Another special A.G.M. called for citrus growers

The citrus controversy is heating up again in the south as a published notice to growers is calling for yet another special general meeting. According to the advertisement, the meeting has been called for January twentieth at the Citrus Growers Association’s compound at mile nine on the Stann Creek Valley Road. Items on the agenda will include a “report on progress made in varying and supplementing the investment agreement as per the resolution made at the October twenty-eight meeting,” as well as a report to growers regarding the “floor price payment guarantee, dividends now payable by C.P.B.L., consideration for the reduction of cess and a new fruit price submission.” Tonight we understand a new point of contention is confirmation that a member of the grower-appointed Committee of Five, Belize City businessman Arsenio Burgos, has been named chairman of the Investment Company Limited (I.C.L.), the investment arm of the C.G.A., without a formal announcement to members. The special A.G.M. will start at nine-thirty next Saturday morning.