16 Dec, 2009 @ 12:57
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Ronda Mayor U-turn

UNDER fire Ronda Mayor has called for the demolition of 17 illegal builds, some of which he may have given licenses for.

The Mayor – who is being investigated over 12 illegal projects, including the controversial Los Merinos golf development – has apparently taken a U-turn in his new move.

Green group Ecologistas en Accion and the IU party have now criticised Antonio Marin Lara for “back peddling”.

“The damage is already done, the town hall failed to do its job when it gave the buildings the go-ahead in the first place.”

They say that either he or his town hall colleagues would have presided over a number of decisions to grant the building licenses in the first place.

“The damage is already done, the town hall failed to do its job when it gave the buildings the go-ahead in the first place,” explained IU Spokesman Rafael Ruiz.

“Not only that but huge failings were committed regarding surveillance and control. The council should have immediately blocked these plans.”

Ruiz added that, considering the recent negative attention received by Lara, he may have felt “obliged” to make the new moves after orders from above.

Furthermore, green group Ecologistas en Accion explained that although action is now being taken, it doesn’t “excuse anybody from the decisions taken previously”.

Troubled mayor Lara confirmed that although the houses in question are in different stages of construction, they will all still be demolished.

“All the buildings have been constructed on protected land and, most worryingly, five are on the Hoya de Tajo which is an area of maximum protection,” explained Lara.

In particular, some newly-built stables at the foot of the Hoya del Tajo are now under investigation.

The inspectors in charge of investigating the legal builds are currently using a helicopter to aid their hunt for further building infractions.

Jon Clarke (Publisher & Editor)

Jon Clarke is a Londoner who worked at the Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday as an investigative journalist before moving to Spain in 2003 where he helped set up the Olive Press.

After studying Geography at Manchester University he fell in love with Spain during a two-year stint teaching English in Madrid.

On returning to London, he studied journalism and landed his first job at the weekly Informer newspaper in Teddington, covering hundreds of stories in areas including Hounslow, Richmond and Harrow.

This led on to work at the Sunday Telegraph, Sunday Mirror, Standard and even the Sun, before he landed his first full time job at the Daily Mail.

After a year on the Newsdesk he worked as a Showbiz correspondent covering mostly music, including the rise of the Spice Girls, the rivalry between Oasis and Blur and interviewed many famous musicians such as Joe Strummer and Ray Manzarak, as well as Peter Gabriel and Bjorn from Abba on his own private island.

After a year as the News Editor at the UK’s largest-selling magazine Now, he returned to work as an investigative journalist in Features at the Mail on Sunday.

As well as tracking down Jimi Hendrix’ sole living heir in Sweden, while there he also helped lead the initial investigation into Prince Andrew’s seedy links to Jeffrey Epstein during three trips to America.

He had dozens of exclusive stories, while his travel writing took him to Jamaica, Brazil and Belarus.

He is the author of three books; Costa Killer, Dining Secrets of Andalucia and My Search for Madeleine.

Contact jon@theolivepress.es

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