every year they calling on the government to bail them out, the city council could have asked for a grant from somewhere. As they ask for a grant, they could have put it up them self instead of bringing somebody from abroad to rip us off, this is total rip off,” he stated.
Security guard Euclid Young related that he has now taken to parking his car in the company’s parking lot as it is more convenient, him not having to abandon duty at intervals to “top up” the meters. He also saves money in the process. Young expressed that proper consultation with citizens was not done prior to the implementation of the parking meters and that “the entire thing should be squashed.”
Meanwhile, the members of a group that had previously made their appearance at the protest dressed in all black to “mourn the death of the spirit of Georgetown” came yesterday clothed in all white.
The businesswoman leading the group, which represents a Water Street business, said in relation to their choice of attire, “It’s because of the burden, the pain and the loss of our city to SCS. When we wore the black it was to mourn the death of the spirit of Georgetown. Today we’re mourning the loss of the city to some foreigner, SCS.”