The City of Torrevieja is currently allocating significant funds for its La Purísima and Christmas festivities. The total budget, not including last-minute concert expenses, stands at 1,500,000 euros.
The Council has tendered nine public contracts for various items and events, such as costumes and accessories for the Queen of the Salt and her Ladies, costing 13,000 euros, and the Diego Ramirez Pastor Award Gala, priced at 17,477 euros. In addition, the lighting for festivities and Christmas alone costs close to half a million euros.
Additional expenses include organising and producing Christmas activities (200,000 euros), La Purísima patron saint festivities (208,373 euros), and assembling of the municipal nativity scene (80,000 euros). The Salt Queen Gala costs 46,451 euros, while the Three Kings Parade will set us back in the region of 237,000 euros.
A concert by Lori Meyers Granada, costing 160,000 euros, will also be approved by the Council soon. Other events, like Halloween and this weekend’s gastronomic festival, further add to the spending, with the latter budgeted at 69,271 euros.
The question arises as to whether this extensive outlay is justified, considering the current economic situation of many residents and the significant amounts of taxpayer money involved, or whether the Christmas spending of Torrevieja City Council is simply spiralling completely out of control.
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