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Mayor’s Marquee Performance, A Review
posted (August 5, 2014)
Belize City Mayor Darrell Bradley has been burning up the news these past two days. And yesterday in a 45-minute press conference yesterday he gave one of his marquee performances: alternately straightforward and mercurial.

Sure, he was under the regular pressure any "malpago" faces - but under the added burden of having forty angry protestors whooping it outside his office, and throwing garbage in the streets, Bradley gave a captivating performance. We looked back at it today:..

Mitchell Danderson- Operations Manager
"He hasn't been in communication with the management any at all."

Darrell Bradley - Mayor, Belize City
"I've always spoken to them."

Geovannie Brackett
"He have said that it's been months that you have spoken to him."

Darrell Bradley - Mayor, Belize City
"I've always spoken to them."

Geovannie Brackett
"But when will you speak with them again?"

Darrell Bradley - Mayor, Belize City
"I've always spoken to them."

Geovannie Brackett
"When was the last time you've spoken to them?"

Darrell Bradley - Mayor, Belize City
"I can't remember."

Mitchell Danderson- Operations Manager
"That hasn't happen over a year. Mr. Ellis has made different requests to meet with him and that has never happen."

Darrell Bradley - Mayor, Belize City
"I do not believe that BML has 100 persons on the ground."

Delroy Herrera- organizer
"Right now we have an exact figure of 170 staff who works here at BML."

Darrell Bradley - Mayor, Belize City
"I am telling you that if we do this cost in total it would not cost the city council more than $20,000 per week."

Mitchell Danderson- Operations Manager
"You have to think about fuel, you have to think about oil, you have to think about Social Security - All of these things you need to take in consideration. $20,000 will never cut it."

Geovannie Brackett
"The cost of equipment, parts - those will be more than $20,000."

Darrell Bradley - Mayor, Belize City
"No, no, Geovannie."

Mitchell Danderson- Operations Manager
"You cannot have people work and they don't get their pay, so we send them home and then whenever we are paid by city council then we would reimburse them whatever time they were off from work."

Darrell Bradley - Mayor, Belize City
"That's their business, that's not my business. I have to worry about paying them. I have to worry about paying our staff. I have to worry about paying our streets. They have to then deal with their own employees - like that's their company."

Sanitation Worker #1, BML
"If he doesn't pay our boss then our boss cannot pay us."

Sanitation Worker #2, BML
"All what we want is our money. 18 weeks we are working."

Darrell Bradley - Mayor, Belize City
"I will concede and accept this that the city council is at fault, we are at fault and I am the head of the city and I accept responsibility for the fact that BML has not been paid for a substantial period of time."

Sanitation Worker #2, BML
"I am surprised at Darrell Bradley, I am disappointed in him."

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