You sound insecure, Mr Leggerton

THE EDITOR: I read an article headed “TUCO President Talks Tough” by David Cuffy published in your newspaper on Monday August 18, 2003 and was totally confused by its content.

First and foremost it is my understanding that the executive members of TUCO are elected by the general membership and therefore I fail to see the relevance in the quoted statement “you either work or walk.” Does the President of TUCO have the power to, fire any member of the executive. It appears that Mr Leggerton is getting carried away. Mr Leggerton was a member of the last executive, but somehow his utterances do not reflect this fact. He was the last Public Relations Officer and should have known TUCO’s financial status.  This should not have been a surprise for him. Was he asleep while in the PRO position? It will be interesting to know the details of the success of the 2003 Calypso Fiesta. The article sounds like Leggerton did it ‘alone.’ It bothers me as a culture lover to hear the President of TUCO trying to ‘talk tough,’ sounding like a politician. Mr Leggerton is obviously trying to publicly attack the RAPSO presence in the executive. Is it that Mr Leggerton is feeling insecure? It certainly sounds that way.

These concerns should have been addressed with the executive and handled at that level. Why the public utterances? Is this a start of an undermining process? All executives will have their differences and this is healthy. TUCO membership must be wondering what the hell is going on. Something is fundamentally wrong with this story. It’s one year since Mr Leggerton is President and he should be rallying his executive instead of trying to beat his chest in public. This is not helping TUCO’s image. How on earth can an elected President come and try to bash his co-workers. The executive members are his co-workers. It will do the President well to remember this. I wait in anticipation for a follow up by David Cuffy with the other side of this story from other members of the executive.

DAVID ROMERO
Maraval