P.U.P. Endorses Dr. McKay in Queen Square

On Sunday, the People’s United Party held a convention to endorse a standard bearer for Queen’s Square. Retired educator, Doctor Lorna McKay was endorsed to do battle for the party in the next general elections. McKay will square off against Godwin Haylock, who defeated Shane Williams at a U.D.P. convention in 2023. Interestingly, the constituency has been dominated by the U.D.P. for decades, and in the last general elections, Denise “Sista B” Barrow won over newcomer, now Deputy Mayor, Alan Pollard by three hundred and thirty-one votes. McKay says she sees a need for growth and development in the constituency.

 

Dr. Lorna McKay, P.U.P. Standard Bearer, Queen Square

“I have been walking through the area with my campaign team, and there are a lot of room for growth in Queen Square, so far as education, so far as housing, so far as repairs to housing, so far as community projects, those are very needed in Queen Square. Queen Square right now is basically dead. Nothing is happening in Queen Square. It is very important that projects and plans and proper plans are put in place to make the people of Queen Square proper residents and to make sure that they are able to live just like everybody else.”

 

Marion Ali

“What plans, what proper plans are you talking about?”

 

Dr. Lorna McKay

“We’re talking about implementing projects for kids, implementing healthcare projects for people who are shut ins, um, looking at the housing situation in Queens Square, making sure that people can get some sort of assistance, so far as sometimes it’s just a sheet of zinc that a person needs to stop the water from coming in; looking at other things like community projects so far as  parks, playgrounds, making people comfortable to live in that space.”

 

P.U.P. Leader, Prime Minister John Briceño wrote on his Facebook page, quote, “The blue wave was strong in Queen Square as our Party leadership and supporters turned out for Dr. Lorna McKay’s endorsement convention. Dr. McKay is a career educator now seeking to elevate her community service to the national level as standard bearer for Queen Square,” unquote.