ISSUE NO. 1415
16 - 22 AUGUST 2012
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Junta asks Colmenar to return €2 million THE Junta de Andalucia is demanding that Colmenar Town Hall returns €2 million which it was given in grants but never used. However, PP Mayor Antonio Fernandez says the municipal coffers are in a ‘dire’ state.
Mayor Fernandez maintains that the money, which should have been assigned to five infrastructure and equipment projects, was used by the former Socialist mayor, Pedro Fernandez, on other things.
The projects included a day-care centre (for €530,000), the municipal morgue (€150,000) and repairs on the Virgen de la Candelaria hermitage, none of which was ever started. Others, which were started but not
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completed, are the turfing of the football ground and the indoor sports pavilion. As these projects were not finished, the Junta is asking for €707,000 back, the figure estimated for the work. Fernandez said it is unclear what the money was spent on, although it could have been to pay the wages of local employees. The town hall also has a debt of €2.7 million with banks and owes €600,000 to providers. Meanwhile, the former mayor responded that the PP’s complaint is just a “tantrum and a smokescreen to hide their change of opinion regarding the closure of the home for the elderly in the town which has been ordered by the provincial government.” He called upon to current mayor to resign.
FRONT EXTRA
Dangerous work THE Costa del SolAxarquia Community of Municipalities has given in to demands from lifeguards in the area who were asking for a €120 bonus due to the dangerous nature of their work.
Back in time SCREENINGS of films made by Danish expat Ib Stenderup will be shown in Maro until next Friday. He arrived in the early 60s and filmed many local events until his death in 2006.
Two wheels LEFT-WING party Izquierda Unida in Rincon de la Victoria has proposed a campaign to encourage local residents to use bicycles and walk more, including plans for a cycle lane.
Almuñecar’s beautiful people ALMUÑECAR Official ‘caseta’ was full to witness the election of the town’s most attractive man and woman. Javier Junco and Miriam Barbero were
chosen and will take part in the Miss and Mister Granada competition later this year. The junior winners were also chosen at the event.
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