Brilliant, I thought, just as the election campaigns begin, I suddenly appear on the Mayor’s TV channel – great for neutrality, but having been knobbled, I decided to go ahead and ask him some simmering questions.
Tag Archive for Benavides
A Benny Roasting
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The opposition and the unions have blasted the Mayor over dismissals at the Town Hall.
The PSOE, PP, IU (who rarely agree on anything) and the national workers’ union, the CGT, all consider that the dismissal of 15 town-hall workers (some of whom have been there for 20 years) was carried out for ‘irrational motives.’
Non-Stick Benny…
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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.
Mayoral Silence?
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Benny isn’t very loquacious when it comes to answering questions, or that is what the leader of the PSOE claims, because the Mayor hasn’t bothered to answer any of the questions put to him, either in public or during a plenary meeting of the Town Council.
Iritated Irrigation
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There’s a big blow up ) between the Mayor and the Comunidad de Regantes de Río Verde (association irrigation users) The Mayor’s party is accusing the farmers of having caused the loss of 12m euros in grants to modernise the irrigation system. The farmers, on the other hand, point out that it was them –…
Camping Carambolo Verdict
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Our Fermín Tejero, leader of the local IU party and part owner of the Camping Carambolo isn’t having much luck with nailing the Mayor, in a judicial sense… who is?
Benny Boogies
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The ex socialist mayor of Motril Sr. Rubiales has joined the Mayor of Almuñécar’s party, the CA, bringing 100 followers with him.
Socialist Split
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How could we not mention Sr. Luis Rubiales, ex socialist mayor of Motril and now… ex-socialist! The PSOE expelled him from the party and before you could say ‘Bob’s your uncle,’ he had teamed up with Juan Carlos Benavides in the Convergencia Andaluza.
Benny’s on a Roll
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As for the illegal sports facilities in the vega, Benny has enjoyed his usual shower of luck, because the judge is studying whether to shelve the case altogether.
Lucky Benny
by Editor •
Great news for Benny, who will not have to face the judge for a pending case until 2011, rather than this summer.