Breaking news! The latest stroke of brilliance from the Town Hall is as follows: in future, all tourists will be charged for parking along the beach area. Now, ‘Tourists’ are to be defined, apparently, as non-residents of Salobreña. How this is going to be applied in practice is yet to be announced.
Monthly Archives: April 2010
Costly Corpse
by Dave Nichols •
Another sign of the times. A Town Hall employee has been detained by the Guardia Civil, accused of trying to extort €750 from a widow who was looking to bury some family remains in the village cemetery. Allegedly, the employee was looking for a private ‘payoff” in order to supply a ‘niche’ in the local cemetery for the aforesaid remains.
Unemployment Woes
by Dave Nichols •
Now, onto more serious stuff; the latest economic data for Spain indicates a national unemployment rate approaching 20%. In Andalucía, it’s higher still, about 24%. And in Salobreña, the Mayor has just announced that we have at least 21% unemployment within our small community.
The Earth Moves
by Dave Nichols •
It’s pretty much all downhill from here, No pun intended, but we have mudslides all over. Reports are flooding in (groan) of walls subsiding, land sliding down hills, so-called dry walls slipping, etc., etc. There have been problems ranging from La Caleta, where a local car park has been threatened by stones falling from 30 metres and crushing cars below, to Molvízar, where huge rocks fell from a private property wall to block the Coto 200.
Rastro Boot Sale
by Héloïse Nolan •
Oh, dear, oh dear. If it’s not the weather, it’s the economy. I’m sitting at the Mac, trying hard to find something positive to write – as yet another thunderstorm rages overhead, deluging us with even more rain. It’s difficult to find something positive to write about, but there was a bright spot: the first ‘Eco Rastro,’ or boot sale, was held in El Parque de la Fuente on February 6th.
Telefonica Trust?
by Héloïse Nolan •
Telefónica phone abuse? We have been hearing stories of foreign residents here with Telefónica phone connections that have noticed high charges being made on their bills when they are not even in the country and no one is using the house!
Greenhouse Clearance
by Héloïse Nolan •
Greenhouses are being cleaned out ready for the next crops to be planted and the agricultural treatment plant in Motril has provisionally closed due to … yes, you guessed it, the intense rains that we have been having this year.
Beached?
by Héloïse Nolan •
Beaches … what beaches? As the Easter holidays approach, the Town Hall has suddenly realised that they are going to get a whole bunch of tourists into the area but the beaches in the area, especially in Playa Granada/golf course, aren’t there any more!
Legal Aid
by Héloïse Nolan •
The Motril School of Lawyers have recently announced that any person with limited resources will be able to contact them for assistance. Any citizen of Motril or its municipalities who wishes to speak to a lawyer can now contact them on 958 824 956 to make an appointment between 09:00 and 15:00 hours. You’ll obviously need to speak Spanish or have someone with you who does and will need to prove you would qualify for this service.
Boat Booty
by Héloïse Nolan •
The Guardia Civil recently intercepted a boat three miles off the coastline of Motril, whose occupants were clearly up to no good on their arrival. Firstly, one of the occupants of the boat (which was called Wiwi and flying a Gibraltar flag), was thrown out of the boat into the icy waters followed quickly by an inflatable boat.