And that brings us back to Tony Leslie the man who started the entire
uproar and by his actions, forced the Mayor to go into damage control. He declined
an on camera interview but said that he will not pay what he has been charged
and has the support of other business-owners. He says that they may seek an
injunction against the council. But while he agitates against the bill which
is a political fireball – where does his son, Deputy Mayor Dion Leslie
stand? He also wouldn’t comment on camera, but the Mayor had plenty to
say about him.
Mayor Zenaida Moya,
“We do have a Deputy Mayor Mr. Dion Leslie whose job is to ensure
that there is proper public relations, that is his portfolio – public
relations. So again I will be asking him to ensure that he does his part or
if in fact these concerns are coming up. Knowing fully well that he is also
the Deputy Mayor, he is supposed to be on top of things and I believe he has
been doing a good job in terms of being on top of things. But just to ensure
that the PR aspect also he does and without dealing with any blame game, I think
Dion Leslie will ensure that the PR aspect goes out.
I believe an ad was to already gone out last week but it didn’t go
out for whatever reason he felt the need to stop it so now he will see fully
well that there is concern because when his father is calling in and he in fact
is the Deputy Mayor and he in fact is responsible for public relations for the
council then we definitely have to look at that. But definitely I think Dion
Leslie will step to the plate and he will be doing his part as it pertains to
PR.”
In his defence, Deputy Leslie today showed us the ad that Mayor accused
him of holding back which has nothing to do with the rates for commercial garbage
collection fees; indeed, it discusses increased rates at the city dump.
And what does all this have to do with you? Well for those residential,
non commercial properties – meaning a house with no business, there are
no charges – the entire discussion is about commercial garbage generated
by businesses. However, opponents of the fees warn that businesses who are made
to pay more could well pass on the charges in increased prices to the consumers.
The Mayor says she doubts that because they will be paying less.
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