The ex-Mayor of Almuñécar claims that the 7-star-hotel project is stalled, or at least being bungled by the present Mayor. A meeting with the Head of Marketing for the hotel contradicts this.
The Mayor of Salobreña is far from happy after protestors against the rise in the IBI tax forced their way into the Town Hall, causing abundant disruption.
The Almuñécar Town Hall has announced that it will be increasing its grant to the Asociación de Familiares de Enfermos de Alzheimer (AFAVIDA) by 66.7% on last year’s figure.
The annual palm-tree pruning operation has begun in Almuñécar and La Herradura. The operation has started off concentrating on the town centres and paseos, explained the Councillor for the Environment, Luis Aragón.
Good news for somebody in Almuñécar the lottery office on the P-4, on la calle Mariana Pineda, sold a winning ticket worth 300,000 euros, corresponding to coupon number 15.267 of the Lotería Nacional del Jueves.
Anybody who has been unfortunate enough to require a course of radiotherapy at Granada’s main hospital will know what an ordeal the ambulance route is, but at the same time, they are grateful for the service.
Football might be King in Spain, but it’s a penniless king in reality. Spanish football clubs owe a staggering 700m euros to the Spanish Tax Office (Hacienda).
La Herradura is in for another musical treat on Sunday the 11th at 19.00h with a performance from Ensemble de Guitarras de Tokio at the Civic Centre.
On Velilla beach in Almuñécar, next to the breakwater, there are manual winches for hauling small fishing boats from the water, up onto the beach… or at least, there used to be, as somebody has stolen them.
People are just not happy with banks in Spain, and small wonder judging by their track record. Public resentment is becoming heated, so heated that some people have taking to setting fire to bank branches.
Just when public spending cuts are biting the most, when members of the public are being asked to make sacrifices for the good of the national economy, we hear of three conservative councillors that have been running up bills of up to 500 euros a month on erotic phone calls, etc, on the official town-hall mobile phones.
A Motril farmer found somebody’s wallet on his chirimoya plantation; unfortunately he couldn’t find his fruit.
The Salobreña Castle is about to bring out an audio-guide for its visitors in four languages. The audio-guide contains local history and interesting anecdotes.
The Salobreña beach road that leads from La Caleta, passing below the castle and ending up at the fairground behind the park, La Fuente, is being resurfaced – at last!
A view from the Salobreña vega on the wet morning of the 6th of November, 2012.