No 986 Monday 28th August - Sunday 3rd September 2023
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O R I H U E L A C O S TA , THE WORST SUMMER IN IT’S HISTORY
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OPINION by Tomás Moreno Asociación de vecinos Cabo Roig y Lomas-Orihuela Costa s spokesperson for the residents' association of CABO ROIG Y LOMAS, Orihuela Costa, I write this article to convey the sense of enormous disappointment and frustration felt by the residents of the coast, at the situation they are living through.
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The government team, headed by the Mayor, Pepe Vegara (Partido Popular), was constituted on the 20th June, and the councillors responsible for the areas of government and their 23 advisors (staff of trust) were appointed, with salaries which will exceed, in total, two million euros/year. For his part, Manuel Mestre, leader of VOX, was appointed head of the Orihuela Costa council. During these past two months, the residents of the coast have observed, perplexed, that practically none of the serious problems they suffer, have been solved, as a consequence of municipal paralysis and inaction, as evidenced by the following facts. Since the beginning of the year, the beaches of Orihuela have not had beach bars and their associated services (sun beds, umbrellas, water sports). This has led to a considerable drop in the number of users, who have moved to other beaches in the surrounding area. Not unrelated to this "exodus" has been the time it has taken to get the toilets up and running, which now operate with a deficient cleaning service.
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