Daily Archives: July 23, 2011

100,000-euro Unpaid Phone Bill

The new tenants of the Salobrena Town Hall are not happy bunnies because the previous administration hadn’t paid even one bill of the 120 telephone lines at the Town Hall, resulting in an outstanding bill for 100,000 euros. The new mayor claims that the last time that a bill was paid to the telephone company was in 2008.

Gravy Train Derailed?

Javier Arenas, leader of the PP for Andalucia and candidate for the First Minister of the Junta, said he was willing to stop a new law going through which would mean that politicians cannot be a mayor and a member of parliament at the same time – he said he would take it to court,…

Getting Shot of a Lover

The Guardia Civil were called into the medical centre of Rincon de la Victoria after a man was brought in with a gunshot wound to the back. The 50-year-old victim, a foreign national, was brought in by his lover, whom he had surprised with another man.

Joint Taxis

Nope! This has nothing to do with sharing a taxi, but with joints as in ‘spliffs.’ The Police came across three taxi drivers, waiting for clients, smoking away on a marihuana joint next to Malaga train station… they were impressed!