Mayor Trapp Addresses Allegations of Financial Mismanagement

And as Mayor Trapp calls for unity within the United Democratic Party there is a divide within his own council that he addressed during today’s interview.  Trapp responded to allegations that the council is paying a total of forty-three thousand dollars for consultancy monthly, while recording ninety-four thousand dollars in monthly losses. Mayor Trapp also addressed the resignation of his Town Administrator, Anthony Cal, who he asserts has ulterior motives. Here is how he puts it.

 

Earl Trapp, Mayor, SI/SE

“A profit and loss balance sheet as a responsible town council we have always posted it on our social media. It is just a mischievous act, and I am sure it is one of my council members that took a snapshot and right after the meeting he was in the administrator’s office discussing the issue and I can tell you that the administrator went through with this about three weeks ago and I told him that the best person to make clarification is the accountant. Why didn’t he take the time to get the accountant to explain it to him. It is simple mathematics, when you are in school it’s common sense. You don’t understand something you go to the teacher and ask the teacher what you don’t understand, and it will allow you to not make false allegations and mischief. What happened there is that what was not spent in March and April was spent in May, nothing wrong with that. We have a contract with a company that provides the license. That is what they are talking about. That is what we pay forty-three thousand to for so many months. There is nothing to hide. We have been one of the most transparent councils and one of the councils in the country of Belize that is more financially stable. It is just false allegations and trying to create mischief. When someone has an ulterior motive or someone has plans to move on in life, the correct or the right thing to do is to do the honorable thing to do is to resign and tell whoever I am resigning and moving on to bigger things.”