Dear Editor,
I was recently having a conversation with some elders, and they reminded me of how clean Guyana used to be, especially in Georgetown. Back then the Mayor and City Council used to use scythes to cut the grass to keep the Capital clean. You can cover quite a bit of area with this tool. The smell of sulfur in the adjacent gutters and trenches would also be dealt with by removing the debris. Today there are several options by which to accomplish this. The Mayor and City Council would have a positive impact on the cleanliness and health of the city if they took up the focus of the past that was given to these issues. There is something about seeing a scythe at work that helps reduce littering. Maybe it reminds everyone of life on a farm. As the old Guyanese saying goes “cleanliness is next to godliness”.