There must be order in the town, says Mitchell

MANDEVILLE, Manchester — Mayor of Mandeville Donovan Mitchell says the decision to end vending in the May Pen Car Park in Mandeville was made from last year.

On Monday vendors there protested over what they argued was the unreasonableness of the Manchester Municipal Corporation in giving them notice to leave the facility without an alternative location.

In an 11-page response to a Jamaica Observer article published on Tuesday, Mitchell argued that the decision to remove the vendors is part of efforts to establish order in the Mandeville town centre and the adjoining taxi parks.