The Blue Zone; ah, yes. We reported last month that our Honorable Mayor had decided to postpone this regulation, in the face of opposition from businesses based around La Playa. The original idea was to impose parking fees for anybody not displaying a ‘Resident’ sticker inside their windshield.
Tag Archive for Salobreña
Food Bank Foodless
by Dave Nichols •
The local economy continues to decline. To the point where the Food Bank actually ran out of food! I hear that people are standing in line by 7.30 in the morning, just to get a few vegetables to cook for a family meal.
Concrete Defecator
by Dave Nichols •
The Great Big Concrete Block Defecator – yes, that’s the primary function of that big machine that’s been parked just outside the Port of Motril for the past several weeks.
Car Docs Kept In Vehicle
by Dave Nichols •
Here’s a tip, which I just learned the hard way. If, like me, you don’t keep originals of any documentation in your car – after all, why make life easier for thieves – and your car is due for its ITV inspection, then beware. You need to produce the original of at least your Permiso…
La Calle Nueva
by Dave Nichols •
La Calle Nueva is now (almost) back in service. After more than six months of inactivity due to the bankruptcy of the original contractor, people will finally have access to their homes and/or to the town.
Hotels Not Happy
by Dave Nichols •
As if the Mayor didn’t have enough on his mind, the local Hotel Association is now making noises about, ‘irregular activity’ such as vendors selling produce on the streets, allegedly without licenses.
Lobres Fiesta Week
by Editor •
Again, left it in Spanish for ya! Time to get your money’s worth from the bloody great dictionary that you bought when you moved out here!
Corruption Touchdown I
by Editor •
El Caso Gürtel is possibly the biggest corruption scandal in history of post-Franco Spain, and one of its tentacles has touched the Costa Tropical: Urbanisación Las Alminares.
Corruption Touchdown II
by Editor •
First of all, it is very important to make it very clear here that not all the villas in Urbanisación las Alminares are tainted by this scandal – many were bought by honest people through honest means.
Money Laundering
by Dave Nichols •
There’s only one place to start this month’s effort, for it’s not often our village makes the national news! I refer of course to the investigation (code-named Gürtel) into the source of funds used to purchase some of the houses built on the new(ish) urbanisation Alminares, abutting the Monte de Los Almendros.