12 Aug, 2010 @ 18:11
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Opposition unites against La Linea toll

By Nicola Cowell

BRITISH workers union Unite say they will protest against the mayor’s plans to charge visitors to Gibraltar a toll to pass through his town.

Alejandro Sanchez plans to charge every car five euros to cross the border of La Linea, which would mean an estimated 30million euros for the struggling town.

But Unite have written to local political parties to ask them to support a march from Casemates to the border, which they say will take place on September 23 unless the Mayor officially pulls out by September 15.

And the plans have already hit a snag after public works authority Fomento denied him permission to change traffic flow at the border to make room for toll booths.

Director of Roads in Western Andalucia Miguel Angel Schmolling said the works application, which La Linea council previously made to improve drainage and sewage, has expired and will not be extended.

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

2 Comments

  1. The president of Andalucia, José Griñan, has just dismissed this proposal as illegal. He said that La Linea´s problems are down to poor management and Sanchez and the PP should not expect the local citizens to bail them out.

    “http://www.diariodecadiz.es/article/provincia/767500/grinan/insta/sanchez/quotgestionar/mejor/y/olvidarse/tasa/ilegalesquot.html”

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