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The Coll moves!
MORE than 250 schoolchil‐dren and teachers took part in an urban cycle march in the Coll d’en Rabassa area of Palma on Friday May 5 to call for a safe school environment and encourage sustainable transport.
‘Es Coll es mou!’ (‘The Coll moves!’) gathered students and teaching staff from all the area’s schools for a 2.9‐kilometre circular route starting
No dancing
A DISCOTHEQUE in Maga‐luf has been sealed off by Calvia Council for allegedly ‘objectifying and hyper‐sexualising’ dancers.
from the CEIP Coll d’en Rabassa at 10am, passing by CC Sant Vicenç de Paul and the CC Lladó. tablishments, which allow us to tackle these be ‐haviours and act with the maximum forcefulness,” declared the councillor, adding that “we will do ev‐erything necessary.”
The cyclists stopped off in Son Perera park on the way for a healthy snack provided by MercaPalma and to read out a mani ‐festo calling for a ‘safe and sustainable neighbour ‐hood’ and suggesting the creation of a cycle route to access local services such as the library, the Casal, edu‐cation centres, the health centre and the municipal parks, among others.
Representatives for Pal‐ma Town Hall at the meet‐ing revealed that last year the local authorities issued 7,000 reports for antisocial behaviour, mostly on Playa de Palma.
Calvia Council reported 34 interventions including establishment closures for very serious offences, ‘bal‐coning’ ‐ jumping off bal ‐conies into swimming pools ‐ and unlicensed ad‐vertising including offering discounts and ‘happy hours’, among others.
The owners of Stereo Temple are also facing a fine of at least €60,000 for reportedly employing dancers in the VIP lounge on the upper floor of the disco that can be clearly seen from the street in what the council has termed a very serious of‐fence under regional law.
Owner Gabriel Car‐bonell has announced plans to appeal the ruling that he has described as “discriminatory and non‐sense,” as it does allow the same activity in other areas located just 100 me‐tres away from the VIP lounge.
The dancers them‐selves have announced their intention to set up an association to defend their rights against the “deni‐grating” law and demand “respect” for what they describe as “a very digni‐fied” profession, as quot‐ed by a local news source.
