In the November Pleno PSOE Councillor Rosa Martínez, armed with a petition from residents, asked for a Three Kings Procession to be arranged for Orihuela Costa. Sadly, Rosa was rebuffed with a comment about it being a bit late to ask in November!
Really! It should not have been necessary to ask!
A council that cared about ALL its citizens would be providing a seasonal celebration in the area where approximetaly one third of the municipality´s inhabitants live. (A caring council would also have provided a bit of Christmas cheer such as a Christmas tree and some festive street lighting?)
Did you know that the magnificent Cabalgata de Reyes in 2009 in Orihuela City cost the taxpayers 120,000€?
I don´t know if the costs will be pruned a little this year on account of the crisis or if the costs will rise in line with inflation, whatever, it will cost a lot!
This year in Orihuela City, in La Glorieta, there is a beautiful Christmas tree, a Belén and there are lights to delight in all the main streets, there will be a New Year´s Eve event with chimes and grapes and a Cabalgata de Reyes on January 5th.
But wait! ........Rumour has it that there may well be a Cabalgata de Reyes (of sorts) in Orihuela Costa this year. There are whispers that someone from the Ayuntamiento has been witnessed approaching businesses in the Costa, seeking donations of sweets and treats for this event! But it is only a rumour!
C´mon! We in the Costa pay taxes too (and some of us may still have a vote) and we all deserve better!
It is estimated that about 27,000 live in the Orihuela Costa. There are about 1500 children and young people living in Orihuela Costa, we´d love to see a bit of municipal Christmas cheer for these young Oriolanos and a bit of genuine municipal goodwill shown towards all of us!
Apart from Dorinda's suggestions and remarks, I would like to add another suggestion, which the Costa-Town counsel could achieve within one DAY!!!! (and cheap!) THAT IS IF THEY ARE "CARING HUMAN BEINGS"..taking a interest for the Costa-Region!!
ReplyDeleteThere are at the moment at least 7 or 8 "round-abouts" along that stretch of the 332, starting from the Punta-Prima one.... Why don't they put-up at each round-about , right at the centre a big X-Mas tree with lights and some decorations?? And also some festive lights accross the "few " footbridges crossing that road?? That already would give a sense of a X-Mas feeling for all those people passing along that road!!!!
Olaf.
Well done again Dee for showing up the meanies in Orihuela Town Hall. It really is time we on the coast were catered for but as far as I can see the only way this will happen is if we turf this lot out next May.
ReplyDeleteI read in the RTN last Friday that there was going to be a 'Three Kings' procession in Orihuela Costa, with details to follow. I do hope so, as otherwise we were going to take our little girl to the one in Torrevieja.
ReplyDeleteAlthough Isabel was born here, we have to keep taking her out of Orihuela Costa for practically everything any Spanish child would normally have access to in their own community.
Residents on the coast seem to live in a 'black hole' when it comes to accessing many standard Spanish public resources, and this needs to be rectified.
Let's ALL keep campaigning for improvements to our local community - if you don't ask, you don't get...