• Living the dream

    January 2, 2018 in Spain ⋅ 🌙 16 °C

    Living the dream until the Guardia move you along in case you are tempted to camp overnight.
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    Whilst reading the end-of-year newspaper analysis that journos love I was unsurprised to discover that the government and Junta de Andalucia have been reluctant to spend money this year, and the councils delayed the approval of budgets owing to a lack of resources combined with minority governments or coalitions with multiple parties.

    The government had allocated 138 million Euro to the region, which is the lowest amount so far this century and a poor contrast to the 2008 budget of 1.2 billion Euro. There has been so little progress that for example, Malaga lost the 1.3 million Euro grant awarded it by the provincial government in 2015! So do not wonder why Nerja is the only town in Spain still not treating its sewage before allowing the Guadalhorce river to drain the waste of about 100,000 people. Or that the popular tourist resort of Marbella does not have rail access.
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