Orihuela Town Hall is beyond broken. But it is not your typically run Spanish town hall, it is in a league of it’s own, absolutely unique.
From our unelected mayor downwards, it is appallingly managed by a group of people who are paid extremely well to serve the general interests of the public across the whole of the municipality, rather than the self-serving interests of themselves, which is what we have unfortunately seen during the current legislature.
We very much doubt that there is another City Council that as quite as inefficient or disorganised as that in Orihuela!
But is it just inefficiency and a lack of organisation, or is there something more?
We constantly hear of contracts not being paid, vehicles being driven without insurance, beaches without beach bars, services and toilets, a multitude of unfulfilled promises. A never-ending list that makes it impossible not to be suspicious. Surely no town hall could be this incompetent.
We have seen its mayors and its councillors systematically prosecuted. Our previous Mayor Emilio Bascuñana still waiting to appear in court for alleged embezzlement. We have 2 Ciudadanos Councillors waiting to answer charges, and now the new PP candidate for mayor, Jose Vegara, is to be tried for tax evasion and false documentation.
But we must reject the idea that every time a law is broken, society is guilty rather than the lawbreaker. It is now time to restore the precept that each individual is accountable for his actions.
There is no more sitting on the fence, what we are being represented by is lamentable. It is time to make a real change. We can’t tell you who to vote for, but we can tell you that you deserve to be represented by a party that puts the interests of the public first.
Break the cycle and surround yourself by good people.
Make a different choice, an independent choice. Make history. Be part of history. Put the Orihuela Costa First.
