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SKIPS CAUSE LOCAL EYESORE The appearance of nine, rusty old skips outside the Park Inn in Quesada has caused outrage in the local community. Park Inn owners have claimed that the upturned eyesores have been placed there by local property developers Justo Quesada in a bid to force the bar to pay 1,000 euros in order to use part of the car park for its tables and to host its regular charity events. Landlord Tony said that the business sent a demand to his solicitor for the
payment out of the blue several weeks ago. This was the first time any kind of ‘terrace tax’ has ever been mentioned in the three years he and his wife Julie have owned the bar and to his knowledge the previous owners had never been approached either. Then a few months ago several concrete storm drains appeared on the car park but being resourceful, the owners had wooden tops made with umbrellas in and used them as decorative tables. The concrete storm drains disappeared, but it wasn’t long before the skips arrived at 7am one Monday morning in early October. Tony said: “We own the freehold lease to the Park Inn and we also pay Suma on the business. If Justo Quesada can prove it owns the car park, then we have no objection to paying a reasonable amount of rent for the small amount of space we use. Firstly, there appears to be a question mark over the ownership and classification of the land and secondly, 1,000 euros is a ridiculous amount; we could rent another business for that amount of money and simply do not
have that amount of disposable income a month.” The skips not only look a mess they are dangerous. Tony has been to the Polica Local, Guardia Civil and even the National Police to make a denuncia and to report the situation and has been told if there are any injuries then the property developer would be held responsible for Continued on page 8
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