Nobody likes to pay fines – especially traffic ones – but nowadays it is not a case of liking it or not, because many people lack the funds to be able to pay them, so they do the only thing they can – appeal against the fine.
Transported in Ecstasy
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The bloody grua (tow truck) gets everywhere and turns up at the most inopportune times – like when you’ve left the car unattended for a moment to rush into the Post Office.
Mickey Finned & Mickey Taken
by Editor •
You would really think that your luck was in, if two attractive ladies had decided to accompany you back to your flat for a touch of horizontal gymnastics, wouldn’t you?
Frozen Students
by Editor •
Padul’s budding scholars at the San Sebastian school are tolerating freezing classrooms thanks to a combination of power cuts and a new heating system, the former, all too common, erasing the programming of the latter.
Prados Elected as Socialist Candidate
by Editor •
Francisco Prados was re-elected as the socialist candidate for the Mayoralty. Paco, who is also a high-school Mathematics teacher, made an interesting acceptance speech in which he urged Almuñequeros ‘to lose their fear and recover their freedom,’ referring to a palpable reticence in the town to speak out against the Mayor – justified or not.
Speed Cameras
by Editor •
First of all, they appeared in La Herradura and were the talk of the town, and now they have made an appearance in Almuñécar – and we’re not talking about tourists who took the wrong turning and ended up here, but the dreaded speed cameras.
Tarde News
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The following incident took place at the beginning of October but was not included in the November edition owing to a filing error. (Yet another!) Hey, I’m in the throes of moving house!
Non-Stick Benny…
by Editor •
Benny has been acquitted – yet again! This time, he dodged a possible 2-year stretch in prison with a corresponding 10-year barring from public office. The latest judicial reprieve comes over the hitherto ‘illegal’ sports centre that was built in the vega of La Herradura, next to Río Jate. This means that nothing (judicial) stands between the Mayor and possible re-election in May next year in the municipal elections.
British Agricultural Enterprise
by Editor •
I found the cutting, hunkered down, out of sight, at the bottom of my Almuñécar file – it had been hiding there since the end of August. So, bearing in mind that this news is not exactly news, we bring you the following…
Cachondeo Total
by Editor •
The Town Hall has been ordered to pay compensation to a policeman for wrongly sanctioning him. Of course, what we really mean is you and I (the local tax payers) will have to pay the compensation, because the 10,000 euros will be paid from the municipal coffers, naturally.