The leader of the Partido Popular said that she wanted everyone, whatever nationality, to feel very much at home in the municipality, one of the wealthiest on the island.
This evening she met with German residents of Andratx but similar meetings will be held with other nationalites over the coming weeks including British residents. Gonzalvo, who has recently taken over as Mayor, said that her council were reducing taxes.
The meeting this evening was the first broadside in the race for the local elections which take place in May next year. Non-Spanish citizens can vote in the council elections.
If you want more information on voting in the local elections go out: www.votebaleares.org
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Finally – I was hoping that this topic would hit the headlines on MDB, and thanks to you Jason for bringing it up. It is time for the local politicians to look into what the foreigners has to say - resident or not, even we are a minority we all love the island and its inhabitants, and believe me, we are aware that it is a privilege to own property on the Island. That being said; I admit being sick and tired of always reading about the troubles foreigners bring, the politician should instead start to look at the human resources, knowledge's etc. that we bring to the Island, we are not the root cause so stop blaming us for what is, without any doubt, a clearly failed political line started in the 70´s, or even earlier. At that time no one questioned the fact of foreigners was buying property, and furthermore there were no clear plan on how to develop cities, infrastructure, jobs not relating to the tourism and i could continue this for miles and miles, so we ended up here where we are, but now it is time for the politicians to act responsible and start looking just one step further than their own nose tip. We can assist you - all you need to do is to reach out. Have a great day Kim