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Has Hans Had His Way With City Hall?
posted (April 13, 2016)

But since there’s a new sign on the Baron Bliss green, what about those others around the corner, down the Marine Parade promenade.  Yeah, you know the ones we’re talking about…the ones that say “Bhojwani Promenade.â€￾  The mayor says he agreed to them so that the city could settle a lawsuit.  That lawsuit was based on the fact that the council demolished tow bandstands that Hans Bhojwani had donated.  And even though it was donated, both sides agreed that the council was obligated to do something – thus the promenade signs.  Well, it seems that Bhojwani also had an obligation.  We have seen city council minutes form 2011 and 2012 where it says that Bhojawani had undertaken to install park benches and lights.  We asked the mayor about that today:..

Darrell Bradley - Mayor of Belize City
"We did look at those agreements, we did look at those minutes and he has made representations that they are going to honour those obligations. I haven't spoken to him directly, my conversation was always through his attorney and when they wrote to us there was no reneging on any pledge or contribution in relation to what he said he would do and there is no indication that he would abscond from those responsibilities."

Jules Vasquez
"However he gave certain undertaking, how long will Mr. Boujwani a resident of the city of Miami I believe, how long will he take to activate his side of the deal? You've done your side, can't you hold his foot to the fire?"

Darrell Bradley - Mayor of Belize City
"I will explain to you this and I said it previously in an interview with you that on the scheme of things in the 1 to 20 things that I do in a day, that does not make number 50. It's not my job to ensure that every agreement in bound, we have an agreement in place, there is no evidence that there will be any breach of that agreement. We as you've rightly conceded have honoured our part of it. Leave it to the technical persons to ensure that whatever is stated out there is complied with."

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