Well, I must say I experienced a momentary stab of panic on reading the words "the mayor has been removed from office last week". Great roaring halls of corruption! Given all that fuss recently just down the road in Marbella, could it be that we were going to be scorched by the same flame? Well, no, I don't think so, not yet anyway. If anybody is interested in the details of the former mayor's dramatic, but not illegal, exit, read the following link: http://www.surinenglish.com/noticias.php?Noticia=11020
It turns out that good old self-interest was at the root of the removal. To my mind, you have to have a certain amount of admiration for the former mayor in the circumstances. A man of style, and if he had his way, substance. Mind you, he would have been better advised heading up a different political party.
Anyway, back to the content of the last thread. Despite my initial disappointment at the confirmation that, as I suspected ever since I visited the CDA site last Easter, the 18-hole golf course will not materialize anytime soon, I have to say that there does seem to be glimmer of a sliver lining. Eventually. Snr Civiero states that the developer's intention is to complete the full scope of the development. He also provides a plausible, and verifiable, cause for the lengthy delay in proceeding the development. Indeed, I think that Snr Civiero and his colleagues would do well to continue to exercise patience and wait for the wheels of Spanish burocracy to grind exceedingly small. After all, we do not want the situation such as happened in Alhaurin el Grande, do we: http://www.surinenglish.com/noticias.php?/Noticia=11008
Sol y sombra, indeed,
Patrick