In the last week of February. Belize City Mayor Bernard Wagner stripped councillor Micah Goodin of his portfolios. It was a disciplinary measure after Goodin had an angry exchange with the City Administrator. The Mayor suggested that these tantrums had been a pattern of behavior with the councillor. The mayor did not set any term on what was effectively a suspension with pay.
Goodin castigated the council in Facebook posts for losing sight of its roots - and last month he wrote the mayor an impassioned letter after he wasn't invited to a council caucus meeting.
Well, in what isn't quite a fairytale ending, the mayor and council seem to have put their differences behind them - for the time being, at least.
A release this evening says, quote, Councilor Micah Goodin has been reassigned the portfolio of Management Information Systems, Training and Staff Development, Youth and Sports, effective today.
The release explains that the decision came after the Council met in a closed caucus yesterday, quote, "where it was determined that appropriate measures have been satisfied and that it is in the best interest of the City to reintegrate Councilor Goodin fully with the reassignment of his portfolio. The Councilor has expressed that he took the Mayor's advice and used the past weeks to reflect on his role and how that aligns with the Council's mandate to serve the people." End quote.
For his part, Goodin told us he has to be able to provide for his people. In a public statement he says, quote "I will continue to work so that life may improve for as many as possible.
Thank you Mayor Wagner and all my colleagues."
And before we break out our box of Kleenex for this not so happily ever after, we'll wait and see how long this council kumbaya lasts.
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